http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/1927/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/media-softballs-obama-why-wont-republicans-budge-tax-increases <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/geoffrey-dickens">Geoffrey Dickens</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-07-11-CBS-ReidObama.jpg" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></div> <p>Six out of seven reporters, called on by Barack Obama at Monday's press conference, asked a question of the President that came from the left and/or blamed Speaker John Boehner and the Republicans for standing in the way of a deal on the debt ceiling.</p> <p> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/media-softballs-obama-why-wont-republicans-budge-tax-increases" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division AprilRyan BarackObama BenFeller BiasAlert ChipReid JohnBoehner LesleyClark liberalmediabias RichWolf SamStein Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:29:00 +0000 37905 at http://archive2.mrc.org