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Stephanopoulos Touts 'No Holds Barred' Interview With Obama, But Skips White House Hype on Sequester

Despite billing his interview with Barack Obama as "no holds barred," Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday skipped several tough questions and only gently quizzed the ...
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NBC: Despite Overturned NYC Soda Ban, Bloomberg's 'Fight to Make New Yorkers Healthier Will Continue'

Introducing a report on Monday's NBC Nightly News about a New York City ban on large sugary drinks being overturned by a New York State Supreme Court judge, anchor Brian Williams touted how Mayor ...
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CNN's Soledad O'Brien Voices Her Support of Bloomberg Soda Ban

Along with host Piers Morgan, Soledad O'Brien is another CNN fan of Mayor Bloomberg's nanny state efforts to crack down on big sodas. Even while reporting on the law's demise at the hands of the ...
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ABC Falls in Line, Touts Obama 'Charm Offensive' Effort With Congress

On Sunday's Reliable Sources, the CNN panelists laughed at how "easily the press corps is manipulated" by White House spin over "reaching out" to congressional Republicans. On Tuesday's Good ...
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CNN Panel Laughs at Press Getting 'Manipulated' by White House, But CNN Was 'Manipulated' Too

On Sunday's Reliable Sources, the CNN panel scoffed at the media for getting "manipulated" by the White House last week into hyping Obama's meetings with the GOP as a "charm offensive." "I ...
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NBC Alarmism: Could Penguins Be 'Canary in the Coal Mine' of Global Warming?

In a report on Monday's NBC Today about declining penguin populations in Antarctica, correspondent Kerry Sanders didn't take long to lay the blame on man-made climate change: "Penguins are ...
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ABC Hyped Sequester 'Vaporizing' U.S. Jobs, But Now Admits President's Plan Isn't Working

For weeks, ABC hyped sequestration spending cuts as a threat that could "vaporize" America and "cripple" travel in the country. On Sunday's Good Morning America, however, George Stephanopoulos ...
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NBC's Gregory: Would Reagan Be Able to 'Exist' in 'Today's Republican Party'?

During an interview with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for NBC's online Meet the Press Press Pass, moderator David Gregory referenced Bush being at the Reagan Presidential Library and ...
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Krauthammer: Obama on Charm Offensive Because ‘Media Could No Longer Cover for Him’

Charles Krauthammer credited President Obama’s charm offensive toward Republicans to his losing the news media which couldn’t any longer abide his ridiculous sequester “cut” exaggerations. ...
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'Clinton News Network': CNN Promotes Clinton's 'Surprising' Pro-Gay Marriage Op-Ed

CNN couldn't stop talking about former President Clinton's op-ed on Friday. Every hour between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET, the network touted Clinton asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Defense ...
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