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NBC's Gregory Grills Pawlenty on GOP 'Purity Test' on Taxes

In an interview with Tim Pawlenty on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, host David Gregory cited New York Times columnist David Brooks slamming Republican opposition to tax increases in debt ceiling ...

Liberal Diane Sawyer Swears Neutrality: 'People Will Know What the Truth Is'

World News host Diane Sawyer swears she simply "brings the facts" and makes sure people "know what the truth is." The anchor appeared on Thursday's O'Reilly Factor to promote her new special on ...

Twice in Less Than 24 Hours, Chris Matthews Compares Republicans to 'Terrorists'

Two times in less than 24 hours, MSNBC's Chris Matthews smeared Republicans who oppose raising the debt limit as "terrorists." On Tuesday, after liberal guest Joan Walsh compared the GOP position ...

MSNBC: Leaning Left for 15 Long Years - A Year-by-Year Video Retrospective

On Thursday night MSNBC's cast and crew gathered in Washington D.C. to celebrate their network being on the air for 15 long years. The following collection of the worst MSNBC quotes, year-by-year, ...

ABC Touts Teachers Blaming Standardized Tests for Atlanta Cheating Scandal

As the broadcast network evening newscasts filed reports this week on the teacher cheating scandal in Atlanta, Georgia, ABC's World News went furthest in seeming to sympathize with the teachers ...

Schieffer Bemoans 'Draconian' Cuts from Both Parties to Education, Poor

CBS's Bob Schieffer took on the role of a left-wing activist on Sunday's Face the Nation, as he pressed all four of his guests from both parties about cuts in state and local spending. Schieffer ...

CNN Anchor Uses David Brooks to Press Jim DeMint on Debt Ceiling Standoff

CNN American Morning co-host Christine Romans used David Brooks' words to press Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) Wednesday on the stubbornness of conservative Republicans in the debt ceiling debate. ...

Fareed Zakaria Praises Obama's Mideast Foreign Policy 'Restraint'

CNN foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria ' who has recently had off-the-record conversations with President Obama on foreign issues ' noted the president's "restraint" in his dealing with the ...

MSNBC's Religious Expert Excoriates 'Radical,' 'Theocratic' Christians Who 'Hate' America

In a segment on the religiosity of Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, MSNBC's Richard Lui on Wednesday looked to an author who smears conservative Christians as "radical," weird individuals who ...

Chris Matthews Smears the 'Scary' GOP as the 'Wahhabis of American Government'

MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tuesday escalated his attack on the Republican Party, comparing them to a violent sect of Islam. The Hardball host frothed, "Well, the GOP has become the Wahhabis of ...
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