Campaign 2012

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NYT's Michael Cooper: Republican Platform Shows 'Just How Far Rightward the Party Has Shifted'

Reporter Michael Cooper tried hard to make the Republican platform seem menacing: "The new platform -- with its call to reshape Medicare to give fixed amounts of money to future beneficiaries so ...
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NYTimes' Calmes Praises Obama's 'Thoughtful' Response in Web Q&A, Defends Him on Welfare From GOP

Times reporter Jackie Calmes gushed: "In response to a question about the most difficult decision he had had to make in office, he wrote a thoughtful and lengthy answer that began: 'The ...
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NBC's Lauer Cites Obama Flack to Question If Paul Ryan Gave an 'Honest Speech'

In an interview with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer used attack lines from deputy Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter to question the honesty ...
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Weisman Wastes New York Times Space Weakly Mocking Congressional Republicans

Times reporter Jonathan Weisman was really grasping for ways to mock Republicans in the House "The treatment of House Republicans may not have been much of a surprise given recent headlines. ...
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NYT's Cooper Accuses GOP of 'Selectively Editing' Obama's 'You Didn't Build That' Crack

Michael Cooper, building a defense for President Obama against an effective GOP attack: "The Republican convention is playing a recording of President Obama saying 'You didn't build that' -- but ...
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NBC Panel Slams Christie As 'Bully' Who 'Will Never Be Accepted Across This Country'

During a panel discussion on Wednesday's NBC Today, advertising executive Donny Deutsch ripped into Republican National Convention keynote speaker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: "I'm ...
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NBC on Isaac: Obama Being Presidential; 'Difficult' for GOP Convention to Continue

In a Tuesday 10 a.m. et NBC News special report on President Obama declaring a state of emergency for Gulf Coast states in the path of Hurricane Isaac, Today co-host Matt Lauer gushed: ...
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Predictable: NYTimes Fills News Gap With Overblown Lead on Discord Among 'Straight-Laced' GOP 'Squares'

Times reporters used weather woes to predict trouble for and mock the Republican convention. Michael Barbaro and Ashley Parker: "The first day of a hyper-scripted convention was canceled here, ...
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NYTimes Contrasts 'Relaxed and Loose' Obama With Unsubtle Romney Rallies, 'Mostly White and Older'

When the New York Times sends reporters to compare and contrast the Romney and Obama campaign styles, little surprise who comes off looking best. Times reporter Helene Cooper: "In a re-election ...
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NBC's Lauer: Romney Questioned 'The Very Legitimacy of the President of the United States's Citizenship'

In an interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer was aghast at an off-the-cuff joke by Mitt Romney on Friday: "...he said, 'No one's ever ...
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