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NPR Host Decries 'Fairness Bias' - When Media Overcompensate to Conservatives

NPR host Brooke Gladstone admits that journalists are generally more liberal than regular Americans, but she thinks they overcompensate for their bias by giving too much of a voice to conservatives.

Martin Bashir: Sarah Palin's Bus Tour a 'Breach of Federal Law'

MSNBC's Martin Bashir on May 31 insisted that Sarah Palin's bus tour amounts to a "breach of a federal law." Anchoring his eponymous program, Bashir scolded: "In fact, the whole thing could be in ...

NBC's Curry Whines About Palin's 'Bad Relationship' with Media, 'Not Playing Well' With GOP

On Wednesday's NBC Today, fill-in co-host Ann Curry fretted over Sarah Palin not sucking up to the press, complaining "[she] seems to delight in having a bad relationship with what she calls the ...

Rahm Emanuel for President in 2016? George Stephanopoulos Touts His White House Buddy

Continuing his cozy relationship with powerful Democrats, George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday interviewed his good friend, and newly elected mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel. The Good Morning America ...

Obama's Other Foreign Policy Sounding Board - NYT's Thomas Friedman - Mocks Israel, Congress

NewsBusters previously reported that CNN's Fareed Zakaria had met with President Obama face-to-face to discuss foreign policy. Obama's other reported "source" of information on foreign policy, New ...

AP's Babington Warns of Damage 'Hard-Right' Positions Cause GOP White House Hopefuls

"GOP presidential contenders drift to the right," reads the headline over a dispatch by the AP's Charles Babington who devoted an entire story to fears "Republican candidates are drifting ...

CBS: Palin Risks 'Rubbing Voters the Wrong Way' By Turning Only to Fox News

CBS's Erica Hill strongly hinted on Monday's Early Show that Sarah Palin's "extended flirtation...with running" for president and speaking only to Fox News to the detriment of the rest of the ...

CNN's Yellin Derides Coverage of Palin Bus Tour - But CNN Reported Tour Almost Every Hour

Isn't Jessica Yellin mocking her own network for incessantly reporting on Sarah Palin's bus tour? The CNN correspondent called the coverage of the tour "a media low-point" on CNN Tuesday, although ...

Chris Matthews Links Dennis Kucinich to Churchill and Lebron James, Promises 'Enthusiastic' Coverage

MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tuesday could barely contain a tingle as he fawned over left-wing Congressman Dennis Kucinich, connecting the Representative to World War II hero Winston Churchill and ...

CBS News Producer: 'Dangerous' Palin Could Cause a Car Crash

The press is pouting because potential GOP presidential contender Sarah Palin is apparently having a bit of fun with them, by refusing to let them know in advance where she is headed on her bus ...
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