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Contraceptive Debate Reporting Omits Important Voices

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Women, White House, Church, Hospital, Media, Interview, Journalism, President, Obama Administration, Catholic Church, University, Conscience Clause, Chris Weigant, Sex, Msm, Exemption, Health Insurance, Contraception, Birth Control, Health Care, Religious, Catholic, Politics News
Chris Weigant

You know what we have yet to see? A poll of the workers affected. Not a single "woman on the street" interview, not a single union representative, not a single spokesperson for the women themselves.

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My 2011 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Mark Udall, Elizabeth Warren, Tea Party, Leon Panetta, Andy Rooney, Ron Paul, Best Government Dollar Spent, Awards, Worst Political Theater, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Ows, Warren, Most Overreported Story, Public Sector, No Budget No Pay, Pern, Union, Worst Political Scandal, Rick Perry, Sorry to See You Go, National Jukebox, Steve Jobs, The Pill, Marco Rubio, Unemployment Benefits, Labor, Rick Santorum, Democrat, Most Underrated, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Frank Buckles, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Best Idea, David Wu, Predictions, Constitution, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, 15 Minutes of Fame, Donald Trump, Fast and Furious, State of the Union, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Post Office, Best Spin, President, Destined for Political Oblivion, Third Party, President Obama, John Boehner, Cdc, Obama, Iraq, Democratic, Occupy Wall Street, Most Overrated, Media, Republican, Job Creators, Mclaughlin, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Rubio, Chris Lee, Anthony Weiner, Americans Elect, Msm, McLaughlin Group, Government Shutdown, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, 2011, 99 Percenters, Mainstream Media, Supercommittee, Wisconsin, Chris Weigant, Herman Cain, Stamps, Libya, Most Honest Person, Fox News, Tim Pawlenty, Zombie Apocalypse, Schwarzenegger, Worst Idea, Anne Mccaffrey, Politics News
Chris Weigant

This year we turn to the Democrats to find the winner of Destined For Political Stardom. If Elizabeth Warren manages to wrest Teddy Kennedy's old Senate seat away from the Republican usurper, she will indeed be on the road to Democratic stardom.

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Historical Context Missing From Debt Ceiling Reporting

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Journalists, President, President Obama, Boehner, John Boehner, Obama, Media, Shutdown, Geithner, Gingrich, 1996, 1995, Clinton, Treasury, Speaker, President Clinton, Bill Clinton, Impeach, House, Politicians, Cuts, Budget, Msm, Government Shutdown, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Debt Ceiling, Robert Rubin, Deadline, Chris Weigant, Tim Geithner, Rubin, Medicare, Veto, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Back in 1995 and 1996, a government shutdown actually happened -- twice. The debt ceiling was not raised, but the country did not default. President Clinton actively used his veto pen, as the Republicans sent him bills that they knew he would not sign.

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Friday Talking Points [163] -- The Ads Just Write Themselves

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.15.2011

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Chris Weigant

Something the media largely missed in the midst of multiple budgetary battles this week was the fact that this is what bipartisanship looks like.

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Switch Off the TV

Ben Cohen | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Internet, Television, Msnbc, Wisconsin, Corporate Media, Uniont, Cnn, Protests, Msm, Fox, Independent Media, Politics News
Ben Cohen

I stopped watching television about 8 months ago, partly because the bill was so high but mostly because I could not bear to watch the corporate news a second longer.

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Friday Talking Points [151] -- Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christina Taylor Green, President Obama, Speech, Rampage, Dorwan Stoddard, Birchers, Obama, Media, Arizona, Friday Talking Points, Phyllis Schneck, Television, Internet, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, John Birch Society, Fringe, Dorothy Morris, Tragedy, Blogosphere, Daniel Hernandez, Gabe Zimmerman, Shooting, Heroes, Msm, John Roll, Faces of Hope, Blame, Patricia Maisch, Tucson, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Christina Green, Outrageous, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Gabrielle Giffords, Heroism, News, Rhetoric, Politics News
Chris Weigant

To honor the fallen this week, we're going to refrain from our usual heated political rhetoric here for a change. It's only fitting, really, after su...

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AIDS still thought of as a gay disease in black America

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cdc, Poverty, US Poverty, Gay, Harvard, Black Homophobia, Naacp, HIV/AIDS, Religious Homophobia, Gay Rights, Harvard University, Hiv Msm, Msm, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Homophobia, Racism, HIV/AIDS Africa, African-Americans, Gay Issues, African Americans, African-American Issues, World AIDS Day, .Sex, HIV Cure, Home News
Irene Monroe

To date, more than 230, 000 African Americans have died of AIDS. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 22 African Americans will be...

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How HIV Prevention Has to Change

Chris Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Cdc, Amfar, President Obama, National AIDS Strategy, HIV Prevention, Msm, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of National AIDS Policy, The Foundation for AIDS Research, Politics News
Chris Collins

Without important changes in the way our country addresses HIV/AIDS, in five years the annual rate of 56,000 new infections is more likely to grow than to decline.

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Media Outlets Fumble With CDC Data on MSM HIV Rates

Alex Blaze | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msm, Hiv, Gay, Washington Post, Time, Cdc, Bisexual, Study, Media News
Alex Blaze

New HIV infections and diagnoses numbers are out this week from the CDC, and media outlets are fumbling with the numbers.

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New Tea Party Media Strategy: No Media

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

A full-scale interview on one of the prestigious Sunday shows is normally the gold prize for a campaign. There's a reason for this -- it is free. That was then, though, and this is now.

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Demand Full Media Disclosure: What's Your Tax Bracket?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couric, Taxes, Conflict of Interest, Newspapers, Wealthy, Full Disclosure, Msm, Nbc, Journalist, Media, Rich, Brian Williams, Journalism, Bush Tax Cuts, Old Media, Mainstream Media, Television, Chris Weigant, Disclosure, Tax, Katie Couric, Ethics, Williams, Tax Cuts, Journalistic Ethics, Gatekeeper, News, Tax Brackets, Ethical Standards, Media News
Chris Weigant

Anyone in the media talking about raising income tax rates on the top two income brackets should disclose their possible conflict of interest. "Full disclosure, I fall into the top tax bracket myself, so I would personally be affected by changing this rate."

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Friday Talking Points [135] -- The Sky Is Falling!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The media, quite obviously, has lost any capacity it once may have had for self-examination, to say nothing of its sense of irony. Every so often, th...

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We're Screwed, Not Even in the Right Game

Denis Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denis Campbell

We simply don't get it in the USA and EU. The Chinese eat our lunch while we busy ourselves in silly ideological Left vs. Right fights over control of Washington, Westminster and Brussels.

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The Ministry of Truth

Barry Eisler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Media Acountability, Msm, Establishment Media, Media News
Barry Eisler

If you want to understand the politics of NPR and other such organizations, forget for a moment left vs. right, and focus instead on what might loosely be called an establishment ideology.

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WATCH: Is TV News Dead or Just Dying?

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Cable TV News, TV News, Cable News, Msm, Comedy News
Lee Camp

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Is the Mainstream the Middle?

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robbie Gennet

Whenever I hear talk of the "Lamestream Media" from Sarah Palin, her anti-MSM views bring up an interesting point: If your views don't coincide with M...

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Think Again: Hekova Job, MSM

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Rush Limbaugh, Msm, Steve Doocy, Rick Perry, Dana Perino, Fox Business, Media News
Eric Alterman

William Kristol, who, after all, has never been wrong about anything before, reassures, "the oil spill, itself, I don't think will be a huge disaster over the medium and long-term honestly."

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Good News From Iraq

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Petraeus, President Obama, Troops, Status of Forces Agreement, Msm, War, Mccain, Obama, Joe Biden, Media, Biden, Barack Obama, Withdrawal, Bush, General, Surge, Precipitous Withdrawal, Sofa, Chris Weigant, Troop Level, Afghanistan, Republicans, Iraq, Milestone, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

At the same time that Senate Republicans are voicing disagreement over withdrawal timetables when it comes to Afghanistan, we are about to meet a big milestone in our withdrawal timetable for Iraq -- and it doesn't even rate a mention.

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Friday Talking Points [127] -- Letting A Crisis Go To Waste

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

President Barack Obama's administration was supposed to follow a basic premise: never let a crisis go to waste. That was according to one of his own ...

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Friday Talking Points [126] -- We'd Like Our Gulf Back

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The mainstream media, led by the intrepid White House press corps, closely followed by the inside-the-Beltway punditocracy, has declared what must hap...

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Wall Street and Legalized Loan Sharks

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

Gary Rivlan notes in his book, Broke USA, "the working poor have become big business." You wouldn't think that poor people would be a growth market, but businesses make big money off people who live paycheck to paycheck.

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Friday Talking Points [123] -- A Working Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Tort Reform, Ron Paul, Regulatory, Reform, Boycott Arizona, Alan Grayson, Wall Street Reform, Midotw, Audit, Bank, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Joe Sestak, Dow, Fed, Sestak, Boycott, Bp, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Barack Obama, Sanders, Senate, Hottie, Mddotw, Financial, President Obama, Economy, Smokin Little Body, Federal Reserve, Jobs, Obama, Bernie Sanders, Democratic, Drugs, Media, Arizona, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Republican, Liability, Unanimous, Oil Spill, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Arlen Specter, House, Specter, Primary, Drug War, Msm, Pennsylvania, Bipartisan, Audit the Fed, Mainstream Media, Louann Haley, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Check Card, Banking, Deregulation, Oil, Djia, Party of No, War on Drugs, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The Senate has actually been dealing with many financial issues that will directly effect American consumers, and they've been doing so in an orderly way. You'd think this would be news.

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Obama Should Hold Press Conference Soon

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Strategy, President Obama, Msm, Copenhagen, Obama, Plouffe, Media, Pittsburgh, Press, David Plouffe, President, Barack Obama, Transparency, Mainstream Media, Press Availability, Primetime, Chris Weigant, Prime Time, Press Conference, Communications, White House Press Corps, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama has spent less than an hour in front of the media since his last formal primetime press conference back in July. He needs to hold another -- both for the public's sake and for his own.

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The MSM Doesnt Exist...Not Anymore

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, News Corp, Joe Scarborough, Msnbc, MSM Flaws, Fnc, Sarah Palin, Morning Joe, Msm, Media Criticism, Media, Barack Obama, Media News
Tina Dupuy

The mainstream media gets denounced on cable news programs, corporate talk radio, best-selling books and behemoth blogs every day. This strangely does...

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Newsweek Taps Bush Aide For Obama Reporting

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Press Bias, Obama Press Coverage, Newsweek, Obama Media, Jon Meacham, Media Disclosure, Obama Stimulus, Obama Jon Meacham, Yuval Levin, Bush Jon Meacham, Msm, Media Bias, Obama Tax Cut, Media News
Ari Melber

Political journalism is often imaginative, but a Newsweek article about tax cuts by a former aide to George W. Bush verges on delusion.

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