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ABC Touts 'Slamming' of Anti-Gun Control Senator at Town Hall, But Mocked 'Ugly' Tea Partiers

Good Morning America's Jeff Zeleny on Friday hyped a Senator being "slammed" by pro-gun control voices at a town hall. Yet, the same network back in 2009 worried about Tea Party town halls ...
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NBC's Curry: U.S. to Blame for 'Toxic Legacy' of Oil Drilling in the Amazon

Previewing an upcoming story for NBC's Rock Center on Friday's Today, correspondent Ann Curry warned that tribes of the Amazon rain forest "are sharpening their spears and preparing their blow ...
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ABC Continues Shameful Blackout of Gosnell Coverage, Finds Time for Sno-Kone Battle

Forty six days after the grisly trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell began, ABC still has not uttered one word about the case. Gosnell is charged with the murder of four infants and one patient, ...
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NBC: NRA Convention Comes 'In the Middle of a National Gun Fight'

On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah noted start of the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston, Texas by declaring that it "gets under way as the country engages in a heated gun ...
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CBS Highlights FBI's Latest Benghazi Development; NBC Yawns

Thursday's CBS This Morning singled out the FBI's pursuit of three persons of interest who could provide information on the September 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, ...
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MSNBC's O'Donnell: Romney 'Dishonorable,' But Anti-War Protesters 'Honorable'

On Wednesday's The Last Word on MSNBC, host Lawrence O'Donnell used a recent commencement speech delivered by Mitt Romney to slam the former GOP presidential candidate as taking the "most ...
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NBC Pundit: Jason Collins Like 'Rosa Parks,' A 'Gay Hero' Starting A 'Movement'

During a panel discussion on Thursday's NBC Today, attorney and regular pundit Star Jones compared gay NBA player Jason Collins to a civil rights icon: "I don't think that, say a Rosa Parks, set ...
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NBC Airs First Report on Gosnell Murder Case; ABC, CBS Evening Newscasts Still Silent

On Wednesday, NBC Nightly News covered the Dr. Kermit Gosnell case for the very first time, a whopping 44 days after the opening of the trial, and only after the jury had finished its first full ...
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On PBS's Charlie Rose Show: 'Obama Will Go Down as One of the Top American Presidents'

On his PBS show Charlie Rose brought on editors of the Financial Times to discuss various topics, including Barack Obama's legacy, and one of them boldly pronounced he could go down in history as ...
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May Day Protests Erupt in Violence: NBC Ignores, ABC and CBS Skip Socialist Connection

NBC's Today on Thursday completely skipped the violence associated with May Day protests in Seattle. CBS This Morning and ABC's Good Morning America covered the riots briefly, but ignored the ...
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