Mike Ciandella
Research Analyst

Mike Ciandella was a research analyst for the MRC's News Analysis Division, and managed the MRC's Bias by the Minute project (BBTM). Bias by the Minute is an extensive database of evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS and NBC, stretching back to January 2015. By utilizing this database, Ciandella and other MRC analysts were able to release detailed studies on network media coverage. On top of this, BBTM also published studies looking at cable news coverage, timing out the coverage of various topics to the second. 

You can check out the full archive of Bias by the Minutes stories here: http://newsbusters.org/administrative/bias-minute

Mike Ciandella | May 15, 2013

As IRS efforts targeting politically-conservative groups gained momentum, George Soros-funded liberal groups repeatedly called on the IRS to investigate conservative nonprofit organizations.

While the first reported instances of extra…

Mike Ciandella | April 22, 2013

Earth Day is the biggest lefty environmental celebration of the year, and the news media and George Soros love it. In fact, the liberal billionaire has given more than $20 million to groups partnered with Earth Day 2013.

Mike Ciandella | April 12, 2013

George Soros isn't behind everything the left does, but it sure seems like he helps fund it all. The lefty magazine Mother Jones released a tape, reportedly obtained from a Democratic Super PAC in Kentucky, in an effort to…

Mike Ciandella | April 2, 2013

In a just a few weeks, environmentalists will be marking Earth Day. But even an eco-saint can’t do enough to save the planet from running out of resources according to EarthDay.org’s carbon footprint quiz.

Earth Day…

Mike Ciandella | March 12, 2013

The Huffington Post promoted a group of anti-fracking celebrities, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liv Tyler and Fred Armisen, who have joined Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono in yet another round of “Don’t Frack my Mother.”  The anti-fracking song…

Mike Ciandella | February 21, 2013

A personal memo sent out by EPA staff refers to the existence of secondary email accounts for top staffers, according to a new release of agency documents. These secret email accounts were allegedly only known to high-level senior staff, and…