New Study Reveals Networks� Overwhelmingly Negative Portrayal Of Iraq War

�The Big Three Nightly Newscasts Have Become Megaphones For The Anti-War Movement�

A new study released today by the Media Research Center, TV�s Bad News Brigade, reveals the three commercial network nightly news broadcasts have been overwhelmingly biased in their coverage of Iraq. The MRC analyzed all broadcasts of ABC�s World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, and the CBS Evening News from January 1 through September 30 and found 61 percent of the stories were negative or pessimistic while only 15 percent of the stories were positive or optimistic � a four-to-one ratio. The trend in coverage has also become increasingly negative during 2005, with pessimistic stories rising to nearly three-fourths of all Iraq news by August and September. The MRC will release a study on cable news coverage early next year.

�The big three nightly newscasts have become megaphones for the anti-war movement,� Bozell said. �Coverage is badly skewed toward terrorist attacks instead of the bravery of the troops and progress made by the Iraqi government. The nightly network newscasts have become propaganda for the far-left anti-war movement instead of balanced journalism.�