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Roughing Up Rand: The Media’s Worst Attacks on the Kentucky Senator

Since newly announced presidential candidate Rand Paul first arrived on the national scene, as part of the Tea Party wave of 2010, the Kentucky Republican Senator has been depicted as a ...
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Ebola in America: Democrats Shouldn't Let a Crisis Go to Waste, but GOP Practicing 'Politics of Fear'

With the first confirmed cases of Ebola in America, CNN's Van Jones urges Democrats to exploit the issue: "We've got to get our base going....This Ebola thing is the best argument you can make for ...
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Chris Matthews Proclaims Boehner Lawsuit Occurs ‘In Third World Countries Before They Have a Coup’

Chris Matthews’ disdain for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and his decision to sue President Obama over his use of executive orders reached a fever pitch on his Hardball program Monday night. ...
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Chris Matthews, Guest Mangle Boko Haram Issue Into Racial Jab at GOP

Chris Matthews mocked Republicans on Friday's Hardball over their hawkish stance towards Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist group that recently kidnapped hundreds of girls. Matthews made a ...
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MSNBC's Fineman: Sounding 'Nuts' with 'Outrageous Statements' is a Plus in Tea Party

On Tuesday's All In show on MSNBC, during a discussion of Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman's primary challenge to Senator John Cornyn, MSNBC political analyst Howard Fineman asserted that, "if ...
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Obama's Biggest Fan Gets an Early Christmas Gift; "From Superman to Sisyphus"

Chris Matthews gets a thrill up his leg ("I've got the Christmas Eve excitement brewing") as Barack Obama drops by MSNBC's Hardball; longtime Newsweek correspondent Howard Fineman proclaims Obama ...
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MSNBC's Howard Fineman Gushes Over Poor Obama: 'From Superman to Sisyphus'

After he conducted a fawning interview with Barack Obama on Thursday, Chris Matthews turned to his liberal journalist friends for adulation. Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman fawned over Obama ...
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Petulant MSNBC Crew Sneers at 'Shameless,' Mindless,' 'Stunning' Sean Hannity

A sneering group of MSNBC hosts and analysts on Thursday berated Sean Hannity for his "mindless" anti-government attitude, mocking him as "pathetic." The Fox News host gave an interview to Playboy ...
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Ex-Newsweek Editor Howard Fineman Worries Boston Will Allow 'Nativist' GOP to Block Immigration

Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman on Monday predictably worried that Republican "nativism" in the wake of the Boston bombing will imperil the chances of immigration reform passing. While ...
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The Media vs. the "Gun Lobby," Like "Defeating the Nazis" or Fighting Southern Segregationists

Liberal reporters cast themselves on the righteous side of the gun control battle, with CBS's Bob Schieffer comparing the job of "taking on the gun lobby" to the hunt for Osama bin Laden and ...
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