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Steven Weber | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Steven Weber

Avowed liberals consider themselves to be loyal to the truth while die-hard conservatives seem only to be loyal. Somewhere in the middle lies the perfect American.

"And That's The Way It Really Is": My Memorial to Walter Cronkite

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


Steven G. Brant

If Walter Cronkite were alive today, I wonder what he would say to us -- as he looked out over the landscape of another war that can't be won.

Unfair to the Unbalanced: When Fair and Balanced is Not Required

John Milewski | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media


John Milewski

Do we really need to be respectful of the views of the scarily unhinged, tragically misinformed, or strategically dishonest?

Blaming Bill: O'Reilly Is an Enabler, Not a Perpetrator

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Bill O'Reilly is to hate crime what Hip-Hop is to urban violence. His show should begin with a disclaimer: Don't Think This At Home.

How Journalism Plays Twister...To the Right

Will Bunch | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media


Will Bunch

It's so true that freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose -- and so our brush here with terminal illness is occasionally truly liberating for America's newsrooms.

British Court Upholds Fox's "Fair And Balanced" Slogan

Digital Spy | Dave West | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media


News Corporation is free to claim its Fox News channel is "fair and balanced" in adverts describing the service, the Advertising Standards Agency has ...

Jason Linkins

New York Times Discusses 'Fair' Tax, Promotes Innumeracy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The New York Times' Tom Redburn asks, "Huckabee's Tax Plan Appeals, but Is It Fair?" A good question. A better question: "Tom Redburn can write an a...

I See Your Markos Moulitsas, And I Raise You a...KARL ROVE?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Sometimes, news releases really don't need any comment: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 15, 2007 KARL ROVE TO BECOME NEWSWEEK CONTRIBUTOR ...

Fox Abortion Doc Actually Fair, Balanced

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


When I read that Fox News had produced a documentary on abortion that "avoids taking sides," I didn't believe it. This is a network, after all, that c...