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Wash Post's Jonathan Capehart Smears Sarah Palin for 'Anti-Semitic Phrase'

MSNBC's Chris Jansing featured the liberal Jonathan Capehart on Wednesday to attack a newly released Sarah Palin video as "anti-Semitic." The Washington Post editorial page writer berated Palin ...

On Today: Spike Lee Attacks NRA, Calls USA 'Most Violent Country In History of Civilization'

Director Spike Lee, along with his wife Tonya, came on Wednesday's Today show to promote their new children's book, but he couldn't leave without blaming the NRA for the Gabrielle Giffords ...

Jealous Liberal Radio Hosts Join Chris Matthews in Blaming Conservative Talkers for Giffords Shooting

Chris Matthews, joined by two liberal talk radio hosts on Tuesday's Hardball, essentially blamed the likes of conservative hosts like Mark Levin for creating the climate of hate that led to the ...

On CBS Evening News, Tucson Sheriff Dupnik Doubles Down

On Monday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric announced that Democratic Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik had "been thrust into the national spotlight for some remarks he made," adding, ...

After Urging Restraint After Fort Hood Massacre, Shameless NY Times Blames GOP for AZ

After a Muslim officer killed a dozen soldiers at Fort Hood, the New York Times editorialized "it will be important to avoid drawing prejudicial conclusions from the fact that Major Hasan is an ...

CBS Attacks 'Permissive Gun Laws' and Gun-Toting Tea Partiers in Wake of Shooting

On Monday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric used the Tucson shooting to go after gun ownership: "As we reported, Jared Loughner purchased his gun legally....Saturday's attack is now putting ...

Immediately After Arizona Shooting, MSNBC's Russert Suggested ObamaCare Backlash Was the Cause

During MSNBC's live coverage immediately following Saturday's attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), correspondent Luke Russert theorized that the shooting was probably a ...

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer: 'People' Are Blaming 'Vitriolic Right-Wing Talkers' for Shooting

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer on Tuesday spread the blame for Saturday's spree shooting, singling out "vitriolic right-wing talkers and the Tea Party." Several groups seemed to be on Brewer's list, with ...

MSNBC's Mitchell Blames Palin, Again, for Tucson Shooting

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell continued her crusade against Sarah Palin on Tuesday, reiterating the fallacious contention that the former Alaska governor is at least partly responsible for the shooting ...

CBS Admits Tucson Shooting 'Not Partisan,' Reveals Poll That Most Americans Agree

On Tuesday's Early Show, correspondent Ben Tracy acknowledged that the facts in the Tuscon shooting do not support media spin that the tragedy was incited by right-wing political rhetoric: ...
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