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MSNBC's O'Donnell Links NRA Rhetoric to Ricin Attack on Bloomberg

On Wednesday's The Last Word show, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell tried to link rhetoric by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre to the ricin attack on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...
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NBC's Brokaw on AG Holder Targeting Journalists: First Amendment 'Not Unconditional'

On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie asked special correspondent Tom Brokaw about his recent comment that the press "has to be careful about having a glass jaw" when it comes to ...
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MSNBC Panel Members Slam Bachmann and GOP 'Haters'

As MSNBC's Al Sharpton hosted a panel on Wednesday's PoliticsNation to discuss Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann's retirement, MSNBC analyst Karen Finney claimed that Bachmann never had ...

ABC and NBC Hype 'Stunning' Retirement of 'Lightning Rod' Michele Bachmann

ABC and NBC on Wednesday night continued to hype the "stunning" retirement of "lightning rod" Michele Bachmann. World News reporter Jeff Zeleny noted that although the politician "rode the Tea ...
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Trashing a Tea Partier: Top 10 Most Vicious Anti-Bachmann Quotes

Republican Congresswoman and Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann’s announcement on Wednesday that she is not running for re-election marks the end of a four-term congressional career full of ...
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NYTimes's Porter Wishes U.S. Govt. Would Cook Up Euro-style VAT Tax

In January New York Times economics reporter Eduardo Porter called for Americans to pony up more in taxes in a piece headlined, "A Tax Bite Tailored To Help All." Porter was back at it again ...
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After Warning Sequester Would Damage Economy, NBC Says Nevermind

Talking to CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer on Wednesday's NBC Today about signs of improvement in the economy, co-host Matt Lauer wondered about past media fearmongering: "[What] we talked ...
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CNN Takes Jab at Retiring Bachmann; 'Butt of a Thousand Jokes'

CNN couldn't hold back a parting shot at Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) when the Congresswoman announced on Wednesday that she would be retiring after 2014. On Wednesday morning's Newsroom, ...
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Sneering Alex Wagner Mocks Border Control Plans in New Lean Forward Ad

MSNBC on Wednesday debuted yet another hard-left Lean Forward ad. This time, liberal anchor Alex Wagner slammed anyone who wants border security, sneering that they want "Bigger, meaner, scarier ...
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CBS Spotlights Perjury Investigation, 'Drumbeat' for Eric Holder to Quit; ABC, NBC Skip

Wednesday's CBS This Morning zeroed in on the House Judiciary Committee's inquiry into whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his testimony regarding the Justice Department's ...
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