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NPR, CBS Play Up Romney's 'Provocative' Warren Buffett Tax Rate

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:31:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

NPR harped on Mitt Romney's "provocative tax detail" on Wednesday's Morning Edition, highlighting that the GOP presidential candidate "disclosed he's in the same low tax bracket as the billionaire [Warren] Buffett." Correspondent Scott Horsley later used clips from President Obama to accent liberals' class warfare spin about the rich paying a lower tax rate than "millionaires and billionaires

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ABC's Karl Despairs GOP Has 'Lost Only Candidate...Concerned About Climate Change'

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:08:00 +0000

By
Brent Baker

'With Huntsman gone,' ABC's Jonathan Karl despaired Monday night, 'the field of Republican candidates has lost the only candidate who favored civil unions for gay couples and said he was concerned about climate change.' In his World News report, Karl recalled how Hunstman once 'tweeted: 'To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.''

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Networks Excoriate the 'Nasty,' 'Dirty,' 'Notorious' Politics of South Carolina

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:27:00 +0000

By
Scott Whitlock

In the days leading up to the GOP primary in South Carolina, all three networks have aggressively attacked the state and its supposedly "dirty," "nasty," "notorious" politics. Echoing many other journalists, CBS's Jan Crawford warned on January 12: "Down here in South Carolina, the weather is warm, that tea is cold, and the politics can get down right dirty."

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ABC and CBS Highlight Rick Perry 'Oops' Moment

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +0000

By
Brad Wilmouth

ABC's Good Morning America and CBS's the The Early Show on Saturday, as well as Friday's World News on ABC, seized on GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry forgetting the name of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as the Texas governor criticized President Obama's tendency to appoint activist judges.
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CBS Harps on Newt's 'Baggage'; Cain Only Has 'Die-Hard' Support Left

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:29:00 +0000

By
Matthew Balan

CBS's Jan Crawford played up Newt Gingrich's "baggage" on Friday's Early Show, underlining how the Republican presidential candidate is "going to be hit hard for his ties to corporate interests, the ethics allegations...even his personal relationships- his adulterous affairs." Crawford also spotlighted the claim that only Herman Cain's "die-hard supporters...think that he can stay in thi
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CBS Omits Bill Ayers Context of Obama Clip Used in Romney Ad

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:40:00 +0000

By
Matthew Balan

CBS's Early Show on Wednesday boosted a claim by Democrats that a recent Mitt Romney ad takes a line from a 2008 speech by then-candidate Barack Obama out of context. However, CBS noted at that time that Obama was using that line to counter a McCain campaign ad which played up the Democrat's association with left-wing terrorist Bill Ayers.
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Network Deluge: 99 Stories on Cain Harassment Charges in Less Than Nine Days

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:04:00 +0000

By
Scott Whitlock

In only eight and a half days, NBC, CBS and ABC have devoted a staggering 99 stories to sexual harassment charges against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. In comparison, eight days into Bill Clinton's scandal's with Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick, there were a combined eight reports.

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CBS Reporter Recites Media Bias Critique on Cain Coverage

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:20:00 +0000

By
Matthew Balan

On Monday's Early Show, CBS's Jan Crawford spotlighted conservative criticism of the broad media coverage of the Herman Cain sexual harassment charges. Crawford stated that Cain's "testy exchange" with reporters "could help...because a lot of conservatives...think there's this huge liberal bias against conservatives.
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All Three Networks Hype 'Bombshell Blast' Against Herman Cain

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:47:00 +0000

By
Scott Whitlock

All three morning shows on Monday hyped a "bombshell blast" against Herman Cain, playing up a story in Politico charging the Republican presidential candidate with sexual harassment back in the 1990s. ABC's Good Morning America led with the allegations.

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CBS Plays Up Perry 'N' Word Controversy; ABC, NBC Punt

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:07:00 +0000

By
Matthew Balan

CBS's Early Show was the only morning show of the Big Three networks on Monday to cover the controversy over a ranch leased by the family of Texas Governor Rick Perry that formerly used the racist "N" word in its name. Political analyst John Dickerson hinted that the Republican's presidential campaign may not "weather" the controversy, adding that "it's a real problem."
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CBS Poses Specter of 'Elitist' Romney as Obama Makes Posh Retreat

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:34:00 +0000

By
Matthew Balan

CBS's Jan Crawford highlighted Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney 's fortune on Tuesday's Early Show and how "wealthier candidates, like Romney, John Kerry, and Jon Huntsman, are...hit with that nasty insult they're an elitist." Crawford did mention how that label has also been leveled at President Obama on more than one occasion, but also forwarded a myth about former President George H. W.
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With Chris Wallace's Help, ABC and NBC Paint Bachmann as Fact-Challenged 'Flake'

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:36:00 +0000

By
Brent Baker

All three broadcast network evening newscasts awarded full stories Monday night to Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign announcement, with ABC and NBC unable to resist pouncing on Chris Wallace's 'are you a flake?' question to frame their stories.
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CBS Highlights Tea Party Rallies, But Also Plays Up Bad Poll Numbers

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:56:00 +0000

By
Matthew Balan

CBS's Jan Crawford spotlighted the Tea Party movement on Monday's Early Show, but also played up how it might present a "challenge" for potential Republican presidential candidates due its apparent unpopularity: "Recent polls show 47% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the movement. So candidates looking for Tea Party votes have to be careful not to alienate moderates."

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CBS Celebrates Year of ObamaCare By Touting Its Benefits and Despairing Legal Battles May 'Derail' It

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:06:00 +0000

By
Brent Baker

Wednesday's CBS Evening News celebrated the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare by touting its benefits before Katie Couric, who devoted half her newscast to Elizabeth Taylor's passing, fretted: "What about the legal battles? Could they actually derail health care reform altogether?"
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CBS Touts John Edwards Hiring 'Heavy Hittter' Greg Craig, Who Represents 'Legal Stratosphere'

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:58:00 +0000

By
Kyle Drennen

On Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge introduced a story updating the John Edwards scandal and potential legal charges against the former senator: "...a grand jury has been looking at evidence that he may have violated campaign finance laws. Now the former Democratic presidential hopeful has hired a political heavy hitter to fight off possible charges."
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