False Equivalence

The Bob & Chez Show 4/06/12

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Msnbc, Abortion, Bob Cesca, False Equivalence, Chez Pazienza, Current TV, Birth Control, Republicans, Keith Olbermann, The Bubble Genius Bob and Chez Show, Media News
Bob Cesca

This week's show highlights: Keith Olbermann fired from Current TV; behind the scenes TV psychology; Howard Stern at Sirius vs Keith Olbermann at Current; President Obama and false equivalences; who will be Mitt Romney's VP?

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Jason Linkins

'Game Change' Has Convinced Richard Cohen That Democrats Will Soon Succumb To Palinism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, False Equivalence, Sarah Palin, Media Criticism, Richard Cohen, Game Change, Media News

Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen evidently felt compelled to write something about the movie "Game Change" because that was the big shiny thing...

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The "Gridlock" Story: Why Media Balance Is Broken

Spencer Critchley | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: New Media, Media Balance, Republican Extremism, Congressional Gridlock, Gridlock, False Equivalence, Media Criticism, Politics News
Spencer Critchley

In order for the mainstream media to claim that their version of balance reflects the moderate middle, they're forced to ignore the actual moderate middle.

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Oil Spill: 5 New Rules and Regulations for Talking About BP Disaster

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Schultz, Bp, Hugo Chavez, Msnbc, John McCain, Holocaust, Andrea Mitchell, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Drill Baby Drill, Barack Obama, Chavez, Exxon Valdez, Cesar Chavez, Drill Here Drill Now, False Equivalence, Slavery, Fox News, Hurricane Katrina, BP Oil Spill, Alaska, Ken Salazar, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Comedy News
Katie Halper

Automatically blaming Halliburton every time you hear of a preventable fatal tragedy due to cutting corners and saving money or a rape cover-up is not paranoia or a knee-jerk reaction. It is a statistical probability.

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Jason Linkins

Washington Post Calls For End To Political Mayhem, But Gets Tripped Up Striving For 'Balance'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Editorials, False Equivalence, Media Criticism, Threats, Eric Cantor, Washington-Post-Editors, Washington Post, Cantor Window, Eat the Press, Media News

The Washington Post editors have a well-meaning editorial up today, condemning the recent acts of vandalism and violence, but their striving for "on-the-one-hand/on-the-other-hand" balance gets a little strained.

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Are Contrarians Helping or Hurting the Food Movement? Pork Op-Ed in NYT a Shill for Big Ag

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pork, Shill, False Equivalence, Free-Range, New York Times, Big Ag, Media, Free-Range Pork, Food Policy, Factory Farms, Food Safety, Green News
Paula Crossfield

It seems that the New York Times, in its desperation to sell papers, fell into the trap of story building over truth-finding.

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More Shameful "False Equivalence" By The Traditional Media To Annoy You

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Dave Wedge, False Equivalence, Media Coverage, Media Criticism, False Balance, Boston Herald, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Cadillac, Media News
Mark Nickolas

Case-in-point is today's Boston Herald story by Dave Wedge on the custom-made armor-laden presidential limo that is being assembled to protect America's first black president.

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Palin, Satire & False Equivalence via the 2004 Presidential Election

George Spyros | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2008 Elections, Satire, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Media Coverage, Tina Fey, 2008 Election, Palin, Gina Gershon, 2008 Presidential Election, False Equivalence, Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Aerial Wolf Hunting, Eric Alterman, Funny or Die, Politics News
George Spyros

The fate of our country is in the hands of Tina Fey Yesterday I was faced with the choice of whether or not to post to TreeHugger a clip from Gina ...

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