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Martin Bashir and Bernie Sanders Agree: Hike Taxes on Wealthy and Oil Companies

MSNBC's Martin Bashir has only been on the job for a few days, but the newly-minted anchor is already letting his liberal flag fly. On his eponymous program on Thursday, Bashir was dumbfounded as ...

CBS Touts John Edwards Hiring 'Heavy Hittter' Greg Craig, Who Represents 'Legal Stratosphere'

On Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge introduced a story updating the John Edwards scandal and potential legal charges against the former senator: "...a grand jury has been looking at ...

NBC Reporter Taints Big Oil With Watergate Scandal

On Friday morning, NBC's Tom Costello couldn't close his Today show report on high gas prices without airing the proverbial soundbite from an angry gas station customer accusing oil companies of ...

CBS Again Praises Obama's 'Tough Talk' on Libya, While Defending His Inaction

At the top of Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Erica Hill proclaimed: "Tough talk. As the violence continues to escalate between rebel forces, and Moammar Qadhafi's military, President Obama sends ...

After Repeatedly Hyping John Edwards' Marriage, ABC Now Highlights Sordid Details of Affair

Good Morning America's Brian Ross on Friday highlighted the sordid details of John Edwards' affair during the 2008 presidential election campaign. Yet, GMA was the same program that repeatedly ...

Big Three Networks Herald New White House Women's Report

ABC and NBC touted the Obama administration's new report on women by leading their evening news shows with it on Tuesday. Diane Sawyer gushed over the "huge new report," while NBC's Savannah ...

Radical Chic: NY Times Relaunches Magazine with Hagiography of Terrorist Helper Lori Berenson

For the third time in 10 months the New York Times sympathizes for Manhattanite girl turned Peruvian terrorist helper Lori Berenson, this time with a magazine portrait by novelist Jennifer Egan: ...

CBS, NBC Newscasts Give Scant Coverage to Muslim Terror Attack at German Airport

Two US airmen were killed by a Muslim terrorist in Germany on Wednesday, but neither CBS nor NBC thought it worthy of more than 30 seconds of coverage on their evening newscasts Wednesday night.

CBS Sees Too Much 'Personal Baggage' for Gingrich; Other GOP 2012 Candidates Unable to Match Obama Fund-Raising

Discussing the possibility of Newt Gingrich running for president in 2012, on Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge touted "big negatives" for the former House speaker: "...baggage that ...

Brokaw's Bad Memory or Historical Revisionism? Claims GOP Was Thrown Out of House After '95 Shutdown

NBC's Tom Brokaw was invited on Thursday's Today show to discuss a wide range of topics ranging from the Supreme Court ruling on the Westboro church to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal ...
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