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NBC's Lester Holt Frets Over GOP 'Forced to Play to Hardcore Elements of Their Base'

On Tuesday's NBC "Today," fill-in co-host Lester Holt talked to Republican strategist Nicolle Wallace about the GOP presidential race and worried: "Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates....talked ...

'Music to His Ears': NBC's Today Touts Executive Asking Obama to Raise His Taxes

At the top of Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry feigned shock as she excitedly proclaimed: "Say what?...A retired executive throws President Obama a rather surprising question during a town ...

George Stephanopoulos's Pro-Obama Spin Rejected by Bill O'Reilly

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday dismissed the pro-Obama talking points repeated by Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos. After quoting the President, Stephanopoulos parroted, "And ...

NBC's Curry Asks If 'Anti-Gay' Churches and Politicians 'Enable Hate' That Drove Gay Teen to Suicide

Interviewing the parents of Jamey Rodemeyer, a gay 14-year-old who committed suicide after being bullied, on Tuesday's NBC "Today," co-host Ann Curry used the tragedy to attack social ...

CNN's Yellin Touts Wealthy Who Want Higher Taxes

CNN's Jessica Yellin, reporting on President Obama's virtual townhall Monday afternoon, noted two wealthy persons who wish to pay higher taxes ' but didn't mention the small businessman who during ...

CBS, CNN Cater to Rep. Waters, Omit Ongoing Ethics Investigation

Both CBS's Early Show and CNN's Newsroom sought out Rep. Maxine Waters on Monday for her reaction to President Obama's "stop complaining" rejoinder to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday, ...

Media Silence on Allegations of Partisanship in Hiring Career Lawyers at DOJ

American Spectator senior editor Quin Hillyer appeared on the Fox News Channel Sunday to highlight the media's continued silence about the Obama administration's use of liberal ideology as a ...

Condescending ABC Dismisses 'Pizza Baron' Cain: 'Nobody' Won the FL Straw Poll

Good Morning America's John Hendren on Sunday dismissed the victory of Herman Cain in the Florida straw poll, condescendingly asserting that the "big winner is nobody." The ABC reporter made sure ...

NBC's Curry to Herman Cain: Was Fla. Straw Poll Win Just a 'Protest Vote'?; Cain: People More Powerful Than Media

In an interview with Herman Cain on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry declared: "The Washington Post is reporting that many of the delegates voted for you ' are saying that they voted for you ...

'The Good Wife' Actor Charges Tea Party Imbued with 'Homophobia and Racism'

Actor Alan Cumming, who was born in Britain and plays the scheming campaign manager "Eli Gold" on The Good Wife which has its season premiere tonight on CBS, contended on CNN's Piers Morgan ...
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