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New York Times Perpetuates the Social Security 'Trust Fund' Myth

By Tom Blumer | December 29, 2015, 7:00 AM EST

After serving as the virtual mouthpiece for the "there is no crisis!" crowd for at least a decade since George W. Bush's attempt to partially privatize Social Security in 2005, someone at the New York Times has finally recognized that there ...

CNN Panel: Scalia 'Disturbing' and 'Offensive' on Race, 'Sounded Nutty'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 11, 2015, 2:54 PM EST

On Thursday's Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield on CNN, host Banfield joined CNN legal analyst Paul Callan and Joey Jackson of HLN-- sister network to CNN-- in deriding conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for recently referencing an arg ...

CBS EN Rushes to Blame GOP-Led Senate, NRA for Lack of Gun Control after Oregon Shooting

By Curtis Houck | October 1, 2015, 10:02 PM EDT

Following President Barack Obama’s angry reaction Thursday night to the deadly community college shooting in Oregon and pleas to “politicize” mass shootings, the CBS Evening News did just that with a full story lamenting the lack of gun control by laying ...

FNC’s Krauthammer Unloads on Senate Dems for Iran Deal Support, Senate GOP for Bad Tactics

By Curtis Houck | September 15, 2015, 11:01 PM EDT

During the first “All-Star Panel” segment on Tuesday’s Special Report, Fox News Channel (FNC) contributor Charles Krauthammer offered blistering criticisms of Senate Democrats for their support of the Iran deal along with Senate Republicans for not invoki ...

Politifact: Harry Reid's '30 Percent of Women Served' Planned Parenthood Claim Is a 'Pants on Fire' Lie

By Tom Blumer | September 1, 2015, 12:23 AM EDT

Call the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" people. Politifact, the alleged fact-checking site which has for years almost invariably insisted on calling obvious truths stated by Republicans and conservatives "Half True" at best and ofte ...

Shock: Jorge Ramos Grills Harry Reid: 'Did You Purposely Lie' About Romney?

By Scott Whitlock | April 9, 2015, 9:40 AM EDT

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos on Tuesday grilled Harry Reid about his completely unfounded rumor-mongering that then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney failed to pay taxes. On his weekly prime time show on Fusion (jointly owned by ABC and Univision),  Amer ...

Fox's James Rosen Questions Earnest on Harry Reid's Romney Rudeness vs. Obama Civility Lectures

By Tim Graham | April 2, 2015, 3:03 AM EDT

In his remarks dedicating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute on Monday, President Obama imagined how a child would see the replica of the U.S. Senate there and imagine the dialogue as “elevated” and “purposeful.....before she’s old enough to be cynical.” He ...

Las Vegas Sun Editor Accused of Killing Column Critical of Harry Reid

By P.J. Gladnick | April 1, 2015, 7:42 PM EDT

Harry Reid admitted this week what most honest and informed people already knew: he flat out lied in 2012 about Mitt Romney not paying his income taxes for ten years. Reid gave an ends justifies the means explanation to CNN's Dana Bash namely that, h ...

Reid: No Regrets Lying About Mitt's Taxes Because 'Romney Didn't Win, Did He?'

By Tom Blumer | March 31, 2015, 2:31 PM EDT

So Harry Reid knew he was lying about Mitt Romney not paying taxes for ten years when he made the claim in 2012 from the lawsuit-free zone known as the floor of the U.S. Senate, but didn't care. That's what one must conclude from Reid's res ...

MSM Incurious About Harry Reid's Gym Equipment Accident Story

By P.J. Gladnick | March 30, 2015, 11:40 AM EDT

  It has been three months since Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's exercise equipment accident story and he remains blind in his injured eye. So when will Reid sue the exercise equipment company or even mention the brand name? So far nothing solid ...

Joe Scarborough: Harry Reid’s Retirement a ‘Big Trade-Up...for America’

By Jeffrey Meyer | June 18, 2015, 5:38 PM EDT

Appearing on Meet the Press on Sunday, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough celebrated the announcement that Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) will retire at the end of 2016 by declaring it a “big trade-up not only for the Democratic Party but for America and I’m ...

WashPost Gushes Over Harry Reid, 'Democrats' Master of Maneuver'

By Tim Graham | March 30, 2015, 4:48 PM EDT

The Washington Post sounded just like a Democratic Party rag, getting out a hanky at the news that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid won’t run for re-election. The front-page headline was “Reid laying down gloves after 28 years in Senate: From hardscrabbl ...

After Retirement Announcement, NBC Lauds Reid's Political 'Skill'

By Matthew Balan | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

Kelly O'Donnell touted Harry Reid's " reputation for mastering the tactical side of politics " on Friday's NBC Nightly News, after the Nevada Democrat announced that he is not running for a sixth term. O'Donnell quickly added ...

Networks Fret Conservatives Posed ‘a Thorny Obstacle’ to Boehner; Will Force Him to be ‘More Confrontational’

By Curtis Houck | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

On Tuesday night, each of the major broadcast networks devoted time to covering the swearing in of the 114th Congress and the race for House Speaker that saw John Boehner retain his post, but not without 25 conservatives voting in dissent against the incu ...

Vermont Abandons Single-Payer Health Care; Press Coverage Muted

By Tom Blumer | December 26, 2014, 10:37 AM EST

President Barack Obama, soon to be former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, former Congressman Barney Frank, and many other prominent Democrats and leftists have over the past several years declared that their ultimate goal is turn the U.S. healthcare sy ...