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CBS, ABC Excited Over Barack Obama's Bid to Recapture His 'Glory Days'

Both ABC and CBS on Wednesday morning played up Barack Obama's attempt to reignite his Democratic base and defeat surging Republicans. Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos labeled the ...

ABC's Dan Harris, Who Slimed Tea Party, Tries to Discredit Mosque Opposition as Vile 'Islamophobia'

Dan Harris, who last year trashed the Tea Party as "actually largely orchestrated by people fronting for corporate interests" and smeared participants as "driven...by a refusal to accept a black ...

Why No Public Love for Obama's "Many Acomplishments"?

Vol. 23, No. 15

CBS: Financial Reform 'Another Huge Milestone For President Obama'

On Wednesday's CBS Early Show, fill-in co-host Erica Hill cheered the passage of financial reform legislation as "another huge milestone for President Obama." Hill went on to explain: "The first ...

CBS Celebrates: Democrats 'Won A Major Battle' On Unemployment Benefits

After the network pushed Congress for weeks to extend unemployment benefits, CBS's Early Show cheered the expected passage of the legislation on Tuesday. Co-host Harry Smith noted how Democrats ...

CBS's Reid Can't Resist Contrasting Obama's Vacation Time to Bush's

CBS's Chip Reid on Saturday couldn't resist defending President Obama's vacation choice by invoking an unfavorable comparison with George W. Bush, enhanced by an on-screen graphic: "Whatever ...

CBS: Financial Reform 'Big Win' for Obama, Adds to 'Long List' of 'Accomplishments'

On Thursday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric touted the just-passed financial reform bill as a "big win" for President Obama, "as was the passage of health care reform." She then lamented ...

CBS's Chip Reid Rails Against Failure to Extend Unemployment Benefits: 'Senate Republicans Are to Blame'

CBS's Chip Reid on Thursday railed against the Senate for failing to extend unemployment benefits. The Evening News reporter opined, "So who's fault is that? On the surface, it appears Senate ...

As Much on Byrd's Fiddle Playing as Klan Days; 'Like Constitution and Bible, Permanent Fixture of the Senate'

The networks Monday night skipped lightly over the late Senator Robert Byrd's segregationist and racist record, devoting as much time to the Democrat's fiddle-playing prowess as his years in the ...

The Media Are Unanimous: Obama Is "Brilliant"

Vol. 23, No. 13
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