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Network Journalists Advance Leftist Wish to Blame Palin (and Tea Party) for Shooting

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:58:00 +0000

Brent Baker

"The shooter's motivation is still unknown," Katie Couric announced as she anchored Saturday's CBS Evening News, but that didn't deter C

Williams to Boehner: 'Where Are You Getting the Notion' Americans Want ObamaCare Repealed?; Blames Him for Birther Outburst

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:36:00 +0000

Brent Baker

In an "exclusive" interview with new House Speaker John Boehner for Thursday's NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams told Boehner the promised vote to repeal ObamaCare has "been called a stunt," pressed him to justify repealing it given many would not call it "the best health care delivery system in the world because they, by the millions, weren't getting it" and demanded to know "where are you getting the notion...

Amanpour Presses Paul and Pence to Agree Taxes Must Be Raised, Trumpets Stockman's Crusade

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:38:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Christine Amanpour spent much of Sunday's This Week arguing with her guests about how taxes must be raised - a theme also echoed on Face the Nation and Meet the Press - as she brought aboard the media's newest hero, tax-hike advocate David Stockman, and also touted Warren Buffett's quest to hike taxes and how even conservatives in Britain have agreed to do so: "They're saying there for every $3 in spending cuts, $1 up in taxes."

Cantor's Promise to Hold Oversight Hearings Prompts CBS to Regurgitate Impeachment and Cite 'Witch-Hunt' Fears

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:12:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Contrasting a "contrite" President Obama with a "less conciliatory" Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, CBS reporter Nancy Cordes on Thursday night conveyed Democratic concern about likely House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's pledge to hold oversight hearings as she recalled "a barrage of damaging probes, one of which ended in impeachment hearings."

NBC's Gregory Blames Angle's Loss on...Dissing the News Media; Whitaker: GOP Tax Plan 'Numbers Do Not Add Up'

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:59:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Just after NBC News called Nevada for incumbent Democratic Senator Harry Reid, Meet the Press host David Gregory credited his victory to how "Tea Party-backed" Sharron Angle disrespected journalists, citing how she "made some very unwise decisions, namely, saying things like 'I'm not going to give any interviews until after I'm elected.'" Gregory contended: "I don't think that inspires a great deal of confidence in

60 Minutes Promotes Washington's 1098 Income Tax Initiative, Stahl Hails Stockman as 'Brave' for Wanting Tax Hikes

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:53:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Barely 36 hours before Washington State voters go to the polls, CBS News aired a 14-minute unregulated in-kind campaign expenditure on behalf of "Yes on 1098" and its chief cheerleader, Bill Gates Sr, sandwiched by Lesley Stahl hailing rogue Reagan adviser David Stockman as "brave" for advocating the end to the Bush tax rates and imposition of a 15 percent national income surtax.

60 Minutes Promotes Washington's 1098 Income Tax Initiative, Stahl Hails Stockman as 'Brave' for Wanting Tax Hikes

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:53:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Amanpour Advances Democratic Agenda on Misinformed Voters and 'Racist' GOP Ads

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:54:00 +0000

Brent Baker

ABC's Christiane Amanpour spent her last show before the election mimicking Democratic talking points.

Worried Whitman Might Win, Colorado's Bennet 'Deserves To,' Chafee a 'Voice for Reason'

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:44:00 +0000

Brent Baker

This weekend's Inside Washington put on full display the liberal sensibilities of the Washington press corps as Newsweek veteran Evan Thomas yearned for a win in Colorado for incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet, "a good guy," wishing "sometimes justice does triumph," and former Wall Street Journal reporter Jeanne Cummings, now with Politico, was upset Republican Meg Whitman might win the California

Mitchell Tags Toomey as 'Conservative' Four Times in 50 Seconds, Leaves Sestak Unlabeled

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:14:00 +0000

Brent Baker

In the span of a mere 50 seconds on Thursday's NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell managed to apply a conservative ideological tag four times to Pat Toomey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, yet she failed to issue even a single label for liberal Democratic candidate Joe Sestak.

On Maher, Rob Reiner Equates Tea Party to Hitler: 'All They're Selling is Fear and Anger and That's All Hitler Sold'

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:25:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Prefacing his remarks by proposing "you never get into a political discussion unless you bring the word Hitler in.

NBC Advances Democratic Agenda on 'Secret Money' from Rove's 'Network' that Means Return to 'Watergate, Wild West Days'

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:51:00 +0000

Brent Baker

Thursday's NBC Nightly News led, yes led, with a lame attempt to advance the desperate Democratic spin about the "secret fortune" going into campaign ads leading to "a return to the days before Watergate, Wild West days," a story anchor Brian Williams touted as containing "exclusive new information," but which merely passed along stale and vague generalities suggesting some sort of vast right-wing conspiracy in efforts to dare

CBS 'Political Analysis' Showcases Democratic Demagoguery About Nazi Republicans

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:47:00 +0000

Brent Baker

A month ago, CBS News hired ex-Bill Clinton and Al Gore campaign operative Jamal Simmons, a self-described "strong supporter of Barack Obama's campaign," as political analyst, and Tuesday night the CBS Evening News paired him with the more sober in-house analyst John Dic

ABC Chastises 'Nasty' McCain for 'Vicious' Attack on Boxer, Not So Upset by Slap at O'Donnell as 'Nut Job'

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:32:00 +0000

Brent Baker

"With just 16 days left, it is getting nasty out there," ABC reporter David Kerley asserted Sunday night, scolding Republican Senator John McCain because on the campaign trail he "dropped senatorial decorum and viciously attacked a Democratic colleague." On Saturday, in California, McCain said he's "had the unpleasant experience of having to serve" with Senator Barbara Boxer.

Amanpour: Tea Party an 'Extreme' Departure from Reagan's Conservatism; Campaign Spending Bad for Democracy

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:39:00 +0000

Brent Baker

ABC's Christiane Amanpour on Sunday discovered "a long and venerable tradition of conservatism in this country" exemplified by Ronald Reagan and William F.