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How ABC, CBS and NBC
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.Tea Party Movement
____April ,15th, 2010
Media Research Center
MRC.COM
_Part ONE of THREE
_Links are in GREEN
The Tea Party movement
launched one year ago,
in response to the
unprecedented expansion
of government by
President Barack Obama
and congressional liberals,
a massive increase in
spending that will create
economy-crushing fiscal
burdens for future
generations of taxpayers.
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In that relatively brief period,
the Tea Party has demonstrated
it is a formidable political force.
The pressure the movement
brought to bear at the grassroots
level put liberals on the defensive
for much of the health care debate,
and nearly succeeded in torpedoing
the entire scheme in spite of
Democrats’ overwhelming
congressional majorities.
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And Tea Party activists proved
decisive in a string of electoral
defeats for liberals,
culminating in Republican Scott
Brown’s victory in the special
election to succeed Ted Kennedy
in the U.S. Senate.
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So how have the supposedly
objective media covered one
of the biggest political
stories in recent years?
MRC analysts reviewed
every mention of the Tea Party
on the ABC, CBS and NBC
morning and evening newscasts,
Sunday talk shows,
and ABC’s Nightline from
February 19, 2009
(when CNBC contributor
Rick Santelli first suggested
throwing a “Tea Party” to
protest government takeovers)
through March 31, 2010.
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Tea Party Terror
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