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Results: Tagged with Filibusters/Nuclear Option

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• Sammon falsely attributed the term "nuclear option" to Senate Democrats
  Friday, April 11, 2008
• NY Times ID'd former Republican aides attacking Senate rules in op-ed only as "lawyers and former Congressional aides"
  Tuesday, November 20, 2007
• Henninger falsely claimed Democrats conceived use of filibuster to block Bush judicial nominees
  Friday, January 13, 2006
• CBSNews.com acknowledges mistake in falsely claiming "nuclear option" is a Democratic term
  Thursday, November 3, 2005
• CBS added language to AP report to falsely claim "nuclear option" is a Democratic term
  Tuesday, November 1, 2005
• Relying on one Republican, Wash. Post falsely declared that "key members of the group" that reached filibuster deal say it forbids filibusters based on nominee's ideology
  Tuesday, July 5, 2005
• Matthews mouthed conservative talking points in filibuster debate
  Wednesday, May 25, 2005
• Fox Freudian slip: Asman asked Lott why a compromise was needed when "we" had the votes for the nuclear option
  Wednesday, May 25, 2005
• Scarborough distorted recent poll results to claim public support for conservative efforts to end filibuster
  Wednesday, May 25, 2005
• Pickering, Hannity used falsehoods to attack Democratic opposition to Pickering's judicial nomination
  Tuesday, May 24, 2005
• Rosen misrepresented Republican poll; falsely claimed public opposes judicial filibusters
  Monday, May 23, 2005
• Norm Ornstein on Krauthammer, Frist's nuclear option "misinformation"
  Wednesday, May 18, 2005
• Associated Press, NPR, CNN repeat false claim that "nuclear option" is a Democratic term
  Wednesday, May 18, 2005
• The Top 10 filibuster falsehoods
  Wednesday, May 18, 2005
• Novak on Democratic proposal to end filibuster fight: "like going to a concentration camp and picking out which people go to the death chamber"
  Monday, May 16, 2005
• Media still claim "nuclear option" is a Democratic term
  Friday, May 13, 2005
• C. Boyden Gray deployed distortions about "nuclear option" on Hardball
  Thursday, May 5, 2005
• Lambro falsely claimed filibuster of judicial nominees "clearly violates" the Constitution
  Thursday, April 28, 2005
• Media obscure public opinion on filibusters
  Wednesday, April 27, 2005
• Olbermann uncovers Family Research Council filibuster flip-flop
  Tuesday, April 26, 2005

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