PBS’s Ifill: Can GOP Be Viable When Tea Party Is ‘Party of Opposit

Paul Bremmer
January 31st, 2014 2:32 PM
On Thursday’s PBS NewsHour, anchor Gwen Ifill fed the tired old stereotype that the Tea Party ruins everything. [Video below the break. MP3 audio here.] During a discussion about the nation’s political outlook for the coming year, Ifill posed this question to The Washington Post’s Michael Gerson:
 

Collusion? Martin Bashir MSNBC Blog Post Uses Same House GOP Climate Q

Tim Graham
August 13th, 2013 2:39 PM
Politico reports “the White House, congressional Democrats and their allies are plotting an August recess offensive” to promote President Obama’s plan against “climate change.” Obama’s Organizing for America website (BarackObama.com) now lists 111 House members and 24 Senators their fans should tweet “Stop denying the science for climate change.” Politico left MSNBC out of this campaign.…
 

ABC Notes Dem Refusal to Budge on Medicare, CBS Gives Impression Dems

Brad Wilmouth
July 16th, 2011 5:12 AM
 On Friday’s World News on ABC, correspondent Jonathan Karl took a moment to go beyond the budget debate between House Republicans and President Obama with the GOP unwilling to support a tax increase, and noted that House Democrats have also been just as resistant to voting for cutting the growth of Medicare spending. But the same night's CBS Evening News focused on Republican reluctance to…
 

No Media Outcry as Dems Block Amendment to Open Up Gulf Oil Cleanup to

Lachlan Markay
July 15th, 2010 6:44 PM
It has become clear that the Democratic establishment does not have as much of an interest in press freedom as they would have the public believe. But what is even more telling is the media's spotty response to censorship efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.On Wednesday, House Natural Resouces Democrats rejected an amendment that would ensure press transparency in the Gulf. The amendment came mere days…