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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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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 Highlights Retiring GOP Moderate Who Laments Lack of 'Compromise'

On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams read a short item noting the decision of Ohio Republican Congressman Steve LaTourette to retire from the House of Representatives this year, ...

NYT's Weisman Laments 'Limits of Campaign Finance Rules' That Mean Democrats Sometimes Lose Elections

By "advocacy groups" and "campaign finance watchdogs," the New York Times Jonathan Weisman means partisan liberals and Democrats: "To Democrats and some campaign finance watchdogs eager to force ...
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NBC's Lauer Invites David Axelrod to Slam GOP Over Holder Contempt Vote

On Friday's NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer didn't just lob a softball to Obama campaign advisor David Axelrod about Attorney General Eric Holder being held in contempt of Congress, he placed the ...
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NBC Uniquely Notes Some Dems Voted to Sanction Holder

Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts Thursday night, the NBC Nightly News, not only ran a full report on the House of Representatives vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in ...
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ABC, NBC Morning Shows Spend More Time on Heat Wave Than Fast and Furious

ABC and NBC's morning shows on Thursday actually noticed something interesting was happening with the Fast and Furious scandal. Both networks covered the vote by a House committee to hold ...
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NYT's Matt Bai Praises Statesmanlike and Contemplative' Bob Kerrey, Faults 'Tea Party Fervor'

In a profile for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, reporter Matt Bai fawned over former Democratic senator and presidential candidate Bob Kerrey as "a statesmanlike and contemplative presence" ...
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NYT's Shear Digs Up Racism Accusations: 'Much More' Than 'Macaca' Doomed GOP Sen. George Allen

NYT reporter Michael Shear felt the need to kneecap Allen out of the starting gate by injecting all the old controversies and rumors or racism into the current news cycle: "Questions about Mr. ...
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Pressure Grows on Team Obama After Helpful Security Leaks to the New York Times

Two front-page scoops that portray the president as a strong, tough-on-terror leader clearly provided the perspective of Obama insiders. Sen. Lindsey Graham asked Attorney General Eric Holder: ...
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