Media Research Center
"But if the extreme behavior from the far-left over the past few months continues, cracks may begin to form in the trend. At the very least, the restraint shown by ABC, CBS, and NBC in their withholding of extreme labels for both sides is a promising start."
"Despite the growing trend of left-wing extremist violence during the first six months of the Trump administration (including the DC Jewish Museum shooting, the firebombing of a GOP building in Albuquerque, and the anti-deportation riots Los Angeles), talking heads on TV news remained reluctant to acknowledge the existence of the American far left. However, those same journalists had no qualms about slapping a “far right” label on practically anything they deemed to be right of center.
"MRC analysts examined all coverage on liberal cable (CNN and MSNBC) and broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS) from January 21 through June 21, 2025, recording every instance in which a journalist or nonpartisan guest used an extreme political label. During that time period, labels such as “far right” were used a whopping 1,222 times. Conversely, “far left” and similar terms were used just 86 times.
"We found no such labels used on the flagship morning or evening shows of any of the “big three” broadcast networks. Thus, all of our data for this study is limited to coverage on CNN, MSNBC, and PBS.
Summary of Findings:
- Over the past six months, CNN, MSNBC, and PBS have used the terms “far right” (or something similar) 1,222 times, and “far left” 86 times.
- Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC used no such labels in any of their flagship morning or evening newscasts.
- PBS was 42 times more likely to deem someone or something “far right” than “far left.”
- Across CNN, MSNBC, and PBS combined, the GOP was deemed far right 81 times, while Democrats were called far left only once.
- Political violence was 5.5 times more likely to be brought up in association with the far right.
" PBS was the most slanted in their application of political epithets. " . . . More
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"And that the whistleblower had no first-hand knowledge of the Trump call but was spoon fed a script cooked up by the gadfly Vindman and Rep. Adam Schiff.
"The result was journalistic glee that we impeached a president for crimes that he did not commit but exempted another president, Joe Biden, who had actually committed them.
"Then came the next hoax of the Russian fabricated facsimile of Hunter’s laptop.
"The 2020 Biden campaign along with an ex-CIA head rounded up “51 intelligence authorities” to mislead the country into believing that Russian gremlins in the Kremlin had fabricated a fake laptop.
"Ponder that absurd fantasy: Moscow supposedly had created fake nude pictures, fake photos of Hunter’s drug use, and fake email and text messages from Hunter to the other Bidens.
"The media preposterously convinced the country that the Russians and by extension Donald Trump had once again sandbagged the Biden campaign.
"No apologies followed when the FBI later admitted it had kept the laptop under wraps for more than a year, knew it was authentic, and yet said nothing as the media and former spooks misled." . . .
