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ABC, CBS and NBC Censor Newly Released IRS Scandal E-Mails

The censorship of the IRS scandal by ABC, CBS and NBC continued this week when the Big Three networks refused to report about newly released Lois Lerner emails that severely undercut the IRS’s ...
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As NBC's Todd Rushes to Defend Obama, GOP Senator Tells 'Caffeinated' Host to Calm Down

At the start of an interview with Senator Bob Corker on Thursday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, host Chuck Todd demanded the Tennessee Republican justify criticism of President Obama's poor handling of ...
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One Year After Benghazi, No Arrests Made; CNN Largely Mum

On the one-year anniversary of the Benghazi attacks, only three CNN shows bothered to hold the Obama administration accountable for not having made any arrests of suspects. Hosts Jake Tapper ...
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Piers Morgan Suggests Gun Advocates Stand In Front of Blind Firing Squad

In a Twitter war with conservative radio hosts Ben Ferguson and Dana Loesch, CNN's Piers Morgan pitched the idea that they stand as targets for blind shooters. The argument was over allowing ...
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NBC Airs 'Special Message' from Michelle Obama Telling People to Drink More Water

NBC's Today behaved like the White House press office on Thursday as co-host Matt Lauer announced: "By the way, the White House is coming out with a brand new initiative today and the First ...
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MSNBC's O'Donnell 'In Awe of' Defeated Colorado Democrats' 'Heroism'

On Wednesday's The Last Word on MSNBC, host Lawrence O'Donnell declared himself to be "in awe of" the two Democratic state senators who lost recall elections in Colorado this week as the MSNBC ...
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CBS Omits Attkisson's Scoop on Kerry's Refusal to Let Benghazi Survivors Testify

As of Thursday morning, CBS's morning and evening newscasts have yet to mention a revelation made by their own investigative correspondent, Sharyl Attkisson, on Tuesday – that Secretary of State ...
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NBC, CBS Fail to Cover AFL-CIO's 'Impassioned' Rejection of ObamaCare

NBC and CBS on Wednesday night and Thursday morning failed to cover the "impassioned" demand by big labor unions to reject large portions of ObamaCare. Only ABC's Good Morning America, allowing ...
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Ex-CNN's Franken Suggests Bloomberg Waging 'Class Warfare Against Everybody But the Super Rich'

Appearing as a panel member on Sunday's Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, liberal columnist and former CNN correspondent Bob Franken accused those who complain about "class warfare" against the ...
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Chris Matthews Decries Violent NYC Riot, Forgets It Was Pushed By MSNBC Colleague Al Sharpton

Discussing on Morning Joe the 2013 mayoral election in New York, MSNBC's Chris Matthews implored the city not to return to the bad days of the 1991 Crown Heights race riots and the liberal ...
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