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CBS Devotes More Time to Those Opposing New Gun Rights Law Than Suppor
Tuesday's CBS Evening News gave attention to a proposed new gun law that would strengthen the right of gun owners who hold a concealed weapon permit to carry a weapon across state lines into states with more restrictive gun laws than where the permit was obtained. As he presented arguments both for and against passage of the law, while Orr presented two soundbites opposing the law and only one…
When Dad Becomes a Woman, Things Aren't 'Perfectly Fine
Hurt and bewilderment show through ABC's attempt to normalize transgenderism.
Night After Slamming DeMint as 'Incendiary,' Couric Makes Same Point t
A night after CBS slammed as “incendiary” Senator Jim DeMint's observation that if Republicans are able to block Obama's health care push, “it will be his Waterloo, it will break him,” CBS anchor Katie Couric adopted the same assumption as she expressed worry to the President: “Are you concerned at all that if health care reform fails it will be a huge and devastating setback to your presidency…
CNN's Kyra Phillips on ObamaCare: 'You're Still Going to Have a Choice
On CNN Newsroom today, anchor Kyra Phillips interviewed Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele on the topic of President Obama's healthcare push. Part of the interview:PHILLIPS: But whether government-run or private, I mean, no one's going to demand that you go one way or another. You're still going to have a choice. STEELE: We don't -- maybe we do. I don't know. We haven't had…
Obama-fired Inspector General Files Lawsuit, WaPo Shuffles Coverage to
Just six months into his presidency, President Barack Obama's administration is the target of a federal lawsuit, and that by a civil servant who alleges he was dismissed from his post in violation of the requirements of a law that Barack Obama himself once sponsored in the Senate.Yet despite all this, the July 21 Washington Post print edition failed to carry the story, directing readers with this…
Rhodes Scholar Bobby Jindal Schools CNN's John Roberts
John Roberts, on the July 21 edition of American Morning, appeared to expect Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to turn in a weak performance on the issue of health care. Hilarity ensued, as Jindal, who turned down Harvard Medical and Yale Law for a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, proved to be anything but a pushover.The would-be newsman kicked off with some misleading statistics about Jindal’s…
Michelle Obama Makes Health-Care Stand -- NYT Reporter Rejoices
After filing several press-release worthy stories on first lady Michelle Obama, New York Times reporter Rachel Swarns is clearly delighted in the first lady taking a more active role in the health debate in Sunday's "First Lady Steps Into Policy Spotlight on Health Care."She has become one of the Obama administration's most visible surrogates on health care, announcing the release of $851 million…
CBS Sees Defensive Obama on Offense Over Health Care
While President Obama’s health care plan seemed to be floundering, Tuesday’s CBS Early Show spun it as an opportunity for him to fight back, as co-host Julie Chen declared: "President Obama pushes back hard against critics of his health care plan as hopes fade it could be passed by August." Co-host Harry Smith kept up the theme of Obama fighting back in the later segment: "First, though, the…