Mediagazer: Bachmann Camp Accuses CBS News Of Media Bias After Accidentally Receiving Private E-Mail (Josh Feldman/Mediaite)

1:00 PM ET, November 13, 2011

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Bachmann Camp Accuses CBS News Of Media Bias After Accidentally Receiving Private E-Mail — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is crying foul after CBS' foreign policy debate yesterday, accusing the network of media bias because of an e-mail that indicated she would not be getting …

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Merrill Knox / TVNewser:

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Laurie Winer / Los Angeles Review of Books:

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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

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