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Unrepentant NYT Editor Rosenthal Spews More Racism Accusations Against GOP

NYT Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal, prodded by criticism from The O'Reilly Factor, posted an update to his post offensively accusing House Speaker John Boehner of racism for asking Obama ...

CBS Fights with Gingrich, Accuses Him of Starting Class War

CBS's Early Show repeatedly hit GOP candidate Newt Gingrich on Friday over his comments on African-Americans and food stamps. The network played the quote for African-American Congressman Tim ...

Anderson Cooper Bashes Santorum by Recycling Supposedly Racial Remark

On the campaign trail, Republican candidate Rick Santorum blurted out a word that sounded like "black" and was widely-criticized for making a generalization that black citizens rely on welfare. ...

Martin Bashir: Stop Newt Gingrich's Food Stamp Talk Before Someone Gets Killed

MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Friday offered an offensive, bewildering comparison, linking the murder of a black British teenager in 1993 to supposedly offensive comments by Republican presidential ...

NBC's Lauer Touts Liberal Endorsements of Huntsman While Dismissing Gingrich as a 'Spoiler'

On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer highlighted The Boston Globe endorsement of Jon Huntsman, and noted how, "Joe Klein in Time magazine wrote this about him...'He has proposed the most ...

CBS Evening News Touts Huntsman, the 'Sane Republican' with an 'Impressive Resume'

An hour before CNN screamed "Breaking News" Thursday night over the Boston Globe's endorsement of Jon Huntsman (basically for not being "pushed" to the right like Mitt Romney), the CBS Evening ...

John King Digs Up 2003 Quote to Press Santorum, Then Proceeds to Misquote Him

In a Wednesday interview with up-and-coming GOP candidate Rick Santorum, CNN's John King dug up a "controversial" 2003 interview Santorum had with the AP and then proceeded to misquote him on the ...

Anderson Cooper 360 Blasts Santorum With Liberal Talking Points

Determined to vet up-and-coming GOP candidate Rick Santorum, CNN's Gary Tuchmann chose Wednesday to pull a number of liberal attacks on the candidate's social beliefs and call it a report. ...

Chris Matthews: Rick Santorum Wants a 'Theocracy' That Will 'Trump' the Constitution

An angry Chris Matthews on Thursday denounced Rick Santorum, smearing the Republican as wanting a "theocracy" to "trump" the Constitution. The MSNBC anchor ranted about birth control after playing ...

NYT Goes Label-Crazy on 'Conservatives' in 2012, But in 2008 Dems Were Only 'Populist'

The New York Times used the word "conservative" 12 times in a campaign story from New Hampshire, but in 2008 reporter Michael Powell called Michael Dukakis a "pragmatist" and ultra-liberal ...
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