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‘Conservative’ Journalist on Reagan: ‘I Hope the Bastard Bleeds to Death on the Operating Table’

KGB operatives infiltrated conservative media? Wednesday night’s episode of FX’s The Americans imagines that in 1981 a conservative magazine employed a journalist who was really a KGB mole. On ...
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CNN Relays Government Hysteria Over 'Massive' Sequester Cuts

After hyping the "draconian" sequester cuts set to take place March 1, CNN kept up its frenzy on Tuesday afternoon by spreading government hysteria over the $85 billion spending reduction. ...
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Chris Matthews, Who Previously Whined About Too Much 'Hate' in Politics, Compares GOP to Hamas

On Wednesday's Hardball, Chris Matthews, who previously ranted about too much "hate" in politics, sneeringly compared the House GOP to Hamas. Talking to Jonathan Allen of Politico, Matthews ...
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CNN's Lemon Insists Gun Rant 'Wasn't Advocacy,' Compares Gay Rights to Civil Rights

After calling for getting "guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets" after the Newtown shooting, CNN's Don Lemon insisted to the Dallas Voice that it "wasn't advocacy" and he was ...
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Networks Finally Find a Biden Gaffe to Knock: Promoting Shotguns for Personal Safety

What does it take for the networks to focus on a Joe Biden gaffe? Apparently, it's enough to suggest that a shotgun is ideal for home defense. On Tuesday's Nightly News and the morning shows on ...
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CBS Hypes 'Deep', 'Massive' Spending Cuts; Slants Toward Obama, Democrats

Wednesday's CBS This Morning played up the supposedly gargantuan cuts in government spending that would go into the effect if the sequester goes into effect on March 1. Charlie Rose trumpeted the ...
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Networks Promote White House Fearmongering on Sequester Cuts, Ignore it Was Obama's Idea

The NBC, ABC, and CBS evening newscasts on Tuesday all recited the same White House talking points as anchors and correspondents wrung their hands over the upcoming sequester budget cuts set ...
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ABC Hypes Return of Robin Roberts By Touting Her Biggest Fans: The Obamas

ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday welcomed Robin Roberts back from sick leave by surprising the co-host with her biggest fans, Barack and Michelle Obama. Within two minutes of the show's ...
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Joe Scarborough Rants Against Conservatives 'In Their Own Little Media World'

On Tuesday's MSNBC Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough blamed conservative media outlets for recent Republican electoral defeats: "...for conservatives that think they have to stay in their own ...
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MSNBC, Which Mocked Karl Rove for Signing Up With 'Home Team' Fox, to Now Feature David Axelrod

In 2008, a then-MSNBC host mocked Republican Karl Rove for signing up with the "home team" of Fox News. Yet, on Tuesday it was announced that Democratic senior adviser David Axelrod will be ...
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