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Matt Lauer Urges Bachmann to Bash Perry; NBC Debate Coverage Promotes GOP Infighting

In an interview with Michele Bachmann on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer actually delayed discussion of job creation as he pushed her to attack Texas Governor Rick Perry: "We'll talk about ...

NBC Gives Michael Moore Forum to Slam Fox News and 'AM Hate Radio'

Appearing on Tuesday's NBC Today to promote his autobiography, left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore decried "the amount of hatred that was generated on a certain news channel and on AM hate radio" ...

After Another Republican Debate, ABC Again Looks to a Democrat for Reaction

After last Wednesday's Republican debate, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos turned to a top Democrat for reaction. After last Thursday's jobs speech by Barack Obama, Stephanopoulos ...

After Hitting GOP Candidates from Left, NBC's Williams Presses Obama from Left

A few days after he hit Republicans from the left when he moderated a presidential candidates debate on MSNBC, NBC's Brian Williams pressed President Barack Obama with the concerns of Obama ...

CNN: Is Perry a 'Bomb Thrower' for Calling Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?

The day after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, CNN asked if Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry was being a "bomb thrower" for vilifying Social Security as a Ponzi scheme.

CNN's Velshi: Stimulus Didn't Fail

CNN's business guru Ali Velshi argued that the stimulus did not fail, in a testy exchange Monday with CNN contributor Dana Loesch that followed President Obama's jobs plan speech.

Krugman Offensive Again on 10th Anniversary of 9-11: Bush, Giuliani 'Fake Heroes'

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman: "What happened after 9/11 - and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not - was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been ...

Hardball Guest: You'd Almost Think Cheney Is an 'Agent of the Nation's Enemies'

Salon columnist Joe Conason appeared on Monday's Hardball to excoriate former Vice President Dick Cheney: "...You would almost think that Cheney was actually an agent of the nation's enemies..." ...

Clift's 9/11 Regret: It Sparked Our 'Obsessive Focus' on Terrorism

Of all the major regrets she could have about 9/11, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift whined that the attacks on that tragic day sparked this nation's "Obsessive focus on terrorism." As part of a panel ...

NBC's Curry to Ahmadinejad: 'Why Do You Work So Hard?'

Monday's NBC Today featured co-host Ann Curry live in Tehran doing a fawning "day in the life" profile of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. At one point, Curry noted the dictator's "grueling ...
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