Media Bias

Report No Evil

Ami Horowitz | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media


Ami Horowitz

Portfolio's attempt to paint my film as something it is not by using political titillation and creating divisions where none exist is certainly not the way to steal back relevancy from the blogosphere.

Long Live the Media's Left Wing Bias!

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media


Norman Horowitz

When I was at CBS and working with the News guys, they spent hours each day planning to distort the news and never show America anything that they did not like! Boy was that fun.

The Year WorldNetDaily Died

Terry Krepel | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


Terry Krepel

WorldNetDaily's Whistleblower magazine alleges a media bias without an admission of their own right-wing bias.

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

Mark Nickolas | Posted 11.12.2008 | Media


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.

Media 'In the Tank' for Obama? Studies Don't Prove It (So Far) -- And Here's Why

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.11.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

Can the media be faulted if one candidate is committing the major share of gaffes or making the most inaccurate statements in speeches and in ads? Is it "bias" to recognize that?

What Hangs in the Balance

Chez Pazienza | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media


Chez Pazienza

Many in the media just can't force some misguided brand of phony objectivity this time around -- not with so much at stake.

Brokaw's Objectivity: Down The Drain

R.W. Sanders | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home


R.W. Sanders

Tom Brokaw lobbed softballs at Thompson, and attacked Kerry with Republican talking points. As long as he's host, NBC should rename its program "Meet The Right-Leaning Mainstream Press."

Would Obama's Victory Hurt Obama?

Ari Melber | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

As everyone prematurely obsesses over a massive Democratic sweep -- which has not happened yet and may not happen -- we'll hear even more contrarian craziness.

Maybe You Shouldn't Vote

Bill Folman | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


Bill Folman

I ask that you take a moment to answer the following questions and determine whether you have the skill and the know-how to vote responsibly for our next president.

Drudge Drops Obama Bombshell!

Martin Lewis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Media


Martin Lewis

The impotence of Drudge's attempts to get something to stick to Obama brings to mind the English expression "Brewer's Droop."

The Only Prescription Is More Reporting

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Media


Eric Alterman

By "do some reporting," we can assume that what they really mean is: "We demand that, once again, you rehash this non-newsworthy but politically advantageous story for our benefit."

A Challenge

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media


Andrew Sargus Klein

Snark and blinkered partisanship aren't going to help anyone out of this mess. It's going to take a lot of ivory tower types and pragmatic politicians to pull this off.

The Hate Rally That Wasn't

John Leo | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics


John Leo

Murray Kempton once wrote that everything is known about the Mafia except whether it exists. I feel the same way about the great wave of racism and rage detected at McCain-Palin rallies by bloggers and pundits.

The Anti-Muslim Smear Machine Strikes Again?

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media


Isabel Macdonald

Just a month before a critical election, there are no signs that the anti-Muslim mud-slinging campaign is going away.

Gwen Ifill -- Not Tough Enough

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

Perhaps Ifill's soft questioning and at times repetitive questions at the beginning and end of the debate was her way to prove to conservatives she was not playing favorites.

Jason Linkins

The Fox News Ethos Summarized In Thirty Seconds

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media


[Via Gawker/Sullivan] Back in 2004, filmmaker Robert Greenwald released a documentary called Outfoxed, which spent seventy-five minutes diving deeply ...

Media Must Raise, Not Lower The Bar For Palin For Thursday's Debate

Brian Ross | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

Given that Bush has grounded the ship of state on an iceberg turned loose by global warming, the failure to hold Palin up to the same standards as any other vice presidential candidate would be an act of gross irresponsibility.

Wrong Picture: Palin + Pig + PETA = Compassion Required

George Spyros | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media


George Spyros

A story on Google news "Video shows shocking cruelty to pigs" has pulled up an "associated" photo of veep candidate Sarah Palin and the internet is...

GOP Convention Violence Reviewed; Forum Attendees Struggle For Meaning

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home


Georgianne Nienaber

No clear definition of a journalist was reached. The deputy had no solid suggestions to take back to the city of St. Paul to help prevent a repeat of the RNC protests and the aftermath, and members of the general public had no idea whom they could count on for solid information in this critical election year.

Anti-Obama Author Corsi Reflects the (Lack of) Journalistic Values of his Employer, WorldNetDaily

Terry Krepel | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media


Terry Krepel

For Corsi's day job, he works at WND, where the favorite targets are Democratic presidential candidates -- and the actual truth of the charges it forwards is irrelevant.

Journalists of America--Your Country Needs You Now!

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media


Larry Gellman

You remember journalists. They were the reporters and analysts who used to make sure that stories were true before they published or went on the air with them.

Andrea Mitchell (et al.): Bias

Peter Clothier | Posted 09.16.2008 | Media


Peter Clothier

In reporting on the two candidates responses to Wall Street, Mitchell saw fit to introduce and conclude her commentary with a snide reference to a long-scheduled Obama fundraiser with Barbra Streisand.

"The Media," Now Perpetually in Scare Quotes

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media


Andrew Sargus Klein

If influential blogs -- say, Drudge, Daily Kos, National Review Online or Talking Points Memo -- go out and say "X, Y and Z," it's now assumed then "the media" is saying "X, Y and Z".

Don't Complain About Biased Media Coverage, Do Something About It

David Latt | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media


David Latt

After the Friday surprise that John McCain had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate, the media reacted with shock and awe. Since then, while some m...

Obama Buys Into Surge Success, Loses Upper Hand

John K. Wilson | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home


John K. Wilson

Obama should defuse McCain's attacks by making a simple argument: that even without the surge, the improvement in military tactics, the Sunni Awakening, and the Al-Sadr brigade truce would have also dramatically decreased violence in Iraq.