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Like in Chicago? CNN's Amanpour Says Stricter Gun Laws Equals Less Gun Crime

On Tuesday's Piers Morgan Live, CNN's Christiane Amanpour claimed that states with strict gun laws have "lower gun crime" and argued for more gun control. By citing "states" she ignored cities ...
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Piers Morgan Invokes Texas College Stabbing to Champion Gun Laws

CNN's Piers Morgan used the stabbing of 14 people at Lone Star College on April 9 to argue that gun laws prevented what could have been a massacre. "[I]isn't there an argument that this ...
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ABC Hypes 'Startling Secret Tape' of Mitch McConnell and Aides 'Scheming' Against Ashley Judd

On Tuesday's World News and Wednesday's Good Morning Ameica, ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Jim Avila ballyhooed far-left magazine Mother Jones's secretly-recorded audio recording of Senate ...
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ABC Proud of Hoax 'Exclusive,' Promotes Man Who Tried to Smear Joel Osteen

ABC is really proud of its hoax "exclusive." Tuesday's Nightline and Wednesday's Good Morning America hyped an interview with the man who allegedly perpetrated an elaborate fiction, smearing ...
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MSNBC's O'Donnell Frets Americans 'Suffer Deprivations' Because of Low Taxes

On Tuesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC host O'Donnell fretted that people "suffer deprivations" in the United States because the U.S. is the "world's biggest tax haven" with a ...
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NBC: With 'Provocative Move' to Oppose Gun Restrictions, GOP 'Sensing Public Disdain'

On the eve of a proposed deal on a limited expansion of background checks for guy buyers, Tuesday's NBC Nightly News went after Republicans for opposing gun restrictions, with Capitol Hill ...
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ABC Insists Gun Bill Is a 'Significant' 'Major Breakthrough,' But NBC Admits It's 'Watered Down'

The journalists at Good Morning America on Wednesday could barely contain themselves, hailing the compromise over gun control legislation as a "major," "big, significant breakthrough." Guest host ...
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Jake Tapper the Only CNN Anchor to Discuss Fox News Reporter's Plight for Not Giving Up Her Source

A Fox News reporter faces jail time for not giving up her sources in a story on the Aurora shooting, but CNN host Jake Tapper is the only anchor or reporter at the network to mention her ...
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NBC's Lauer Impatiently Wonders: 'What Is It Going to Take' for Gay Athletes to Come Out?

Leading a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today about the possibility of a professional athlete coming out as gay, frustrated co-host Matt Lauer implored: "It's interesting that in 2013, with ...
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CNN's Costello Can't Believe That GOP Plans to Filibuster Gun Control Bill

Although CNN's Carol Costello praised Sen. Rand Paul's "champ" filibuster to get information on drone use from the White House, she was in disbelief on Tuesday that Republicans are promising to ...
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