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- Media ignore Lieberman's pledge not to switch parties
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  Several media outlets, including The Politico, ABCNews.com, Fox News' Special Report and The Washington Times, reported on Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's (CT) statement in the March 5 issue of Time magazine that there is a "very remote possibility" he will stop caucusing with Senate Democrats, ...
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- CNN identifies Lieberman on-screen with a "D" as he bashes anti-escalation resolution
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  On the February 7 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, onscreen graphics identified Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman as "Sen. Joe Lieberman: (D) Connecticut," even though Lieberman himself has reportedly said he prefers to be identified as an "Independent" rather than as a "Democrat." Blitzer and Liebe...
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- CNN's Dobbs falsely claimed Pelosi could use Hastert's jet to fly nonstop to California
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  During a February 5 report on the use of a military aircraft to fly House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), CNN host Lou Dobbs falsely claimed that the military jet former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) used for domestic travel has the capacity to fly Pelosi nonstop to her district in California...
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- Blitzer called Steele "a good, strong Republican" despite campaign materials suggesting he's a Dem
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  On the January 28 edition of CNN's Late Edition, host Wolf Blitzer called unsuccessful Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele "a good, strong Republican," despite, as Media Matters for America has previously noted, the Steele campaign's misleading tacti...
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- Russert failed to challenge McCain claims on Lieberman, Gulf War, McCain's plan for Iraq
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  On the January 21 edition of NBC's Meet the Press, host Tim Russert did not challenge Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) dubious claim that it is not "clear-cut" that the war is unpopular nationally because, if it were, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (CT) "would not have been re-elected in the state of Co...
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- Disputed even by a Republican, Blitzer persisted in suggesting that Dems' "100 Hours" agenda was a "stunt"
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  On the January 18 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer persisted in suggesting that the Democratic "100 Hours" legislative agenda was "merely a stunt," even after former Rep. J.C. Watts (R-OK), CNN's conservative voice in its "Strategy Session" debates, had previously told...
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- Russert called Lieberman a "Democrat ... who agree[s] with the president"
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  On the January 14 edition of NBC's Meet the Press, host and NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Russert referred to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (CT) as a "Democrat ... who agree[s] with the president," despite Lieberman's reported statement just two days earlier that he would prefer to be cal...
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Jeff comments on:
Savage on Pelosi: "[Y]ou little weasel, you. You harridan, you"

Ray, if you can’t spell hypocrite – you’re not very convincing.

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