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Dan Rather on CNN: Obama Inspired Protests in Egypt

On Monday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, disgraced former CBS anchor Dan Rather attributed the current protests in Egypt to President Obama's June 2009 speech to the Muslim world in Cairo: "He ...

CBS Warns: Food Industry Must Reduce Salt Content or 'Face Regulation'

Teasing an upcoming story on new federal dietary guidelines on Monday's CBS Evening News, fill-in anchor Harry Smith announced: "The assault on salt. Chances are you are eating too much of it." ...

Scarborough: Perhaps Obama's Cairo Speech Inspired Egyptian Protests

On Monday's Morning Joe, MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough hinted that President Obama may have been a major catalyst of the current protests against the authoritarian Mubarak regime in Egypt. ...

Andrea Mitchell Scolds DNC Chair: How Can You Pick Anti-Labor North Carolina to Host Convention?

Andrea Mitchell invited on DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, on Tuesday's Andrea Mitchell Reports, to announce the Democrats have picked Charlotte, North Carolina to host their 2012 convention but the MSNBC ...

ABC Uses Health Care Ruling Against Obama to Hit Romney from the Right, CBS and NBC Downplay

Rather than bring in a top Obama official to respond to a federal judge declaring Obamacare unconstitutional, ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday used the occasion to attack possible ...

CBS Cheers Barbara Bush Supporting Gay Marriage

On Tuesday's CBS Early Show, news reader Jeff Glor declared: "Former First Daughter Barbara Bush is taking a very public stand in support of same-sex marriage." After a sound bite was played of ...

NY Times Again Covers Small Leftist Protest; Ignored Massive 'March for Life' 4 Years Running

After virtually ignoring the conservative "March for Life" four years in a row, the New York Times covers a smaller lefty protest against a gathering by the conservative Koch brothers, accusing ...

ABC's Sawyer Spikes Federal Judge's Ruling Against ObamaCare

ABC, CBS and NBC on Monday night devoted more than half of their evening newscasts to the turmoil in Egypt, but while CBS and NBC squeezed in brief mentions of how a federal judge agreed with 26 ...

CBS's Early Show Touts Government Banning Incandescent Light Bulbs

At the top of the 7:30AM ET half hour on Monday's CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge happily proclaimed: "After 130 years, [Thomas] Edison's invention is basically being phased out....The ...

ABC News Publishes, Quickly Removes Lefty Mother Jones Article on GOP 'Redefining Rape'

ABCNews.com on Monday republished, then removed an article from Mother Jones magazine on Republicans "redefining rape." The piece briefly appeared on the network's website with no explanation that ...
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