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• After Debate, CBS's Hannah Storm Focuses On Hit Piece Against Mrs. Giuliani

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:31 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Abortion, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Double Standards, Media Bias Debate, Religion, Hannah Storm, Jim Vandehei, Judith Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Cbs, The Early Show, Vanity Fair

  in New Hampshire in those early states and he's doing well because of conservative support." The entire transcript is below. HANNAH STORM: Welcome back to the CBS "Early Show." I'm Hannah Storm. The Republican presidential candidates met in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday and Iraq, abortion and the War on Terror dominated their

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• In Two Segments, CBS's Harry Smith Raises Global Warming Alarm

  Published: August 7, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Environment, Global Warming, Weather, Harry Smith, Richard Branson, Cbs, The Early Show

  7 edition of "The Early Show" at 7:49 AM, Harry Smith hosted the health segment on how to handle the heat with the current heat wave that is affecting much of the eastern half of the United States. With many Americans baking in the hot conditions, Smith appealed to their emotions with this editorial comment. "Before we do

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• CBS Edits Hillary Clinton Quote to Sound Less Divisive

  Published: August 8, 2007, 4:03 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Hillary Clinton, John Harris, Joie Chen, Julie Chen, Rudy Giuliani, Abc, Cbs, Good Morning America, Nbc, The Early Show, Today

  8 edition of "The Early Show,"at 7:09 AM, edited a Hillary Clinton quote from the August 7 AFL-CIO debate to portray her as a populist. JOIE CHEN: Front-runner Clinton also came up against sharp elbows with rivals accusing her of cozying up to big-money lobbyists. Before thousands of union members, the New York Senator sought to

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• Robin Roberts returns on Monday

  Published: August 9, 2007, 12:01 pm

  Tags: Abc, Cancer, Cbs, Early Show, Gma, Good Morning America, Morning Ratings, Morning Shows, Morningshows, Nbc, Robin Roberts, Robinroberts, Surgery, Today Show

  will return to the ABC show on Monday. Roberts underwent surgery last week after discovering she had breast cancer. The surgery went well and Roberts is now awaiting test results to figure out what her next step should be. ABC spokesperson Bridgett Maney says that Roberts is feeling great and is looking forward to getting back to work.

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• The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: August 4 to 10

  Published: August 11, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Environment, Global Warming, Iraq, Ann Curry, Elizabeth Edwards, Harry Smith, John Edwards, Keith Olbermann, Martin Bashir, Countdown, Good Morning America, Nbc Nightly News, Nightline, The Early Show

  Smith, over on CBS's "Early Show," had the same idea. The morning show anchor definitively asserted, "Before we do anything else, there is in fact, global climate change." You Knew This Was Coming On last Friday's edition of "Countdown," MSNBC host Keith Olbermann blamed the Minneapolis bridge collapse on Iraq war

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• Media ignore Rove's leak, White House falsehoods, Bush's promise to fire leaker

  Published: August 13, 2007, 6:25 pm

  Tags: Bill Plante, Kelly O Donnell, Associated Press, Cbs, Msnbc, Msnbc Live, Nbc, The Early Show, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Today Show, Cia Leak Investigation, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  broadcast of CBS's The Early Show, White House correspondent Bill Plante reported that he thinks Rove left at this time because "the threat from the special counsel has ended." Without reporting any further details about the "threat" from the "special counsel" - or even that the "special counsel" was investigating the CIA leak

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• Media repeated Rove's assessment of 2008 election without noting he was wrong in 2006

  Published: August 13, 2007, 5:12 pm

  Tags: Abc, Cbs, Good Morning America, Nbc, The Early Show, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Today Show, Wall Street Journal, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  her." On CBS' The Early Show, CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante stated: "Rove also tells The Wall Street Journal that he expects Hillary Clinton to be the candidate for the Democrats this coming year, but he says she's fatally flawed and thinks Republicans can still win." On ABC's

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• CBS' Storm, Schieffer cropped Michelle Obama quote, claimed "it may be up to the wives to criticize" Clinton

  Published: August 22, 2007, 7:19 pm

  Tags: Bob Schieffer, Hannah Storm, Cbs, The Early Show, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton

  22 edition of CBS' The Early Show, co-anchor Hannah Storm and CBS News host Bob Schieffer discussed a recent comment by Michelle Obama, Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) wife, that "[i]f you can't run your own house, you can't run the White House." Storm claimed that "[a] lot of people ... took" the statement "as a slam at

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• Big Brother 8: Media blocked from interviewing evictees

  Published: August 31, 2007, 5:08 pm

  Tags: Amber, Anti Semitic, Bb8, Big Brother, Big Brother 8, Bigbrother, Bigbrother8, Early Show, Earlyshow, Evicted Houseguests, Evictedhouseguests, Houseguests, Interviews, Julie Chen, Juliechen, Press Blocked, Pressblocked

  nowhere to be seen on The Early Show?After all, it's as traditional as blocked feeds each season that the evicted houseguest gets an interview and some personal camera time with Julie Chen.So, what's happening? Starting with Amber, there will be no more exit interviews of those going into the jury house this season.Continue reading Big Brother

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• Katie Couric Pressed Syrian Dictator With Tough Questions, No Diane Sawyer Mush

  Published: September 8, 2007, 2:57 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Middle East, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Cbs, The Early Show

  On Friday's edition of The Early Show, Couric appeared live to introduce the taped piece. She pressed the Syrian leader on his support for insurgents going across his border into Iraq, and even aggressively pushed him with a quote from Sen. Joseph Lieberman arguing that "The notion that Al Qaeda recruits are slipping into and through the

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• CBS and NBC Morning Shows Ignore Dem Embarrassment Over MoveOn Ad

  Published: September 11, 2007, 3:55 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, David Petraeus, George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, Good Morning America, Moveon, The Early Show, Today

  morning shows on CBS and NBC both ignored the embarrassment and discomfort that a new MoveOn.org ad, which vilifies General David Petraeus, is causing Democrats running for the White House. While "The Early Show" and "Today" failed to cover the print advertisement from the liberal group, ABC's "Good Morning

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• Couric Spends More Time on 'Alex the Parrot' Than Hsu's Money

  Published: September 11, 2007, 10:23 pm

  Tags: Campaign 2008, Andrea Mitchell, Brian Williams, Charles Gibson, Hillary Clinton, John Yang, Katie Couric, Norman Hsu, Abc World News, Cbs Evening News, Good Morning America, Nbc Nightly News, The Early Show, Today Show

  Fraud Case. (The morning shows haven't been any more interested in the story, though NBC's Today on Tuesday did feature a short story from Andrea Mitchell. ABC's Good Morning America and CNN's American Morning allocated a few seconds and CBS's Early Show ignored the story altogether.) Tuesday's NBC Nightly News tried to undermine Rudy

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• The Huffington Post, the Liberal Media's 'Obnoxious Roommate'

  Published: September 13, 2007, 1:18 pm

  Tags: Cbs, Sunday Morning, The Early Show, Blogs, Mrc Nb News

  two days later on "The Early Show" with Hannah Storm. Arianna counseled from her book that people need to "Identify the Obnoxious Roommate" in their own head to grow fearless. Our new MRC report on "Huffington's House of Horrors" demonstrates that Arianna's blog the Huffington Post can be identified as the Obnoxious

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• CBS Leaves Out Details That Show Cracks in Their Pro-Hillary Poll

  Published: September 18, 2007, 5:18 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Elections, Health Care, Polling, Hillary Clinton, Cbs, The Early Show

  Tuesday morning's Early Show, CBS anchor Harry Smith led into a Hillary Clinton interview with a poll that sounded like it had been commissioned by the Clinton team: "In a new CBS News poll, 66 percent of voters said her health care experience in Bill Clinton's administration is actually a strength for her. As we know, her efforts in the

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• CBS: Ahmadinejad 'Incorruptible'

  Published: September 24, 2007, 6:16 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, Iran, Iraq War, Terrorism, U S Military, War On Terrorism, Harry Smith, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes, Early Show

  a fascinating character. Clearly a model of virtue. When asked by Smith at the end of the segment whether Ahmadinejad was "dangerous," Pelley could not bring himself to make such a judgement but simply stated that: "The policies of Iran are dangerous and I think he's capable of pursuing those policies." Below is the

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