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Forget All the Problems with ObamaCare, There's a New White House Dog!

Rather than focus on the myriad of problems plaguing the implementation of ObamaCare, on Tuesday, all three network morning shows instead provided coverage of the First Family getting a second ...
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ABC Hypes Christie's Gay Therapy Ban: NJ Governor's Brand Is 'All About Independence'

ABC was the only network on both Monday night and Tuesday morning to highlight New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signing a bill banning gay conversion treatment. On Tuesday's Good Morning ...
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MSNBC's Sharpton Accuses FNC's O'Reilly of 'Hypocrisy'

On Friday's PoliticsNation show, MSNBC host Al Sharpton reacted to FNC's Bill O'Reilly criticizing him the night before, as the FNC host had called out Sharpton for taking out of context his ...
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NPR's 'Non-Partisan' Talking Head Served in the Obama and Clinton Administrations

On Monday's Morning Edition on NPR, Minnesota Public Radio correspondent Elizabeth Stawicki featured Karen Pollitz of the Kaiser Family Foundation during a report about ObamaCare, but failed to ...
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NBC Barely Mentions RNC's Debate Boycott; CNN Drops the Story Over the Weekend

After the Republican National Committee voted to refuse CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 GOP primary debates, NBC took two days to even mention the news before again ignoring it. In fact, CBS ...
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Chris Matthews Congratulates DNC Chair for Uniting Democratic Party

Filling in for Andrea Mitchell on her 1 p.m. et MSNBC show on Monday, Hardball host Chris Matthews wrapped up an interview with Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz by ...
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MSNBC's Joy Reid Links Rodeo Clown to GOP, 'Shrinking Down to Its Most Extreme Elements'

On Friday's PoliticsNation show, during a segment in which host Al Sharpton lumped the Obama rodeo clown in Missouri into alleged GOP extremism, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid declared that "the ...
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NBC's Gregory Hopes Obama Uses Anniversary of MLK Speech as 'Leadership Moment' to 'Challenge Republicans'

At the end of Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory excitedly announced to his panel of guests: "We're coming up on an anniversary that is going to give the President an ...
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ABC Parrots Obama: Government Shutdown Would Cripple 'Weak' GOP for a 'Generation'

Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Sunday parroted Barack Obama's talking points, insisting that a shutdown of the government would would a "weak" Republican ...
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MSNBC Guest Links David Dinkins to Lower NYC Crime, Ignores Giuliani

On Thursday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, as host Al Sharpton devoted a segment to discrediting the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk policy, Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, appearing as a guest, misleadingly ...
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