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Sonia Sotomayor Has a "Compelling Life Story" - But Clarence Thomas Didn't?

5/28/2009 12:39 PM ET
Double standards in the treatment of two Supreme Court nominees, one conservative, the other liberal, who rose from hardship.

Saudi Oil Minister Reprimands CNBC Reporter for Calling OPEC a 'Cartel'

5/28/2009 12:38 PM ET
'Organization' limits output, wants to set price but denies it falls under the definition of a 'cartel.'

NY Times: Sotomayor Has a 'Compelling Life Story,' But Clarence Thomas Didn't in 1991

5/28/2009 12:05 PM ET
Judge Sonia Sotomayor and Judge Clarence Thomas both had compelling life stories when they were nominated for the Supreme Court. But only Sotomayor's story has been celebrated that way by the New ...

Sowell: Government's Current Role in Business the 'Route' to Fascism

5/28/2009 9:45 AM ET
Hoover Institute economist tells Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck U.S. is 'partially' capitalist; not socialist, but fascist.

NBC Argues for Relaxed Immigration Laws Despite High Unemployment

5/28/2009 9:07 AM ET
Tom Brokaw visits Maryland crab picking house, claims only solution to labor shortage is loosening visa rules.

ABC Exposes Prevalence of Oral Sex among Teen Girls

5/28/2009 12:00 AM ET
'Good Morning America' shocks viewers about teen behavior, but ignores networks' role in growing sexualization of teens.

CBS Decides Sotomayor No Liberal: 'Can't Be Easily Defined by Political Labels' (with video)

5/27/2009 10:04 PM ET
Bewildered where Obama's Supreme Court nominee stands. "Pundits usually label judges as either liberal or conservative, but that won't be easy with Judge Sotomayor," Katie Couric propounded before ...

On Hardball: Racist Rush Chasing Away Hispanics

5/27/2009 5:43 PM ET
After playing a clip of Rush Limbaugh charging Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with bigotry and racism, Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's Hardball, implied Limbaugh was the racist as he asked ...

Washington Post Displays Labeling Bias Over Recent Supreme Court Picks

5/27/2009 5:15 PM ET
The Washington Post front page for May 27 announces the Sonia Sotomayor nomination with this large headline: "First Latina Picked for Supreme Court; GOP Faces Delicate Task in Opposition." There's ...

Sotomayor Calls Herself Liberal, Even When the NY Times Won't

5/27/2009 3:10 PM ET
Sheryl Gay Stolberg gushed that Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor "danced a mean salsa" at Princeton, hints she might be some kind of liberal - but not until paragraph 73.