Matt Hadro

a News Analyst
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Today Show Pushes New Obama Ad Three Times, Skips Libya Scandal

NBC's Today show mentioned the Obama campaign's newest attack ad three times on Monday, but not once did they report on developments in the wake of deadly attacks in Libya. Questions are being ...
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CNN Explains Obama Gaffe but Rips Romney's '47 Percent' Comment

President Obama basically admitted failure when he said that Washington cannot be changed "from the inside," but CNN tried to explain his gaffe on Friday's Early Start while later dumping on ...
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NBC Punts on Obama 'Redistribution' Video, but Hammered Romney's '47 Percent' Clip for Days

NBC failed to press Obama adviser David Axelrod over the President's remarks about redistribution on Friday, chucking the story out of its news cycle after two full days. In contrast, the ...
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Surprise: Stephanopoulos Tempers Piers Morgan's Liberal Spin

Of all people, former Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos was the one throwing water on Piers Morgan's liberal spin. On Thursday's Piers Morgan Tonight, the host hyped that Mitt Romney's "47 ...
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NBC Cites 'Key Republicans' David Brooks and Mark McKinnon to Hammer Romney's 'Bad Week'

NBC's Matt Lauer pronounced the previous week a "bad week" for the Romney campaign and cited squishy Republicans to help make his point on Thursday's Today show. Lauer wouldn't even let Romney ...
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CNN Hypes Romney Tape as 'Monumental Gaffe,' 'Manna from Heaven for the Left'

CNN's Piers Morgan gave President Obama some free publicity Tuesday night while CNN kept the anti-Romney media firestorm raging. "I'm going to play a new Obama ad which basically sums up how ...
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Wolf Blitzer Excuses Obama's Netanyahu Snub for Letterman Appearance: He Was 'Very Smooth'

President Obama had time to enjoy late night laughs with David Letterman while refusing to meet with America's Middle East ally, and yet CNN's Wolf Blitzer was just fine with that. "In the ...
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CNN Hypes 'Tsunami' of Romney Campaign Problems

After CNN pounded away at the latest media-manufactured Mitt Romney gaffe, CNN's Brooke Baldwin remarked on Tuesday that the campaign faces a "tsunami" of "myriad issues." "Can they right ...
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Soledad O'Brien Doubles Down on Romney 'Gaffes' and Asks If Campaign Is 'Hot Mess'

CNN's Soledad O'Brien fanned the flames of Mitt Romney's latest media firestorm, his remark on 47 percent of citizens that was leaked by liberal magazine Mother Jones. She also included two ...
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CNN Punts on Obama Dereliction In Libya In Favor of Romney Tape

Just how bad is the media's track record this election season? On Monday, CNN's Anderson Cooper led his show with a manufactured Mitt Romney controversy instead of news that the U.S. may have ...
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CNN's Soledad O'Brien Lectures GOP Congressman: Obama 'Never Once Used the Word Apology'

CNN's Soledad O'Brien went so far to defend President Obama's diplomacy that she argued GOP criticisms of his "apology tour" were null simply because the speeches didn't include the words ...
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Former Romney Spokesperson Rips Media for Overlooking Obama's Policies

Former Romney spokesperson Richard Grenell called out the media on Monday for not focusing hard enough on President Obama's foreign policy record. "The media needs to start looking at ...
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CNN Contrasts Romney's 'Mixed Messages' With Obama Honoring Fallen Diplomats

In an obvious contrast between the two presidential campaigns, CNN's Jim Acosta highlighted both Mitt Romney's frivolous talk show interview and his campaign's "sharpened rhetoric" on Friday ...
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CNN Tees Up John Lewis to Liken Voter ID Laws to Jim Crow

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) has said new voter ID laws reflect old Jim Crow laws, and CNN's Carol Costello played right into his outlandish rhetoric on Friday morning. "Are you ...
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Ari Fleischer Slams Media 'Double Standard' on Foreign Policy: 'They Did Not Do That to Obama or Kerry'

GOP strategist Ari Fleischer set the record straight about the media infatuation with Mitt Romney's statements on the embassy attacks. On Wednesday's Anderson Cooper 360, he called out the ...
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CNN Asks If Anti-Islam Film Director Has Blood on His Hands

Terrorists murdered an American ambassador in cold blood, and yet CNN shamelessly implied on Thursday that the makers of an anti-Islam movie might have blood on their very hands. Do you and ...
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Romney Adviser Hammers CNN Anchor Over 'Silly Question'

After the press belittled Mitt Romney over the politics of his statements on Tuesday's embassy attacks, CNN's Don Lemon continued asking redundant questions about process to the Romney ...
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Anderson Cooper Gives Frivolous Criticism of Romney for Hypocrisy

CNN's Anderson Cooper smacked the Romney campaign Monday night for alleged dishonesty. He claimed they were talking too much about social issues while saying the economy is their real focus. ...
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CNN Panelists Admit Media 'Nostalgia' for Clinton, Past 'Love Affair' With Obama

The media have "nostalgia" for Bill Clinton and a "tedious marriage" with President Obama, according to panel members on Sunday's Reliable Sources. CNN's Howard Kurtz mused that "the ...
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CNN Hails 'Home Run Derby of Speeches' at DNC

The Democratic Convention produced a "home run derby of speeches," insisted CNN's John King early Friday morning on Piers Morgan Tonight. This came after CNN hailed Michelle Obama's DNC ...