Fair and Balanced

A Counterpoint to the View From Everywhere

Caryl Rivers | Posted 01.07.2012

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Caryl Rivers

Should we abandon the tradition of journalism that calls for the nearest approach possible to balance and fairness? That's the argument made by NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen.

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The Political Talk World Is Shaken by MSNBC

Jim Worth | Posted 05.31.2011

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Jim Worth

Olbermann's voice and voices like his must not be quelled if our democracy is to survive.

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A Tribute to Olbermann: Why He Is Different From the Pundits at Fox News

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

Anyone charging that Olbermann's show was equivalent to Beck's clearly hasn't watched either. Olbermann wasn't objective, but he was honest about it. His show was well-researched; it relied on facts to make progressive points.

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Glenn Beck: Wrong Again

Steve Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Young

Glenn Beck gas assured his grieving, tea-party revolutionaries, not to worry. With the vote, President Obama will no longer be able to lead.

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Splitsville

Steven Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven Weber

Avowed liberals consider themselves to be loyal to the truth while die-hard conservatives seem only to be loyal. Somewhere in the middle lies the perfect American.

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"And That's The Way It Really Is": My Memorial to Walter Cronkite

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven G. Brant

If Walter Cronkite were alive today, I wonder what he would say to us -- as he looked out over the landscape of another war that can't be won.

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Unfair to the Unbalanced: When Fair and Balanced is Not Required

John Milewski | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Milewski

Do we really need to be respectful of the views of the scarily unhinged, tragically misinformed, or strategically dishonest?

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Blaming Bill: O'Reilly Is an Enabler, Not a Perpetrator

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Bill O'Reilly is to hate crime what Hip-Hop is to urban violence. His show should begin with a disclaimer: Don't Think This At Home.

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How Journalism Plays Twister...To the Right

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Bunch

It's so true that freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose -- and so our brush here with terminal illness is occasionally truly liberating for America's newsrooms.

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British Court Upholds Fox's "Fair And Balanced" Slogan

Digital Spy | Dave West | Posted 05.25.2011

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News Corporation is free to claim its Fox News channel is "fair and balanced" in adverts describing the service, the Advertising Standards Agency has ...

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Jason Linkins

New York Times Discusses 'Fair' Tax, Promotes Innumeracy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Times' Tom Redburn asks, "Huckabee's Tax Plan Appeals, but Is It Fair?" A good question. A better question: "Tom Redburn can write an a...

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I See Your Markos Moulitsas, And I Raise You a...KARL ROVE?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sometimes, news releases really don't need any comment: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 15, 2007 KARL ROVE TO BECOME NEWSWEEK CONTRIBUTOR ...

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Fox Abortion Doc Actually Fair, Balanced

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I read that Fox News had produced a documentary on abortion that "avoids taking sides," I didn't believe it. This is a network, after all, that c...

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