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2:50 AM ET, May 20, 2013

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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters:
Schieffer to Obama Advisor: 'Why Are You Here?  Why Isn't the White House Chief of Staff Here?'  —  As NewsBusters reported two weeks ago, CBS's Bob Schieffer is fed up with the White House's talking points concerning what happened at our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last September.
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CNN:
ABC's Jonathan Karl to CNN: ‘I regret the email was quoted incorrectly’  —  (CNN) - Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, addressed criticism of his reporting on the Benghazi talking points controversy, saying in a statement to CNN that he regrets the inaccuracy of his report.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Aide: ‘Irrelevant Fact’ Where President Was During Benghazi Attacks
Benjamin Bell / ABCNEWS:
Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Pfeiffer defends White House handling of IRS targeting scandal
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Justice Department Spied on Fox News Reporter  —  “When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material,” the Washington Post reports.
Discussion: Riehl World News
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Peter Hart / FAIR:
A Right-Wing Mole at ABC News  —  Jonathan Karl and the success of the conservative media movement  —  Conservatives don't just complain loudly, endlessly and inaccurately about liberal media bias.  They also train right-leaning journalists to make their way into the supposedly hostile terrain of Beltway media.
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe  —  When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Controversies hurting Obama?  Has GOP overreacted?  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll.  —  But a CNN/ORC International survey …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up
Discussion: The Caucus and The Huffington Post
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama at 53 percent approval after week of controversies
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Zack Colman / The Hill:
Sen. Cornyn blasts White House for ‘culture of cover-ups and intimidation’
Discussion: Politico
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Obama gets personal about race and manhood in Morehouse College speech  —  President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama urges Morehouse grads to lead by ‘the power of your example’
Discussion: Politico
Andy Borowitz / Borowitz Report:
Obama Denies Role in Government  —  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—President Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over the past four years.  —  “Right now, many of you are angry at the government …
NBC News:
May 19: Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer, Dave Camp, Xavier Becerra, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward, Donald Rumsfled  —  Below:  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, damage control by the White House on several fronts.  How much harm will it do to the president's second term agenda?
Associated Press:
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was “unconstitutional” and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.  —  Gary Pruitt says the Justice …
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Zack Colman / The Hill:
AP chief: DOJ seizure an ‘unconstitutional act’
Fars News Agency:
Islamic Jihad Urges Muslim Confrontation with Israeli Aggressions  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- Representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement to Tehran Nasser Abusharif strongly condemned the recent Israeli air raid on Syria, and called on all Islamic states to confront the Zionist regime's aggressive moves …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Jake Miller / CBS News:
Republicans use IRS scandal to tar Obamacare  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., linked the ongoing targeting scandal at the IRS with Obamacare in the weekly Republican address on Saturday, warning that the troubled agency has too much control over the rules and regulations governing the implementation of the law.
Discussion: The Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo to Buy Tumblr for $1.1 Billion  —  Yahoo Inc.'s board has approved a deal to acquire blogging startup Tumblr, people familiar with the matter said Sunday.  —  Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the company, one of the people said.  Tumblr would continue to operate largely …
Meghan E. Irons / The Boston Globe:
Harvard students erupt at scholar's claim in thesis  —  Thesis asserted Latino immigrants have lower IQs  —  Harvard students, outraged over a doctoral dissertation arguing that Hispanic immigrants lack “raw cognitive ability or intelligence,” this week urged the university to investigate …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and TBogg
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Eric Holder's liberation
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Taxing Times for Obama
Mitch Ginsburg / The Times of Israel:
Government committee rejects not only the accusation that the IDF killed …
ThinkProgress:
Minnesota State Rep Calls Climate Change ‘Complete United Nations Fraud And Lie’
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