Matthew Balan

a News Analyst
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CBS's Rose Cannot Believe Rubio Would Label Obama 'Divisive'

On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose took issue with Senator Marco Rubio recently attacking President Barack Obama for being 'divisive.' When Rubio tried to point to the President's State ...

Come Again? MSNBC's Wagner Claims Reagan 'Would Be A Democrat' Today

Alex Wagner made an eye-popping remark on her MSNBC program on Wednesday, as she hinted that she agreed with former Obama spokesman Bill Burton's assertion that Ronald Reagan would feel out of ...

CBS's Hill Argues Ryan is Out of Step with America for Opposing Tax Hikes

On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Erica Hill played up the "overwhelming majority" that apparently support raising taxes on the rich, and urged Rep. Paul Ryan to consider supporting such a tax hike: ...

NY Times Lets Liberals Boost Obama Admin. Attack on Religious Groups

John H. Cushman, Jr. of the New York Times almost completely slanted to the left in his Friday article about the Obama administration's decision to force religious organizations to include free ...

CBS's Rose Touts NY Times Spin on Romney's Wealth Being 'New Hurdle'

Charlie Rose ripped a new liberal line of attack on Mitt Romney right out of the New York Times on Thursday's CBS This Morning, as he interviewed top Romney backer Chris Christie. Rose played up ...

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 ...

CBS Boosts Colbert's 'Mitt the Ripper' Anti-Super PAC Campaign

Dean Reynolds filed a glowing report on Tuesday's CBS This Morning promoting comedian Stephen Colbert's mock campaign against super PACs. Reynolds led the segment by stating, "Before we say that a ...

CBS's Rose Throws Race Card at Gingrich Over Food Stamp Remark

On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose hinted Newt Gingrich should apologize for a supposedly racially-tinged comment he recently made: "I want to give you an opportunity, because the point ...

CBS's King Goes Gaga Over Obama Family; No Questions About Lavish Expenses

Gayle King made it clear that she is in the tank for the Obama campaign on Thursday's CBS This Morning, specifically vouching that Michelle Obama apparently is "passionate," and that the First ...

CBS's Gayle King Sucks Up to Friend Michelle Obama; Lets Her Throw Race Charge

New anchor Gayle King tossed softballs at admitted friend Michelle Obama on Wednesday's CBS This Morning. King sympathized with the First Lady over how many supposedly see her. When her guest ...

CBS: Romney Firing Remark Just Shy of Saying 'Herbert Hoover is My Hero'

Bob Schieffer slammed Mitt Romney on Tuesday's CBS This Morning for his recent "I like to fire people" line, stating that he was "looking for every way he can try to lose and drive down his ...

Lauer to Newt: Aren't You Making Obama's Eventual Attack on Romney?

On Monday's Today, NBC's Matt Lauer dwelt on an "extremely negative" attack on frontrunner Mitt Romney from a super PAC that supports Newt Gingrich and asked the former Speaker, "Can't you already ...

CBS Promoted 'Humanized' Hillary in '08; Hounds Romney in 2012

CBS revealed its double standard in its treatment of Republican presidential candidates versus Democratic ones on Wednesday's Early Show, as Jim Axelrod and Nancy Cordes pressed Mitt Romney about ...

CBS Interrogates Cain on Wife's Feelings, Defense Knowledge

CBS's Bob Schieffer led his interview of Herman Cain on Tuesday's Early Show by asking, "Why did you accept the invitation?" Cain must have been wondering that himself by the end of the segment, ...

CBS's Hill to Bachmann: House GOP 'Risks Looking Like The Grinch'

CBS's Erica Hill invoked an infamous Christmas season villain on Wednesday's Early Show, stating that "[House] Republicans...risk looking like the Grinch here four days before Christmas" for their ...

CBS Let 'Biggest Lie of the Year' in Politics Go Unanswered for Months

Tuesday's Early Show on CBS brought on PolitiFact's Bill Adair to reveal what he labeled as the "biggest lie of the year" inside politics, which was "the claim by many Democrats that the ...

Schieffer: Romney 'Has Taken Such a Hard Line' on Illegal Immigration

CBS's Bob Schieffer displayed his liberal leanings on Sunday's Face the Nation when he raised the issue of illegal immigration. Schieffer claimed during an interview of Newt Gingrich that "Mitt ...

CBS Plays Up ObamaCare 'Success', Omits Group's Liberal Leanings

CBS Evening News on Wednesday hyped the "early success" of a provision of ObamaCare which allows young adults under the age of 26 to stay on their parents' health care. Correspondent Wyatt Andrews ...

CBS Spotlights Democratic Attack on Romney as 'Too French'

On Wednesday's Early Show, CBS somehow thought a Democratic super PAC's cynical ad aimed at discouraging Republican primary voters from voting for Mitt Romney was newsworthy. Correspondent Chip ...

Big Three Nets Play Up Lowe's 'Outrage' of Pulling Ads from Muslim Show

ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning shows on Monday all used news briefs to highlight how home improvement giant Lowe's is "facing a backlash" after it pulled its ads from TLC's All-American Muslim ...