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Oct 18 2012
News
McCain weighs in on war of words over Libya
Sen. John McCain on Wednesday said Mitt Romney missed an opportunity to go after the president over Libya in the second presidential debate.
Asked whether Romney failed to press President Barack Obama on the administration's handling of last month's consulate attack, the Arizona senator said "in a way, he did" on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360."
During the debate, Obama said he
CNN DigitalMay 15 2013
News
West Wing schooled on scandal
No White House could have completely prepared for the bad news that slammed into the West Wing in the last week, but President Barack Obamas team has been handcuffed as never before  by lousy luck, fear of making a big mistake, and a shortage of players in key positions. The last weeks wave of scandal has exposed weaknesses in the West Wing, problems top Obama aides are racing to
PoliticoFeb 10 2021
Perspectives Blog
Can Religion, Neuroscience, and Good Deeds Heal America?
Political polarization is a massive and complicated issue, one which can be explained, and combatted, through a number of different approaches. The One America Movement utilizes a unique approach to addressing polarization in the United States. It draws from psychology and social science, recruiting local religious leaders and grassroots organizers. It trains religious leaders and helps
Max KarlinSep 08 2014
News
Ebola is a 'national security priority,' Obama says
President Barack Obama on Sunday signaled for the first time that he is likely to dispatch U.S. military resources to help fight the serious outbreak of Ebola in several countries in West Africa. "We have to make this a national security priority. We have to mobilize the international community, get resources in there," the President said to Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press." "We're going
CNN DigitalSep 18 2012
News
Romney Tries to Stem Damage From New Controversy
His campaign at a crossroads, Mitt Romney struggled Tuesday to limit political fallout from his dismissive comments about nearly half of all Americans while Republican officials debated the impact of serial controversies on the party's hopes of capturing the White House.
President Barack Obama's White House piled on, seven weeks before Election Day. "When you're president of the United
Feb 02 2021
Perspectives Blog
Protest or Riot: Who Decides? A Data Analysis of Media Bias
From the CenterThis piece is from a writer rated Center.
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Medium.com.
Life, Liberty, and Hypocrisy for AllThe shocking events of Jan 6, 2021 make for fun media analysis. In one day, the conservatives media became sympathetic to rioters and antagonistic to Capitol Hill police. Coincidentally, the liberal media
Michael TaubergMay 31 2019
News
How disinformation works: News outlets are filtering Mueller's statement through Trump's lies
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Wednesday statement served as an indictment of the press for its failure to effectively convey the damning conclusions of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to the public and its willingness to accept the dishonest spin of President Donald Trump and the members of his administration. But the behavior of many major news
Media MattersMar 28 2019
News
OPINION: You’re A Sucker For Not Believing That The System Is Rigged
Imagine you spent two years completely screwing up at your job, I mean not merely getting every single thing wrong but loudly, proudly getting in everyone else’s face about how right you are. You’d get fired, terminated, 86’d, and Schiff-canned. But not the mainstream media. The media hacks failed for two years-plus, nonstop and without equivocation, but are they ever going to be held to
Guest Writer - RightMar 12 2022
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Media Outlets Cast Doubt On Russia's Theory About US-Funded Biolabs in Ukraine
Russian state media and some voices on social media claiming adherence to QAnon have widely spread an accusation that the U.S. is funding biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine, which most outlets across the spectrum have classified as "baseless."
Some theorize that Russia's reasoning for launching airstrikes on Ukraine is to destroy supposed bioweapon-manufacturing labs where Dr.
New York Times (News) The Daily Signal BBC Fact CheckFeb 08 2023
Headline Roundup
Journalist Accuses US of Sabotaging Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
The White House denied a Wednesday report alleging that the U.S. secretly bombed Europe’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline in September 2022 to limit Russia’s regional influence.
The Details: Citing an anonymous “source with direct knowledge of the operational planning,” investigative journalist Seymour Hersh wrote in a Substack post that U.S. Navy divers had attached remote-activated explosives
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