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ABC's Karl: 'Most Outrageous Ad' Comes from Obama Super PAC

On Thursday's World News, ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl gave attention to the now-infamous Obama superpac ad that blames Mitt Romney for a man's wife dying of cancer, labeling it "the single ...
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Morning Newscasts Still Skipping Obama Supporters' Cancer Death Ad

On Thursday morning, the Big Three continued their complete blackout on the controversy surrounding a pro-Obama super PAC's new ad that points the finger at Mitt Romney for a woman's cancer death. ...
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Non-Partisan? CNN Uses Dem Talking Point to 'Fact-Check' Romney Ad

In quite partisan fashion, CNN used a Democratic talking point to "fact-check" what is simply the valid opinion of many conservatives. Taking a Romney campaign ad claiming Obama is waging a "war ...
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NBC Touts Hillary Clinton Gaining 'Strength' from Mandela While 'Under Daily Political Attack'

On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams gushed over a speech Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made on a trip to South Africa: "...she talked about the strength she received from ...
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Networks Continue Blackout on Romney-Killed-My-Wife Ad, Tout War on Women Meme

All three evening newscasts on Wednesday continued to ignore a super PAC ad by top Obama supporters that accuses Mitt Romney of, essentially, killing a woman. At the same time, CBS and NBC ...
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On NBC's 'Today,' BBC's Katty Kay Laments American Desire for Limited Government

During a report about "why we love the British" on Thursday's NBC Today, special correspondent Tom Brokaw declared: "In one of our election years, the British watch America with a sense of ...
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NBC Hypes July as ‘Hottest Month Ever’ – Doesn’t Bother to Mention It Was Barely Hotter Than 1936

“On our broadcast tonight,” Brian Williams teased his lead story Wednesday night, “extreme heat, but more than that: the official confirmation that came today that it has never been this hot in ...
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NBC's Mitchell Describes Push for Free Birth Control as 'Contraception Rights'

On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, as correspondent Andrea Mitchell filed a report recounting that President Obama is running ahead of Mitt Romney with female voters, Mitchell referred to liberal ...
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Obama Guts Welfare Reform, But CNN Wields Liberal Talking Points to Say Otherwise

CNN relied on liberal analysis and Democratic talking points to dismantle a new Romney campaign claim about Obama gutting welfare reform. On Wednesday morning the network twice cited PolitiFact ...
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NPR Ignores Obama Super PAC's Cancer Death Ad; 'Truth Squadding' Romney Welfare Ad

On Wednesday's Morning Edition, NPR followed the example of its Big Three counterparts in failing to cover a new ad from a pro-Obama super PAC that points the finger at Mitt Romney for a woman's ...
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