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Networks Hype 'History-Making Moment for the NBA' After Jason Collins Plays for 10 Minutes

Despite openly gay NBA player Jason Collins only spending 10 minutes on the court during a game Sunday night, all three network morning shows on Monday hailed his non-scoring time off the ...
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Networks Minimize Coverage of Anti-Socialist Protests in Venezuela

ABC, CBS, and NBC have largely punted in covering the protests against the leftist government in Venezuela. Since Monday, only NBC Nightly News has devoted a full report on the demonstrations in ...
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ABC Pushes Anti-Catholic 'Philomena' as a 'Touching,' 'True' 'Winner'

Good Morning America's Bianna Golodrygra on Thursday pushed the anti-Catholic film Philomena as a "touching" "true story." The ABC journalist spun the movie as largely uncontroversial and a "clear ...
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Networks Ignore FCC Plan to Investigate Newsrooms

Despite the disturbing news on Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission had developed a controversial plan to investigate television and radio newsrooms across the country, the ...
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After Pushing Minimum Wage Hike, NBC and ABC Give 42 Seconds to Report Showing it Would Cost Jobs

While all three broadcast networks happily promoted President Obama's crusade to hike the minimum wage following his State of the Union address, NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America only ...
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ABC, NBC Ignore Estimate That Minimum Wage Hike Would Cost 500,000 Jobs; CBS Reports

CBS was the only network on Tuesday evening to highlight a CBO report that President Obama's proposal to hike the minimum wage would cost 500,000 jobs. The CBO report stated that despite an ...
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Bad News for ObamaCare? No, Just a 'Hiccup' Say Big Three Nets

In the last couple of weeks ObamaCare has been dealt two serious setbacks: yet another delay in the employer mandate, and a devastating CBO report that claimed it will cost the equivalent of ...
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Spinning ObamaCare: Two Million Jobs Lost = “Freedom”

After a CBO report says ObamaCare will cost the economy the equivalent of more than 2 million jobs, network reporters adopt the administration's spin, with NBC's David Gregory wondering: "Why ...
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ABC Gives Sympathetic Look at Polygamist Family

On Friday night’s World News, ABC’s Cecilia Vega gave a sympathetic portrayal of a polygamist family featured on TLC’s Sister Wives. Although Vega gave voice to critics of the Brown ...
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Networks Yawn at Claim of 'Significant Decline' in Press Freedom in U.S. Under Obama

ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning and evening newscasts have so far punted on reporting the strong critique of the Obama administration's "disturbing retreat from democratic practices" with regard to ...
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