CNN is now in fourth place, losing to Fox, MSNBC, and even its sister station HLN. CNN could stake out a place as the fact checker to liberal opinion on MSNBC and right wing opinion on Fox, rather than its current state of pablum… but I doubt they will.
Media News
CNN Tries To Woo Latinos, Has Anti-Latino Racist Lou Dobbs Hosting Show
October 24th, 2009
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Thankfully latinos are not being fooled about CNN’s relationship with Lou Dobbs:
The hypocrisy, critics say, lies in CNN’s decision to woo Hispanic viewers with a prime-time documentary while still giving Mr. Dobbs a nightly forum. Roberto Lovato, a founding member of Presente.org, a Latino advocacy group, said in a statement, “We won’t allow the network [...]
Fox News Made Up Story About White House Ban
October 24th, 2009
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This kind of story is exactly why the White House isn’t interested in treating Fox News like a legit news org. It isn’t one no matter what Jake Tapper says.
Jonathan Martin, Virginia GOP Operative Embedded At Politico?
October 21st, 2009
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Ah, smell test.
Martin served on the campaign staff of Mark Earley, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia in 2001. After Mark Warner was elected Governor over Earley with 52 percent of the vote, Martin relocated to Connecticut to work on the successful 2002 Congressional campaign of Connecticut Republican Rob Simmons. After Simmons assumed office, [...]
Dana Perino: Still Useless
October 21st, 2009
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Dana Perino is as useless as a Fox News pundit as she was as the White House press secretary. She claims its the work of dictators to critique the press, but Dana apparently forgot that the red light means the camera was on when she was attacking the press as Bush’s press secretary.
Fox News: GOP 24-7
October 20th, 2009
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There is no line between daytime “straight” news and evening opinion on Fox. None.
Reuters: Stenography, Not Journalism
October 19th, 2009
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If you thought news orgs like Reuters actually checked press releases rather than just cut and pasting, you would be wrong.
Video: Pro Public Option Med Student Pwns Glenn Beck
October 16th, 2009
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He makes the case really easily in a way you never see on Fox News, and Beck ends the show… QUICK!
GOP.com er… FoxNews.com Manufactures Upset Liberals
October 15th, 2009
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Sometimes Fox is probably more transparent in their water carrying for the right than they intend to be. In an article supposedly about liberal “frustration” with President Obama, they quote two specific individuals by name. One is Josh Gottheimer, formerly an advisor to the Clinton administration. Here is Mr. Gottheimer’s searing indictment of President Obama:
“You’re [...]
Murdoch’s Reverse Midas Touch
October 14th, 2009
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Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Reality Channel is shutting down, another failed enterprise from the so-called media genius.
Dow Hits 10,000… Fox News Gives Bush Credit
October 14th, 2009
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This right wing propaganda was not from what Fox has tried to call its opinion hours, but during what is supposedly straight news. When the Dow is down its Obama’s fault, and when its up? Clearly its thanks to the Republicans.
I can’t imagine why the White House doesn’t see them as legitimate.
>> Fox’s news programs [...]
Howard Kurtz Enjoys Being Dishonest
October 13th, 2009
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Writing about the White House truthfully labeling Fox News as GOP TV, Kurtz writes
Plus, if you look at MSNBC’s lineup after 6 p.m., Fox isn’t the only network that goes heavy on the opinionated hosts.
That of course it the journalistic equivalent of writing that Mrs. Lincoln quite enjoyed the show. MSNBC has a block of [...]
WJFK Shows CBS Radio Is Brilliant
October 8th, 2009
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WJFK is essentially exactly where it was when they flipped from guy talk to sports talk. This region surely needed another outlet to discuss how Dan Snyder mismanages the Redskins.
Not.
Beat The Press
October 8th, 2009
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Looks like the Obama team is going to be more proactive in their interactions with the press.
The general in this war is Dunn, 51, a veteran campaign strategist who arrived at the White House in May. She has been a force in Democratic campaigns since the late 1980s and helmed Obama’s rapid-response operation during his [...]
Does The Politico Support Child Abuse?
October 8th, 2009
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No, but that’s about the same factual basis Politico stands on in trying to link the Polanski story to President Obama.
They Always Fall For It
October 5th, 2009
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Michelle Malkin is the latest right-wing nutjob to fall for a London Telegraph story that should be filed under fiction. I explain why over here at Media Matters.
How Do You Not Slap The Stupid Off?
October 5th, 2009
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Here’s UN Ambassador Susan Rice explaining to David Gregory why his stupid right-wing framed question about the need for the UN makes no sense.
The Mini-Rush posture of much of our mainstream media, particularly in the people at the tops of the totem poles, like Gregory, is so annoying and infuriating.
Newspapers Think We Should Pay For This
October 2nd, 2009
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The Washington Post and the NY Times have an identical picture on their front pages today. That’s worse than the usual Newsweek/Time cover duplications.
Redstate Lies About Patrick Gaspard, MSNBC Carries The Water
September 29th, 2009
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That damn liberal media
RedState contributor Brian Faughnan suggested on MSNBC that White House political affairs director Patrick Gaspard was formerly a ’senior’ official at ACORN — a charge that was discredited minutes later by the Politico’s Ben Smith. During the segment, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan did not challenge Faughnan’s statement and did not point out [...]
Monday’s Washington Post
September 28th, 2009
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Yes, that’s above the fold. Yes, it’s more space than the Iran story. I’m not attacking the Post for this. In fact, I’m applauding them. This is the biggest local story by far in this region: the epic failure of our most followed local team.
For a change, the Washington Post is on the ball.
If any [...]
