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MSNBC's Hayes Slams Liz Cheney as 'Odious,' 'Crappy Friend,' 'Knockoff' of 'Villain' Dick Cheney

On Wednesday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes lambasted GOP Senate candidate Liz Cheney as he hyperbolically used over the top words and phrases such as "odious," "crappy friend," "villain," ...
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CNN Anchor Tries (and Fails) to Spin for ObamaCare

On Thursday, CNN's Carol Costello snarkily tweeted that the House has been unsuccessful "35 times" in going after ObamaCare, and she touted positive news for the law that was "buried in all the ...
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NYT Columnist: Rolling Stone 'Committed An Act of Journalism' With Tsarnaev Cover

During a report on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News on the widely panned cover of Rolling Stone magazine featuring Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a soundbite was included of New York Times media ...
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NPR: Clinton Shielded EPA from 'Most Frightening Attack' By GOP

On Wednesday's All Things Considered, NPR's Elizabeth Shogren blasted the Republican congressional majority led by Newt Gingrich during the 1990s. Shogren spotlighted a MIT professor's assertion ...
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NBC's Lauer to Martin Parents: 'Do You Think the Legal System Failed Trayvon?'

In a live interview with Trayvon Martin's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer urged them to condemn the justice system for the acquittal of ...
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MSNBC's Hayes Goes Soft on Jesse Jackson's 'Known Murderer' Label of Zimmerman

On Tuesday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes gave the Reverend Jesse Jackson a softball interview in which the civil rights activist accused George Zimmerman of being "a known murderer" and ...
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Movie Mad Matthews: Dick Cheney Packed Liz Into 'Missile' to 'Continue the 'Life Form' in Wyoming

During an angry rant over the announcement that Liz Cheney will be running for the United States senate in 2014, Chris Matthews offered up one of his typically bizarre movie reference to explain ...
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MSNBC's Reid Charges Pro-Gun Groups 'Almost Creating a Wild West Atmosphere'

On the Tuesday, July 16, PoliticsNation, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid complained that pro-gun groups like the ALEC and the NRA are "almost creating a Wild West atmosphere" to protect gun owners. ...
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CNN Anchor on Same-Sex Marriage: 'It Seems Absurd' to 'Deny Civil and Human Rights to Anyone'

In an essay for gay and lesbian magazine Advocate, CNN's openly-gay anchor Don Lemon insisted that the public has accepted the gay and lesbian lifestyle and anyone who opposes it is a loon. ...
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NBC Touts 'National Discourse' on Trayvon Martin Case...With Liberals Doing All the Talking

On Wednesday's NBC Today, a report by correspondent Kerry Sanders featured a series of sound bites of public figures, all of them liberal, reacting to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin shooter ...
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