Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Sunday Show Guests Skew Conservative: Study

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Fair, Fox News Sunday, Sunday Show Conservative, Meet the Press, Sunday Show Study, This Week, Sunday Show Conservative Guests, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Face the Nation, Sunday Shows, Media News

The Sunday talk shows are tilted in favor of conservative guests, a new study by the left-wing media watchdog FAIR asserts. Sunday morning shows ar...

Read Whole Story

Reporters Can Do Better: New Report on Media Coverage of Sandusky

Larry_Cohen | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Penn State, Penn State Scandal, Prevention, New Research, Jerry Sandusky, Children's Health, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Sports Crime, Journalism, Sports News, Child Sexual Abuse, Media News
Larry_Cohen

Sandusky's arrest last November triggered a wave of news coverage. But what is the media coverage saying, and how might it affect the public conversation as Sandusky's trial moves forward?

Read Post

On Iran IAEA Reporting Complaints, NYT Public Editor Rules For The Plaintiffs

Robert Naiman | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Pbs, Npr, Meet the Press, Iaea, New York Times, Washington Post, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Leon Panetta, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Ap, Media News
Robert Naiman

Responding to complaints over a New York Times story, Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane has written that the complaints were just, and that the New York Times should correct the story. As of this writing there is still no correction.

Read Post

What Effect Will More Corporate Ads and Interrupted Programming Really Have on PBS?

Pearl Korn | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Pbs, United Farm Workers, Democracy Now!, David Koch, Michelle Rhee, Arturo Rodriguez, Pfizer, Bank of America, Monsanto, Cesar Chavez, Merrill Lynch, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Marian Wright Edelman, Affordable Care Act, PBS "Washington Week", Tea Party, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Brookings Institution, Bill Moyers, Latinos, Robert Reich, Merck, Jose Serrano, Exxon Mobil, Amy Goodman, British Petroleum, Juan Gonzalez, Single Payer, Center for American Progress, Students First, Npr, Bill Moyers Journal, Fcc, Jim Lehrer, John Podesta, The News Hour With Jim Lehrer, New York Times, Archer Daniels Midland, Children's Defense Fund, Media News
Pearl Korn

At PBS's recent annual gathering it was announced that the number and frequency of promotions for corporate sponsors would increase during a few noted programs as an experiment.

Read Post

PBS Responds To Diversity Report

fair.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Pbs News, Media News

The PBS ombud and representatives of the public television programs studied in FAIR's new report, "Taking the Public Out of Public TV," have responded...

Read Whole Story

FAIR: PBS News Guests Overwhelmingly White, Male

fair.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Fair Pbs, Pbs Newshour, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Diversity, Media News

A multi-part FAIR exposé of PBS's most prominent news and public affairs programs demonstrates that public television is failing to live up to its mi...

Read Whole Story

WikiLeaks Exposes More Than Documents

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Wikileaks, Rick Stengel, Charles Krauthammer, Senator Frank Church, Pakistan, Joe Klein, Fair, Diane Sawyer, Iran-Contra Scandal, Reagan, Kgb, Iran, Representative Peter King, Salvador Allende, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Julian Assange, Mikheil Saakashvili, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Martha Raddatz, FoxNews.Com, Inter-Services Intelligence, Charlie Rose, Christian Whiton, Isi, Amy Goodman, Chile, Ahmed Zia Massoud, Daniel Ellsberg, Tass, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Time Magazine, Soviet Union, Assange, Oliver North, Massimo Calabresi, New York Times, Israel, ABC News, Eugene Hasenfus, North Korea, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Rather than focus on the substance of the leaked diplomatic cables, American journalists tend to either frame the story as being about the "over-classification" of documents or the personal motivations and private life of Julian Assange.

Read Post

Ten Things You Can Do to Help Progressive Journalism

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brave New Foundation, The Nation, Daily Show, Firedoglake, Air America, Media Matters, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Ed Schultz, Robert Greenwald, Journalism, Young Turks, Stephanie Miller, Progressive, Laura Flanders, Colbert Report, Brave New Films, Fox News, Zp Heller, Democracy Now, Glenn Beck, Alternet, Media News
ZP Heller

What's wrong with this picture? Air America vanishes into the ether, while Glenn Beck indoctrinates 2.7 million daily viewers with his histrionic brand of right-wing lunacy.

Read Post

Feeding The Misinformation Stream On Health Reform

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Congress, Conservatives, Liberals, Progressives, Health Care Reform, Gop, Abc, Media, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Cbs, Barack Obama, Nbc, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

What you can do is soften your opposition to the Act if just to deprive the pollsters of an opportunity to falsify your viewpoints with a lie of omission.

Read Post

My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Tea Party, Lobbyists, Progressives, Al Franken, Secession, Reform, Mccain, Alan Grayson, Awards, Farrah Fawcett, Steele, Arianna Huffington, Death Panel, Sarah Palin, Turncoat of the Year, Enough Already, Emanuel, Surge, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Argentina, Single Payer, Sotomayor, Rick Perry, Turncoat, Teabagger, Statue of Liberty, Health Care, Michael Steele, Public Option, Democrat, Sanford, Democrats, Biden, 2009, Barack Obama, Progressive, Rahm Emanuel, Health, Sonia Sotomayor, Best Comeback, Appalachian Trail, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Farrah, Worst Politician, Healthcare, Under the Bus, Nude Hiking Day, Mark Sanford, President, President Obama, Bill Owens, Cheney, Kate Jackson, Filibuster, Secede, Democratic, Obama, Iraq, Vitter, Most Original Thinker, Fair, Grayson, Republican, Lieberman, New Yorker, Atul Gawande, Mclaughlin, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Inauguration, Farrah Fawcett Majors, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Teleprompter, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Wall St, Specter, Biggest Loser, Franken, Person of the Year, Most Boring, McLaughlin Group, Texas, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Lobbyist, Poster, Swimsuit, Best Photo Op, Arianna, Wall Street, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Gawande, Palin, Best Politician, Charlie's Angels, Under a Bus, Medicare, Afghanistan, Fairest Rap, Pu-Litzer, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome once again to our year-end wrap-up and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group, from whom I have stolen all these award categories.

Read Post

Southern California Muslims Battle Islamophobia in a Post 9/11 World

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hate Crimes, Terrorists, Terrorism, California, Islamophobia, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Anti-Muslim, Cair, Islamic Radicalism, Smearcasting, Muslims, Islamic, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Council for American and Islamic Relations, Religious Fanaticism, Politics News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

Terrorism. Terrorists. Since the planes flew into the World Trade towers on September 11, 2001, these words have become almost synonymous with Islam and being a Muslim.

Read Post

Quality Reporting Is Key When Writing About The Housing Market

Pauline Millard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspapers, Housing Market, Economy, Media, Real Estate, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Housing Crisis, Housing Slump, Mortgage Crisis, Media News
Pauline Millard

Sensational pieces cause consumers to have unrealistic expectations when they look for a new home, which in the long run will only hurt our economy.

Read Post

The Media Must Report - NOT Debate - Whether Barack or Hillary is Winning

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Victory, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Nomination, Winning, Hillary Clinton Spin, Msnbc, CBS News, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, Media News
Steven G. Brant

The mainstream media shows its stupidity by treating Hillary's attempt to redefine the reality of the election results like it's a real story.

Read Post