A July 7 Media Research Center item by Geoffrey Dickens marks MSNBC’s 15th anniversary by highlighting a cliip from each year to prove “the Lean Forward network’s decade-and-a-half long devotion to advancing the cause of liberalism under the guise of journalism.”
Just one little problem: At least 10 of those clips appear to be from opinion shows, not news segments. We’re treating “Internight,” which aired in the late 1990s, as “news,” but we haven’t seen the show enough to say for sure whether it is.
In other words, Dickens and the MRC aren’t really criticizing liberal journalism — they’re criticizing the fact that liberal opinions were uttered. Is that “media research”? Not really. Is that partisan bashing due to disagreement with the point of view being expressed? Absolutely.