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 [...]
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Howard Kurtz Enjoys Being Dishonest
October 13th, 2009
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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 [...]
Circular Confirmation On The Right
September 24th, 2009
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Conservatives use this technique quite often. Someone pushes an idea, somebody else writes about it, then the original writer cites the derivative work as proof of his original idea. Then they complain that the media is covering up the story. The story they made up.
ESPN Hires Patriots Owner To Sell Ads?
September 24th, 2009
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Man, the sports media makes the political media almost seem ethical by comparison.
Almost.
President McCain
September 24th, 2009
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John McCain is once again given a national platform on Sunday to espouse his conservative ideology on the so-called liberal media.
The Right’s ACORN Strategy
September 23rd, 2009
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This report from the University Of Northern Iowa does an interesting job of tracking just how the conservative media made ACORN into a national story last year by hurling a lot of accusations (ie voter fraud when at best the cases were of individual voter registration fraud – aka “Mickey Mouse” can’t vote) that the [...]
Glenn Beck Argues In Favor Of The Slave Trade
September 23rd, 2009
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Lovely bunch of people you conservatives choose to listen to as your Gods. Brilliant.
“Overexposed” Obama, Late Show Edition
September 23rd, 2009
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Landing an appearance by the president seems to be a game-changer at least for one show in late-night television. On Monday night, President Obama lifted David Letterman to his most-watched ‘Late Show’ in four years, with a total of 7.218 million viewers.
The Washington Post Tries To Be The Onion
September 22nd, 2009
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This roundup of opinion on President Obama’s appearance on the Sunday talk shows and Letterman must be a parody. The people they asked were:
Karl Rove
Doug Schoen (a Fox News dem)
Dan Schnur – McCain’s communication director
Ed Rogers – Regan/Bush I staffer
Dana Perino – Bush’s press secretary
Linda Chavez – Reaganite
Lanny Davis – PUMA and professor of the [...]
The Brilliance Of CNN’s John King
September 21st, 2009
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Apparently John King writes some weekly feature where he pretends like he’s writing a letter to his CNN pals (so much of the news media nowadays is designed to look like you’re behind the scenes when in fact you aren’t):
President Obama will explore the world, and many of its problems and crises, over the course [...]
Michael O’Brien At The Hill Has Some Reading Comprehension Issues
September 21st, 2009
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Writing in The Hill, Michael O’Brien writes this headline:
Obama open to newspaper bailout bill
What did the President actually say?
Several bills have been introduced in Congress to aid the newspaper industry, including a Senate measure that would allow newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax breaks. The President was noncommittal about the [...]
Salon Is Publishing A Column By A Birther. I’d Like To Know Why
September 18th, 2009
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Salon is publishing columns by Camille Paglia, who outed herself as a birther recently. I asked Salon editor in chief Joan Walsh both on Twitter and via email. She refuses to answer, so if you can send her a twitter message via the petition here. I’d like to think that Salon isn’t publishing her just [...]
