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Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment

Ari Melber | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Condi Rice, Msnbc, Harpers, Television Torture, Philip Zelikow, Truth Commission, CIA Torture, 9/11 Commission, Jack Balkin, John Yoo, Sheldon Whitehouse, Moveon Special Prosecutor, John Conyers, Russ Feingold, Cenk Uyger, Bush Administration Torture, Special Prosecutor, Jay Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Horton, Waterboarding, Pat Leahy, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Torture, Youtube Politics, Youtube Media, Media News

Rice's recent incident shows the prospects for what we might call a substantive Macaca Moment -- using YouTube and citizen media to scrutinize our leaders on the issues, not gaffes.

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Fox News Claims Top 11 Cable News Programs In April, #2 Network In Cable

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Cable News, Cable News Rankings, Media News

Fox News had another dominant month, claiming the top 11 program spots in cable news and placing 2nd in all of cable in primetime, behind only USA. "...

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The First One Hundred Days: There Are Milestones, and...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Cnn, Obama and First One Hundred Days, President Obama, Media and First One Hundred Days, First 100 Days, John Tyler, Fox News, Obama Administration, 100 Days, Cable News, First One Hundred Days, William Henry Harrison, Barack Obama, Politics News

Cable news -- the really early years: "Welcome back, and good morning from Washington, where we're going to spend the next hour much like we've spe...

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Fox News, CNN Diverge

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Cable News, Cnn, Media News

For years, CNN and Fox News were the top two names in cable news. But four stories this week so far illustrate the different paths the two networks h...

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Outbreak of Deadly Swine-Flu Infects Cable News

Will Menaker | Posted 05.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Msnbc, Fox News, Cnn, Cable News, Swine Flu Symptoms, Swine Flu, Comedy News

Sadly, many TV producers do not take any of the common sense precautions that could stop an outbreak like this such as washing their hands with soap and water or not booking spokespeople from the National Organization for Marriage."

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Waterboarding Sean Hannity

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Sean Hannity's offer to undergo waterboarding for charity is almost too good to refuse.

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FoxNews Soars, CNN Snores

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, FoxNews Ratings, Msnbc, Cable News, Rachel Maddow, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Nancy Grace, Cnn, Glenn Back, Media News

That most new cable news viewers are turning to Fox, rather than to CNN or MSNBC, is what's scaring the hell out of me.

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Ed Schultz On MSNBC Gig: People Will Know Where I Stand

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Ed Schultz, Schultz Show, Progressive, Ed Schultz MSNBC, Cable News, The Ed Show, Media News

Poised to take over the 6 p.m. slot on MSNBC, long-time radio talk show host Ed Schultz laid out a programmatic blueprint that would be issue-oriented...

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Fox News Claims 9 Of Top 10 Cable News Programs In Q1

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Cable News, Fox News Ratings, Media News

In a sign of just how dominant Fox News is in the cable news network ratings game, the network easily won the rankings in the first quarter of 2009, a...

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Cable News Networks "Have Steadfastly Remained In Campaign Mode": David Carr

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News, Media News

There is no question that the stakes are high in this presidency, and it's hardly an epiphany that in order to feed the 24/7 beast, cable news has to ...

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Why Does Obama's Teleprompter Hate America?

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brett Baier, John McCain, Barack-Obama-Teleprompter, Bloggers, Obama Press Conference, Sarah Palin, David Gregory, Cable News, Michelle Malkin, Fox News Channel, Ron Fournier, Palin Teleprompter, Politics News

Without a doubt, many of the attacks from the far-right against President Obama have amounted to nothing more than the political equivalent of speaking in tongues.

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Obama Press Conference Ratings Down: 40.4 Million Watch, Fox News Tops On Cable

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Fox News, Cnn, Cable News, Obama Press Conference Ratings, Obama Press Conference, Media News

President Obama's press conference Tuesday night drew 40.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's "down 18% from from his Feb. ...

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CNN's Rough Ratings March: Trailing Even MSNBC, HLN In Prime Demo

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 04.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Cnn, Cable News, CNN Ratings, Media News

More evidence that CNN is going to have to find a new strategy fast or risk becoming a cable news also-ran: In the month of March so far, the Time War...

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The Trouble with Twitter: Why "Tweets" Are Like "Blipverts"

William Bradley | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Culture, Blipvert, Max Headroom, Social Networking, Advertising, Twitter, E-Mail, Cable News, Text Message, Facebook, Internet, Blackberry, Powerbook, Macintosh, Newton, Media News

It's a time marked by inundation, fragmentation, and an ADD culture. Twitter drives all three of those trends.

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Is the Media Our Best Frenemy Forever?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Business News, Financial Crisis, Cable News, Media News, Time Magazine, Business, Housing Bubble, Media News

Only now that the members of the media have seen their own 401ks and home values decline like those of the rest of the citizens in the country, they are broadcasting loud outrage.

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Fox News Widens Lead In First Month Of Obama Administration

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Fox News Ratings, Cable News, Media News

The first weeks of the Obama presidency were remarkably popular ones for the Fox News Channel. Fox News ranked No. 3 among all cable networks in pr...

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Neutrality Update

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Environment, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, New York Times, Lisa Jackson, Cable News, Cnn, Neutrality, Media News

The Times editorial leaves me with a good feeling about Ms. Jackson, and high hopes for the future effectiveness of the EPA.

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Cable News: The Triumph of Neutrality

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Msnbc, Peter Lehner, The Business of Green, Lisa Jackson EPA, Cnn, No Child Left Behind Act, Epa, Tim Pawlenty, Cable News, US Chamber of Commerce, Journalism, Mike Barnicle, William Kovacs, Media News

The use of "neutral" content is a cheap and lazy way of filling air time, which is why we see so much of it on the cable news networks.

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AP: Did TV News Miss Point In Covering Stimulus Plan?

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Dick Morris, Tv News Stimulus Debate, Karl Rove, Laura Ingraham, Cable News Stimulus Debate, TV News, James Carville, Cable News, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Debate Bias, Stimulus Debate, Media News

NEW YORK — There were plenty of familiar faces on-screen during TV coverage of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, people like Jame...

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A Bad Week for Obama, a Good Week for FoxNews

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cable News Ratings, Cable News, Foxnews, Geithner, Cnn, President Obama, Media News

Judging from FoxNews's ratings, over the last two weeks the President has disappointed his supporters and energized his opponents.

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Oh, About That "End" of the Obama Honeymoon ...

William Bradley | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Deep South, Matt Drudge, Charlie Crist, Cable News, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Alec Baldwin, Glenn Beck, Far Right, John McCain, George W. Bush, Republican Party, Dick Cheney, Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Congress, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Stimulus, Congressional Budget Office, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Gop Stimulus, Economic Stimulus, Republicans Stimulus, Media News

Where Obama may have made a mistake is in being too substantively accommodating with people who are basically not going to support him except in the event of an extraterrestrial invasion.

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The Young Turks Announce Candidacy for MSNBC Slot

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Rachel Maddow, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Msnbc, Cable News, Media, Keith Olbermann, Tyt, Media News

Yes, I might have a funny name. Yes, I might have been accused of being a Muslim. But I remember another man who had similar problems who didn't let those things stand in his way.

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Stimulus Spin War: Obama To Go On Media Offensive

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrats Republicans, Obama Messaging, Obama Stimulus, Obama Spin Wars, Democrats Media, Democrat Spin Wars, Stimulus Spin, Cbale News Forums, Cable News, Republican Spin, Spin Wars, Obama Democrats, Politics News

Barack Obama is slated to sit down with the five major television news networks tomorrow, a media play that is almost certain to be part of a broader ...

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Jane Velez-Mitchell Beating Glenn Beck's Ratings On HLN

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Glenn Beck Ratings, Jane Velez-Mitchell, HLN Ratings, Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell, HLN, Cable News Ratings, HLN News & Views, Glenn Beck, Headline News, Cable News, Jane Velez-Mitchell Ratings, Media News

Jane Velez-Mitchell, the HLN host who replaced Glenn Beck when he jumped ship for Fox News, is already topping Beck's ratings from when he held the ti...

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Scritti Politti: January 29, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnn, Obama's Inauguration, Twitter, Dan Savage, Economic Stimulus Package, Media Criticism, Purple Tickets, Purple Tunnel of Doom, Cable News, Rick Sanchez, Rick Warren, Media News

We posted earlier on this interesting finding by Think Progress, which found that in the discussion over the economic stimulus package, the cable news...

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