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CBS Trumpets 'Historic' Federal Marijuana Decision; Leaves Out Opponents

Friday's CBS This Morning ballyhooed the Justice Department's recent move to relax enforcement of laws against marijuana in the several states that have legalized medical or recreational use of ...
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Snubs, Plantations, and Liberal Dreams: The Worst of CNN's MLK Anniversary Coverage

The week of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, CNN hosted many of the original civil rights activists for interviews. The appearances became chances for ...
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CBS Plays Up The Absence of Republican Speakers at King Anniversary

On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Jeff Pegues spotlighted the lack of GOP speakers at the 50th anniversary commemoration of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech: "Noticeably absent from this ...
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NBC's Todd Blames GOP for Tim Scott Not Being Invited to MLK Anniversary

On Thursday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, host Chuck Todd laid blame for Republicans not speaking at Wednesday's anniversary of the 1963 march on Washington on the GOP, rather than event organizers: ...
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MSNBC's Matthews: 'Great Irony' That Only Two GOP Senators Voted Against Voting Rights Act

Appearing on MSNBC's All In show on Wednesday, August 28, MSNBC's Chris Matthews called it a "great irony" that only two Republican Senators opposed the 1965 Voting Rights Act, an implicit ...
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ABC Touts Liberal-Backed Fast Food Strike, Links It to MLK's March on Washington

When conservatives rally or march over an issue, such as the yearly March for Life, they don't get much attention. Yet, ABC offered two reports on Thursday promoting a liberal-backed strike on ...
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MSNBC Guest: Limbaugh is 'Big, Fat, Happy With All the Health Insurance He Needs'

Appearing as a guest on Monday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, liberal talk radio host Joe Madison declared that Rush Limbaugh is "big, fat, happy with all the health insurance he needs" as he ...
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NBC's Mitchell: How Do We Stop All These GOP 'Voter Suppression Efforts'?

In an interview with California attorney general Kamala Harris during live MSNBC coverage of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, host Andrea Mitchell fretted: ...
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Chris Matthews: At Least Racists Were Honest In The Olden Days, Unlike Obama’s Critics

For Chris Matthews, every day is a good day to attack President Obama’s critics as racists, but the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington was an especially opportune time. During MSNBC’s ...
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Krystal Ball Says GOP Has Replaced Jim Crow as Enemy of Black Americans

MSNBC’s Krystal Ball slammed the Republican Party in a tongue-in-cheek monologue at the end of Tuesday’s The Cycle, declaring that the GOP is the new Jim Crow: "Fifty years ago, the March on ...
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