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Nets Hit GOP Guests with Charges of 'Hateful Rhetoric' by Abortion Opponents

By Brad Wilmouth | November 29, 2015, 11:33 PM EST

On all three broadcast network Sunday talk shows, hosts pressed some of their GOP guests by forwarding a quote from Planned Parenthood complaining that "hateful rhetoric" from abortion opponents had contributed to the shooting attack on Planned ...

WashPost's Marcus Decries GOP's 'Very Ugly Week,' Longs for 'Good Old Days' of Bush

By Brad Wilmouth | November 23, 2015, 8:11 AM EST

Appearing as a panel member on Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS, Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus had sudden respect for former President George W. Bush as she declared that she was "nostalgic for the good old days" when President Bush ...

Dean, Walsh Throw Fits over ‘Disappointing’ John Dickerson Pushing Dems on Radical Islam [UPDATED]

By Curtis Houck | November 15, 2015, 12:32 AM EST

12:30 a.m. Eastern: This post has been updated to include a similar tweet around the same time from former Democratic Vermont Governor Howard Dean.-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nearly a half-hour into Saturday’ ...

It’s a Setup! Dickerson Meets Privately with Democratic Candidates Before Debate

By Curtis Houck | November 13, 2015, 2:54 PM EST

According to Politico’s Hadas Gold and Annie Karni, Saturday night’s Democratic presidential moderator John Dickerson of CBS News met privately with each of the three campaigns for separate, private meetings to preview the debate and tried to innocently b ...

CBS Democratic Debate Moderator John Dickerson’s Most Liberal Outbursts

By Geoffrey Dickens | November 13, 2015, 3:26 PM EST

Viewers of Saturday night’s Democratic debate probably shouldn’t expect any tough questions, at least from the right, coming from debate moderator John Dickerson. It's bad enough that he met privately with the candidate campaign teams before the deba ...

Colbert Whines to Dickerson: GOPers ‘Are Known for Roughing Up’ Debate Moderators

By Curtis Houck | November 13, 2015, 1:55 AM EST

In promoting the upcoming Democratic presidential debate Saturday night on CBS with moderator John Dickerson, Stephen Colbert lamented during Thursday’s Late Show that Republicans have a reputation of “roughing up the referee in these debates, like the CN ...

CBS’s Charlie Rose Appears Baffled GOPers Leveled ‘a Lot of Attacks on Hillary’ in Debate

By Curtis Houck | November 11, 2015, 8:41 PM EST

Filling in for Scott Pelley on Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, Charlie Rose provided a wrap-up of Tuesday’s Fox Business Networks Republican presidential debate and seemed exasperated when he wondered to Face the Nation anchor John Dickerson “why” did the G ...

Ignatius Hits GOP: No One Wants President Who 'Whines About Media Coverage'

By Jeffrey Meyer | November 8, 2015, 1:30 PM EST

Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius blasted the GOP presidential candidates for daring to complain about the biased questions asked during last month’s CNBC debate.  Moderator John Dickerson teed up Ignatius ...

CBS’s Dickerson Desperately Tries to Defend ‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement

By Jeffrey Meyer | October 25, 2015, 1:11 PM EDT

During an interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson rushed to defend the Black Lives Matter movement after the Republican presidential candidate criticized the group for calling for the murder of police of ...

CBS’s Dickerson Chides Benghazi Committee for ‘Fighting Like Cats and Dogs’

By Curtis Houck | October 22, 2015, 10:06 PM EDT

Analyzing Hillary Clinton’s performance before the House Benghazi Committee, CBS News political director John Dickerson stated on Thursday’s CBS Evening News that Clinton “avoid[ed]” falling into any “pitfalls” as those questioning her fought “like cats a ...

Networks Delighted for Hillary’s Sake at Biden’s Decision Not to Run for President

By Curtis Houck | October 21, 2015, 9:51 PM EDT

Hours after Vice President Joe Biden decided that he would not launch a presidential campaign, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC largely welcomed on Wednesday night Biden’s decision as it stands to benefit Democratic candidate Hillary Clin ...

Media Hand a 'Lifeline' to Hillary on Benghazi

By Geoffrey Dickens | October 22, 2015, 3:19 PM EDT

Hillary Clinton is set to testify before the Benghazi committee on Thursday but the liberal media have spent weeks laying the groundwork for her. Instead of putting the onus on Clinton, her now-discredited story of the attacks being spurred by an anti-Mus ...

Nets Cheer Bernie Sanders Handing Hillary ‘Big Gift’ by Dismissing E-Mail Scandal

By Kyle Drennen | October 15, 2015, 9:21 AM EDT

Following Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, all three of Wednesday’s network morning shows seized on Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders demanding the media stop asking about Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal. During fawning coverage on NBC’s Today, correspond ...

Network Analysts Trash ‘Pathetic’ House Conservatives; ‘A Poison’ No One Can ‘Deal With’

By Curtis Houck | October 9, 2015, 3:19 PM EDT

The morning after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy shocked Congress by announcing he was dropping out of the race to become the next Speaker of the House, CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today sprinted over to their analysts to tear into the “really pathet ...

John Dickerson: McCarthy Gave Hillary ‘Political Gift’ Over Benghazi Remarks

By Jeffrey Meyer | October 6, 2015, 9:48 AM EDT

On Tuesday’s CBS This Morning, Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson touted Hillary Clinton’s new campaign ad which blasts House Republicans investigating the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack.  After House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy argued last week ...