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NBC Hypes State Fair Mocking Obama Like 'Klan Rally'; Not News on CBS and ABC

On Monday morning, only NBC's Today deemed President Obama being mocked during a rodeo at the Missouri State Fair to be national news, going so far as to wonder if it was "Rodeo Racism" and ...
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Broadcast Networks Drop the Ball on Obama’s Smarmy ‘Phony Scandal’ Mantra

For more than two weeks, President Obama and his spokesmen have scoffed at the various investigations of potential wrongdoing surrounding his administration, belittling them as “phony scandals” ...
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MSNBC's Sharpton Touts Deceptive Claims of Pro-Life Groups 'Lying' to Pregnant Women

On Thursday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, host Al Sharpton touted the pro-abortion group NARAL's deceptive attacks on "crisis pregancy centers" in Virginia which try to encourage pregnant women not ...
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NBC's Mitchell and Wash Post's Cillizza Express 'Disappointment' in Obama's Second Term

On Friday's MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports, while previewing President Obama's upcoming press conference, host Andrea Mitchell turned to The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza and lamented the lack ...
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Not Obama's Problem: Iraq's Deadliest Month Since '08 Gets Scant Network Coverage

Over 1,000 Iraqis were killed in July, victims of bombings and shootings marking that country's deadliest month since April of 2008. According to the Washington Times, Iraq is sliding into "chaos" ...
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Andrea Mitchell: If Republicans Know What's Good for Them, They'll Accept Biased Debates

While MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell admitted that the planned NBC biopic of Hillary Clinton was a "bad idea," on her Thursday 1 p.m. ET hour show she and her guests scolded Republicans for ...
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Michael Smerconish Warns GOP Against 'Retreating' to an 'Echo Chamber'...Like MSNBC?

Talk about a lack of irony. Hardball guest host Michael Smerconish on Thursday lectured Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and the GOP to avoid "retreating" to "echo chambers" ...
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CNN Gives Obama a Pass Amidst Major Coverage of His Leno Interview

CNN had extensive coverage on Wednesday of President Obama's interview with NBC's Jay Leno, but only two CNN hosts actually challenged some of the President's claims during the 11 different ...
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ABC, NBC Continue to Play Obama's KGB Gaffe Without Noticing It's a Gaffe

ABC and NBC on Wednesday continued to pretend that one of Barack Obama's gaffes on the Tonight Show wasn't a mistake. World News's Jon Karl and Nightly News's Chuck Todd uncritically repeated the ...
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Profile in Bias: Andrea Mitchell's 35 Years of Liberal Advocacy

On July 31, 2013, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell celebrated her 35th anniversary at the network and was predictably praised by her media colleagues. Calling in to ...
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