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Some Nerve: NYT Finally Covers March for Life, Only to Bury It Under Story Chiding Marchers for Not Being Anti-Gun

After five years of ignoring it, the New York Times finally acknowledged the annual March for Life with a story this year -- only to bury it on page 9, underneath a story criticizing the ...
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Networks Silent as Obama Gives Up on Closing Guantanamo, Previously Praised President as Bold

Barack Obama's State Department on Monday announced that it will close the office dedicated to shutting down Guantanamo Bay. According to the New York Times, this means that the President "does ...
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NBC's Lauer Asks if Gore Feels 'Vindicated' By Deadly Natural Disasters

After initially hitting Al Gore from the left for global warming "hypocrisy" during an interview on Tuesday's NBC Today, in the second part of that interview later on the broadcast, co-host ...
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Networks Praise 'Historic' Move By Boy Scouts, ABC Compares Gay Struggle to Rockwell Painting

The three networks on Monday night and Tuesday morning hailed a "historic" potential change by the Boy Scouts that would lift the ban on gays in their organization. ABC compared the move to a ...
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NBC's Gregory Grills DeMint on GOP 'Intolerance' and 'Racist Comments'

Talking to Heritage Foundation president and former Republican Senator Jim DeMint on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory eagerly cited recent criticism of the GOP: "Colin Powell ...
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NBC Hits Gore from Left on Climate 'Hypocrisy'; Ignores Al Jazeera's Anti-Americanism

In an interview with former Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday's Today, co-host Matt Lauer fretted over the "hypocrisy" of the global warming crusader selling his news channel Current TV to the ...
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CNN Fawns Over 'Love Fest' Between 'Political Superstars' Obama and Clinton

CNN joined the networks in giving outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a cushy send-off after Clinton's syrupy 60 Minutes interview alongside President Obama. The network gushed over the ...
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CBS: 60 Minutes Interview 'Much Better Image' for Hillary Than 'Bruising' Hearing; Hypes Hillary and Obama's 'Warmness'

On Monday's CBS This Morning, Norah O'Donnell gushed over Steve Kroft's interview of President Obama and Hillary Clinton, twice emphasizing the supposed "warmness" between the two Democrats. ...
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NBC's 'Today' Praises Obama and Clinton's 'Very Warm Friendship'; A 'Team of Rivals'

After gushing coverage on Monday's NBC Today over Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton "finishing one another's sentences" in a joint interview, a four-minute panel discussion at the top of the ...
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NBC Hypes Sarah Palin's 'Breakup' with 'Conservative Home at Fox News'

Monday's NBC Today was quick to seize on Sarah Palin ending her tenure as a contributor for Fox News, with correspondent Kelly O'Donnell announcing: "Sarah Palin has people guessing again ...
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