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St. Louis Fed President: Shutdown ‘Not That Big a Deal’ for Economy

News media touted S&P analysis saying partial closure cost economy $24 billion.
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MSNBC's Wolffe Mocks Republican Concerns Over Deficit

On the Thursday, October 31, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, after host O'Donnell raised new numbers showing that the federal budget deficit has shrunk, MSNBC.com executive editor ...
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MSNBC's Finney Blames 'Dictator' Bush for Troops in Afghanistan

On Wednesday's PoliticsNation, as MSNBC weekend host Karen Finney joined host Al Sharpton in slamming Republicans who liken President Obama to a "dictator," Finney charged that President Bush ...
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ABC and NBC Sympathize With Sebelius for 'Falling on Her Sword' Against 'Rude' Republicans

ABC and NBC journalists on Wednesday and Thursday hailed Kathleen Sebelius as "falling on her sword" and "taking responsibility" for the ObamaCare website debacle. On World News, reporter Jim ...
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ABC Wakes Up to ObamaCare 'Lie,' But Knocks Americans' 'Cheap, Underperforming' Plans

The journalists at Good Morning America on Wednesday conceded that Barack Obama may have "misled the public" on the health care law, that "some call it a lie." But at the same time, reporter Jim ...
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Fuming Chris Matthews: 'Thug' Ted Cruz Wants to 'Kill' Obama's 'Baby'

According to Chris Matthews, conservatives have gone from wanting to kidnap babies to "killing" them. On October 1, the Hardball anchor insisted that Barack Obama "will not give up his baby" to ...
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MSNBC's Harris-Perry: Government Shutdown Was GOP 'Effectively Impeaching' Obama

Appearing as a guest on the Friday, October 18, PoliticsNation show, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry characterized the government shutdown as Republicans "effectively impeaching" President Obama as ...
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Advocacy: ABC Targets Congressional GOPers Who Voted Against Reopening Government

ABC on Thursday night took a victory lap in its effort to blame congressional Republicans for the government shutdown. World News reporter Jeff Zeleny and other journalists at the network phoned ...
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ABC Touts 'Contentious' Interview With Ted Cruz, Blames Him for Shutdown

Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Friday continued his efforts to assign blame for what he called the "Ted Cruz shutdown." This prompted the Texas senator to shoot back: "A lot of the media did" ...
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CBS's Norah O'Donnell Heralds Obama as Shutdown's 'Grown-Up in the Room'

Norah "we shouldn't editorialize" O'Donnell boosted President Obama mere seconds after the liberal politician finished his Thursday presser about the end of the partial government shutdown. The ...
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