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ABC Renews Push to Spread Sequester Fear: 'Airport Armageddon' to Strike America

The journalists at ABC News on Monday renewed their push to promote sequester fears. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos hyped, "Breaking this morning: Airport armageddon. Almost seven ...
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NBC's Brokaw Blames U.S. Drone Attacks for Motivating Islamic Terrorists

On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, special correspondent Tom Brokaw used a discussion on the Boston Marathon bombings to argue more broadly that the "roots" of anti-American terrorism across the ...
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NPR Touts Obama Being 'Famous for His Ability to Give A Speech That...Can Bring A Crowd Roaring To Its Feet'

On Thursday's All Things Considered, NPR's Ari Shapiro couldn't be bothered to feature any of the religious leaders who spoke at the inter-faith service in honor of the victims of the Boston ...
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NBC's Williams Hypes: 'Sequester in Washington is Going to Affect All Americans'

Weeks after White House hype over the budget sequester fizzled as the policy went into effect, on Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams signaled a new media push to scare viewers ...
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MSNBC's Hayes: 'Bizarre and Perverse Mismatch' In Battling Terrorism Versus Gun Violence

On Wednesday's All In show on MSNBC, host Chris Hayes devoted a segment to fretting over what he viewed as a "bizarre and perverse mismatch" at the country's willingness to act aggressively in ...
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NBC Touts 'Cries of Shame' and 'Obama's Outrage' Over Gun Control Defeat

Following gun background check legislation being voted down in the Senate on Wednesday, anchor Brian Williams led off NBC Nightly News that evening by proclaiming: "There are cries of 'shame' from ...
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CBS Overwhelmingly Sides With Pro-Gun Control Voices 11-2 After Senate Votes

CBS lined up gun control supporters on Wednesday's CBS Evening News and Thursday's CBS This Morning. Chip Reid and Major Garrett played 11 soundbites from President Obama and other Democrats, as ...
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ABC Promotes Obama's 'Outrage' Over Gun Defeat, Features No Pro-Second Amendment Voices

ABC on Wednesday and Thursday parroted Barack Obama's anger over the failure of his gun control bill, touting the President's rage over this "shameful day." On World News and Good Morning America, ...
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MSNBC's Hayes Frets Boston Bomber May Not Get Due Process Rights

On Tuesday's All In show, MSNBC's Chris Hayes reacted negatively to Senator Susan Collins because the Maine Republican recently recommended that, if any non-citizens are involved in the Boston ...
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NBC's Guthrie Asks Obama If He's Rooting for Hillary in 2016, 'Do You Miss Her Around Here?'

In part two of her interview with President Obama aired on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie lobbed several softballs, wrapping up the exchange by wondering: "I know you're not ...
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