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Chicago Tribune Wrings Hands Over Plight of 'Undocumented Immigrants' Lacking...

Appearing on the Chicago Tribune's Web site is "Undocumented immigrants fight for lifesaving liver transplants: Without insurance, brothers are denied care."  The story also appears in today's print...

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CNN's Burnett: Obama 'Makes an MVP-like Political Move That Leaves...

On Friday's edition of CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront, the host was upfront in her enthusiasm for President Obama's immigration announcement, even including sound effects and grimacing when she spoke of...

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MSNBC's Bashir Bashes Romney as a 'Vacuous Candidate Who Doesn't Have Any...

Setting aside any pretense of objectivity, MSNBC host Martin Bashir and guests ferociously attacked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a segment of Thursday's program.  In a discussion with...

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'You Go, Girls' -- CNN's Carol Costello Cheers On Liberal 'Nuns on the Bus'

On CNN Newsroom this morning, anchor Carol Costello reported on "Nuns on the Bus:""Normally, you see nuns working in their closely knit communities and religious orders. But a group of nuns in the...

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Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Urges Obama: 'Spearhead an Anti-violence Rally of...

Liberals look to government, often the Federal government, for solutions to almost everything.  Chicago's murder rate is appalling, with at least six people killed and another 31 shot  last weekend....

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Fox News's Roberts Calls Self-Described 'Liberal Democrat' a Conservative

Yesterday on Fox News's Special Report, senior national correspondent John Roberts did a segment on the controversy surrounding gay marriage.  A version of his report also appears on the Fox News Web...

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USA Today: 'Housing Starts, Jobless Claims in Good Shape' Despite Worsening...

USA Today's Web site features an Associated Press report with the headline "Housing starts, jobless claims in good shape."  For the many readers who just scan headlines, that sounds encouraging.  Yet...

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CNN's Banfield Fixates on Romney's Tax Returns, 'If There Is Something With...

On Friday's CNN Newsroom, anchor Ashleigh Banfield didn't begin her program with news that unemployment in 44 states has worsened, a story that CNN's Web site reported.  No, she devoted the first 12...

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LA Times Slams '2016: Obama's America:''A Sluggish Film. Even Its Outrage...

Los Angeles Times film critic Betsy Sharkey didn't like "2016: Obama's America," a movie that's surprised many with its box office appeal.  In a review on the Los Angeles Times's Web site...

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What's WGN-TV's Definition of 'Somewhat Racy'?

Last night on WGN-TV's News at Nine program, anchor Jackie Bange began a story: A guidance counselor at Rich Central High School in south suburban Olympia Fields is on administrative leave after...

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CNN's Kurtz on Obama's Speech: 'The Media Acted Like It Was Terrible'

On Sunday's CNN Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz spoke of President Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention: Bob Cusack, Obama gave a pretty good speech overall. The...

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Chicago Sun-Times's Sweet Incorrectly Claims Romney Is Wrong on Obama's...

Lynn Sweet, Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, covers the final presidential debate in "Sweet: Obama in command in campaign’s last clash" on the newspaper's Web site.  In the...

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Chicago Tribune Touts Obama's Foreign Support

President Barack Obama's campaign may well be in trouble in the United States, but he still is adored by many foreigners.  The mainstream media want us to know that and today's Chicago Tribune print...

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Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Marin Rewrites Parts of 2008

"A lot has changed in just four years" is the headline of a piece written by Carol Marin, political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.  In it, she writes: Unemployment in 2008 was 6.7 percent. Today...

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Media Hail JFK's 'Poetry,' Ignore That His Agenda Didn't Match His Words

With this week's inauguration, several media stories recounted past inaugural addresses. One oration prominently featured and applauded was the speech given by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. On...

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CNN's Breaking News: Beyonce Lip-Synced National Anthem

After CNN televised Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Congressional testimony on the Benghazi attack, on the 5 pm segment of The Situation Room Wolf Blitzer provided some analysis, including an...

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Name That Party: Serial Killer Edition

On FOX Chicago News at Nine this evening, station legal analyst Larry Yellen reported on “John Wayne Gacy speaks: FOX 32 uncovers never-before-heard tapes.”  Yellen noted: The part-time clown and...

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On CNN, Cause of Chicago Violence Is – You Guessed It – The GOP

Chicago hasn’t had a Republican mayor in over 80 years.  Democrats have controlled the Illinois governor’s mansion and both houses of the legislature for more than a decade, with Democrats ruling the...

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CNN’s Velshi: Sequestration Bill Was 'Signed by the White House'

While some in the mainstream media harp on the purportedly horrendous effects of possible across-the-board spending cuts on March 1, there is also an effort to distance President Barack Obama from...

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CNN’s Blitzer: ‘90s Government Shutdown ‘Didn't Exactly Work Out Well’ for GOP

  On CNN’s Situation Room today, anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke of the 1995-1996 Federal government shutdown: BLITZER: Yes, I would be shocked if there were a government shutdown. The Republicans lived...

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