Media Bias

Jason Linkins

Classic Politico: GOP Upset About Politico's Chief Competitors, Says Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.31.2012

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As she did last week, Guardian columnist Ana Marie Cox joins me today for a discussion of the Politico story that has everyone picking ants from their...

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Jason Linkins

Classic Politico: GOP Upset About Politico's Chief Competitors, Says Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.31.2012

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As she did last week, Guardian columnist Ana Marie Cox joins me today for a discussion of the Politico story that has everyone picking ants from their...

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Michael Calderone

Politico Makes Bias Claims It Can't Back Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.31.2012

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NEW YORK -- Politico's executive editor, Jim VandeHei, and chief White House correspondent, Mike Allen, suggested Thursday that The New York Times and...

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The Media's Limitations and Manipulations

Ziad El-Hady | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, International Politics, Media Manipulation, Corporations, Media, News Corporation, Media Bias, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Media News
Ziad El-Hady

All social, political and economic policies and debates are communicated through our media. Therefore, the breadth of our democratic experience is largely defined by the structure of the media and its content.

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How Does Singleton's List of Facts About Obama Presidency Prove Liberal Media Bias?

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.22.2012

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Jason Salzman

Here's a suggestion. Let's agree to acknowledge the facts. Let's just say, yes, those are facts, and honor them as such, so we can have an honest debate about what we truly disagree on.

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Media: Buy Us!

Steven Weber | Posted 04.29.2012

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Steven Weber

The joke is, of course, any amount of digging will eventually reveal a very different truth than the one packaged and sold by the media masters, one in which the intellectual and social welfare (ahem) of the citizenry is the last thing on their greedy little minds.

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Think Again: Money Talks, Media Balks

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.30.2012

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Eric Alterman

Instead of seeking remedies to this ongoing problem, the putative guardians of our democratic principles, rights and responsibilities -- the United States Supreme Court -- has chosen to vastly exacerbate the situation.

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The Smoking Gun: Plot by Fossil Fuel Giant to Further Corrupt Aussie Media Exposed

John F. Bruno | Posted 04.10.2012

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John F. Bruno

We have all heard about the fossil fuel-funded conspiracy to confuse the public about human-caused climate change. The fruits of these plots are on display every day in the news.

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Time to Find Alternatives to Primary Debates

Edward Wasserman | Posted 04.10.2012

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Edward Wasserman

The rampant proliferation of overcrowded candidate debates may provide the media with the names they demand to draw big audiences, but they don't work as platforms for public illumination.

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Be Not Afraid: How Travel Disarms Media Hype

Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll | Posted 03.31.2012

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Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll

When there are protests or a natural disaster strikes, events are often portrayed in a way that implies that an entire region has been consumed, even if the impact is limited.

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John Celock

Rush Limbaugh Asked To Apologize For 'Greaseball' Remark

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.24.2012

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An Italian-American advocacy group is slamming Rush Limbaugh for making an on-air ethnic slur in December, now demanding that the conservative talk sh...

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The Real Problem With Media Today? The Audience

Larry Womack | Posted 03.18.2012

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Larry Womack

Do traditional news outlets falter? Of course they do, all the time. And opinion does color the facts. But that is certainly no excuse to choose to expose yourself only to the work of journalists who you know share your political inclinations.

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The New York Times, Truth Vigilantes, Stenographic Journalism and the One Percent

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 03.16.2012

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Jonathan Weiler

Though the overwhelmingly negative response to Brisbane was warranted, the episode itself illustrates the degree to which major political forces have already succeeded in bending the mainstream media to its will.

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What The Iowa Caucus Means for Women

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 03.03.2012

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Soraya Chemaly

It's unpatriotic and irresponsible to ignore sexism.

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Occupy the Mainstream Media: Why the Movement's Next Target Should Be the Press

Richard Schiffman | Posted 02.05.2012

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Richard Schiffman

OWS is about financial malfeasance and income inequity, to be sure, but it is also about the lack of equity in the marketplace of ideas. It is about taking back our voices from the media-cracy that has silenced and marginalized the 99 percent.

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The Media Bias No One Talks About

John Stoehr | Posted 01.22.2012

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John Stoehr

These are not conflicts between rivals of equal proportion, as "clash" connotes. These are incidents of police violence and media should start calling it for what it is. With so much amateur video, the media has little choice but to set aside convention and report what's happening.

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Washington Post Continues Attack on Social Security

Eric Kingson | Posted 01.11.2012

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Eric Kingson

The Washington Post is within its rights to use its editorial page to advocate for cuts to Social Security. But its recent editorial is a dangerous misuse of its Constitutionally-privileged power.

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Standing Up to Street Harassment

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 12.29.2011

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Soraya Chemaly

Here are three things to think about before we continue to tell our daughters to ignore a lifetime of "cat" calls, sexually explicit comments and sexist remarks.

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Tim Groseclose's Theory of Liberal Media Bias Remains Shaky

Terry Krepel | Posted 12.28.2011

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Terry Krepel

Neither AIM nor anyone else in the right-wing media are going to call Groseclose on the flaws in his work -- the end result is all that matters.

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Power to the People Works When People Claim the Power

Rev. Barbara Kaufmann | Posted 10.24.2011

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Rev. Barbara Kaufmann

Does the media have responsibilities? When people are in positions of power or influence over others, is there an inherent obligation to tell the truth?

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Ron Paul Gets No Respect

Larry Hirsch | Posted 10.22.2011

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Larry Hirsch

"Hey I'm tellin ya, I get no respect, no respect at all. I almost win the big Iowa straw poll and the next day it seems the media has forgotten my nam...

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Prophecy And The Modern Media

Rabbi Samuel April | Posted 10.01.2011

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Rabbi Samuel April

The primary problem with prophecy today is that we do not receive the news accurately; it is always slanted left or right.

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Washington Woes and the Problem of the Parrot

David Coates | Posted 09.28.2011

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David Coates

If the general American public is left with the view that this debt ceiling crisis was and is a product of Washington "politics-as-usual", as opposed to an unprecedented exception, then the right will already have won, no matter the detail of any compromise that is struck.

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The Hardly Humble Hackery of Rupert Murdoch

Karl Frisch | Posted 09.20.2011

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Karl Frisch

The idea that Murdoch would have so little knowledge of the problems facing News of World is preposterous on its face given facts readily available to anyone with access to Google.

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You Can Be Rich, Powerful, Arrogant, Horny and Right

Adam Hanft | Posted 09.02.2011

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Adam Hanft

We all have tabloid brains today, and while that flood of dopamine is highly entertaining, it doesn't allow for contemplation of the unexpected. Which is exactly what we should be thinking about.

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