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NBC: 'Mounting Pressure' for Romney to Release Tax Returns, Even from 'Prominent Conservatives'

At the top of Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie kept up the drum beat for Mitt Romney to release more tax returns as she proclaimed: "Mounting pressure. Mitt Romney facing new calls ...
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ABC Hypes Obama's 'Barrage' Against Romney's Taxes: Stephanopoulos Wonders 'Any Give?'

Good Morning America on Monday hyped the liberal "barrage" on Bain Capital and the push to get Mitt Romney to release more tax records. Over the span of three minutes, ABC featured Barack ...
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Sigourney Weaver to NBC's Gregory: Dems About 'The People'; GOP Just 'Serving Big Business'

In an interview with Meet the Press moderator David Gregory for the Sunday show's web-based feature Press Pass, USA's Political Animals star Sigourney Weaver explained her support for President ...
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Time's Foroohar: 'I'm Actually Sad' That We're 'Talking About Taxes'

Appearing as a panel member on Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS, Time magazine's Rana Foroohar - assistant managing editor in charge of economics and business - lamented that she was "sad" at how ...
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Fineman Lauds Eisenhower for Advising LBJ to Push 'Sweeping Liberal Agenda'

Appearing as a panel member on the weekend's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Huffington Post editoral director Howard Fineman - formerly of Newsweek - praised former President Eisenhower's ...
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Margaret Carlson: Romney 'Wanted the Boos' from NAACP, 'So Proud of Them'

Appearing as a panel member on Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, Bloomberg View's Margaret Carlson - formerly of Time magazine - asserted that Mitt Rommey "wanted the boos" he received as he ...
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Soledad O'Brien Thinks Obama -- Not Governors -- Should Get Credit for States With Low Unemployment

Soledad O'Brien apparently thinks President Obama should get the credit for states with low unemployment, as she pressed two Republican governors to admit on Friday's Starting Point. ...
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Howard Kurtz Warns CNN: Liberal Media Double Standard Apparent 'to Many'

Media critic Howard Kurtz warned CNN on Friday that "to many people" it looks like the media have a massive double standard in its campaign coverage of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. "[W]hen ...
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NBC's Brian Williams Accuses Fox News of 'Jingoism' for Criticizing U.S. Olympic Uniforms

In a nasty rant at the end of Thursday's Rock Center on NBC, Nightly News anchor Brian Williams slammed the hosts of FNC's morning show for daring to criticize the uniforms for the U.S. Olympic ...
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NBC: Obama Preaches 'Unity' and 'Optimism' While Romney 'Relentlessly Attacked'

In a campaign report for Friday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander touted a sound bite of President Obama telling CBS's Charlie Rose: "...the nature of this office is also to tell a ...
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