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The Media's Problem Of "False Balance" Showing Itself In Electoral Map Analyses

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Marc Ambinder, Msnbc, Karl Rove, John McCain, Pollster.com, Media Coverage, Media, Arianna Huffington, Barack Obama, Real Clear Politics, Mainstream Media, Pollsters, The Atlantic Monthly, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Cnn, The Atlantic, False Balance, Media Bias, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

What is particularly noteworthy is where the media bias lies: it's a clear willingness to give John McCain (R) the benefit of the doubt, but not Barack Obama (D).

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Markos, John, & Elizabeth: How Daily Kos Keeps Swallowing The Kool-Aid

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.12.2008 | Media

Read More: John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, Liberal Blogosphere, Markous Moulitsas Newsweek, Elizabeth Edwards, Markos Moulitsas, John Edwards, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Rielle Hunter, Media, Media Bias, Daily Kos, Media News
Lee Stranahan

I think I know why I'm still banned. Markos got this story totally wrong and his wrongness set the tone over at Daily Kos for everyone who attacked me and who continue to attack me to this day.

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Obama's Muslims and Six Degrees of Guilt by Association

Ray Hanania | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Anti-Muslim Slander, Muslims, Imam Jamal Said, Mazen Asbahi, Bridgeview Mosque, Wall Street Journal, Anti-Arab Defamation, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Ray Hanania

The real tragedy is that Asbahi is most likely a very decent person who is very American, opposes the Islamic terrorists and just wants to see Muslims and Arabs become more active in American politics

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Popular Vote v. Electoral College (Why The Media Badly Needs A History Lesson)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, John McCain, National Polls, Harry Truman, Michael Dukakis, Obama Popular Vote, Media Coverage, Polling Data, Media, Electoral Map, Barack Obama, National Popular Vote, Polling, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Electoral College, President Bush, Media Bias, Popular Vote, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

It's painful to watch these fools -- they don't know how a five-point popular vote victory almost always translates when it comes to the only metric that matters -- the Electoral College. (Hint: landslide).

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Despite Media Narrative, Obama Leads By Over 100 Electoral Votes According To Independent Groups

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, National Polls, Swing State Polls, Media Coverage, Barack Obama, Media Bias, State Polls, Bayh Obama, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

With all the breathlessness over the minute movements in the irrelevant national polls, the one thing no one seems to be noticing is that the electoral map is still trending very poorly for McCain.

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Friday Talking Points [41] -- The Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, Ads, Gas Prices, Mudslinging, Britney Spears, Homosexual, Iraq, Diplomacy, Media, Campaign, Withdrawal, Republican, California, Iran, Television, Specifics, 2008, Sofa, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Celebrity, Status of Forces, Keating Five, Andres McCain, Rove, John McCain, Gas, Karl Rove, Gasoline, Deval Patrick, Timeline, War, Campaign Ads, Democrat, Massachusetts, 2008 Elections, 08, Gay, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Price of Oil, Elections, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Maliki, News, Britney, Media Bias, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I have a confession to make. I actually watch the network news. Maybe I should enter into a twelve-step program or something. But I don't watch the ...

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Revolution March Blacked Out By Media

Jordan Page | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: March, Corporatism, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Bias, Ron Paul, Politics News
Jordan Page

We need to be aware that we live in a country where the only individuals who are allowed to be viable candidates for president are those who fit into the picture that corporate interests.

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The Media is Misframing Obama

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, John McCain, Media, Obama Europe, Media Bias, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Barack Obama European Trip, Barack Obama, Media News
Amitai Etzioni

Desperate to find some fault, the "balanced reporting" on a series of events that was clearly a major "one-sided" success, the media complained that Obama's speech in Berlin lacked specifics.

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Wailing Wall Wrong -- Could Spark New Accountability for the Media?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Media, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Media News
Michelle Kraus

There is sanctity to a person's direct prayers to their G-d. If there any truth to the publication Obama's direct and private conversation at the Wailing Wall, it is just wrong.

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How Should Journalists Cover a Charismatic Candidate? When the Subjective is Objective

Drew Westen | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Barack Obama Media Coverage, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Media News
Drew Westen

Charges of bias, particularly toward a charismatic candidate like Obama, create confusion among journalists -- as a result, they often overshoot.

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New Study Shows Major Networks Tougher On Obama Than McCain

LA Times | James Rainey | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Liberal Bias, George Mason Media Study Mccain Obama, Networks Tougher on Obama, Media News

Haters of the mainstream media reheated a bit of conventional wisdom last week. Barack Obama, they said, was getting a free ride from those insuffera...

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McCain: Whiner In Chief (the Angry Penguin Must Win!)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Right, Obama, Mccain, Republicans, Media Bias, Berlin, John McCain, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Presidential contests are all about comparisons. What is different this year is that there has been a total role reversal -- the new candidate looks seasoned and the old hand looks inexperienced.

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No Love. For Anyone.

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.02.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Media, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Chris Matthews Barack Obama, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Mccain, Media Bias, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

The end of a media affair with a politician shouldn't be a time of mourning, anger, and despair. It is a time that should be celebrated because it means the media has regained its senses.

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The Barbeque Media Wants Senator Obama To Win? That's Rich.

Bob Cesca | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Media Bias Mccain, Mccain Media Bias Ad, Media Bias Obama, Media Bias, Politics News
Bob Cesca

The reality is that positive coverage of any Democrat is limited and temporary for fear of networks and newspapers either being accused of liberal bias or being tossed out of the very serious barbeque loop.

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The Next New Yorker Cover

Robert Koehler | Posted 08.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, Triangulation, Barack Obama New Yorker Cover, Barack Obama Moves Center, New Yorker, Media Bias, Media News
Robert Koehler

The moral perspective of the New Yorker cover was buried at the bottom of the table of contents on page two -- fiendishly understated, you might say.

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Will the Media Pick McCain VP?

Morgan Warners | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Ageism, John McCain, Mccain, Jon Stewart, Media Bias, McCain Vice President, Age, McCain Czechoslovakia, Media News
Morgan Warners

I don't see McCain backing out of all the insinuations that old age is to blame for his geographic confusion, but it's the media's job to make him try...

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Meet Mr. Gasbag, WSJ-style vs. NYT-style

Jan Herman | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Mccain, Wall Street Journal, Energy Policy, Mccain Energy Policy, Rupert Murdoch Wall Street Journal, Media Bias, Media News
Jan Herman

Here two excerpts, from the Times and Journal. Both show McCain for what he really is -- a pandering gasbag. But one story does it better than the other. You be the judge.

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Jason Linkins

Fortune Article Selectively Quotes Obama, Misleads On NAFTA Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Nafta, Nina Easton, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Barack Obama NAFTA, Media Criticism, Fortune Magazine, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Politics News

An article from Fortune Magazine, entitled "Obama: NAFTA not so bad after all," captures the Democratic candidate walking back his previously stated p...

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Oil Industry Not Done Right By Hollywood

Mike LaMonica | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: There Will Be Blood, Oil Industry, Oil Media Coverage, Dallas Television Show, Oil Companies, Movies, Dallas, Media Bias, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Mike LaMonica

As a lifelong oilman, I've been disappointed by the way Hollywood has portrayed my industry. So when I was approached about the development of Black Gold, my initial response was a profound "no."

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Industrial Slaughter in Iraq

Michael Schwartz | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Atrocities, American Troops and Iraq Civilians, Iraq, Media Bias, Politics News
Michael Schwartz

Collateral Damage, a new book by Laila al-Arian, an independent journalist and Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and former Middle East Bu...

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Press Obedience Is The Norm

Dennis Perrin | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Iraq War, Scott Ritter, Media, Iraq, Press, Media Bias, Media News
Dennis Perrin

Under the American corporate system, the chief task of the propaganda wing, amusingly called "journalism," is to sell whatever the elites are pushing and marginalize anyone who openly dissents.

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Sexism. It's Not Just About Hillary Clinton Anymore

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Coverage, Hillary Clinton, Gender Bias, Women's Media Center, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Media Bias, Sexism, Media News
Joanne Bamberger

The most famous and infamous TV pundits aren't reserving their 'looks are everything' moments to talk of Hillary's cleavage or wrinkles. There are no limits. We are all fair game.

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Hey Media: Lay Off Appalachia

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Primaries, Coal, Appalachia, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Elections, Media, Democrats, Barack Obama 2008, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Hillbillies, Media Bias, Sustainability, Media News
Jeff Biggers

Pundits missed the two best kept secrets about Appalachia: it is far from homogeneous and has been a burning ground of change for the past 250 years.

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The Perfect Storm? Obama, McCain, the Media and God

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.03.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, John McCain, John Hagee, Media Bias, Divine Retribution, Religious Rhetoric, Hurricane Katrina, God, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Home News
Linda Hansen

McCain admits he wooed firebrand Texas Pastor John Hagee. Yet it's Obama who's weathering the religious-rhetoric storm. Maybe that's because Republicans are expected to dabble in God-fearing hate.

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The Pentagon's Spin Machine

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Iraq War, Anthony Zinni, Paul Eaton, Torie Clarke, John Batiste, Media, Wesley Clark, Media Bias, Pentagon Analysts, Pentagon PR, Pentagon Propaganda, Politics News
Jon Soltz

As far as too many networks are concerned, retired senior officials with no experience in the current conflicts are more credible than the troops who actually fought in the wars.

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