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Journalists Warned by NY Times: Beware of Conservative Bloggers Targeting You

Welcome to the club. NYT's Jeremy Peters reports: "Preparing journalists to cover the presidential campaign these days is also an exercise in indiscretion management. In the new dynamic of ...

Journalists Warned: Beware of Conservative Bloggers Who Will Target You

Welcome to the club. Jeremy Peters reports: "Preparing journalists to cover the presidential campaign these days is also an exercise in indiscretion management. In the new dynamic of campaigns, ...

'Unsettling' For Conservatives To Suggest Actually Paying for Disaster Relief

In reporter Carl Hulse's view, "independent" (i.e. socialist) Sen. Bernie Sanders and White House spokesman Jay Carney are advancing sensible views on disaster relief to counteract "unsettling" ...

Buffett's 'Tax Me Please' Philosophy Welcomed in Europe, Cure for 'Social Unrest'

Reporter Julia Werdigier suggests higher taxes would have stopped the riots in Europe. "Some analysts said the calls for greater sacrifice from Europe's wealthy might have sprung from growing ...

NBC's Today Sees House GOP to Blame for Lack of FEMA Funding

At the top of Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer warned: "Record flooding in the wake of Irene leading to new evacuations and dramatic rescues across the Northeast....As FEMA's disaster ...

Joe Scarborough Proclaims: 'Of Course' Rick Perry 'Can't Get Elected'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough shifted into psychic mode on Wednesday, flat-out declaring, "Of course, [Rick Perry] can't get elected in the general election. He can't." The Morning Joe host derided the ...

NBC's Lauer to Cheney: You're the 'Most Divisive Political Figure in This Country in a Century'

On Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer began a hostile interview with Dick Cheney by running through various derisive labels for the former Vice President: "You've been called 'controversial' ...

CNN's Don Lemon Compares Libya 'Atrocities' with LGBT Discrimination

In a Thursday NPR interview, CNN's openly-gay anchor Don Lemon lumped discrimination against gays and lesbians in with atrocities committed in Libya.

Irene and Climate Change: Liberal Media Won't Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste

In the days leading up to Hurricane Irene's march through the Northeast, journalists repeatedly suggested that the storm was yet more evidence of climate change.

CNN Questions Whether Paul and Bachmann Are Even Ready for Presidency

CNN anchor Kyra Phillips asked her "Political Buzz" panel Monday if GOP candidates Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann are "ready for the big office" given their unusual views.