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NYT's New Fave Topic: How GOP Congress Is Wrecking Party Hopes for 2016

By Clay Waters | February 26, 2015, 9:33 AM EST

to expedite construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and allowed a robust fight on the floor in ...

Covering Obama's Keystone Veto, Networks Fail to Mention Americans Approve Pipeline Project

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

Obama's veto of the bill passed by Congress approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ABC, ... Keystone pipeline bill.” Over on the CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley described it as “the biggest ... recent polls asking Americans whether they support the construction of Keystone, a litany of polling data ...

Obamacare Created or Hiked 13 Taxes, Networks Ignore Them in 87 Percent of Stories

By Joseph Rossell | February 18, 2015, 12:02 PM EST

said Republicans were “preoccupied with some sideshows like Keystone or another repeal of Obamacare.” Garrett failed to quote any Republicans regarding their reasons for supporting the Keystone XL pipeline or ...

ABC and CBS Ignore Keystone Pipeline Passing Congress; NBC Only Gives News 11 Seconds

By Curtis Houck | February 13, 2015, 3:24 PM EST

of a bill to approve the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would stretch from the ... covered on its broadcast and while it was the first network evening news mention of Keystone since all ... note from Washington late today, the House passed a bill that approves construction of the Keystone ...

Ed Schultz Guest Sounds Alarm: Keystone Tar Sands Will Kill All the Forests and Oceans

By Jack Coleman | February 3, 2015, 8:06 PM EST

Lots of claims flying back and forth these days over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline-- this one ... past Friday, after the Senate voted in favor of Keystone a day earlier, to warn of dire consequences if ... the Keystone pipeline and the decision that you are going to make and the administration's going ...

NBC: Obama's Massive Budget Is 'Aimed at Helping the Poor'

By Scott Whitlock | February 3, 2015, 4:52 PM EST

sideshows like Keystone or another repeal of ObamaCare.  GARRETT: Speaking of ObamaCare the House will vote ...

Ed Schultz Compares Eminent Domain for Keystone to Colonial-Era Plunder by George III

By Jack Coleman | January 30, 2015, 7:01 PM EST

letting a waking hour pass without denouncing the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that he initially ... Liberty, Schultz is employing a new line of attack against Keystone, as heard on his podcast Wednesday (audio)-- How many hours have we spent on Keystone? You can go back and search our website and see how often ...

Networks Continue to Show No Interest in Covering Senate’s Passage of Keystone Pipeline

By Curtis Houck | January 30, 2015, 1:49 PM EST

the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Keystone XL oil pipeline with zero mentions on their morning ... MSNBC’s Morning Joe covered the bill’s passage. A 21-second news brief on Keystone ran in the program’s ... the Keystone oil pipeline. Nine Democrats joined Republicans to pass the measure. Republican House ...

Top Newspapers Bury Strong 62-36 Senate Vote for Keystone Pipeline

By Tim Graham | January 30, 2015, 11:58 AM EST

The nation’s leading newspapers buried the Senate’s strong 62-36 vote for the Keystone XL pipeline ... Reporter Paul Singer began: "The Senate voted Thursday to build the controversial Keystone XL ... Keystone pipeline, setting the stage for a veto showdown with President Obama.” Like USA Today, the Post ...

Networks Fail to Cover News Taliban Detainee Swapped for Bergdahl Is Trying to Rejoin Group

By Curtis Houck | January 30, 2015, 1:05 AM EST

Senate passed the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Thursday with a wide bipartisan margin of 62-to-36. Foreign ...

English and Spanish-Language Networks Combine to Ignore Senate Voting to Approve Keystone Pipeline

By Curtis Houck | January 29, 2015, 10:00 PM EST

The U.S. Senate took the step Thursday of approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a bipartisan ... found. Not a single second of coverage on Keystone appeared on English language networks ABC, CBS, and ... Republican-controlled Senate has approved a bipartisan bill to authorize construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The ...

Ed Schultz, Who Flipped on Keystone, Slams Dems for Being 'Bought’

By Scott Whitlock | January 29, 2015, 7:11 PM EST

Keystone pipeline in a vote. Nine defections contributed to the bill passing the Senate. Schultz sneered, ... Democrats for changing their position on Keystone due to pressure, considering he did exactly the same ... shouting at us about Keystone.’”  On February 5, 2014, Schultz stood up for Keystone, lecturing viewers, ...

Lefty Blogger: ‘Bizarre’ GOP Position on Climate Change Should Be ‘Completely Disqualifying’ For Political Office

By Tom Johnson | January 24, 2015, 2:53 PM EST

reconsideration. During a series of votes on the Keystone Pipeline, Senate Democrats proposed an amendment ...

Limbaugh Demolishes Obama's Crowing Over Lower Gas Prices, Surge in Energy Production

By Jack Coleman | January 22, 2015, 2:22 PM EST

You stood in the way of decreasing our dependence on foreign sources, with the Keystone pipeline and ...

NPR 'Fact Check' on Joni Ernst's GOP Response Plays Games with Keystone Jobs Estimates

By Tim Graham | January 22, 2015, 11:34 AM EST

the Keystone jobs bill. INSKEEP: Scott Horsley, what is the Keystone jobs bill? SCOTT HORSLEY: She's talking, of course, about the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would carry oil from the Canadian tar ... that are awarded contracts for goods and services, including construction, directly by Keystone. The ...