Watch: Comcast-Owned MSNBC Covers Comcast-Time Warner Merger by Praising CEO

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February 22, 2014Media

Editor's note: Each week, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) takes on the media's biggest blunders. This week on FAIR TV, they take a look at how MSNBC, which is owned by Comcast, covered the Comcast-Time Warner merger (starts at 1:48). They also take on MSNBC reporter Chuck Todd's assertion that the climate change debate is too political and Bill O'Reilly's ridiculous rage over an MSNBC tweet.

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