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The New Yorker's David Remnick Exploits Boston Bombing to Push for Gun Control

On Monday's Charlie Rose show David Remnick exploited the Boston Marathon bombing to push for more gun control as he told the PBS host: "We see yet another act which might have been a Hell of a ...
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ABC Doubles Down on 'Airplane Apocalypse,' Connects Weather Delays to Sequester

ABC won't let reality get in the way of good hype. Good Morning America on Tuesday doubled down on the "airline apocalypse" allegedly caused by sequester. Reporter Matt Guttman actually lumped in ...
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Ex-Newsweek Editor Howard Fineman Worries Boston Will Allow 'Nativist' GOP to Block Immigration

Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman on Monday predictably worried that Republican "nativism" in the wake of the Boston bombing will imperil the chances of immigration reform passing. While ...
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NYT's Ludicrously Liberal Columnists Give It Their Worst in the Sunday Review

Liberal New York Times columnists do what they do best: Thomas Friedman pivots from the Boston bombings to a carbon tax, Maureen Dowd gives mock-worthy "tough guy" advice to Obama, and Frank ...
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MSNBC's Hayes Raises Miranda Rights Issue While Covering Standoff with Boston Bomber

On Friday night, during MSNBC's live coverage of the police standoff with bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, host Chris Hayes seemed to still be worried about the issue of "Mirandizing" the terror ...
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Environmentalism of Sam Champion, Who Previously Hyped Avoiding Toilet Paper, Now Mostly Ignored

In years past, Good Morning America weatherman Sam Champion would aggressively hype odd environmental protests, such as a man who decided to live in his own filth for a year or another individual ...
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'Meet the Press' Panel Bemoans Failure of Gun Control Bill, Calls on Senate to 'Kill the Filibuster'

Sunday's NBC Meet the Press panel decried gun background check legislation being voted down in the Senate, with liberal historian Doris Kearns Goodwin lamenting: "Maybe the problem is also the ...
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Gayle King Plays Up Columnist's Fear of 'Backlash' Against Muslims; He Also Took Far Left to Task

On Monday's CBS This Morning, open liberal Gayle King ballyhooed a guest's fear that Americans might target Muslims in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. The news host thought it was "very ...
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Four Out of Five Chris Matthews Show Panelists Agree: More Gun Background Checks are 'Doomed'

Four out of five liberal journalists, on Sunday's edition of The Chris Matthews Show, dourly predicted that gun control was "doomed" for the "foreseeable future." When Matthews asked his panel if ...
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NBC Host and Legal Analyst Fret Over Boston Bomber Not Getting Mirandized

On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie and legal analyst Lisa Bloom worried about Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev not yet being read his Miranda rights after being ...
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