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A Day After ABC Highlighted Sarah Palin's Political 'Losing Streak,' Her Candidate Closes in on Stunning Win

A day after highlighting Sarah Palin's political "losing streak," Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Wednesday acknowledged the stunning turn in Alaska's senatorial primary race: "But Joe Miller ...

NBC's Todd: Liberal Victory Means 'Hope' But Conservative Wins Will Demonstrate 'Fear'

NBC's Chuck Todd couched it in terms of how "both parties" are peddling "fear" in this year's election season - but his formulation Tuesday night of how 2008 was "the hope election" while this one ...

CNN's Velshi Gushes Over Obama Administration's Green Energy Push

CNN's Ali Velshi enthusiastically touted the Obama administration's promotion of "alternative energy" on Tuesday's Newsroom, and advanced the idea that the field would become a major economic ...

The New York Times Gets Tautological with Tom DeLay

Huh? From a New York Times editorial excoriating former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay: "Mr. DeLay, the Texas Republican who had been the House majority leader, crowed that he had been 'found ...

Andrea Mitchell Lectures U.S. on Ground Zero Mosque: America Needs to Be 'More Sensitive to Minority Communities'

Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday fretted that the "angry voices" protesting against the Ground Zero mosque will hurt Barack Obama's attempts to reach out to the Muslim world. Talking to American ...

Amidst Obama's Falling Poll Numbers, MSNBC Tries to Suggest He Could Rebound Like Reagan

During the 3 p.m. MSNBC news hour Monday, anchor Chris Jansing asked the question and hosted an expert who supplied the seemingly desired answer. The question: Could President Obama make a ...

NBC's Chuck Todd Projects 'Democrats Are In Deep, Deep Trouble'

If Democrats weren't nervous about November's midterm elections yet, they could soon be, especially when you consider that even their allies in the liberal media are starting to forecast doom for ...

ABC Singles Out 'Hard-line, Tea Party Conservative,' Ignores Antics of Florida Democratic Candidate

Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Tuesday characterized a Republican senatorial candidate in Alaska as a "hard-line, Tea Party conservative" and someone who "has also been known to attract ...

Time's Mark Halperin: 9/11 Families Need to Be Led Through a Discussion About the Ground Zero Mosque

Time magazine's Mark Halperin engaged in the ultimate condescension on Monday, arguing that families of 9/11 victims need to be guided by others into the Ground Zero mosque debate. "For the ...

On Letterman, Brian Williams Cheers 'Fruits' of 'Clinton Economy' and Ridicules Tea Party

Appearing on the Late Show on Monday night, NBC anchor Brian Williams bizarrely asserted "we're still enjoying the fruits really of the Clinton economy," claimed Tea Party activists who say "we ...
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