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CNN's Medical Correspondent -- and Former Candidate for Obama's Surgeon General -- Touts ObamaCare Benefits

Once a candidate to be President Obama's surgeon general – and thus the mouthpiece for ObamaCare – Dr. Sanjay Gupta touted the benefits of ObamaCare throughout the day on Thursday, after the ...
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CNN Asks GOP Senator If He's 'Sore Loser' for Continuing to Fight ObamaCare

Not long after ObamaCare was upheld by the Supreme Court, CNN was challenging Republicans to accept defeat and get behind the law. Anchor Brooke Baldwin asked Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on ...
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NBC Uniquely Notes Some Dems Voted to Sanction Holder

Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts Thursday night, the NBC Nightly News, not only ran a full report on the House of Representatives vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in ...
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Justice Scalia 'Went Too Far' Talking Immigration, But Ginsburg's Liberal Rants Were Welcomed by NYTimes

New York Times reporter Ethan Bronner says conservative, "politically incorrect" Justice Antonin Scalia "went too far" after criticizing President Obama’s decision not to deport many illegal ...
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Sudden Respect for John Roberts: 'The Man of the Hour' Who 'Might Have Saved' the Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Roberts may have angered conservatives with his decisive vote in favor of ObamaCare, but he was, in CBS anchor Scott Pelley’s words, the “man of the hour” on all three network ...
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CBS's O'Donnell Touts Obama's Law Professor Past Before Court's ObamaCare Decision

On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Norah O'Donnell played up President Obama's experience as a lecturer in constitutional law just hours before the Supreme Court upheld his health care law. O'Donnell ...
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Matthews Lauds 'Bold' Hero' John Roberts for Beating Back 'Right-Wing Fever Swamps'

After comparing John Roberts to a Civil War-era Supreme Court judge who upheld the Dred Scott slave act, Wednesday, Chris Matthews reversed himself, Thursday, and praised the "bold," "defiant" ...
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Media Gush Over Chief Justice 'On the Side of History' With 'Clever Lawyering'

During NBC's noon et hour special coverage of the ObamaCare Supreme Court ruling, Nightly News anchor Brian Williams declared that Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberals on the Court ...
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ABC Fawns Over 'Umpire' Roberts Upholding Mandate: 'Discretion Is the Better Part of Valor'

In live coverage right after the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare, ABC's anchors and reporters praised Chief Justice John Roberts for siding with the liberals. George Stephanopoulos insisted ...
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NBC's Gregory: 5-4 Against ObamaCare = 'Nightmare'; 5-4 for ObamaCare = 'Big Step' Away from 'Polarized' Court

Meet the Press host David Gregory displayed a stunning double standard throughout NBC's Thursday morning coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare. Prior to the decision, he warned ...
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