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Networks Skip Special Treatment for Obama's Illegal Uncle, But Univision Hits 'Favoritism'

All three broadcast networks have, thus far, ignored the special treatment given to Onyango Obama, Barack Obama's illegal uncle who was arrested in 2011 on drunk driving. In contrast, however, the ...
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Issa Accuses FBI and IRS Chief Counsel of Stonewalling Tea Party Targeting Investigation, Networks Censor

On Monday, Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the Oversight Committee investigating the IRS’s targeting of the Tea Party, made a stunning claim that the FBI was stonewalling his investigation. ...
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Andrea Mitchell Touts Ad Exploiting Newtown to Push Gun Control

On her MSNBC 1pm ET hour show on Wednesday, host Andrea Mitchell lamented the "astounding lack of accomplishment" in Congress throughout 2013, especially on "any kind of new gun laws, despite ...
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Giddy Chris Matthews: 'I Got the Christmas Eve Excitement' Over Obama Interview

A giddy Chris Matthews on Wednesday night could barely contain himself. One day away from an exclusive interview with Barack Obama, Matthews opened the show by cheering, "I got the Christmas eve ...
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Networks Ignore Martin Bashir Resigning After Repulsive Attack on Palin

After Martin Bashir announced his resignation from MSNBC on Wednesday following his vile attack on Sarah Palin, NBC, ABC, and CBS refused to make any mention of his disgraceful exit. The ...
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Piers Morgan Blames Gun Advocate for 'Allowing' More Shooting Deaths After Newtown

In a Twitter rant, following the release of the Newtown shooting 911 call, CNN's Piers Morgan accused conservative Ben Shapiro of "allowing more and more [graves] to be dug" after last year's ...
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Hours After Disgusting Bashir Is Fired, Ed Schultz Rails Against 'Crudeness' from Conservatives

On the same day that MSNBC's Martin Bashir resigned after suggesting someone defecate in Sarah Palin's mouth, colleague Ed Schultz lamented the "crudeness over on the right." This is the same ...
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ABC, NBC Ignore Democrats' New Push for Gun Control; CBS Covers

CBS This Morning stood out on Wednesday as the only Big Three newscast so far to devote any air time to a new gun control proposal by Democrats in Congress. Nancy Cordes reported on the "fierce ...
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After Disgusting Attack on Sarah Palin, MSNBC's Martin Bashir Resigns

Nineteen days after suggesting that someone should defecate in Sarah Palin's mouth, MSNBC's Martin Bashir resigned from the network. In a statement released on Wednesday, the liberal host ...
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Chuck Todd: Now That ObamaCare's Fixed, GOP Repeal Effort May 'Fizzle Out Completely'

On Tuesday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, host Chuck Todd was eager to declare the ObamaCare disaster to be over and claim Republicans were now of the defensive: "With 750,000 visitors to the site ...
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