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CNN Praises Persistence of 'Resonating' and 'Unignorable' Wall Street Protests

Citing a poll showing that 51 percent of Americans have heard of the Wall Street protests, CNN's American Morning co-hosts lobbed some compliments toward the protesters on Tuesday. Co-host ...

CNN's Erin Burnett Asks Trump About 'Smaller-Tent' Social-Issues GOP

CNN's new prime-time host Erin Burnett pressed Donald Trump about the Republican Party being a "smaller tent party" because of its conservatism on social issues.

NYT Claims Fox Host Hannity Abets 'Inflammatory Rhetoric'; Fiery Leftist PBS Host Avoids Criticism

New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter marked the 15th anniversary of Fox News by accusing host Sean Hannity of "instigating" "inflammatory rhetoric," yet was silent on harsh things actually ...

NBC's Lauer: Protesters Mad at Obama for Not 'Taking On' Wall Street 'Fat Cats'

On Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer interviewed Obama advisor David Plouffe and asked about the frustration of the left-wing Occupy Wall Street protesters: "These people are out there and ...

Another GOP Debate, Another Chance for ABC's Stephanopoulos to Feature a Democrat

Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday continued his streak of having a top Obama operative discuss a Republican presidential debate. Rather than talk to any of the contenders, ...

Sawyer's Flub: Claims Wall Street Protests Have 'Spread to More Than a Thousand Countries'

So enthused about promoting the far-left protests, ABC anchor Diane Sawyer on Monday night's World News championed "the Occupy Wall Street movement" by ludicrously claiming that "as of tonight, it ...

FNC Notes Democrats 'Least Tolerant' of Mormons While Nets Focus on GOP

While morning and evening newscasts from all three broadcast networks in the last few days have focused on anti-Mormon sentiment within the Republican Party, FNC's Special Report with Bret Baier ...

CBS Showcases Feingold Who Charges Cain is 'Un-American' for Bashing Wall Street Protests

CBS sided with supporters of the "Occupy Wall Street" protests on Monday's Early Show, bringing on former Democratic Senator Russ Feingold to boost the left-leaning demonstrations, with no ...

CBS: Daily Kos Radical Leftist is Merely a 'Wall Street Protester'

CBS's Bigad Shaban failed to disclose the far-left politics of an "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrator on Monday's Early Show. Jesse LaGreca, a Daily Kos contributor who wrote in August that ...

Sunday Is for Celebrating 'Occupy Wall Street' at the New York Times

From designing protest logos to filing laudatory editorials and news stories, the New York Times is celebrating the leftist ("populist") protests on Wall Street: "As the Occupy Wall Street ...
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