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McCain Spokesman Slams Chuck Todd's 'Liberal Bias' After NBC Reporter Mocks Senator on Open Mic

Just prior to President Obama's Thursday press conference on Iraq, NBC's chief White House correspondent and political director Chuck Todd was caught on an open mic joking that Republican ...
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MSNBC’s Halperin: If IRS Scandal Happened Under GOP President, ‘This Story Would Be a National Obsession’

Mark Halperin, a frequent panelist on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and Time magazine's senior political analyst, made an intriguing observation on Monday’s show about the IRS scandal. After saying ...
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ABC Gushes Over Celeb Friends of Clinton and Obama, Skips Hillary's Gaffe

Good Morning America's reporters on Saturday, Sunday and Monday swooned over the celebrity fans of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Yet, GMA's hosts found no time for the possible 2016 ...
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CBS's O'Donnell to Obama: What's the 'Most Important Thing You Can Do to Help Working Women?'

Promoting an upcoming White House summit on working families during an interview with President Obama aired on Monday's CBS This Morning, co-host Norah O'Donnell lobbed a series of softballs on ...

Washington Post's Dionne Spins for IRS Misdeeds: ‘Trying To Do What Needs To Be Done’

Liberal Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne did his best to spin on behalf of the IRS over their targeting of conservative groups during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press. Dionne was ...
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ABC’s Stephanopoulos to Sonia Sotomayor: Does Sexism Go Away Now That You’re On the Supreme Court?

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, co-host of Good Morning America and moderator of This Week, sat down with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for an interview that aired on Sunday's This Week. The ...
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NBC’s Today Peddles Obama Talking Points, Avoids Using Term ‘Illegal’ When Discussing Crisis at Border

On Sunday, June 22, NBC’s Kristen Welker did her best to cover up the fact that the more than 170,000 illegal immigrants who have been captured crossing the Mexican border since October 2013 are ...
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Networks Finally Notice IRS's 'Black Eye' Due to 'Lost' Lois Lerner E-Mails

The Big Three networks' Friday evening newscasts finally noticed the latest development in the IRS scandal after Rep. Paul Ryan grilled Commissioner John Koskinen earlier in the day. It was the ...
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CNN Hosts: Paul Ryan ‘Not a Happy Man Today,’ But IRS Scandal Exists Because GOP ‘So Mad About It’

On Friday's edition of CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon, host Don Lemon and CNN chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash made some unusual remarks in agreeing with a Republican in the form of ...
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CBS and NBC Skip New VA Scandal Outrage; ABC Gives News Just 14 Seconds

Despite the newest revelation in the Veterans Affairs scandal on Thursday that one in ten veterans have to wait at least one mont before they can get an appoint to see a doctor, CBS and NBC ...
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