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On NBC's Meet the Press, Bachmann Schools Gregory on National Debt

As Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made the point on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday that the national debt has increased dramatically under President Obama compared to under President Bush, host ...

Schieffer Calls Anti-Tax Pledge a 'Problem,' Presses Republican and Democrat to Raise Taxes

Highlighting Grover Norquist's upcoming appearance on 60 Minutes, CBS's Bob Schieffer, on Face the Nation, pointed to the anti-tax hike pledge Norquist asks politicians to sign as "one of the ...

ABC Trumpets 'Fairness' of Obama's 'Buffett Rule' Tax Hike Quest

"President Obama has declared it is time to take action on taxes because people in the middle class are paying a larger percentage of income tax than the super-rich," ABC anchor Diane Sawyer ...

After Hitting GOP Candidates from Left, NBC's Williams Presses Obama from Left

A few days after he hit Republicans from the left when he moderated a presidential candidates debate on MSNBC, NBC's Brian Williams pressed President Barack Obama with the concerns of Obama ...

'Unsettling' For Conservatives To Suggest Actually Paying for Disaster Relief

In reporter Carl Hulse's view, "independent" (i.e. socialist) Sen. Bernie Sanders and White House spokesman Jay Carney are advancing sensible views on disaster relief to counteract "unsettling" ...

Networks Embrace Buffett's Call for Higher Taxes on 'Mega-Rich,' ABC Salivates Over Spending It

"Billionaires on notice," ABC anchor Diane Sawyer teased Monday's World News in trumpeting, as did CBS and NBC, a New York Times op-ed by liberal billionaire Warren Buffett. Sawyer heralded ...

NBC's Williams Prods Obama to Force Congress Into 'Sudden Breakout of Sanity'

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who the week before last cited "the debt ceiling, which rational people agree needs to be raised," on Monday evening again seemed to take a shot at Tea ...

CBS Skips How Own Poll Finds Many More Think Spending Cuts Too Small Over Too Big

Running through the findings of a new CBS News/New York Times poll, on Thursday night Chip Reid highlighted how, after weeks of media hostility the Tea Party has lost popularity, as he located ...

CBS's Pelley Chafes: 'Only Budget Cuts and No Relief for Those Suffering in This Economy'

Framing a shortcoming in the debt deal as a liberal would and does, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Tuesday night regretted the how "the last time the President and the Congress ...

Top Newspapers Warn Debt Deal's Spending Cuts Will 'Weaken' and 'Undermine' Economy

Remarkable uniformity amongst some major national newspapers on Tuesday as they simultaneously worried about how the supposed spending "cuts" in the debt-ceiling deal will harm the economy. As USA ...
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