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CBS News Hits Firefox CEO's Support of Traditional Marriage: 'A Firestorm of Bad PR'

CBS This Morning reporter Ben Tracy offered a one-sided take on liberal outrage against an internet browser's CEO and his support for traditional marriage. Brendan Eich is the new head of Mozilla, ...
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CNN's Smerconish Brags He's a 'Card-Carrying Member of ObamaCare'

CNN gave a warm reception to the ObamaCare enrollment numbers on Tuesday evening. New CNN host Michael Smerconish touted the benefits of ObamaCare on Tuesday night, confessing he was a ...
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White House PR? CBS Highlights Young ObamaCare Enrollee's 'Peace of Mind'

As the networks reported on President Obama's Tuesday "victory lap" over ObamaCare's new enrollment numbers, CBS played right into the administration's hands by highlighting the "peace of ...
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CNN Fawns Over 'Patient' ObamaCare's 'Pretty Miraculous Recovery'

Jim Acosta emulated a P.R. flack for the Obama administration on the 9 AM EDT edition of Tuesday's CNN Newsroom, as he hyped how the White House is "on track to hit seven million signing up" for ...
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Charlie Rose Slams 'Climate Deniers,' Invites on Expert Who Predicted North American 'Food Riots' in 1995

Charlie Rose, during a panel discussion about the new UN report on climate change, had the audacity to insult global warming skeptics as “climate deniers” even as he brought on a so-called ...
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CBS Touts Democratic Effort to Make Koch Brothers 'Public Enemy Number One'

Teasing an upcoming story Tuesday on a left-wing smear campaign against conservative donors Charles and David Koch, CBS This Morning co-host Norah O'Donnell proclaimed: "Battling the Koch ...
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NBC Hypes 'Late Surge' to Make ObamaCare Deadline, Allows a Mere 22 Seconds for New Problems

All three morning shows on Tuesday hyped an "eye-popping" surge on the final day of ObamaCare sign-ups, but NBC's Today minimized the latest problems for those attempting to meet the deadline. ...
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CBS's Rose Lets Ex-White House Aide Off the Hook About 'Badly Conceived' ObamaCare

Wrapping up an interview with President Obama's former White House chief of staff Bill Daley on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, co-host Charlie Rose wondered if it was "fair to say" that ObamaCare ...
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Networks Fret Over UN Report on Climate Change; 'Urgent New Warning,' 'Extreme Consequences'

The networks all hyped the new United Nations report on climate change on Monday evening, touting it as a dire call for action and an "urgent new warning." NBC's Brian Williams gave by far the ...
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Hillary Fan Cynthia McFadden Is Leaving ABC for NBC: See Her Top 5 Clinton-Loving Quotes

After 20 years of activist journalism at ABC, it was announced on Thursday that Cynthia McFadden is leaving the network for NBC. The Nightline co-anchor has fawned over many Democratic ...
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