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How Dare Romney Say Obama Made Economy Worse: Reporters Rush to Prez's Defense

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:19:00 +0000

Reporters rush to Obama's defense: How dare Romney say Obama has made the economy worse! "It was a dubious statement, because the unemployment rate fell to precisely what it was during Mr. Obama's first full month in office, February 2009, and nonideological economists agree that the stimulus actions taken by the administration and the Federal Reserve kept the recession from being worse."

Clay Waters

New York Times reporters Trip Gabriel (pictured right) and Ashley Parker, who follow Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, respectively, teamed up for Saturday's report from Las Vegas, 'Republican Candidates Wrangle Over Nevada," rushing to Obama's aide after a mild attack by Mitt Romney, and accused conservatives of carrying a 'caricature' image of lefty donor George Soros.

Slobbering Over Obama's SOTU; Appalled by "Vulgar" and "Rude" Jan Brewer

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:50:43 +0000

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Networks Hype Idea of a Long GOP Primary Wounding Romney: 'How Can It Not Damage You?'

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

All Three morning shows on Wednesday hyped the idea of a painful, wounding primary fight between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, pushing the concept of a "damaged" nominee. Today host Matt Lauer interviewed Romney and showcased a cartoon from the liberal New Yorker to make his point.

CBS's Rose Scolds Newt: 'Why Are Drudge and Ann Coulter Attacking You?'

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:03:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Monday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose hammered Newt Gingrich on the issue of the opposition his presidential campaign was receiving from some prominent conservatives: "Why are so many conservatives, including...Drudge and Ann Coulter, attacking you?" Rose also spotlighted how apparently "there are those who say that you [Gingrich] are angry and you want to get even with Romney."

NBC Whines About Use of Brokaw Report to Attack Newt on Ethics Charges, Failed to Report Gingrich's Vindication

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:24:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

On Monday, Today co-host Matt Lauer pushed Mitt Romney to stop running an ad that features a clip of former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw reporting Newt Gingrich being charged with ethics violations in 1997. However, it has now been 4,742 days without an NBC story on Gingrich subsequently being cleared on those charges.

Stolberg on Gingrich, the Eraser of Civility in D.C.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:41:00 +0000

Sheryl Gay Stolberg: "Mr. Gingrich, Democrats and Republicans here agree, emerged as one of Washington's most aggressive practitioners of slash-and-burn politics; many fault him for erasing whatever civility once existed in the capital."

Clay Waters

Sheryl Gay Stolberg's 2,400-word front-page Friday profile of Republican candidate Newt Gingrich, 'Gingrich Stuck to Caustic Path in Ethics Battles,' rehashed the standard liberal storyline about the former House Speaker's aggressive stance against Democratic corruption, which eventually won Republicans the House of Representatives.

Times Watch Quotes of Note - Conflating Concern on Liberal Bias With (Alleged) Racism

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Plus: An editor calls Speaker John Boehner racist for asking President Obama to postpone his address to Congress for one night.

Clay Waters

Conflating Concern on Liberal Bias With (Alleged) Racism

Conflating Concern on Liberal Bias With (Alleged) Racism

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:55:00 +0000

Plus: Speaker John Boehner was racist for asking Obama to postpone a speech to Congress for one night.

Clay Waters

Conflating Concern on Liberal Bias With (Alleged) Racism

NBC's Lauer Hypes Pelosi's Non-Existent Charges Against Gingrich As 'Pretty Alarming'

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Despite the fact that Nancy Pelosi has failed to produce any evidence to back up her claim that she "knows something" about Newt Gingrich that would end his candidacy, on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer still touted her unfounded remarks: "...she makes this comment saying, 'Newt Gingrich will not be president, there's something I know.' Now that in itself sounds pretty alarming."

Florida Tea Partiers Akin to Angry Bulls, Charging at Gov. Crist's 'Moderate Apostasy'

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:03:00 +0000

Trip Gabriel likens Tea Party conservatives to angry bulls: "As he moved to consolidate the conservative base behind him, Newt Gingrich waved the red cape of a former Florida governor who quit the Republican Party and lost to the Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio - a line that got a big reaction from crowds who have not forgotten that act of moderate apostasy."

Clay Waters

Right from the start, Trip Gabriel's accounting of Newt Gingrich's campaign ride through Florida cast a overdramatic and condescending color on conservatives: 'Gingrich Tries to Lure Tea Party Support in Florida.'

CBS's Hill Argues Ryan is Out of Step with America for Opposing Tax Hikes

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Erica Hill played up the "overwhelming majority" that apparently support raising taxes on the rich, and urged Rep. Paul Ryan to consider supporting such a tax hike: "68% of people support raising...taxes on incomes of $250,000 and higher. Is that something that you could, perhaps, at least have a conversation about?"

CNN Bypasses Obama-Alinsky Ties, but Links Tea Party to Alinsky

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:00 +0000

Matt Hadro

CNN's Soledad O'Brien would not brand Saul Alinsky as a leftist radical, and neither would she say President Obama was influenced by his writings – but she had no problem tying Alinsky's controversial beliefs to the Tea Party movement on Monday's Starting Line.

NYT's Charles Blow Conflates 'Hatemonger' Newt's Racism with Belief in Liberal Media Bias

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:23:00 +0000

Clay Waters

Charles Blow's Saturday column for the New York Times, 'Newt's Southern Strategy,' tastelessly conflated GOP candidate Newt Gingrich's (imagined) racism with conservatives who believe the media have a liberal bias, while Blow called the former House Speaker a "vile, reptilian, hatemonger" on his Twitter feed.

NBC Warns: Gingrich 'Helped Re-Elect' Bill Clinton, Would 'Blow' GOP Chances in November

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:28:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

When did NBC News suddenly become concerned with the welfare of the Republican Party? On Monday's NBC Today, former Democratic staffer and current chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd hyped Republican fears of Newt Gingrich: "...look what Gingrich did when he was essentially on the ballot, if you will, in '96 and '98, he helped re-elect a Democratic president..."

Ex-Clinton Operative Stephanopoulos Questions Gingrich's 'Character and Temperament'

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Scott Whitlock

Former Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos on Monday questioned Newt Gingrich's "character and temperament." The Good Morning America co-anchor interviewed the Republican presidential candidate and unselfconsciously scolded, "I know you've faced these kinds of questions before. Is there any way for you to put this issue of temperament to rest?" [MP3 audio here.]