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In Warning Against Caricaturing Hasan, Newsweek's Miller Caricatures U.S.

Another liberal fears a 'backlash.'

Maddow Complains Labeling Hasan 'Terrorist' Would 'Paint the Democrats as Soft on Terror'

MSNBC host insists terrorism classification is an effort to 'play that politicizing terrorism, anti-Democratic greatest hit.'

MSNBC's Ratigan Accuses Conservative Guest of Lying about Government-Funded Abortion

FRC's Cathy Ruse received constant interruptions and a condescending lecture about productive conversation in her attempt to discuss the Stupak amendment.

Washington Post Highlights Problem of Portable Porn

'Style' article points to the 'gross' trend of drive-by smut.

Prejean: King 'Inappropriate' During Interview

Larry King shows different standards for conservatives and liberals.

CW's Teen Threesome Ho-Hum for Entertainment Weekly

Normalizing group sex as a rite of passage is 'pretty chaste.'

Glamour Flies Liberal Flag with Women of the Year List

Annual honor removes any doubt of the bias present in women's magazines.

PC News: Networks Downplay Terrorism, Muslim Connection in Ft. Hood Attack

All three networks mention 'terror' only after Obama hints at ideology during funeral ceremony.

HuffPo Ponders Separate NY Times Bestsellers List for 'Conservative Blockbusters'

Lefty blog proposes solution to right-leaning personalities' dominating commercial success: their own list.

FNC Interviews Fmr Planned Parenthood Clinic Exec Director Who Turned Pro-Life

Huckabee guest saw abortion ultrasound and became pro-life.

Compare and Contrast: Bill O'Reilly Asks Palin Book Authors the Questions Harry Smith Won't

Is Sarah from Alaska a damaging slam against former GOP VP candidate? It depends on which network you watch.

Hollywood Morality: Teen Sex on TV OK Because Real Teens Already Do It

Behar and guests see no big deal in Gossip Girl episode that features threesome.

'Countdown' Goes Drag to Rip Sarah Palin

Show regular and Village Voice columnist Michael Musto mocks former Alaska governor by reenacting 2008 campaign concession speech that didn't happen.

Time Sees 'Silver Lining' in Gay Marriage Loss in Maine

Not to worry. For marriage traditionalists, resistance is futile.

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AP Laments Maine Marriage Victory

Article focused on gay and lesbian reaction to outcome, but unlike nets, at least did the story.

Still Whalin' on Palin: CBS Helps Levi Johnston Smear Sarah

Network gives 'white-trash idiot' four interviews in two days to discredit former vice-presidential candidate.

Surprise: Times Runs Cover Article in Support of R.O.T.C.

Reporter Michael Winerip questions the reasoning behind the Ivy League's 1960s, antiwar-era ban on the military's Reserve Officers Training Corp.

Joy Behar: Profits the 'Real Immorality' of Abortion

View host Barbara Walters defends Planned Parenthood, allows little dissent in panel discussion about abortion.

Laughable: 'Countdown' Accuses Palin of Sexism

Olbermann and O'Donnell argue Sarah Palin forced Scozzafava out of NY 23 race and wonder why she wasn't called out for sexism.

Newsweek Trashes Sexual Abstinence

Reporter Sarah Kliff uses extreme examples and leftist groups to promote comprehensive sex ed instead.

In Sympathetic WaPo Story on 'Abortion Addict,' All the Condemnation Is Saved for Pro-Lifers

Post Reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia depicted pro-lifers as violent and hateful.

CMI Commentary: Post Calls Virginia GOP Attorney General Candidate a Bigot

Desperate to have some impact on Virginia elections, editorial smears Cuccinelli for traditional morality.

FCC Goes Left to Analyze Future of Journalism

Chairman appoints liberal Beliefnet president who said McCain was trying to make Obama look like Antichrist.

CBS, NBC Ignore Expansion of Hate Crime Laws; ABC's Gibson Claims Matthew Shepard was Murdered 'Because He was Gay'

'World News' Anchor ignores own network's reporting on the Shepard case.

Television Violence, Real-Life Consequences

New PTC study finds increased depictions of violence against on women on primetime programs.

Author Gore Vidal Labels Polanski Victim a 'Young Hooker'

'Anti-Semitism' drove the outcry against the director, not the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

CNN, MSNBC Hail Hate Crime Legislation; Ignore Consequences for Free Speech

Will religious teaching about homosexuality be prosecuted as a hate crime?

'View' Shames Media for 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent'; No Mention of Limbaugh

Hosts muster sympathy for teacher wrongly accused of having sex with a teen; forget their own complicity in spreading falsehoods.