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Lipschtick and Pigs

Mary Lyon | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Lipstick, Palin Fact Check, Republican Convention, 2008 Campaign Coverage, Sarah Palin, Campaign Coverage, Mccain Fact Check, Campaign Coverage Faults, John McCain, Politics News
Mary Lyon

Amazing what a difference a week makes. Something has changed since Sarah Palin burst into the Republican Convention and started living it up by the...

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Why Don't They Just Issue Swami Turbans at MSNBC?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Democratic Convention, Pat Buchanan, Cnn, Talking Heads, Campaign Coverage, Convention Coverage, Media News
Marty Kaplan

So this is what political journalism has come to -- evidence-free, unaccountable, redfaced, shouted, demagogic cocksure mindreading.

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Historian: 2008 Press Corps Isn't The Worst Ever, Fox Is The Best

MarketWatch | Jon Friedman | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

Read More: 2008 Press Corps, Fox News, Sean Wilentz, Campaign Coverage, Media News

In 2006, Princeton University history professor Sean Wilentz wrote a cover story for Rolling Stone titled: "The Worst President in History?" The acco...

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Jeremiah Wright, Star Newsmaker

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.14.2008 | Media

Read More: McCain Media, Campaign Coverage, Clinton Obama, Obama Race Speech, Hillary Clinton, Obama Wright, Media Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Media Clinton, Media News

Congratulations, Jeremiah Wright! This week you are once again the man in and/or behind the headlines, according to the Project for Excellence in Jour...

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Who Are You Calling a Tabloid?

Lara Cohen | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Britney Spears, Celebrity Media, Barack Obama Reverend Wright, Angelina Jolie, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Media Coverage, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Us Weekly, Brad Pitt, Media Coverage of 2008, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Flood the Zone, The HIlls, Celebrity Journalism, Reverend Wright, Campaign Coverage, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media News
Lara Cohen

At Us Weekly we know that every celebrity breakup has two sides -- yet the news media failed to apply that same basic due diligence to the Wright story.

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Cost-Cutting Papers No Longer Shadowing Candidates Full-Time On The Trail

New York Times | JACQUES STEINBERG | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Newspapers, Campaign Coverage, Media, Barack Obama, Media News

As Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama debated in Cleveland on a snowy evening in late February, 650 journalists descended on the city to...

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In Week Of Iraq War Anniversary, Obama's Race Speech Dominated Media Coverage

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, Project for Excellence in Journalism, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Media Coverage, Campaign Coverage, Hillary Clinton, Obama Race Speech, U.S. Economy, Media News

Last week was a big one for news: On Monday, the markets opened to news that Bear Stearns had collapsed and was being bought out by JP Morgan; on Tues...

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Do Journalists Allow Campaigns To Perpetuate Negative Storylines?

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Campaign Coverage, Campaign Coverage Faults, Political Coverage, Media News

Memo to political reporters: Enough already. Is it really necessary to allow operatives from one campaign to attack another candidate without their n...

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NYTimes Fails To Examine Mitt's Record

Zephyr Teachout | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: New York Times, Horse Race, Mitt Romney, Huffington Post's OffTheBus, Huffington Post Offthebus, Political Journalism, Campaign Coverage, Campaign Coverage Faults, 2008 Election, Home News
Zephyr Teachout

If a citizen chose to use the New York Times as its source for learning about whether or not to support Governor Romney, she would be disappointed.

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