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New York Times Again Wraps Todd Akin Around Paul Ryan and GOP's Pro-Life Platform Plank

Michael Shear and Jonathan Weisman do their best to link Todd Akin with Paul Ryan and the party's pro-life platform plank: "The advisers conceded that [Todd] Akin’s comments last weekend had ...
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NBC: 'Great Damage' to GOP 'Trapped in a National Debate About Abortion and Rape'

Eager to keep the Todd Akin controversy alive on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams declared the Missouri Republican's comments were "inflicting unforeseen and great damage on the ...
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NYT's Trip Gabriel Accuses GOP of Out-of-Context 'Misrepresentation' of Obama's 'You Didn't Build That'

The Times' Trip Gabriel accuses GOP of "misrepresentation" of Obama's infamous "You didn't build that" remark: "The story vaulted from local news to the Drudge Report and conservative blogs, ...
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NBC's Todd Blames 'Tea Party Effect' and GOP 'Infighting' for Akin Controversy

On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams brought on political director Chuck Todd to give a "damage assessment" for Republicans in the wake of the Todd Akin controversy. Todd ...
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Piers Morgan Asks If Bible Should Be 'Evolutionary,' Like Constitution Being Amended

In a Tuesday interview with comedian Jeff Foxworthy, CNN's Piers Morgan presented the half-baked idea of treating the Bible as "evolutionary" and asked if being Christian "has become almost a ...
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CNN Ties 'Pretty Embarrassing' Akin Controversy to Romney Campaign

In the wake of the Todd Akin controversy, CNN has not only tied the negative fallout to the Romney campaign and the Republican Party, but has also turned a critical eye to the party's "very far ...
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Former Newsweek Editor Warns: GOP Has Become 'Bible-Based,' Paul Ryan Is Anti-Science

Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman appeared on Wednesday's Hardball and warned that the Republican Party has become a "faith-based," "Bible-based" political organization. Fineman also ...
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CBS: Akin 'Put a Highlight on the Extreme End of the Abortion Debate'

John Dickerson hinted on Wednesday's CBS This Morning that the only radicals in the abortion debate were on the pro-life side. During a discussion about the furor over Rep. Todd Akin's recent ...
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Another Front-Page NYT Attempt to Conflate GOP's Pro-Life Plank With Akin's Offensive Comments

Times reporter Jonathan Weisman sees a sinister connection between Rep. Todd Akin's offensive comments on abortion and rape and the GOP's traditional pro-life platform plank: "The congressman’s ...
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Frenzied Media Give Four Times More Coverage to Akin Flap Than Biden's 'Chains' Smear

A week after giving relatively light coverage to Joe Biden's "chains" smear, the broadcast networks eagerly dove into the Todd Akin controversy, giving over four times more coverage to an ...