Campaign 2012

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Paul Krugman Not Crazy About Paul Ryan Pick: 'He Is, in Fact, a Big Fraud....Proposals Are Sloppy as Well as Dishonest'

Times columnist Paul Krugman even goes after colleagues in the media for the respect that "big fraud" Paul Ryan receives, due to "the gullibility and vanity of the news media, in much the same way ...
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Nets Relay Obama's Attack on Ryan, Only CBS Notes Rebuttal

All three broadcast network evening newscasts recounted President Obama's charge that Rep. Paul Ryan is holding up a farm aid bill as the President campaign in Iowa, but only CBS's Nancy Cordes ...
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NBC's Lauer Uses Obama's Own Words to Knock Down Attacks on Ryan

On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer actually used the President's own past statements about Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to grill deputy Obama campaign manager ...
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Former NYT Chief Editor Bill Keller Sprays Conservative Targets Ryan, Bork, 'Slander' by Swift Boat Vets

Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller went after Republicans and the party's "disciplined conservative infrastructure" in his column on Paul Ryan. Pecking at a multitude of ...
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Paul Ryan Greeted With 'Conservative' Labels, Seen as Proudly Conservative Compared to 'More Pragmatic' Obama

Times reporter Jackie Calmes sounds unhappy with Romney's choice of Paul Ryan: "His blueprint would greatly shrink the government, largely undoing the social safety net by shifting more costs ...
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NBC on Paul Ryan: 'Architect of a Politically Polarizing Budget Plan to Slash Trillions'

Hoping to define vice presidential pick Paul Ryan early with liberal talking points, on Monday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander painted the Wisconsin congressman as "the architect of ...
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On 60 Minutes Schieffer Presses Romney and Ryan with False Narrative Wealthy Pay Low Tax Rate

Advancing a false narrative about how the wealthy are paying a lower tax rate than the middle class, CBS Bob Schieffer used his 60 Minutes session with the Republican ticket to push Mitt Romney ...
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Chris Matthews Slams Paul Ryan Budget as 'Screwing' Needy People

On a special Saturday edition of Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews twice claimed that Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's budget "screws" needy people. During a segment with Democratic Rep. Chris Van ...
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Politico's Simon Sees Racist 'Dog Whistle' in Anti-Obama Welfare Ad

Appearing as a panel member on Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, Politico's Roger Simon claimed to see racism in a campaign ad against President Obama which criticizes the President for granting ...
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Media Use Phony Contraception Mandate 'Compromise' to Dismiss Obama War on Religion

On Thursday, several media reports used Obama campaign talking points to downplay a new Romney campaign ad that accused the President of a "war on religion" following the ObamaCare ...
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