Nancy Cordes

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Journalists vs. the 'Far Right,' 'Hardline' and 'Ultra-Conservative' House GOP

During the four weeks following John Boehner's surprise resignation as House Speaker, ABC, CBS and NBC's coverage of the race to succeed him included 106 ideological labels of Republicans, ...
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NBC Helps Hillary with Softball Townhall; Blaming 'Far Right' for Boehner's Exit

Hillary Clinton is treated to fawning tributes and softball quesions during her "town hall" forum on NBC's Today, while network reporters finger the "far right" as at fault in the surprise ...
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Study: Hillary Gets the Most Press; Bernie and Biden Get the Best Press

According to the latest statistics from the Media Research Center’s ongoing tracking of ABC, CBS and NBC’s evening news coverage of the campaign, frontrunner Hillary Clinton has garnered 80 ...
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CBS Evening News Omits AG Nominee Loretta Lynch Saying Illegals Have a Right to Work in America

On Wednesday, the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley was the lone network evening newscast to cover the confirmation hearings of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch before ...
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Networks Fret Conservatives Posed ‘a Thorny Obstacle’ for Boehner; Will Force Him to be ‘More Confrontational’

On Tuesday night, each of the major broadcast networks devoted time to covering the swearing in of the 114th Congress and the race for House Speaker that saw John Boehner retain his post, but not ...
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CBS’s Nancy Cordes Only Plays Up Split in GOP on Cuba; Frets Blockage of Ambassador

During the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley on Thursday, CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes reported on the continued response from members of Congress to the move by President ...
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Media Myth Exposed! Greg Orman Was No Independent

The campaign's worst-kept secret was uncovered when the Kansas City Star, on Sunday, reported that Democrats had financially backed so-called independent candidate Greg Orman in his race to ...
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ABC Continues to Omit Role of Democrats in Release of ‘Graphic’ CIA ‘Torture’ Report

On Monday night, ABC News continued to report on the impending release of a report on the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation methods as though partisanship had no role when, in fact, Democrats on the ...
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Networks Failed to Expose Doubts in Rolling Stone Rape Story; Devoted 11 Minutes on Evening Shows to Initial Report

When the now-retracted article by the Rolling Stone magazine about a brutal gang rape of a first-year student at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia was published on ...
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CBS and NBC Parrot WH Argument on Previous Presidential Immigration Policies as Grounds for Amnesty

On Wednesday night, CBS and NBC promoted the White House talking point that previous presidential actions on immigration gives President Barack Obama the proper legal authority to enact executive ...
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