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NBC's Curry Claims Gingrich 'Playing the Race Card' in South Carolina

On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry accused Newt Gingrich of playing up racial tensions to get votes in the South Carolina GOP primary: "...you've been increasingly stepping up your ...

Romney's Tax-Cut Proposals Would 'Benefit the Wealthiest,' Widen the Deficit

"[Romney's] tax proposals...would largely cut taxes for the rich while driving down tax collections and widening the nation's deficit....Experts from across the spectrum acknowledge that the ...

Piers Morgan and Rosie O'Donnell Bash 'Anti-Homosexuals' Republicans

Both CNN's Piers Morgan and guest Rosie O'Donnell slammed Republican candidates for their "anti-homosexuals" stances on Tuesday night's Piers Morgan Tonight.

NPR, CBS Play Up Romney's 'Provocative' Warren Buffett Tax Rate

NPR harped on Mitt Romney's "provocative tax detail" on Wednesday's Morning Edition, highlighting that the GOP presidential candidate "disclosed he's in the same low tax bracket as the billionaire ...

ABC's Jon Karl Demands to Know How Romney 'Got Away With Paying So Little'

Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Wednesday parroted DNC and White House talking points about Mitt Romney. Karl demanded to know just how Romney "get[s] away with paying so little" capital gains ...

South Carolina's 'Racially Charged Past' Emerging Thanks to Gingrich Remarks

Jim Rutenberg from Charleston: "But like the historic slave plantations that draw tourists on the outskirts of town, the legacy of that past has not been totally wiped from the politics of today. ...

David Letterman Jokes About Gingrich Abusing Wife, Mocks Gov. Christie's Weight

During the first half of his Monday night CBS show, comedian David Letterman joked at the expense of Newt Gingrich's first marriage and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's weight, while comparing ...

NYT Makes Romney's 15% Tax Rate a Loaded Lead Story, Ignores Context

By paragraph three the Times had characterized the candidate's remarks as "likely to cement Mr. Romney's place as an unwilling emblem of the intensifying national debate over taxation and income ...

NBC's Ted Koppel Talks to 'Leading Authority' Stephen Colbert About Super-PAC 'Lethal Weapons'

At the top of Monday's Rock Center on NBC, host Brian Williams lamented the "avalanche of attack ads this political season" and warned: "...it's only just starting thanks to the U.S. Supreme ...

Times Reporter Again Hails Warren Buffett, the Liberals' Favorite Billionaire Investor

David Kocieniewski takes advantage of the controversy over Mitt Romney's 15% tax rate to again push for higher rates on the rich.