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Ignoring History and CBO Gimmickry, NYT's Calmes Hits Romney Suggestion Obama-Care Will Cost Money

New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes claims Mitt Romney was false to say repealing the Obama-care would save money, citing "nonpartisan fact checkers and analyses like those of the Congressional ...

Lauer to Newt: Aren't You Making Obama's Eventual Attack on Romney?

On Monday's Today, NBC's Matt Lauer dwelt on an "extremely negative" attack on frontrunner Mitt Romney from a super PAC that supports Newt Gingrich and asked the former Speaker, "Can't you already ...

ABC's GOP Debate Questions 6 to 1 Liberal, 25% on Contraception, Gay Rights

ABC's GOP presidential debate on Saturday overflowed with liberal questions. Of the 48 queries by George Stephanopoulos, Diane Sawyer and others, 20 came from the left, three were from the right ...

In NBC GOP Debate, Questions Hit Candidates from Left by 8 to 1 Margin

Out the 41 questions directed to the six Republican presidential candidates during Sunday's NBC News/Facebook debate on Meet the Press, 25 of them were from the left, 13 questions were neutral, ...

Flashback: Humorous Snippet of Tony Blankley from 2003

Sad news came Sunday that Tony Blankley, the long-time leading conservative thinker, author and columnist, who served House Speaker Newt Gingrich and later ran the editorial pages for the ...

Tapper Acknowledges in 2008 the Media 'Tilted on the Scales a Little Bit' for Obama

In pointing out how Barack Obama only won in 2008 by a slim margin, so this year's Republican nominee doesn't have to win over all that many Americans, ABC's Jake Tapper on Sunday morning listed ...

CBS Highlights 'Very Conservative' Santorum's Views on Social Issues

On Friday's CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley tagged Rick Santorum as the "very conservative Pennsylvania Senator" as he introduced a full report on the GOP presidential candidate's views on ...

During NH Debate, ABC's Stephanopoulos Presses Romney on Contraception

During Saturday's Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire host by ABC, co-moderator George Stephanopoulos bizarrely pressed candidate Mitt Romney on whether states should have the ...

In Debate, ABC Hits Republicans from Left on Gay Rights

During Saturday's GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire hosted by ABC, co-moderators Diane Sawyer of World News and local ABC affiliate anchor Josh McElveen posed questions from the left about ...

Politico's Thomas & Wash Post's King See Santorum 'Pandering' to Racist Whites

Appearing as a panel member on Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, Politico's Evan Thomas - formerly of Newsweek - made claims about the existence of "angry, white, middle class" men in the ...
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