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ABC's Bill Weir and Guest Gush Over 'Beautiful' Obama Graphic, Tout Clever Axelrod

ABC's Bill Weir and Reuters editor Chrystia Freeland on Saturday gushed over Obama administration talking points on the new unemployment numbers. After Weir talked about a White House-created ...

CBS 'Sunday Morning' Goes After Catholic Church on Easter Sunday

On CBS's Sunday Morning, host Charles Osgood marked Easter Sunday by proclaiming: "For many Roman Catholics, the joy of this Easter is mixed with sadness over continuing charges of child abuse and ...

NBC's Curry Quotes Obama-loving Frank Rich to Rachel Maddow

Talk about tossing a softball. NBC's Ann Curry, on Monday's Today, quoted the New York Times' Frank Rich, essentially comparing Barack Obama to Superman to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. After citing Rich ...

ABC's George Stephanopoulos Touts GOP Discord Over Michael Steele, Highlights Critical 'Poll of Insiders'

Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Monday played up GOP divisions over Michael Steele and even touted a "poll of insiders" that showed party leaders think the Republican National ...

Tapper Sees 'Indictment of Ayn Rand' and Her Faith in 'Laissez-Faire Capitalism'

Invoking the name of objectivist/libertarian writer-philosopher Ayn Rand, hardly a common citation in television news, ABC's Jake Tapper, on Sunday's This Week, confronted former Federal Reserve ...

Time Mag Chief Stengel: Obama a Mandela for the 21st Century, Mandela's 'True Successor'

Time magazine Managing Editor Richard Stengel, who was part of the roundtable on Sunday's Meet the Press, wrote in a new book released on Tuesday: "It is impossible to write about Nelson Mandela ...

Sawyer Champions 'Super-Cop' Regulator as 'Gladiator' Against Health Insurance Industry

ABC anchor Diane Sawyer, who in February demanded to know who will "keep insurance companies from jacking up premiums while making huge profits?", on Friday found her champion in the ...

Enchanted Matthews Holds Up His Own 'Health Reform Is a BFD' T-Shirt

Touting how "the Democratic National Committee has turned a lemon into lemonade," MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Friday afternoon proudly held up a DNC-produced T-shirt which picks up on Joe Biden's ...

CBS's Harry Smith Shoots Some B-Ball With Presidential Pal

In addition to the softball interview CBS's Harry Smith conducted with President Obama on Thursday, the Early Show co-host also played some one-on-one with the commander in chief on the White ...

Chris Matthews Says Republicans 'Pee All Over Obama Every Day'

You've heard of Bill Moyers' Journal. Over the last two nights, Hardball could be titled Chris Matthews' Urinal. Suddenly, Chris is grossing viewers out with "pee" metaphors.
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