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CBS and NBC Use Newtown Anniversary to Lament Lack of Gun Control; Compare It to Car Seats, Driver’s Licenses

By Curtis Houck | December 15, 2015, 11:43 AM EST

With Monday marking the third anniversary of the horrifying murders of 20 children and their teachers in Newtown, Connecticut, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News used the somber occasion to lament the lack of gun control passed by the GOP Congress ...

Blogger Charles Pierce: ‘Dick Cheney Is the Closest Thing…to a Goering’ That America Has Ever Had

By Tom Johnson | October 22, 2015, 9:54 PM EDT

Not long before Joe Biden announced that he wouldn’t run for president, he drove Esquire blogger Charles Pierce up a high wall (think the Green Monster) by saying, “I still have a lot of Republican friends. I don't think my chief enemy is the Republi ...

Rachel Maddow Swoons Over ‘Universally Well-Liked’ Biden

By Jeffrey Meyer | October 22, 2015, 1:18 PM EDT

Following Rachel Maddow’s over-the-top praise of Vice President Joe Biden after he decided against a 2016 White House bid Wednesday afternoon, the liberal MSNBC host used her prime time show that night to continue to cheer the “universally well-liked” Bid ...

On TV News, Non-Candidate Biden Eclipsed All Others Besides Clinton and Trump

By Rich Noyes | October 22, 2015, 10:03 AM EDT

On Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden ended his flirtation with a bid for the 2016 Democratic nomination, but only after an extended period in which the broadcast networks gave his non-candidacy more airtime than that of any declared Republican or Democr ...

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 ...

On Hardball, Howard Fineman Predicts Biden Won't Endorse Hillary Until Convention

By Ken Shepherd | October 21, 2015, 11:41 PM EDT

Vice President Joe Biden will wait quite some time until he formally endorses Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, possibly even waiting until the last minute at the Democratic convention itself. That was the prediction of veteran political journalist ...

Chris Matthews: Was 'Stupid' When Hillary Said Republicans Were Her Enemy

By Ken Shepherd | October 21, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT

Reacting to a sound bite of Joe Biden from today's Rose Garden announcement in which the Vice President obliquely criticized Hillary Clinton for a remark at the Democratic debate in which she said Republicans were her "enemy," Hardball host ...

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Cheers ‘Universally Beloved’ Joe Biden

By Jeffrey Meyer | October 21, 2015, 2:22 PM EDT

On Wednesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reacted to the news that Vice President Joe Biden had decided to not run for president by touting how “universally beloved Joe Biden is as an American political figure.”  Maddow began her re ...

CNN's Acosta Gushes Over Biden's 'Fitting Sign-Off' in Deciding Not to Run

By Matthew Balan | October 21, 2015, 2:13 PM EDT

CNN's Jim Acosta sang Vice President Joe Biden's praises on Wednesday's Legal View, mere moments after the Democrat announced that he was not running for president: " It was extraordinary political theater to be out here... it was unbe ...

Open Thread: Joe Biden Decides Against Presidential Bid

By NB Staff | October 21, 2015, 12:50 PM EDT

Flanked by his wife and the president, Vice President Joe Biden announced moments ago in the White Rose Garden that he decided to not seek the Democratic nomination for president. Oddly enough, however, after announcing he wouldn't run, he prattled o ...

Pro-Hillary GMA: Joe Biden’s ‘Window Closing,’ ‘Waited Too Long’

By Scott Whitlock | October 20, 2015, 11:54 AM EDT

Former Clinton operative turned Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday rushed to speculate that Joe Biden’s “window is closing” and that the “weakened” Vice President has waited too long to enter the presidential race. Citing a new ...

Heilemann: Wouldn't Believe Biden if He Called to Say He's Getting in at Noon

By Mark Finkelstein | October 20, 2015, 9:12 AM EDT

Basta: enough already! It's not that John Heilemann thinks Joe Biden is a liar, it's just that he's not convinced that Biden knows his own mind yet.  And so it was that on today's Morning Joe, Heilemann declared "if he called me t ...

By Jumping in, Biden Might Free Obama to Release the Hounds on Hillary

By Mark Finkelstein | October 17, 2015, 12:36 PM EDT

The conventional wisdom is that Joe Biden has been staying on the sidelines, waiting to see how bad the email scandal gets for Hillary. But while that might be true, consider that Biden need not just be a passive player in the game. There is a plausible t ...

O’Reilly, Perino Rip Media for Lapdog Analysis of Democratic Debate; Went ‘Wild’ for Hillary

By Curtis Houck | October 16, 2015, 2:04 PM EDT

Discussing the media’s reaction to Tuesday’s presidential debate during Thursday’s O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly and The Five co-host Dana Perino blasted the liberal press for their pandering to Hillary Clinton after pushing for Vice President Joe B ...

Pro-Hillary ABC Pushes VP Not to Run: Hillary ‘Smoking Out Joe Biden’

By Scott Whitlock | October 15, 2015, 11:39 AM EDT

Former Bill Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos on Thursday put the pressure on Joe Biden not to run, hyping Hillary Clinton’s performance at Tuesday’s presidential debate. Good Morning America co-host  Stephanopoulos cheered, “Hillary Clinton smoking ...