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Fox News accused MA Gov. Deval Patrick of “playing politics” by refusing to release details of welfare benefits reportedly used by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects

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Days after the 1996 Olympic Park bombing, media and federal investigators focused on their top suspect: Richard Jewell , the security guard who had first discovered the bomb which killed one and injured 111. It took more than a year for Jewell to clear his name; he would successfully sue several outets for their coverage but remained haunted by the memory of the reporters who went after him “like piranha on a bleeding cow” for years. In the 24 hours following yesterday’s tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon, several right-wing media figures have attempted to create their own Jewell. Echoing the same piranha-like voraciousness seen in that case, they have published the name, home address, and what they claim are Facebook pictures of a 20-year-old Saudi national that police have since identified as a witness — not a suspect — to the Boston bombings

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In the immediate wake of deadly explosions at the Boston marathon, Alex Jones and his website InfoWars.com have breathlessly preached conspiracy theories about the as-yet-unknown perpetrators of the attack, claiming the blast was set off or staged by the U.S. government in what Jones called a “false flag operation.” The theorizing culminated in an InfoWars correspondent asking a visibly angry Massachusetts Gov

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Massachusetts State Rep. Dan Winslow (R) Massachusetts State Rep.

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Fox’s Bill O’Reilly condemned a new Massachusetts school policy protecting transgender students, suggesting that teachers should be allowed to out their transgender students to their families and fear mongering that “wise guys” might use the policy to infiltrate girls’ restrooms. During the February 26 edition of The O’Reilly Factor , O’Reilly railed against a new directive for Massachusetts schools concerning the treatment of transgender students. The directive – which is aimed at encouraging non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity – instructs school officials to acknowledge students by their preferred gender identity and respect transgender students’ privacy when discussing their gender identity with their parents.

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Avik Roy — who advised Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on health care policy — and Doug Holtz-Eakin published an op-ed for Reuters earlier this week in which they outlined their vision for a “free market” approach to health care reform.

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High-frequency trading — using computer algorithims to trade stocks by the millisecond — has exploded in recent years. One Democratic Rep. is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to do something about it, using a law that he authored more than two decades ago : Rep.

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Major print media outlets, including The New York Times , The Washington Post , and The Wall Street Journal , erased Mitt Romney’s discredited lie that his economic agenda will be responsible for 12 million new jobs in 4 years from the debate record. In fact, independent analysts have said that Romney cannot support his own math, and some economists say the economy is already on track to create that many jobs. Romney’s Debate Lie: 12 Million Jobs Romney Lie: “I Put Out A Five-Point Plan That Gets America 12 Million New Jobs In Four Years.” During the October 16 presidential debate, Mitt Romney claimed that his economic agenda would lead to the creation of 12 million jobs in 4 years: We have not made the progress we need to make to put people back to work.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rehashed at least 11 previously debunked claims during the second presidential debate that ranged from the economy to gun rights. This continued dishonesty, coming on the heels of a campaign official saying they would not be “dictated to by fact checkers,” presents a challenge to the media

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NRA News is deliberately misleading its supporters about Mitt Romney’s firearms policies while he served as governor of Massachusetts. During the October 2 edition of  Cam & Company , host Cam Edwards suggested that any action taken by then-Governor Romney on assault weapons was supported by Massachusetts state gun rights group Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) and further stated that Romney “actually undid some of the damage” of the commonwealth’s 1998 assault weapons ban. In fact, legislation signed by Romney in 2004 made the Massachusetts assault weapons ban permanent. A July 1, 2004  press release  issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, titled, “Romney Signs Off On Permanent Assault Weapons Ban,” leaves little doubt that the former Massachusetts governor was involved in restricting access to assault weapons.

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