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Rate Podcast: John Gibson put Media Matters "on notice," refuses to correct falsehood about funding

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Wed, Jun 6

From the June 5 edition of Fox News Radio's The John Gibson Show: ANGRY RICH (executive producer): Well, that's just too bad, isn't it? AUDIO CLIP: "It's super fabulous!" CHRISTINE (associate producer): I did. ANGRY RICH: Right. GIBSON: Ah. ANGRY RICH: -- ends up on their site.

Rate Podcast: Gibson, self-proclaimed "black man's best friend," launches false attack on Media Matters over "ooga booga fever" fallout

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Mon, Jun 4

From the June 1 edition of Fox News Radio's The John Gibson Show: ANGRY RICH (executive producer): Again. GIBSON [audio clip]: You tend not to get dengue fever in Los Angeles or Jersey City. GIBSON: Oh. Oogie Boogie man? GIBSON: Clay. GIBSON: Yeah -- GIBSON: Oh, it's all a blur.

Rate ABC World News reported Bush greenhouse gas reduction proposal, ignored criticism of it

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Fri, Jun 1

Gibson called Bush's proposal a "major change," and ABC News correspondent Bill Blakemore later reported that Bush said in his speech that "the U.S. would now take the lead in the fight against global warming." But while Blakemore noted that Bush's speech came only hours after NASA adminis...

Rate CLIPS: Gibson on "TB Man story": Usually it's someone "from the third world" or who contracted "ooga booga fever" in "some godforsaken hellhole"

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Fri, Jun 1

On the May 31 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson said he was "mesmerized" by what he called "[t]he TB Man story" -- the recent news that American attorney Andrew Speaker traveled by airline while infected with antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis. Gibson stated: "It seems...

Rate ABC, Fox News reported on Rice meeting with Syrian foreign minister without noting relentless criticism of Pelosi trip

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Mon, May 7

On the May 3 edition of World News, host Charles Gibson noted that "[r]epeatedly, the Bush administration has said it would not meet with nations like Syria it says sponsors terror" and aired a report in which ABC News senior foreign correspondent Jim Sciutto asked Rice: "You, yourself,...

Rate Podcast: Fox's Gibson: U.S. invasion "unmasked" Iraqis as "knuckle-dragging savages from the 10th century"

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Wed, Apr 25

From the April 23 broadcast of Fox News Radio's The John Gibson Show: GIBSON: Me, too. GIBSON: -- are contemptible words. Contemptible. You got a new word? [phone number]. I need more words. Gibson on Fox. GIBSON: [Caller] in Kentucky. GIBSON: All right.

Rate Echoing Malkin's blog, Gibson and Napolitano lamented VA Tech ban on handguns

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Tue, Apr 17

From the April 16 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson: GIBSON: So, theoretically, in this lecture hall where all 31 were killed, there could have been someone with a carry permit carrying their gun to shoot the shooter? GIBSON: And the criminal.

Rate ABC's World News highlighted appearances on Imus by NBC's Russert, but not by its own anchor

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Wed, Apr 11

While Russert did, in fact, appear on the April 6, March 16, and March 7 editions of Imus in the Morning, Gibson was also a guest on the program's March 27 and February 15 editions. From the April 9 edition of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson: GIBSON: ABC's Dan Harris, reporting tonight.

Rate ABC uncritically reported Bush's claim that Congress would be responsible for "denying troops the equipment they need"

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Wed, Apr 4

In omitting any Democratic response, ABC let stand unrebutted Bush's claim that "[i]f Congress fails to act" there will be "significant consequences" for the troops. In fact, Congress has acted and has indicated an intention to continue acting within the necessary time. In contrast to A...

Rate Gibson baselessly alleged media double standard on Webb gun incident

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Fri, Mar 30

But contrary to Gibson's claim that Webb has been "getting a pass," several media outlets -- in addition to Gibson's own Fox News Channel -- have covered the episode, including CNN, NBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press. On March 28, th...

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