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MSNBC's Harris-Perry: E.W. Jackson Winning 'Makes Me Feel Icky All Over'

On Saturday's Melissa Harris-Perry show, MSNBC host Harris-Perry trashed Virginia Lieutenant Governor candidate E.W. Jackson as she took exception with some of his "pretty disgusting" conservative ...
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MSNBC's Hayes Slams Republican 'Jackasses,' Defends Welfare for Violent Felons

On Friday's All In show on MSNBC, host Chris Hayes recounted the recent activities of several Republican political figures which he regarded as examples of GOP members "being jackasses," and ...
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As Democrats Turn on Weiner, ABC Follows: 'Disgraced' 'Controversial' 'Liar' Attempts Comeback

Initially, the networks covered Anthony Weiner's entry into the New York City mayoral race as the "comeback kid" fighting for a "second chance." However, over the last several days, top state ...
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NBC and CBS Tout Obama Efforts to Distract from Scandals, Show 'Government at Its Best'

Leading off a report on Tuesday's NBC Today about President Obama's trip to survey recovery efforts along New Jersey's shoreline after Hurricane Sandy, White House correspondent Peter ...
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Evening Newscasts an Obama Scandal-Free Zone; ABC Touts Obama as ‘Consoler-in-Chief’

Not a syllable Friday or Saturday night on ABC, CBS or NBC about any of the several Obama scandals, but on Saturday night ABC’s World News trumpeted President Obama’s role as “consoler-in-chief.” ...
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Taranto: ‘Obama Presidency Has Given Liberal Media Bias a New and Dangerous Form’

“Liberal media bias is an old complaint,” the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto noted in his “Best of the Web Today” column this past Monday on responses to the Obama scandals, before ...
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WashPost's Milbank Mocks Nikki Haley, 'Reached Out to' White Supremacists

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank mocked South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley as someone who has "reached out to a ...
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CNN Drags Its Feet Reporting Eric Holder Approved Seizure of Fox Reporter's E-Mails, Phone Records

News broke on Thursday that Attorney General Eric Holder approved the Justice Department's seizure of a Fox News reporter's private e-mails, but it took CNN until almost 5 p.m. ET Friday to ...
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Moving On: ABC Spends Only 16 Seconds on IRS Official's Suspension

Friday's Good Morning America spent a scant 16 seconds on the newest development in the IRS scandal, the suspension of agency official Lois Lerner who oversaw the division responsible for ...
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Networks Give Three Times More Quotes to Supporters of Gay Scout Admittance Than Opponents

Touting the Boy Scouts' "landmark" and "historic" decision to allow openly-gay members, CBS, ABC, and NBC gave supporters of the decision three times as many quotes as their opponents got on ...
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