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CBS Trumpets Justice Dept. Leak Cases 'More Than Previous Administrations Combined'

Norah O'Donnell spun the recent controversy over national security leaks in the Obama administration's favor on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, touting that "the Justice Department...points out that ...
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ABC and NBC Ignore Holder Hearings, CBS's Fast and Furious Coverage Slows to a Crawl

The news that the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, for refusing to turn over subpoenaed documents in the ...
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Net Worth of Americans Drops 40 Percent? CBS Is Not Interested

Over a three year period, from 2007 to 2010, Americans saw their net worth drop by 39 percent. CBS, however, wasn't interested in this dire economic news.  The network skipped the ...
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NBC Uses Commerce Sec. Accidents to Hit 'Low' and 'Negative' GOP

On Tuesday's NBC Today, correspondent Kristen Welker amazingly shoe-horned a swipe at Republicans into a report about Commerce Secretary John Bryson causing multiple car accidents over the ...
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Soledad O'Brien Cues Up Obama Campaign Operative to Agree There Should Be Another Stimulus

CNN's Soledad O'Brien spoonfed Democratic talking points to President Obama's deputy campaign manager on Monday's Starting Point.
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Big Three Ignore Religious Freedom Rallies; CBS Played Up Dissenting Catholics' Protests

ABC, CBS, and NBC stayed true to their liberal slant and ignored the 164 rallies across the United States on Friday against the federal government's abortifacient/birth control mandate under ...
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CBS's Rose Lets Axelrod Forward White House Denial on National Security Leaks

Charlie Rose deferred to Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod on Monday's CBS This Morning regarding the controversy over several recent national security leaks. Axelrod repeatedly denied that the ...
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NBC's Curry Argues Obama's 'Fine' Gaffe 'Taken Out of Context'

Straining to find a way to excuse President Obama's Friday remark that "the private sector is doing fine," on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry did her best to spin for the White House: ...
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Tabloid Trash from Beyond the Grave: NBC Hypes RFK Jr.'s Complaints About Dead Ex-Wife

NBC's Today on Monday delved into the tabloid gossip of Robert Kennedy Jr and his late wife Mary Kennedy, who killed herself last month. The report featured documents "obtained" by Newsweek. ...
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MSNBC's Chris Hayes on National Security: 'We Need More Leaks, Not Less'

Reacting to allegations that the White House leaked several pieces of highly classified national security information to the press for political gain, on Monday's NBC Today left-wing MSNBC ...
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