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Andrea Mitchell Confounded By NRA's 'Surprising' Popularity in New Poll

A perplexed Andrea Mitchell on Thursday highlighted a new NBC poll finding high favorability numbers for the National Rifle Association, results she deemed "surprising." The veteran journalist ...
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Ex-Newsweek's Alter: Whole Foods CEO 'Throwing' Employees 'to the Wolves'

On Thursday's The Ed Show, MSNBC analyst Jonathan Alter -- formerly of Newsweek -- chastised Whole Foods CEO John Mackey for using the word "fascism" while criticizing Obamacare, suggesting ...
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CBS Sets Up NYC Mayor Bloomberg to Rip NRA, Promote Stricter Gun Control

On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell granted staunch gun rights supporter Michael Bloomberg a platform to blast the NRA as "stupid", and brush aside gun-owning ...
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Lazy Matthews: Pro-Gun Conservatives Are Segregationists, Just Like Anti-Tax Segregationists

Perhaps, it would be easier to ask Chris Matthews what isn't like being an old segregationist? Two weeks ago, the Hardball host compared anti-tax conservatives to "being the most segregationist ...
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As Support for Gun Control Slips, Piers Morgan Picks On Women Gun Rights Advocates

Despite Piers Morgan's consistent advocacy, CNN's own polls show support for certain gun laws down from a month ago. That didn't stop Morgan from targeting two female gun rights advocates ...
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CBS Bombards NRA's Keene Over 'Off-Bounds' Ad; Being 'Out of Touch' with Membership

Norah O'Donnell barely contained her contempt for NRA president David Keene during an interview on Thursday's CBS This Morning. O'Donnell confronted Keene over a new ad that ripped President ...
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ABC Offers Actual Dissenting Voices on Gun Control, Still Frets Over 'Ferocious' Opposition

After spending the first half of the week acting as a stenographer for Barack Obama, Jon Karl on Wednesday night and Thursday morning finally featured some dissenting voices on the rush to promote ...
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NBC Slams NRA for 'Escalated Rhetoric' and 'Raising Money' After Newtown Shooting

In a report for Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Andrea Mitchell smeared the National Rifle Association as a group benefitting from tragedy: "Even as America was shaken by the horror ...
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NBC Cheers Obama 'Fighting Back' With 'Emotional Plea' for Gun Restrictions

At the top of Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams enthusiastically touted President Obama playing offense on gun regulations: "Fighting back. President Obama is out with his plan ...
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Soledad O'Brien Insults Pro-Gun CNN Guest; 'Some People Make Your Head Hurt When They Speak'

CNN continued marginalizing gun rights advocates on Wednesday. Anchor Soledad O'Brien derided a CNN guest who had cited her fear of tyrannical government as reason to own a semi-automatic ...
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