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A Tale of Two Protests: Media Cheer Wall Street Occupiers But Jeered Tea Partiers

Study: ABC, CBS and NBC loaded their broadcasts with 33 full stories in just 11 days of coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Andrea Mitchell Lauds 'Living Legacy' of Anita Hill, Knocks Clarence Thomas

According to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Clarence Thomas' accuser, Anita Hill, is a "living legacy." The cable anchor on Wednesday fawned over the woman who, 20 years ago, charged the now-Supreme ...

ABC's George Stephanopoulos Grills 'Pizza Man' Herman Cain

Surging Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, identified as "pizza man" by an ABC graphic, finally appeared on Good Morning America, Wednesday, but was grilled by George Stephanopoulos on ...

Truth to Power: Al Roker Asks Michelle Obama if She Buys Toilet Paper in Bulk at Costco

In an interview with First Lady Michelle Obama that aired on Wednesday's NBC Today, weatherman Al Roker gushed over recent shopping trip to Target and wondered: "...do you sometimes miss the ...

Protesters Occupy The Liberal Media

The crowd plotting to Occupy Wall Street drew more broadcast TV news stories in the first nine days than the Tea Party attracted in the first nine months. Protesters on the Left are always much ...

CBS Touts 'Village' Run By 'Hungry for Change' Wall Street Protesters

CBS's Bigad Shaban filed a puff piece about the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators on Tuesday's Early Show, trumpeting their "self-operating mini-community in lower Manhattan" and how they were ...

Chris Matthews on How to Beat Romney: Say He's One of the 'Pigs' on Wall Street!

MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Tuesday worried about the emergence of Mitt Romney as a serious front-runner and a threat to Barack Obama's reelection. Talking to Democratic strategist Mark Penn, the ...

CNN Praises Persistence of 'Resonating' and 'Unignorable' Wall Street Protests

Citing a poll showing that 51 percent of Americans have heard of the Wall Street protests, CNN's American Morning co-hosts lobbed some compliments toward the protesters on Tuesday. Co-host ...

CNN's Erin Burnett Asks Trump About 'Smaller-Tent' Social-Issues GOP

CNN's new prime-time host Erin Burnett pressed Donald Trump about the Republican Party being a "smaller tent party" because of its conservatism on social issues.

NYT Claims Fox Host Hannity Abets 'Inflammatory Rhetoric'; Fiery Leftist PBS Host Avoids Criticism

New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter marked the 15th anniversary of Fox News by accusing host Sean Hannity of "instigating" "inflammatory rhetoric," yet was silent on harsh things actually ...
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