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'Nativist Impulse' Behind Conservative Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque, Says NYT Writer

New York Times political writer and columnist Matt Bai attacked as "nativist impulse" conservative protest against a mosque at Ground Zero and Republican attempts to deny citizenship to children ...

CBS's Dickerson Questions 'Claim' That California Judge in Prop 8 Ruling Openly Gay

During a discussion of California's Proposition 8 being overturned on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, fill-in host John Dickerson questioned Family Research Council President Tony Perkins's ...

ABC's Cokie Roberts Defends Michelle Obama's Spanish Vacation: 'What Real Difference Does It Make?'

Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos and Cokie Roberts on Monday downplayed the potential bad PR Michelle Obama might suffer for taking a Spanish vacation costing $250,000. Roberts ...

MRC Celebrates NewsBusters' Success, Five Year Anniversary

Fifth Anniversary of NewsBusters

Amanpour Elevates British Journalist Who Sees 'Culture of Hate' in U.S., Time to Divide Up Our 'Pie'

Christiane Amanpour elevated a liberal British journalist (Gillian Tett), with little U.S. television experience, to the This Week roundtable where she presumed the government must run the economy ...

USA Today's Neuharth Ridicules 'Ludicrous' and 'Laughable' Limbaugh

USA Today founder Al Neuharth used his weekly column on Friday to ridicule Rush Limbaugh, marking the 22nd anniversary of Limbaugh's national radio show by denouncing the conservative talk titan ...

Britain Trims Artistic Waste

The new coalition government in Britain has agreed on one target for spending cuts: arts spending. It would seem odd to deny hip replacements in favor of funding a nasty anti-Catholic ballet.

ABC Hypes Michelle Obama's 'Lush,' Luxurious' Spanish Vacation, Hit Extravagance of Laura Bush

Good Morning America's Yunji de Nies on Friday touted Michelle Obama's "five-star," "luxurious" vacation to Spain, skipping any discussion of controversy over the $148,000 trip. In January of ...

Kagan's Confirmation Makes ABC and NBC as Giddy as Liberal Democrats

"History was made in this country today when the Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court," declared NBC anchor Lester Holt as viewers were treated to a "Making History" on-screen ...
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