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More NY Times Hypocrisy, Attacking Lauder for Using Tax Loopholes It Employs As Well

More hypocrisy at the Times, as the paper attacks wealthy heir Ronald Lauder for using tax avoidance strategies like trust funds, limited liability companies, and charitable giving, while the ...

NYT Covers Falling Tea Party Support, Ignores Polls Showing Sharp Downturn in OWS Appeal

New York Times reporter Kate Zernike devotes a story to a poll showing cooling Tea Party support, suggesting the group's "hard-line" and "extreme" stance was "dragging down" the GOP. Meanwhile, ...

For CNN, 200 'Occupy' Arrests Amounts to 'Dozens'

CNN's T.J. Holmes, reporting Tuesday on the eviction of "Occupy Los Angeles" and the subsequent arrests of 200 protesters, simply numbered the arrests as totaling in the "dozens." Apparently for ...

CNN Helps Politicize Tragic Teen 'Dream Act Suicide'

After an illegal immigrant teenager killed himself allegedly because his lack of citizenship would derail his college dreams, CNN ran a segment on the "'Dream Act' Suicide" and asked his family ...

Ex-Clinton Operative Stephanopoulos Attacks Cain's 'Honesty' and 'Judgment'

Former top Clinton aide turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday derided Herman Cain for his lapses in "honesty" and "judgment." Asked by World News anchor Diane Sawyer if Cain can ...

NBC's Brian Williams Gushes Over 1950s 'Wholesomeness' of Obama Family

In an interview with President Obama's outgoing assistant Reggie Love on NBC's Rock Center Monday night, host Brian Williams fawned over the First Family: "...like a retro almost 1950s American ...

NBC's Lauer Hits Obama Advisor from Left, Cites Democratic Mayor Calling for More 'Federal Help'

On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer interviewed Obama advisor David Plouffe and promoted liberal concerns that the administration had not pushed enough government economic programs: "Even ...

Flashback: Boston Globe Reporter Praised Barney Frank's 'Integrity' in Wake of Prostitution Scandal

Barney Frank's retirement announcement could have come as early as 1989 but back then the liberal Democratic congressman from Massachusetts relied on the liberal attitudes of his constituents and ...

NBC's Ann Curry in Baghdad: 'U.S. Brings Its Divisive Eight-Year War in Iraq to an End'

In a live report from Baghdad on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry described her arrival to the country with Vice President Biden: "Security is heavy amid an uptick in violence as the U.S. ...

Stephanopoulos Gloats: Will My Interview With New Accuser 'Spell the End' for Cain?

George Stephanopoulos, who as a Democratic operative in the '90s coordinated with ABC to save Bill Clinton from scandal, on Wednesday teased an exclusive with Herman Cain's accuser, openly ...
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