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Multiple media outlets repeated Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) unsubstantiated claim that IRS leadership in Washington, D.C., orchestrated the inappropriate targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, neglecting to mention that Issa provided no evidence of the alleged link between IRS officials in Washington and Cincinnati.

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Fox News editor-at-large Peter Boyer previewed the network’s special on the Kermit Gosnell murder trial by falsely claiming the trial illustrates “what abortion is,” and that Gosnell’s alleged crimes were the natural response to Roe v.

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Fox News pushed the myth that increased access to emergency contraceptives encourages sex among teenagers. In fact, research shows access to these drugs does not increase teens’ sexual activity. FDA Approves Over-The-Counter Emergency Contraceptive For Ages 15 And Older FDA Approves Emergency Contraceptive Without A Prescription For Women Age 15 And Older

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Photo: The Denver Post Post-Newtown, sales for bulletproof backpacks and whiteboards have soared as parents and school districts seek to take children’s safety into their own hands. The reaction is along the lines of what the National Rifle Association has promoted for months: that armed guards, and not gun regulation, is the answer to school shootings. Congress responded to parents’ concern by caving to pressure from the NRA and blocking the only serious federal attempt to pass gun safety legislation earlier this month.

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Health and environmental advocates have fought for years for a federal labeling program for genetically engineered food. Now, for the first time , their battle has bipartisan support in Congress. On Wednesday, Sen

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Washington Examiner senior political columnist Tim Carney is using the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell to demonize an exceptionally rare type of legal abortion that is used to save the life of a mother. Gosnell has been charged with eight counts of murder, horrific acts committed under the guise of women’s health services that are detailed by a grand jury report and which an expert on reproductive health explained are not in line with legal abortion procedures.

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National Review Online attacked a program that would make released inmates eligible for Medicaid as an “expensive addition” to the program, despite praise from experts who have pointed to the policy’s potential to cut health care costs. An NRO post attacked a provision in the Affordable Care Act which would make recently released prisoners eligible for Medicaid benefits. The blog attacked the program as an “expensive addition” to Medicaid, later complaining that “monumental poor life choices, including the ones felons have made …

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Fox News’ Steve Doocy suggested that Obama look to Texas as a model for economic growth, ignoring the fact that the state’s high job growth doesn’t translate to economic success for many Texans. Texas’ economic problems include a median wage below the national average, one of the largest minimum wage workforces in the country, and the highest rate of adults without health insurance. Fox Suggests Nation Could “Learn From The Lone Star State” On Growth Fox’s Steve Doocy: Texas Has “Certainly” Hit On The Recipe For Success In Economic Recovery

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Fox News host Megyn Kelly defended Johns Hopkins University neurosurgery professor and right-wing media darling Ben Carson’s statement linking marriage equality to bestiality by claiming that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor made similar comments during oral arguments in the Proposition 8 case, ignoring the broader context of the exchange.  From the March 29 edition of America Live , Kelly said:  But [Carson] is not alone in making comparisons to groups. I mean, when you say, who outside of a man and woman would want to be together? There’s not a long list.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Gail Collins has a terrific piece in how the GOP used to be concerned about the environment, but now, not so much. The whole column, “ Cooling on Warming ,” is worth reading, but one thing in particular caught my eye: … earlier this month, a deeply noncontroversial Senate resolution commemorating International Women’s Day had to be taken back and edited because someone objected to a paragraph — which had been in an almost identical version passed in the last Congress — stating that women in developing countries “are disproportionately affected by changes in climate because of their need to secure water, food and fuel for their livelihood.” You may be wondering who the objecting senator was.

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