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On NPR, 'Conservative' David Brooks Trashes Cain the 'TV Show' and Romney the Cold Fish

Brooks talking Herman Cain on NPR: "He was a TV show that lasted for a little while. Listen, let me stand up for elitist insiders. This is a job for professionals. Running for office is a job for ...

Stevenson Makes 'Nuanced' Defense of Obama's 2009 Prediction of 6.5% Unemployment

Richard Stevenson: "...there's a persuasive case that the report actually did not get it all that wrong....Despite repeated Republican claims to the contrary, the stimulus bill created at least ...

Defensive Networks Devote 84 Stories to Herman Cain Scandal, Hit Him for 'Lashing Out'

From Friday night through Sunday morning, the big three networks devoted an additional 21 reports to the Herman Cain sexual harassment story, bringing the networks' grand total to 84 in one week.

OWS Troublemakers Are Fringe, But Tea Party 'Responsible for the Behavior of People'

The Times today: "Many protesters say the lawless visitors constitute a tiny fringe and are not representative of the movement....the criminal and antisocial elements are a small minority..." ...

NYT Reporter: Harassment Claim Blame Falls Solely on Cain

So much for presumed innocent. Sam Roberts on Herman Cain's response to anonymous sexual harassment allegations: "But isn't the more fundamental question, that he has no one except himself to blame?"

Gingrich Schools NBC's Curry on Liberal Media Obsession with Cain Controversy

Appearing on Monday's NBC Today, Newt Gingrich took co-host Ann Curry to task for grilling him on allegations against Herman Cain: "...when the news media goes and finds an anonymous report about ...

ABC Highlights Pakistani Complaints Against U.S. Drone Attacks on Terrorists

On Sunday's World News on ABC, correspondent Nick Schifrin filed a report recounting complaints by Pakistanis that CIA drone attacks that have successfully killed high-profile terrorist figures ...

Amanpour, Agreeable with Pelosi, Pushes Boehner Repeatedly from Left to Raise Taxes

ABC's Christiane Amanpour, on Sunday's This Week, hit House Speaker John Boehner repeatedly from the left to raise taxes, a hostile, political agenda-driven approach she failed to apply a month ...

ABC Skips Corzine Resignation, CBS and NBC Avoid Democratic Label

ABC's World News this week failed to mention that former New Jersey Democratic Senator Jon Corzine is mired in a scandal involving $600 million in missing funds from the financial firm MF Global. ...

Times Hypes Misleading 'Food Stamp Challenge,' Left-Wing FRAC

To Eric Lichtblau, the left-wing Food Research Action Council, which pushes the misleading "food stamp challenge" publicity stunt, is merely "a Washington advocacy group working with religious ...