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Piers Morgan and Rosie O'Donnell Bash 'Anti-Homosexuals' Republicans

Both CNN's Piers Morgan and guest Rosie O'Donnell slammed Republican candidates for their "anti-homosexuals" stances on Tuesday night's Piers Morgan Tonight.

NPR, CBS Play Up Romney's 'Provocative' Warren Buffett Tax Rate

NPR harped on Mitt Romney's "provocative tax detail" on Wednesday's Morning Edition, highlighting that the GOP presidential candidate "disclosed he's in the same low tax bracket as the billionaire ...

ABC's Jon Karl Demands to Know How Romney 'Got Away With Paying So Little'

Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Wednesday parroted DNC and White House talking points about Mitt Romney. Karl demanded to know just how Romney "get[s] away with paying so little" capital gains ...

David Letterman Jokes About Gingrich Abusing Wife, Mocks Gov. Christie's Weight

During the first half of his Monday night CBS show, comedian David Letterman joked at the expense of Newt Gingrich's first marriage and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's weight, while comparing ...

NBC's Ted Koppel Talks to 'Leading Authority' Stephen Colbert About Super-PAC 'Lethal Weapons'

At the top of Monday's Rock Center on NBC, host Brian Williams lamented the "avalanche of attack ads this political season" and warned: "...it's only just starting thanks to the U.S. Supreme ...

ABC's Sawyer Trumpets 'Occupy Igloos' at 'Camp Igloo' in Switzerland

Diane Sawyer remains enthralled with the far-left "Occupy" protesters. Last October she championed "the Occupy Wall Street movement" by ludicrously claiming "it has spread to more than 250 ...

CBS Highlights Complaints About Voter ID Law in South Carolina

Monday's CBS Evening News ran a report bolstering complaints by Democrats that the new voter ID law in South Carolina would make it more difficult for minorities to vote.

CBS Boosts Colbert's 'Mitt the Ripper' Anti-Super PAC Campaign

Dean Reynolds filed a glowing report on Tuesday's CBS This Morning promoting comedian Stephen Colbert's mock campaign against super PACs. Reynolds led the segment by stating, "Before we say that a ...

Roger Simon of Politico Sneers at 'Dangerous' 'Blood Lust' of South Carolina Audience

Roger Simon, Politico's top columnist, smeared the audience of Monday night's GOP debate, warning of a "kind of blood lust in the air" after the crowd booed a question of Juan Williams, an African ...

MSNBC's Chris Matthews Slanders Gingrich, S.C. GOP Debate Attendees As Racists

Appearing on colleague Andrea Mitchell's eponymous 1 p.m. Eastern program today, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews to viewers that last night's South Carolina GOP presidential debate was chock ...
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