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MSNBC's Bashir Again Complains GOP Push to Defund Planned Parenthood Is 'War on Women'

By Ken Shepherd | January 8, 2012, 6:58 AM EST

a "War on Women," as the segment was titled onscreen. The interview amounted to a series of softball ...

Liberal Senators Miffed 'Morning Joe' Wasn't Toeing Party Line on Contraceptive Mandate

By Ken Shepherd | February 11, 2012, 11:20 PM EST

When it comes to culturally liberal policy positions, MSNBC has been repeatedly eager to portray conservatives as engaged in a "war on women" with Democrats and the Obama White House being the white knights riding to the defense of damsels in distress everywhere. But when one program dared to deviate ...

MSNBC's Wagner Hypes 'Republican Assault on Women's Health,' Omits Four Female GOP Senators Voted for Blunt Amendment

By Ken Shepherd | March 2, 2012, 6:12 PM EST

capture of a New York Times editorial entitled "The War on Women." But in the preceding 27 ... Heres's the relevant transcript for that portion[: [Ad begins with "War on Women" emblazoned on screen] ED SCHULTZ, MSNBC, on camera: Republicans "War on Women" NBC's KELLY O'DONNELL ...

Africa Activist Slams Phony 'War on Women' Meme by Dems, Media

By Ken Shepherd | March 6, 2012, 6:29 AM EST

citizens deserve better. The only "war on women" is being waged in Sudan, Congo, Syria and other ...

MSNBC's Jansing Pushes 'War on Women' Meme on Intl. Women's Day, Carts Out Another Limbaugh 'Victim'

By Ken Shepherd | March 8, 2012, 12:01 PM EST

What better day for MSNBC to push its phony "War on Women" meme than International Women's Day? Morning anchor Chris Jansing neatly tied today the network's war on Rush Limbaugh with its epic battle to distort the political fight over the contraceptive mandate into an imagined titanic ...

WashPost's Miller Sees 'Feminism's Final Frontier' As 'Religion,' Where Women Are 'Second-Class Citizens'

By Ken Shepherd | March 8, 2012, 5:58 PM EST

The  "war on women" is more than a political fight waged in the civil arena. It's a spiritual conflict with patriarchal pulpits raining down oppression onto the women in the pews, Washington Post religion reporter Lisa Miller complains in an "On Faith" item posted today, ...

In Rush to Slam 'War on Women,' MSNBC Ignores Story of Immigrant Woman Threatened with Honor Killing by Muslim Parents

By Ken Shepherd | March 12, 2012, 4:07 PM EDT

All last week the knights in shining armor at MSNBC did their level best to rescue the fair damsels of the realm from the vile "War on Women" waged by the vicious ogres of the Right, you know, like Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum. But in the midst of hyping Women's History Month and ...

Andrea Mitchell Conducts Softball Interview with Feminist Pushing FCC to Silence Limbaugh

By Ken Shepherd | March 13, 2012, 5:11 PM EDT

administration "calculated they could create this mythical Republican war on women, and look where they ...

MSNBC Touts Sen. McCain's Conceding There's a 'War on Women,' Grants Softball Interview to Activist Hoping to Silence Limbaugh

By Ken Shepherd | March 19, 2012, 5:09 PM EDT

Republican senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain's passing concession yesterday to Meet the Press host David Gregory that there is in fact a "war on women among Republicans" was the perfect springboard for MSNBC's Richard Lui to conduct a softball interview with ...

MSNBC's Brewer Compares Republicans to Islamic Clerics Who 'Ripped... Rights Away' From Iranian Women

By Ken Shepherd | March 30, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT

"A compelling, alarming case against the GOP and its 'War on Women.' Lest you think it ... MSNBC journalist would casually further the lame "war on women" meme is not surprising, of ...

MSNBC's Wagner Mischaracterizes 'Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act,' Fails to Note Its Chief Sponsor Is a Woman

By Ken Shepherd | April 2, 2012, 1:05 PM EDT

war-on-women meme. The chief sponsor in the U.S. House is Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), a pro-life but ...

MSNBC's Mitchell, WashPost's Marcus Spin for Rosen, Polish Up Her Anti-Romney Argument

By Ken Shepherd | April 13, 2012, 6:03 PM EDT

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell has been a key player in pushing the network's "war on women" meme, such as when she viciously tag-teamed with liberal senators to attack Susan G. Komen founder Nancy Brinker to her misleading, biased coverage of the defunding of Planned Parenthood in Texas. So ...

WashPost Gives Platform to Lib Theologian: Global Warming Is God's 'Judgment' of Our 'Sin Against the Planet'

By Ken Shepherd | April 23, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT

another liberal bogeyman, the non-existent conservative "war on women": “Mother Earth is annoyed ... exploit rather than protect. There’s a kind of ‘war on women’ that applies to the planet too. Brooks ...

Sally Quinn: Pope 'Has Gone Too Far' With Rebuke of Nuns; Hopes They 'Take On the Boys' Club'

By Ken Shepherd | April 24, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT

about "A Catholic 'war on women.'" From start to finish, Sister Sally poured forth ...

MSNBC's Jansing Touts Cardinal Dolan for Stance on Immigration, Slams Church for 'Going After Nuns'

By Ken Shepherd | May 2, 2012, 3:43 PM EDT

war on women?" Jansing interjected. For his part, Dolan reminded Jansing that "it would be ... part of the axis of evil waging war on women, citing the Vatican's recent rebuke of American nuns ...