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CBS Scolds Gingrich: To Cut Deficit You Must Increase Taxes

In a series of reports Monday night on how Republican presidential contenders plan to reduce the deficit, Dean Reynolds pleaded to Newt Gingrich: "Absolutely no tax increases?" He noted "critics ...

60 Minutes Coddled Obama But Pounds Cantor from the Left as Gridlock-Causing Rigid Tea Party Ideologue

Three weeks after CBS's 60 Minutes delivered a friendly sit-down with President Barack Obama, the show didn't even attempt a matching approach to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Instead, Lesley ...

ABC Staff Laugh at Maher's Anti-Religious Mockery of Tim Tebow

On Wednesday's Good Morning America, ABC staff could be heard laughing in the background when substitute news reader Dan Harris read part of HBO comedian Bill Maher's infamous tweet mocking Denver ...

CBS Hosts Guest Who Implicates Climate Change in Disasters of 2011

On Thursday's The Early Show, CBS hosted a guest who implicated climate change as one of the factors contributing to weather disasters in 2011, and he ended up warning of more droughts in the future.

Times Watch Quotes of Note 2011 Worst Quotes of the Year

Welcome to the 2011 edition of the worst quotes from the New York Times this year, in three categories: "Occupy Wall Street's 'Athenian Democracy' vs. Tea Party 'Terrorists'"; "Blaming ...

Mark Leibovich Takes on 'Nasty Newt'

Newt Gingrich is "among the more divisive political figures of recent decade" and always threatens to become "Nasty Newt." Yet former vice president Al Gore was a "compelling" "pop culture icon."

Third Runners-Up Quotes in the MRC's Best of NQ Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting

The third runners-up quotes in the MRC's "Best Notable Quotables of 2011: The Twenty-Fourth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting." Some categories: "Hopeless Dopes Award for Discrediting ...

NBC Reflexively Refers to Gingrich Wife as His 'Third Wife'

On Friday's Today show on NBC, correspondent Peter Alexander oddly referred to Gingrich's wife as his "third wife" in a story that otherwise had nothing to do with his marital history.

CNN Honors Same-Sex Couple, Suggests Obama Could Benefit From Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

In lieu of President Obama's Hawaiian vacation, CNN highlighted the plight of a Hawaiian same-sex couple that will legally celebrate a civil union come January 1st, but desires federal marriage ...

ABC's Tapper Slap: Many GOP Candidates 'Self-Immolating and Careening Off the Highway'

ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper apparently thinks the race is just about over for many campaigns before the Iowa caucus has even begun. On Thursday's Good Morning America, Tapper ...