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NYT's Trip Gabriel Accuses GOP of Out-of-Context 'Misrepresentation' of Obama's 'You Didn't Build That'

The Times' Trip Gabriel accuses GOP of "misrepresentation" of Obama's infamous "You didn't build that" remark: "The story vaulted from local news to the Drudge Report and conservative blogs, ...
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NBC's Todd Blames 'Tea Party Effect' and GOP 'Infighting' for Akin Controversy

On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams brought on political director Chuck Todd to give a "damage assessment" for Republicans in the wake of the Todd Akin controversy. Todd ...
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Another Front-Page NYT Attempt to Conflate GOP's Pro-Life Plank With Akin's Offensive Comments

Times reporter Jonathan Weisman sees a sinister connection between Rep. Todd Akin's offensive comments on abortion and rape and the GOP's traditional pro-life platform plank: "The congressman’s ...
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New York Times Conflates Akin's 'Rape' Comments With GOP's Pro-Life Stance

The New York Times is extending the controversy over offensive comments made by U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin to indict the entire Republican Party, misleadingly conflating Akin's ...
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NBC 'Reality Check': 'Effective' Obama Ad Paints Romney as 'Mr. Burns' and 'Evil Don Draper'

In what co-host Matt Lauer billed as a campaign ad "reality check" on Tuesday's NBC Today, a Romney ad criticizing the Obama administration for gutting Welfare reform was dismissed as ...
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Mediscare Tactic

NYTimes Lead Editorial Stretches 'Far Right' Smear to Include Mainstream Conservative Positions on Guns, Abortion

So where's the "far right" part? "Ted Yoho, who won a Congressional primary in northern Florida, wants to abolish the income tax and replace it with a sales tax, believes life begins at ...
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NBC Panel: If Akin Stays in Senate Race, Romney/Ryan Will Be 'Tarred' for 'Entire Campaign'

During the Today's Professionals panel segment on Tuesday's NBC Today, attorney Star Jones predicted that if Todd Akin continues his Senate run in Missouri, the entire Republican Party will be ...
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NBC Declares: 'Women's Issues Are Front and Center Again' and GOP is 'Reeling'

At the top of Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed: "Firestorm. A Congressman's words about rape rocket across the country...women's issues are front and center again." ...
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NBC's Todd: After Creating 'Economic Havoc,' House GOP 'Partied and Got Drunk' in Israel

Appearing on Monday's NBC Today, political director and chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd used reports of a Republican congressman skinny dipping during a 2011 trip to Israel to slam ...
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