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NBC Spotlights Bloomberg Blasting FAA for Suspending Flights to Israel; ABC, CBS Omit

Wednesday's NBC Nightly News was the sole Big Three evening newscast to notice the criticism of the Obama administration banning U.S. airliners from traveling to Israel. Prominent politicians from ...
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After Snarling at Business Fliers as 'People With Money,' NYT Releases Special Business Travel Section

The New York Times devoted a special section to business travel, with sympathetic articles like "Dispatches From the Foxholes of Business Travel." But do the travelers the Times is catering to ...
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Bitter NYT Laments 'Gift to Travelers,' 'People With Money' as GOP Stops Politically Motivated Flight Delays

Times reporter Jonathan Weisman is bitter over a Republican sequester victory that will end flight delays caused by FAA furloughs: "The action also brought charges that lawmakers known for ...
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ABC Heralds End of 'Airport Armageddon,' Fails to Portray Furloughs Battle as Democratic Defeat

ABC stubbornly stuck to its talking points on Friday, portraying the furloughs of Federal Aviation Administration employees as "airport armageddon." Despite the fact that even liberal outlets such ...
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Networks Blame Congress More than Obama For Airport Delays

Nearly three times more blame for Congress than president for FAA furloughs due to sequester.
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Bill Press Threatens: I Want 'Unfreaking-bearable' Flight Delays, Americans 'On Their Knees'

Add liberal host Bill Press to the list of liberals who want the sequester to hurt Americans in order to prove a political point. On Tuesday morning’s Full Court Press, his radio talk show ...
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NBC Host Recalls Pilot Urging Passengers to Sign Petition Against FAA Furloughs

On Wednesday's NBC Today, news anchor Natalie Morales complained about having a flight delayed due to the FAA furloughing air traffic controllers in the wake of the sequester: "I was traveling ...
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NYT's Wald Says Sequester-Related Tower Closings Risk Air Safety, Just like Reagan Did

Times reporter Matthew Wald dug deep to find a parallel to the dangerous sequestration-related budget cuts: "But some pilots said that in its plans to close the towers, the F.A.A. was risking ...
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Worse Than a Hurricane? New York Times Hypes Effect of Sequester on Air Travel

Times reporter Matthew Wald blows some hot air in the name of dramatizing imminent federal budget cuts: "Airlines and airports across the country are preparing for across-the-board federal ...

Echoing Democrats, MSNBC, Times Editorial Slams GOP for Taking FAA 'Hostage'

Although it's Senate Democrats who are refusing to debate and vote on a House plan to fund the Federal Aviation Administration through September 16, the New York Times editorial board today ...
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