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Bunning's Spending Hold Makes Him a Cad to TV Nets, Focus on His Supposed Victims

A retiring Senator not facing re-election stood up last week for principle, insisting new federal spending be covered by a matching reduction elsewhere, but instead of hailing Senator Jim Bunning ...

Nets Provide Friendly Reception for Obama's Plan and Why It's Needed

Monday night all three evening newscasts employed terminology congenial to Obama's wish to interfere in the marketplace by trumpeting how Obama would "block insurance companies from unreasonable ...

ABC, CBS and NBC Verdict: Obama's 'Stimulus' a Success, CBS Frets Public Refuses to See It

On the one-year anniversary of the "stimulus" spending bill, ABC, CBS and NBC eagerly corroborated White House claims about how it "saved or created" many jobs, though they all offered a range of ...

NBC News Notes Malfunctioning 'Environmentally Friendly' Machines Frustrate Olympics

In a Tuesday NBC Nightly News story, reporter Ron Mott actually acknowledged that the decision to use "environmentally friendly" ice resurfacing machines "that kept breaking down" had led to ...

NBC Showcases Martin Short Championing How Being 'Progressive' Makes Canada 'Very Hip'

People around the world view Canada as "very hip" because of its "progressive" health care and environmental policies, actor/impersonator Martin Short contended in a soundbite featured in a ...

Painting Palin as Hypocrite for 'Crib Notes' and GOP as 'Party of No' While Letting Obama Pontificate

From Monday's evening newscasts: CBS and NBC found hypocrisy in Sarah Palin scolding President Obama's incessant use of a Teleprompter while she had "crib notes" written on her hand, CBS followed ...

ABC Cheers 'Dramatic' and 'Truly Historic' JCS Opposition to 'Don't Ask/Don't Tell'

Only ABC led with the comments from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) against "don't ask/don't tell" as anchor Diane Sawyer called it "a dramatic day on Capitol Hill" and reporter ...

Not Passing ObamaCare Will Boost Deficit by $150 Billion, NBC and ABC Presume

Cautioning the Obama administration's "deficit projections...are just that, projections," NBC's Chuck Todd on Monday evening bought into the claim health care reform bills are actually spending ...

Nets Decry Campaign Finance Ruling, Fail to Hail Victory for Freedom of Speech

Instead of painting a victory for free speech in the Supreme Court's ruling that corporations can spend money to influence elections, Thursday night newscasts feared a ruinous future: "Opening ...

ABC's Sawyer Touts Robert Byrd's Dedication to 'Health Care Champion' Kennedy

On Thursday's World News, ABC anchor Diane Sawyer took the time to devote an entire story to 92-year-old Democratic Senator Robert Byrd's health bill vote, which he dedicated to the late Ted ...
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