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 | April 25, 2012

Dr. Oz and his fellow physician Dr. Michael Roizen have escalated the media’s attacks against beef. They joined the countless opponents of lean, finely textured beef, often referred to as “pink slime” by the media and lefty activists, but took…

Mike Ciandella | April 16, 2012

In a façade of representing both sides of the issue, MSNBC hosted a panel as part of “Up with Chris Meyers” covering, among other things, another attack on the beef industry. Food critic, New York Times columnist and bestselling author Mark…

Mike Ciandella | March 29, 2012

Brave New Films, Soros ally Robert Greenwald’s pet project, is releasing a film aptly titled “Koch Brothers Exposed.” The film is presented as a shocking expose of a looming threat to democracy, and features a parade of left-wing “experts” who…

Mike Ciandella | March 28, 2012

President Obama has nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim as his candidate for the Presidency of the World Bank. Economist and George Soros crony Jeffrey Sachs pulled his name from consideration as soon as Kim’s candidacy was…

Mike Ciandella | March 21, 2012

It doesn’t seem to matter what consumers think about electric cars, the media can’t stop talking about them.CNN recharged the topic on March 15 in a video package entitled “When the road charges your electric car.” In that video for the “tech”…