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Howard Fineman, Who Once Slammed 'Werewolf' Rush Limbaugh, Absurdly Denies Liberal Bias

Journalist Howard Fineman, who previously slammed Rush Limbaugh as a "werewolf," who knocked Rick Perry and Sarah Palin as stupid, who smeared Tea Partiers as "secessionists," touted his ...
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NYTimes Nods Along as 'Media Critic in Chief' Obama Excoriates Press for 'False Balance'

New York Times reporter Amy Chozick on Barack Obama, media critic in chief: "But in his informal role as news media critic in chief, he developed a detailed critique of modern news coverage that ...
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Republican VP Short List = Nasty Media Hit List

In just a matter of days, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney will announce his choice for his 2012 running mate. No matter who Romney picks, however, the liberal media's line of attack is ...
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Networks Skip Dishonest Obama Super PAC Ad Blaming Romney for Woman's Death

All three evening newscasts on Tuesday and the morning shows on Wednesday skipped a new Super PAC ad (run by former Obama spokesman Bill Burton) that blames Mitt Romney for a woman's death ...
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Five Days Late, NBC Finally Covers Reid's Baseless Romney Charge; Ignores Pro-Obama Ad Smearing Romney as Killer

It took NBC News nearly a week to mention Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's sleazy and unfounded charge that Mitt Romney failed to pay taxes, with chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd ...
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CNN Uses Sikh Shooting to Tackle Islamophobia -- Despite No Evidence Linking the Two

Despite admitting no direct evidence of Islamophobia behind the recent Wisconsin Sikh shooting, CNN's Carol Costello still tried to connect Islamophobia to the shooting and hype it as a ...
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There He Goes Again: Brian Ross Highlights Shooter's Neo-Nazi Links as 'Right-Wing'

ABC journalist Brian Ross, who on July 20 smeared the Tea Party as connected to a mass killing in Colorado, on Tuesday described the racist views of another shooter and his connection to Nazi, ...
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NBC Touts Obama Admin Plan to Avoid Iraq-Style 'Chaos' in Syria, Even as Al Qaeda Moves In

Introducing a report on the ongoing civil war in Syria on Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams made sure to promote PR from the White House: "...the State Department and the Pentagon ...
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Schultz Tries to Make Sikh Temple Shootings an Embarrassment for Malkin

On Monday's The Ed Show, host Ed Schultz suggested that the weekend attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin proves conservative commentator Michelle Malkin was wrong in 2009 when she criticized a ...
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ABC's Klein: GOP 'Taking the Bait' After Reid's 'Wildly Unsubstantiated' and 'Irresponsible' Charge

On Sunday's World News, ABC's senior Washington editor, Rick Klein, found it to be a "wildly unsubstantiated" and "irresponsible" claim for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to accuse Mitt Romney ...
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