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NBC's Lauer Interrogates McChrystal on 'Demeaning' Criticism of Obama

In an interview with retired General Stanley McChrystal on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer grilled the former Afghanistan commander on his resignation following criticism of President Obama ...
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Martha Raddatz Dares the Right to 'Look' Chuck Hagel 'in the Eye' and Say 'You're Not Tough'

ABC's Martha Raddatz on Monday continued touting Democratic talking points, sneering that conservatives who oppose Chuck Hagel's nomination to be Secretary of Defense will have to "look" the ...
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Networks Ignore CIA Nominee Brennan 'Let the President Down' During Christmas Day Bombing Attempt

Exactly three years ago, on January 7, 2010, during a press conference regarding the 2009 attempted bombing of an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day, White House counterterrorism ...
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ABC's Martha Raddatz: 'Perfect Choice' Chuck Hagel 'Dared' To Oppose Troop Surge

Good Morning America's Martha Raddatz on Monday seemed perplexed as to why conservatives would oppose Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense. According to the journalist, one might ...
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Letterman Admits to Oprah He Apologized to Palin So He Could ‘Go Forward Making Fun of Her’

Sounds like a personal vendetta ahead of genuine regret. CBS Late Show host David Letterman admitted to Oprah Winfrey, in an interview first aired Sunday night, that he backtracked after ...
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CNN Loves Biden's 'One-Man Comedy Act,' Ignores His Poor Taste

Vice President Joe Biden can do little wrong in CNN's eyes. Friday's Starting Point whitewashed his telling the husband of an incoming U.S. Senator to "Spread your legs; you're going to be ...
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Is This a Joke? CNN Lets Oliver Stone Defend 'Magnanimous, Warm' Hugo Chavez

Out of all the guests to talk Hugo Chavez's illness, CNN brought on Chavez-fan Oliver Stone on Friday. Stone lauded him as "magnanimous, warm, warm man, big man." Anchor Suzanne Malveaux ...
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CNN's 'Objective' Ali Velshi Anything But While Hammering Republicans Over Fiscal Cliff

CNN reporter Ali Velshi thrashed Republicans and conservatives during last week's fiscal cliff negotiations. In what became a tired liberal rant, Velshi paddled House Republicans for not ...
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NBC’s Gregory Frets: If Only Republicans Had Caved Earlier on Tax Hikes

Getting reactions to the “fiscal cliff” deal/postponement from Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles – they of the much-cited “Simpson-Bowles Commission” – Meet the Press host David Gregory ...
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NBC's Andrea Mitchell Uses Hillary Clinton Illness to Do Puff Piece on 'Indefatigable' Secretary of State

Following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's hospitalization this week for a blood clot, chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell took to Friday's NBC Today to praise Clinton and ...
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