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Yawn: CBS Evening News Skips Obama Memo on Drone Strikes Against U.S. Citizens

The CBS Evening News on Tuesday completely ignored the revelation, uncovered in a leaked government memo, that the Obama administration claims the power to legally strike al Qaeda terrorists, even ...
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NBC Frets Over Sequester Taking 'Butcher's Knife' to Budget; Promoted 'Bold' Trillion-Dollar Stimulus

On NBC's Wednesday Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander wrung his hands over the possibility of sequester budget cuts happening next month: "If you think of the federal budget as a ...
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New York Times (Gently) Nails Obama's Hypocrisy on Targeted Killings

The New York Times kind of, sort of, accuses Barack Obama of double standards over secrecy in the war on terror: "Early in his first term, President Obama rejected the vehement protests of the ...
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2016 Begins? ABC Mocks: Chris Christie Should 'Lay Off the Doughnuts'

The journalists of Good Morning America offered, perhaps, a preview of 2016, highlighting Chris Christie's weight and what "could be a major campaign issue." After playing clips of the New Jersey ...
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Pump Prices Taking More Out of Wallets, But Not Much of Newscasts

Since Jan. 18, networks spent a combined total of eight minutes discussing the increase.
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NBC's Lauer Frets Over Obama Gun Photo: 'Now the President Always Has to Back Up His Words With Proof?'

During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today about the White House releasing a photo of President Obama skeet shooting to dispel doubt about his claim of doing it "all the time," co-host Matt ...
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CNN Pushes Boy Scouts to Get With the Times, Allow Gay Scout Leaders

CNN's message to the Boy Scouts is this: "the world" is becoming more accepting of same-sex marriage, and the Scouts should get with the times by accepting openly gay leaders. Anchor Carol ...
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CNN Legal Analyst Compares Boy Scout 'Discrimination' to Interracial Marriage Ban

CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin compared the push for the Boy Scouts to accept gays to the struggle over interracial marriage and same-sex marriage. She slammed any ban on gay scouts, local or ...
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What Prostitution Scandal? ABC's World News and GMA Skip Democratic Sex Scandal

ABC on Tuesday ignored the ongoing prostitution scandal of Robert Menendez. The network's morning and evening newscasts have skipped the news that federal agents raided the office of a Florida ...
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NYT Reporter Kantor Lays Into Justice Sotomayor: 'Homespun Wisdom...Interrupted by Impromptu Applause'

Hard coverage of a Supreme Court justice from Obama biographer Jodi Kantor: "At her Wednesday night book talk here, Justice Sonia Sotomayor glided through her audience of 700, dispensing homespun ...