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CBS Forwards Reid's 'Lecture' of GOP and His Hope They 'Learned a Lesson'

On Friday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Sharyl Attkisson included a clip of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid directing a "lecture" at and blaming House Republicans for delaying the payroll ...

CBS Team Laughs at House GOP 'Cave,' ABC Plays Up Republican Defeat

As the broadcast network morning newscasts on Friday all reported on House Republicans backing down on a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut, the CBS team on The Early Show saw humor in the ...

CBS Host: Is GOP 'Handing President Obama His Re-Election Bid'?

In Thursday's interview with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Early Show co-host Chris Wragge asked if Republicans in Congress are basically helping President Obama get re-elected with their ongoing ...

CBS's Hill to Bachmann: House GOP 'Risks Looking Like The Grinch'

CBS's Erica Hill invoked an infamous Christmas season villain on Wednesday's Early Show, stating that "[House] Republicans...risk looking like the Grinch here four days before Christmas" for their ...

Steinhauer Isolates GOP's Conservative House Majority on NYT Front Page: 'Very Much Alone'

A hostile Steinhauer dramatizes the isolation of the conservative flank of the Republican Party: "After defiantly rejecting a Senate compromise to extend a payroll tax break and jobless pay, ...

NBC's Curry to Michele Bachmann: Has Boehner 'Lost All Control' of House GOP?

On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry led off an interview with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann by wondering if House Speaker John Boehner was a liar or just incompetent: "Did House Speaker ...

NBC, ABC Knock GOP for 'Messing Up' Payroll Tax Cut: 'Holiday Cheer Gone Sour'

NBC and ABC on Monday and Tuesday knocked House Republicans for potentially "messing up" an extension of the payroll tax cut. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell derided this as "holiday cheer gone sour."

NBC's Gregory: GOP Just Using Oil Pipeline as 'Political Issue' to Prevent Compromise

In an interview with House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory blamed Republicans for blocking an extension of payroll tax cuts by supporting a new oil pipeline: ...

NBC Sets Up Obama to Run Against 'Do-Nothing Congress,' Lumps in 1995 GOP Congress

Friday's NBC Nightly News ran a report touting the prospect that President Obama could portray the current Congress as a "Do-Nothing Congress," based primarily on the number of bills passed rather ...

CNN: Dems Acting Like 'Conservative Republicans' In Payroll Tax Debate

In its Monday afternoon coverage of the Congressional battle over extending the payroll tax cut, CNN repeatedly emphasized a Democratic advantage and claimed that the Democrats are acting like ...
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