Media Bias

Jason Linkins

Politico Says Bush "Brings Down House" At Gridiron, Is Probably Wrong

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gridiron Dinner, Media, Media Bias, George W. Bush, Politics News

Last night was the 123rd Annual Gridiron Club spring dinner, one of those inside-the-beltway events where the political media gets all cozy with the f...

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In The Paper Of Record, An Inexcusable Error

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, David Schuster, 2008 Elections, Jaques Steinberg, Media Bias, Hillary Clinton, Media News

It was with interest that I began reading the NYT' s Jacques Steinberg's article examining the media's meta-take on recent charges of bias in favor of...

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Media Expert Decries Campaign Coverage

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Clinton Media, Media, 2008 Election, Obama Media, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Bias, Politics News

DALLAS — The founder of a prestigious institute on media and politics added his voice Saturday to the chorus of complaint over perceived press b...

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Newsweek Examines The "Myth" Of Media Objectivity

Newsweek | Evan Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Objectivity, Press Bias, 2008 Elections and Press Bias, 2008 Election, Media Bias, Is the Media Biased Against Clinton, Media News

She tried to make a joke of it. At the debate in Cleveland last week, Hillary Clinton brought up a "Saturday Night Live" skit about journalists fawnin...

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NYT: Clinton Opens Up To Press, Obama Becomes "Cautious, Guarded"

NY Times | MARK LEIBOVICH | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has become the open and accessible candidate -- sharing beers with reporters, taking endless questions from voters at c...

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Bill: Hillary Will Go Negative, And It's The Media's Fault

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton New Hampshire, Bill Clinton, New Hampshire Primary, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton Iowa, New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Media Bias, Politics News

Bill Clinton voiced his abiding anger at the media's coverage of him and his wife in Durham, N.H., today, and suggested that media bias will force Cli...

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Jason Linkins

Fox News Attacks: Edwards And Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Brave New Films, Fox News, Robert Greenwald, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Politics News

Had Kurtz scrutinized Fox's record, he might have noted that Edwards and Obama have been straight up defamed by that particular outlet.

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Media Upbraids Itself For Its Own Unfair Treatment Of Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Howard Kurtz, Hillary Clinton, Media, Howard Fineman, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Mark Halperin, Politics News

Until any other candidate gets Kurtz, Halperin, and Fineman to inveigh on their behalf against the media's unfairness, we're just going to have to say, yes, indeed, it is not a level playing field.

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Study: Pro-Dem Papers Cover Unemployment Issues More When Sitting Prez Is Republican

Freakonomics Blog | Melissa Lafsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Bias, Partisan Bias, Media News

As Levitt has noted in the past, media bias is a hot topic among some economists. Typically the bias is reflected in a paper's reporting (as Dubner po...

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Study: 60 Percent Of Nation's Daily Papers Publish More Conservative Columnists Than Progressives

Media Matters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Newspaper Columnists, Liberal Media, Conservative Op-Eds, Conservative Media Bias, Liberal Bias, Conservative Columnists, Newspaper Op-Eds, Media Bias, Politics News

This project did something that has never been done before: It amassed data on the syndicated columnists published by nearly every daily newspaper in ...

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