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Twisted Logic from MSNBC's Hayes: Paying People Not to Work Encourages Them to 'Get Back to Work'

Friday's All In with Chris Hayes exhibited host Hayes's latest example of fuzzy logic as he argued that paying people unemployment benefits, rather than encouraging them to go longer without ...
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CNN Congratulates Illegal Immigrant on His Receiving Law License

An illegal immigrant can now practice law in California, and CNN marginalized the controversy on Friday's New Day by giving new lawyer Sergio Garcia a soft interview with little voice from his ...
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CBS Trumpets 'Historic', 'Unprecedented' Move to Let Illegal Immigrant Practice Law

Friday's CBS This Morning hyped the California Supreme Court's decision to allow the Golden State to issue law license to illegal immigrants. Substitute anchor Anthony Mason touted the "historic ...
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Angry Ed Schultz Rips Into Jake Tapper for Daring to Question Liberal NYC Mayor

MSNBC anchor Ed Schultz, who has previously frothed over "bastard," "slut," "dirthole" conservatives, on Thursday attacked Jake Tapper for offering a mild critique of New York Mayor Bill de ...
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NBC's Todd Excuses Democratic Fearmongering: 'What Campaigns Aren't About Scaring Some Voters?'

In a taped interview with former Maryland Republican Governor Bob Ehrlich aired on Friday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, host Chuck Todd scolded the GOP for supposedly not making "any progress" in ...
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NBC Skips Dire New Warning: ObamaCare Will 'Make Things Worse' in the ER

Of the three major networks, only NBC ignored a major new report with a dire warning about ObamaCare: The President's health care law will likely make things worse in emergency rooms, not better. ...
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CNN Hypes Legal Marijuana In Colorado; 'Amazing Experience to Witness'

As Colorado stores began legally selling marijuana to customers on Wednesday, CNN hyped the opening as "history being made" and an "amazing experience to be a part of and to witness." New Day ...
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CBS Spotlights Sotomayor's Stay of ObamaCare's Contraception Mandate; ABC Punts

CBS stood out as the only Big Three network to devote full coverage to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Tuesday night stay of the federal government's birth control/abortifacient mandate ...
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MSNBC Mocks NRA, Suggests It's Better to Confront a School Shooter Unarmed

On Monday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's Richard Wolffe mocked NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre for asserting a year ago that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with ...
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On Today, Bryant Gumbel Blames GOP for Shutdown, For 'Trying to Extort the Government'

Former Today co-hosts Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley shared in the NBC anchoring duties on Monday’s Today, and Gumbel naturally returned to Republican-bashing form. In a 7:30 am segment on the ...
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