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Pelley Trumpets Obama’s ‘Remarkable Moment of Candor’ in What Makes the ‘Sacrifices Worth It’

“Listen for it,” CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley urged viewers Friday night in trumpeting what he hailed as “a remarkable moment of candor” from President Barack Obama “when he told us ...
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The MRC@25: The Worst Media Bias of 2001

Today, the worst bias of 2001, including shocking displays of moral equivalence after 9/11 and Dan Rather’s salute to Bill Clinton’s honesty.
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Schieffer Touts 'Best Polling News That the President Has Seen in Quite a While'

Bob Schieffer trumpeted "some of the best polling news that the President has seen in quite a while" on Friday's CBS Evening News, a day after NBC's Brian Williams played up poll numbers that were ...
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CNN Contrasts Romney's 'Mixed Messages' With Obama Honoring Fallen Diplomats

In an obvious contrast between the two presidential campaigns, CNN's Jim Acosta highlighted both Mitt Romney's frivolous talk show interview and his campaign's "sharpened rhetoric" on Friday ...
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NBC's Williams Gushes: New Poll Numbers 'Ahead of the Wildest Dreams' of Democrats

Barely able to contain his glee over the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll on Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams enthused to political director Chuck Todd: "...some ...
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CNN Tees Up John Lewis to Liken Voter ID Laws to Jim Crow

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) has said new voter ID laws reflect old Jim Crow laws, and CNN's Carol Costello played right into his outlandish rhetoric on Friday morning. "Are you ...
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New York Times Gives Obama Front Page for Tough Talk on Egypt, Skips Yemen Attacks

The New York Times lets Obama play tough in a front-page story, but skips the attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen, which the Washington Post fronts. From the Times: "The president was not happy; ...
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NBC: Romney Heckled While Obama 'Reminding Voters of His Power as Commander in Chief'

In a report for Friday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander touted how Mitt Romney "was briefly interrupted by a heckler" at campaign stop in Virginia and played a clip of the angry ...
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New York Times Sent Unpublished Columns to the Obama Administration for Vetting

On two occasions, Times columns have ended up in the inboxes of  the CIA or the top White House advisor. The paper does not have a formal policy on sharing anarticle for publication.
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Reluctant Grandmothers Now 'Enemies of Progress' on Gay Marriage, Says NYT Movie Critic Catsoulis

New York Times movie critic Jeanette Catsoulis locates an "enemy of progress" in a grandmother who has reservations about the gay lifestyle: "When Mr. Leffew’s magnificently ambivalent father ...