When it was revealed that Republican Wisconsin Go. Scott Walker had wished “Molotov” instead of “mazel tov” to a Jewish constituent, the Media Research Center’s Tim Graham knew he had to spring into damage-control mode to tamp the controversy.
Thus, Graham wrote a Dec. 14 NewsBusters post whining that ” the liberal media will reliably leap on any tiny gaffe that liberals can locate.” Graham also quoted a writer for the right-wing Watchdog.org (whose ideology Graham failed to identify) saying basically the same thing.
By contrast, the MRC worked hard to get another tiny gaffe some media traction.
During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama said at one point that he had visited 57 states. Since then, the gaffe has been referenced dozens of times at NewsBusters alone, many of those complaining that the “liberal media” didn’t report it, which obviously means the media was protecting Obama.
It seems that Graham has a double standard on gaffes. After all, it’s unlikely that any MRC outlet would have reported on Walker’s gaffe for any other reason than to dismiss it.