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Stephanopoulos Hypes ‘Political Hurricane from Todd Akin’ While Barbour Scolds Schieffer for His Akin Obsession

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos opened his Sunday show: “Good morning and welcome to This Week. Storms brewing. The GOP convention threatened by Tropical Storm Isaac and that political hurricane from ...
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NBC and CBS Pounce on Romney’s Birth Certificate ‘Swipe’ at Obama: ‘Was It a Joke?’

Last week when President Barack Obama raised the old tale of how Mitt Romney once put his dog in a car top carrier, the NBC Nightly News gave a sentence to how Obama “took a dig at Romney” and ...
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NBC's Mormon Hit Piece: 'A Church Still Dealing With the Issue of Polygamy...Inequality'

Opening an hour-long special on the Mormon Church for Thursday's NBC Rock Center, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed to viewers: "Most Americans say they know next to nothing about the Mormon ...
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CNN Barely Mentions Romney's Energy Policy; Hypes Bain Capital 'Distraction'

Instead of informing the public about Mitt Romney's energy plan unveiled on Thursday, CNN harped on a "distraction" in the form of Bain Capital documents released by the website Gawker. Even an ...
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NYT's Shear: With Ryan Pick, 'Romney Has Taken a Long, Deep Breath' of Congressional 'Hot Air'

Michael Shear piles on Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as running mate and again links him to Rep. Todd Akin: "In the two weeks since Mr. Ryan joined the Republican ticket, his work in the House ...
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Classy Egan: 'If Intelligence were Contagious, [the GOP] Would Be Giving Out Vaccines For It'

Liberal reporter turned left-wing Times columnist Timothy Egan brings his usual measured response to matters of the day in his latest column "The Crackpot Caucus," laying into the "stupid party" ...

Another New York Times Reporter Comes to Obama's Defense on His Weakening of Welfare Reform

The Times again covers Obama's left-flank, this time on his weakening of welfare reform: "Mr. Clinton could help blunt what Obama campaign officials say is a calculated effort by Mr. Romney to ...
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CNN Ignores Conservative Experts When Slamming Romney Welfare Ad as 'False'

CNN shot down Mitt Romney's claim that President Obama "gutted" welfare reform, despite experts who helped construct the actual 1996 law insisting that Obama did indeed strike at its heart ...
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Times Fronts Pro-Obama Medicare Poll Findings; Other Outlets Focus on Tightening Race Instead

The New York Times proves how the same data can be interpreted in politically slanted ways. The Times pushed on the front page its poll showing how "deeply unpopular" is the Republican plan to fix ...
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Media Obsession With Akin Hits Overdrive: 96 Minutes in Just Three and a Half Days

The media obsession with a gaffe by Congressman Todd Akin continued on Wednesday and Thursday morning. The ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts and morning shows offered five additional ...