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On Saturday's 'Today,' GOP Blamed for Debt Downgrade and Washington Gridlock

At the top of Saturday's NBC Today, CNBC's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood told co-host Lester Holt that the downgrade of U.S. debt provided President Obama with "a tangible ...

Networks Submerge Disastrous GDP Numbers Into Debt Ceiling Impact; ABC Spikes Revised 1st Q Flatline

The broadcast network evening newscasts on Friday night noted the very anemic second quarter GDP growth rate at 1.3 percent, but instead of stressing how it showed the weak economic state well ...

For Third Straight Weeknight, NBC Obsesses Over Sarah Palin's Revere Tale

For the third time in as many weeknights, the NBC Nightly News has devoted airtime to the fuss over Sarah Palin's recounting of Paul Revere's ride. This time, the newscast featured a full report ...

NBC Touts Cuban Celebration of Bay of Pigs Invasion Anniversary

On Saturday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Lester Holt marked the 50th anniversary of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion as "one of the most infamous events in American history." In the report that ...

ABC, NBC Fret Over Gun Show in Tucson, ABC Surprised Crowds 'Aren't Protesters, They're Customers'

On Saturday, both ABC and NBC ran stories fretting over the Crossroads of the West Gun Show that was held over the weekend in Tucson, Arizona. On ABC, at one point, correspondent David Wright ...

NBC Finds Most Americans Oppose Repeal of ObamaCare, But CBS Reports 'Just 30%' Favor ObamaCare

Sunday's Today show on NBC and Sunday Morning on CBS presented seemingly contradictory polling results on how much ObamaCare is supported by the American public, although both seemed to be citing ...

CBS to Black Beck Rally Attendees: 'I'm Noticing that There Aren't a Lot of Minorities Here Today'

CBS's Nancy Cordes saw a "nearly all-white crowd" at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, DC, as she (at least an off-camera female voice) demanded of two black women who weren't ...

Kagan's Confirmation Makes ABC and NBC as Giddy as Liberal Democrats

"History was made in this country today when the Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court," declared NBC anchor Lester Holt as viewers were treated to a "Making History" on-screen ...

ABC, NBC and CBS Mostly Ignore Obama's Recess Appointment of Pro-Health Care Rationing Doctor to Head Medicare

Barack Obama's decision to make a recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to run Medicare has been vastly ignored by the mainstream news media, despite the fact Berwick has made controversial ...

ABC and NBC Describe Arizona Law as 'Anti-Immigration' and 'Harsh'

Network anchors can't resist misconstruing Arizona's upcoming immigration enforcement law. The latest instances came Friday night when Diane Sawyer erroneously described the anti-illegal ...
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