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NBC’s Myers Defends Obama on AP Scandal, Admits Press One of Obama’s 'Most Important Constituencies'

NBC News correspondent Lisa Myers admitted to the media’s infatuation with President Obama on Wednesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC, claiming the recent scandals plaguing the administration have turned ...
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AP Phone Records Furor Breaks 335 Days of Silence on Obama Leak Scandal

The media furor that began Monday night over the Justice Department obtaining two months of phone records from the Associated Press marks the first time since June 12, 2012 that any of the Big ...
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Network Morning Shows Hype Angelina Jolie's Mastectomies With Nearly 27 Min. of Coverage; Yawn at Gosnell Verdict

ABC and NBC led their morning shows on Tuesday with nearly 10 minutes of "breaking news" coverage of Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy. This celebrity-driven story was apparently deemed more ...
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MSNBC's Harris-Perry Sees Red Areas Not 'Caring About' Children Being Shot

As she appeared on Monday's All In with Chris Hayes show, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry described the conservative "red" parts of her home state of Lousiana as "not thinking about or caring ...
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Matthews and Jonathan Alter Freak Out: 'Vulnerable' Obama Hurt By Staffers With 'Unhealthy Love' for Him

Liberal journalists Chris Matthews and Jonathan Alter conducted a freak out session on Tuesday. Citing the growing IRS, Libya and Associated Press scandals, Matthews ranted that Barack Obama is a ...
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NBC's Lauer Asks Rumsfeld if Benghazi Scandal is Just GOP Trying to 'Discredit' Hillary

In an interview with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer tried to dismiss the growing Benghazi scandal: "Do you think that the administration ...
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MSNBC's Sharpton Warns Conservatives Could Make More Gosnell's If Abortion Restricted

On Monday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC host Al Sharpton devoted a short segment to the guilty verdict against Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, but he ended up warning that conservatives ...
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ABC, CBS and NBC Reluctant to Attach Obama's Name to AP Scandal

While the Big Three (ABC, CBS and NBC) networks have all done stories on the Obama administration's seizure of Associated Press (AP) reporters phone records, what is striking is their reluctance ...
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George Stephanopoulos Channels Hillary: 'What Difference Will' It Make Who Ordered Faulty Benghazi Memo?

While sparring with Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday, George Stephanopoulos channeled his inner Hillary Clinton on the issue of the terrorist attack in Benghazi. On the subject of who, specifically, told ...
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NBC Touts 'Defiant' Obama Dismissing Benghazi as 'Political Circus' While Fox Fact-Checks President's Misleading Claims

While Monday's NBC Nightly News was content to accept President Obama labeling the Benghazi scandal as a "political circus" worthy of ridicule, on Fox News Channel's Special Report, chief ...
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