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MSNBC's O'Donnell: Planned Parenthood Head Should Be Ambassador to U.N.

During a syrupy interview with Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards on Monday's Last Word, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell was so impressed that he declared that she is worthy to be ...

NBC Nightly News Finally Mentions Obama Mandate Imposition on Catholics; Still Waiting for ABC and CBS

NBC Nightly News on Monday lifted its two-plus week blackout of the Obama administration's decision to force religious institutions, such as Catholic hospitals and charities, to provide birth ...

Media's 'Blatant' Pro-Abortion Bias Clear in Komen Controversy, Says NYT Columnist Douthat

Ross Douthat: "From the nightly news shows to print and online media, the coverage's tone alternated between wonder and outrage - wonder that anyone could possibly find Planned Parenthood even ...

Nets Hype Social Media 'Torrent' in Komen Uproar, Keep Pro-Abortion Slant

ABC, CBS, and NBC spotlighted the Komen foundation's about-face on funding Planned Parenthood on their Friday evening newscasts, and played up the apparent role of social media in getting the ...

CNN Quickly Reported Liberal Backlash Against Komen, But Sat on Religious Outrage Over Obama's HHS Mandate

CNN's liberal bias on social issues was blatantly manifested in its coverage of two different stories over the past few weeks - Catholics vs. the Obama administration, and the liberal outrage over ...

After Pounding Romney on Taxes, ABC Gloats That 'More' People 'Don't Like' the Republican

After pounding Mitt Romney on taxes and wealth for weeks, ABC on Monday touted a new poll finding that the Republican is "struggling on this key issue of taxes," according to co-host George ...

NBC's Lauer Chats With Obama About GOP Candidates 'Pummeling Each Other,' Cues Obama on If Romney 'Can Identify with Middle Class?'

Once again touting the latest cover of New Yorker magazine, NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer lobbed this softball to President Obama in a pre-Super Bowl interview: "...you watching the big game on ...

Network Newscast Blackout of Mandate on Catholics Continues, But Sunday Talk Shows Take It Up

The broadcast network evening and morning newscast blackout, of the Obama administration plan to force health insurance offered by Catholic charities and hospitals to cover sterilization, ...

Matthews Dismisses Mitchell's Defense of Bush 41 Over Scanner Non-Gaffe

On Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, host Matthews dismissed NBC's Andrea Mitchell when she tried to correct his claim that President George H.W. Bush had never seen a checkout scanner ...

CNN Host Asks How Any Nevada Voter Can 'Connect' With Romney - Though Poll Shows Him Ahead by 20 Points

While Mitt Romney is polling strong in Nevada ' as her own network had reported ' CNN's Ashleigh Banfield still questioned how anyone in the state could "connect" with him over his laissez-faire ...
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