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NBC Gives Most Coverage to Newsweek Cover Controversy, But Uses it to Paint Bachmann as 'Extreme'

While anchor Brian Williams described Newsweek's controversial cover photo of Michelle Bachmann as "clearly a misfire" on Monday's NBC Nightly News, on Tuesday's Today, correspondent Andrea ...

NBC's Williams Prods Obama to Force Congress Into 'Sudden Breakout of Sanity'

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who the week before last cited "the debt ceiling, which rational people agree needs to be raised," on Monday evening again seemed to take a shot at Tea ...

CBS Pushes Liberal Talking Point About Tea Party 'Downgrade'

On Monday's Early Show, CBS's Norah O'Donnell promoted the left-of-center talking point that Standard & Poor's recent lowering of the U.S.'s credit rating is a "Tea Party downgrade." O'Donnell ...

Chris Matthews Unloads on Obama; President Should Have Said 'Tax the Freaking Rich!'

A clearly worried Chris Matthews on Monday fretted that a "coy" Barack Obama is being "too cute by half" in his handling of the economy. Matthews lamented the fact that in his press conference, ...

Gore and Olbermann Tap CNN, NBC and ABC Veteran Bohrman to Run Current TV

TV Newser reported Monday afternoon the news that David Bohrman, the long-time Washington Bureau Chief for CNN, has been hired by Al Gore's Current TV, the cable home of Keith Olbermann which is ...

On Saturday's 'Today,' GOP Blamed for Debt Downgrade and Washington Gridlock

At the top of Saturday's NBC Today, CNBC's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood told co-host Lester Holt that the downgrade of U.S. debt provided President Obama with "a tangible ...

ABC: Is Rick Perry Going 'Too Far' With Prayer Event? Frets 'Even Mainstream Christians' are Worried

Good Morning America's David Kerley on Saturday offered up a one-sided, biased take on a prayer event led by Texas Governor Rick Perry over the weekend. The ABC graphic for the segment chided, ...

NBC's Gregory Accuses GOP of 'Politicizing' Debt Downgrade, After Allowing John Kerry to Blame Tea Party

On Sunday's Meet the Press on NBC, host David Gregory allowed Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to blame Standard and Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt on the Tea Party without challenge. However, ...

Hollywood Mogul Katzenberg Rails Against Tea Party's 'Extremism'

A reminder Hollywood moguls aren't just enthralled with Barack Obama. They are also ideological liberals who have disgust for conservatives and are especially enraged by the Tea Party's success. ...

Harry Smith Makes His NBC News Debut With a Birthday Love Letter to Obama

At the end of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Harry Smith, formerly of CBS, made his first appearance on the network with a fawning birthday message to President Obama: "Happy birthday, ...
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