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What?! Piers Morgan Falsely Claims Virginia Had Highest Murder Rate In U.S. for 2009

Trying to refute his guest's argument that "more guns equal less crime," CNN's Piers Morgan fell flat on his face on his Tuesday night show. When guest A.W.R. Hawkins cited Virginia as an ...
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MSNBC's Sharpton Accuses FNC's O'Reilly of 'Attacking the Poor'

On Tuesday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, host Al Sharpton griped about Bill O'Reilly labeling some welfare recipients as "parasites" as the FNC host complained about President Obama making it easier ...
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NBC Reports ObamaCare May Force People to Change Doctors, Skips President's Promise to the Contrary

Leading off Saturday's NBC Nightly News, fill-in anchor Kate Snow declared: "Healthy choices? Big challenges ahead for when the new health care law takes effect. Will you have to change your ...
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NBC's 'Today' Ignores ObamaCare Failures, Touts Downfall of Obama-Mocking Rodeo Clown

While NBC's senior investigative correspondent Lisa Myers did a full report on Tuesday's Nightly News about ObamaCare causing cutbacks in worker hours across the country, Wednesday's Today ...
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NBC, CBS Minimize Coverage of Jesse Jackson, Jr. Sentencing; Skip Party ID

CBS This Morning and NBC's Today couldn't be bothered to give Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s political affiliation as they devoted just 35 seconds of air time on Wednesday to his upcoming sentencing. Both ...
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More Trouble With ObamaCare, Another CNN Blackout

CNN has yet to report another significant setback to ObamaCare. The limits on out-of-pocket healthcare spending have been delayed a year but CNN has not mentioned the news. On Friday, ...
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WashPost's Henderson: 'Clinton Is Right,' NC Law is 'Greatest Hits of Voter Suppression'

Appearing as a guest on Monday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC, Washington Post political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson voiced agreement with comments by Hillary Clinton that a ...
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MSNBC's Hayes: Tea Party 'Climate Denialism' Shows 'Future of the Earth in Peril'

On Monday's All In show on MSNBC, host Chris Hayes fretted that "climate denialism" by the Republican party's "right-wing base" is preventing "meaningful climate policy" from being enacted. After ...
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Hillary's Questionable Handling of Benghazi a Passing Thought for CBS

John Blackstone promoted Hillary Clinton's potential 2016 presidential run on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, and minimized the ongoing questions about her leadership before, during, and after the ...
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WashPost's Henderson Lauds Obama on GOP Trying to 'Deny 30 Million People Health Care'

Appearing as a guest on Friday's PoliticsNation, Washington Post political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson declared that President Obama had "framed it very nicely" when he asserted that Republicans ...
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