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CBS Sympathizes With 'Beloved' Mayor Who Lost $1 Billion Gambling; Omits She's a Democrat

Bill Whitaker did his best to depict former San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor as a tragic figure on Friday's CBS This Morning, but glossed over her Democratic affiliation. Whitaker sympathetically ...
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Wolf Blitzer, Piers Morgan Give Warm Interviews to Jimmy Carter and His Grandson

CNN only had soft questions and praise for Jimmy Carter's grandson who had unearthed the tape of Mitt Romney's "47 percent" remarks. Host Wolf Blitzer gave a warm interview to James Carter ...
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Bloomberg's Carlson Predicts GOP 'Squeals' When Obama Makes Sequester Cuts 'Hurt'

Appearing on Friday's Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC to discuss the upcoming budget sequestration, Bloomberg View columnist Margaret Carlson touted President Obama's ability "to manipulate ...
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Three ABC Co-Hosts to Appear at a Political Fund-Raiser for Gay Rights

Apparently, objectivity just isn't needed on some issues. On March 16th, Good Morning America's Josh Elliott, Sam Champion and Lara Spencer will co-host the 24th annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance ...
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Worse Than a Hurricane? New York Times Hypes Effect of Sequester on Air Travel

Times reporter Matthew Wald blows some hot air in the name of dramatizing imminent federal budget cuts: "Airlines and airports across the country are preparing for across-the-board federal ...
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NBC's Todd: GOP 'Begging the Media to Say It's Obama That Started the Sequester'

After dismissing the argument that President Obama was to blame for the sequester as "dumb" on Thursday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, NBC political director Chuck Todd further mocked the notion on ...

A Quintessential New York Times Headline: 'Why Taxes Have to Go Up'

Friday's lead editorial encapsulates the Times' approach to public policy in its headline: "Why Taxes Have to Go Up." The paper's arguments are geared toward class warfare: "To reduce the deficit ...
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Panic! ABC Warns of Sequester 'Fiscal Emergency' to 'Cripple' Much of America

The journalists of Good Morning America on Friday adopted White House talking points, foreseeing a "fiscal emergency" that will "cripple" flights in the United States. Jon Karl warned, "When it ...
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In Shift, NY Times Embraces 'Moral Dimension' Provided by Bishops, at Least for Expanding Obama-Care

A lead Times story celebrated "G.O.P. Governors Providing a Lift For Health Law." The most notable convert: Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who reversed his position this week and announced his ...
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Anderson Cooper to Receive GLAAD's 'Vito Russo Award'

CNN has a special relationship with the advocacy group Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), and it continues as prime-time host Anderson Cooper will be honored at the ...