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MSNBC Panel Slams 'Reprehensible' GOP Behavior and 'Ignorant' Rick Perry on Abortion

On Thursday's The Last Word, MSNBC's Lawerence O'Donnell hosted an all liberal panel to complain about Republicans efforts to curtail abortion in Texas on Ohio, with O'Donnell trumpeting that ...
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Big Three Hype Social Media Sending Pro-Abortion Filibuster Into 'Stratosphere'; Yawn at Gosnell Twitter Firestorm

Since Wednesday, ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning and evening newscasts have all played up the social media frenzy over Texas State Senator Wendy Davis' multi-hour filibuster on Tuesday against a ...
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Networks Slam Rick Perry for Getting 'Very Personal' With 'Folk Hero' Wendy Davis

In the wake of her filibuster in the Texas state senate on Tuesday, NBC, ABC, and CBS all expressed their outrage at Texas Governor Rick Perry daring to criticize their anointed abortion "folk ...
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CNN (Again) Hails Pro-Abortion Filibuster of 'Rising Star'

CNN once again hyped a Texas legislator's stand against a pro-life bill, this time highlighting the "very personal war of words" between the "rising star" and Republican Governor Rick Perry. ...
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ABC, NBC Skip Announcement That IRS Aggressively Targeted Conservatives, Not Liberals

ABC and NBC on Thursday night and Friday morning ignored an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service inspector general that liberal organizations were not forced to endure the same invasive ...
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Nothing to See Here: CNN Ignores New Accusations That IRS Singled Out Tea Party Groups for 'Extra Scrutiny'

Amidst the controversy of the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, CNN jumped all over breaking news that helped the Democratic narrative but was silent when developments occurred that boosted the ...
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ABC, CBS & NBC Too Excited by Wendy Davis to Recognize Her Side is Losing Abortion Debate

The Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks were so excited by Democratic Texas state senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster they failed to notice she is on the losing side of the abortion debate. ...
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MSNBC's Hayes Frets Over 500th Execution in Texas, But Sees 'Draconian' Bill Against Abortion

On Thursday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes suggested that Texas Governor Rick Perry should feel a "burden" because he has presided over the execution of more death row inmates than any ...
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ABC Pushes 'Historic' Immigration Bill, Laments Fate in 'Inhospitable' GOP House

The journalists at Good Morning America on Friday worried that "inhospitable" Republicans in the House would leave the Senate immigration bill as "half-made history." Reporters Dan Harris and Jim ...
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CBS Fawns Over Pro-Abortion State Senator Turned 'Political Star' in Texas; All But Encourage Her to Run for Governor

Thursday's CBS This Morning heralded pro-abortion Texas State Senator Wendy Davis as a "new star in Democratic politics" for her "marathon filibuster that went viral". Charlie Rose and Norah ...
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