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Climategate and the Life-Cycle of Nontroversy

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Zombie Outrage, Climate, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Crisis, Climate Change Legislation, Mainstream Media, Nontroversy, Media Criticism, Stovepiping, Zombie-Outrage, Denialism, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Media News, Socialism, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming Denial, Climate Change Bill, Memes, Media Bias, Climate Bill, Green News
Matt Osborne

Nontroversy feeds on empty, twisted brains. In this case, a general unfamiliarity with the language of scientific banter allows the "climategate" nontroversy to overwhelm the consensus on global warming.

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Jason Linkins

HuffPost, TPM In White House Pool: Newspaper Reporters Gripe

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Peter Baker, Pool Reporting, Media Criticism, Sam Stein, Talking Points Memo, White House Press Corps, Huffington Post, White House Press Pool, Pool Reports, Christina Bellantoni, Mike Allen, Media News

According to Politico, a "debate" has been "sparked" over the new White House pool rotation. This debate is raging, I'm sure, among the handful of people who are deeply invested in White House pool reporting.

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Jason Linkins

BREAKING: Politico, Drudge-Baiting And Pointlessly Mystifying The Political Process

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, Barack Obama, 2009 Elections, Media Narratives, Media Criticism, Media News

Much has already been said about Politico editor John F. Harris's recent idiotic "7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told" article. Matt Yglesias mak...

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Jason Linkins

Rupert Murdoch Comes Out For And Against Government Intervention In Journalism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media

Read More: News Corp, Future of Journalism, Federal Trade Commission, Media Criticism, Journalism, Rupert Murdoch, Media News

Rupert Murdoch brought a strong message for members of Congress: Don't even think about bailing out journalism with taxpayer money! And then, Murdoch delivered a whole bunch of other, decidedly mixed messages!

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Beyond Fallen Sports Idols: Let's Celebrate the Giving Life

Dan Siegel | Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact

Read More: Philanthropy, Tracy McGrady, Sports Illustrated, The Giving Life, Tiger Woods, Media Criticism, Jason Giambi, Tim Tebow, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Derek Jeter, Sportsman-of-the-Year, Satchel Paige, New York Yankees, Impact News
Dan Siegel

Rather than dwelling on the shortcomings of our athletic heroes fed by the "build them up, tear them down" media culture, perhaps we should celebrate those stars who can inspire our children to also give of themselves to others.

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Fox 31 In Denver Promotes Rush-Like Scare Tactics

Jason Salzman | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Media Criticism, Birthers, Fort Hood, Hate Crimes, Denver Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Local News, Fox 31, Denver News
Jason Salzman

There's been the invidious thread in public discourse recently that, somehow, kid-glove treatment by liberals of minorities has literally led to murder and violence against whites.

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Jason Linkins

White House Mocks 'Politico' With Super-Mean Email Forward

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama White House, White House, Politico, Media Criticism, Media Feuds, Media News

I'd describe Politico's brand of journalism as banality, added to Scientology, multiplied by the spasmodic frenzy of a tween who hasn't learned to displace their unfulfilled erotic needs onto emo vampires.

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Jon Meacham Turns Newsweek Into the Onion

Taylor Marsh | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Politics, Media Criticism, Media, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Media News
Taylor Marsh

Here's some advice: skip Newsweek's next issue. Read this instead. It's about Afghanistan and Tora Bora, one of the biggest mistakes of the Bush-Cheney era, which Meacham ignores in cherry picking his case for Cheney.

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Jason Linkins

Jon Meacham's Cheney 2012 Proposal: Pretending To Care About 'Adjudicating' The Bush Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Jon Meacham, Media Criticism, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Media News

While I was enjoying life outside the Beltway for Thanksgiving, the entire world was captivated by Tiger Woods, a pair of reality-show fameball wannabes and a Jon Meacham column touting Dick Cheney as the GOP nominee for 2012.

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Jason Linkins

David Broder Causes Confusion With Incomprehensible Health Care Column

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, David Broder, War in Afghanistan, Media Criticism, Media News

David Broder is a Washington Post columnist who's often credited with being the "Dean Of The Washington Press Corps," which sound super fancy and impo...

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Jason Linkins

"Daily Show" To Blame For Newsweek Reporter's Imprisonment In Iran?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Maziar Bahari Arrested, Video, Media Criticism, Satire, Iran, The Daily Show, Jason Jones, Maziar Bahari, Media News

Daily Show segments did err, in my opinion, in making too many jokes about the danger that Jason Jones was not in during a time when many of the Iranians he met in Iran ended up in such real, deadly danger.

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Jason Linkins

Fact-Check Fetish Now Being Applied To Sketch Comedy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Cnn, Factchecking, Fact Check, Saturday Night Live, Public Service Administration, Media Criticism, Sketch Comedy, The Daily Show, Andy Cobb, Media News

Does anyone actually expect SNL to get its facts straight? Well, yes! Very recently, the show ran another sketch that featured Armisen as Obama. This actually led to CNN factchecking the show.

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Lighting Out For The South

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 11.28.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Mexico, Environment, Green News, Media Criticism, Sustainability, Colombia, Cuba, Media, Media News, Green Living, Brazil, World News
Tracy L. Barnett

Over course of the next year, I will be traveling through Latin America, reporting on the important and innovative work of world-changers at the grassroots

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Jason Linkins

Rahm Emanuel 'Bedeviling' News Organizations With His Name

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: News Organizations, Rahm Emanuel, Anonymous Sources, Media Criticism, Media News

NPR Ombudsman Alicia Shepard makes note of the curious way that news organizations choose to identify White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, whose v...

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Jason Linkins

Right-Wing Talkers Obsessed With Rape

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Fearmongering, Video, Right Wing Talk Radio, Rape, Media Criticism, Media Matters, Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Media News

One of the things that's obviously under-appreciated about right-wing radio and television is the way hosts wield this awesome variety of artful metap...

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Jason Linkins

Palin: Sexism Only Matters When It Hurts Me

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Palin Sexism, Media Criticism, Sexism, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Newsweek Cover, Media News

On the matter of Sarah Palin's Newsweekcover, the Washington City Paper's Amanda Hess has basically won the entire discussion.

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Jason Linkins

WaPo's Cohen Suggests That Nidal Hasan Investigation Needs More McCarthyism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Richard Cohen, Media Criticism, Fort Hood, Nidal Hasan, Washington Post, Fort Hood Shootings, Media News

As facts continue to emerge about alleged Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan, reasonable people should be able to agree that serious questions need to be as...

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Going Rogue with Fact Checking

Janet Turley | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Criticism, Gotcha Journalism, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin, Media News
Janet Turley

It's no surprise that Going Rogue has spun such a widespread reaction. Sarah Palin is a polarizing figure that rarely makes anyone indifferent to her....

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Media Madness: Going Rogue Over Sarah Palin

Robert Guttman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Sarah Palin 2012, Politics, Media Criticism, Media, 2012 Election, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Media News
Robert Guttman

Enough already on Palin and her new book! The national media is creating a best seller for the former GOP vice-presidential candidate by its harsh criticisms of her.

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An Open Letter to Adam Lambert From the Gay Thought Police

Joe Vogel | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Adam Lambert, Media Criticism, Gay, Music, Humor and Satire, Identity Politics, Entertainment News
Joe Vogel

I like you, Adam, I really do. That is why I freely offer these pearls of wisdom on how to celebrate, not dilute, the purity of your sexual identity.

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Jason Linkins

Dueling Palin Reviews Equals Zero For Readers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Matthew Continetti, Media Criticism, Book Reviews, Ana Marie Cox, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Media News

I don't really see much point to newspapers running dueling reviews of a single book -- it's sort of feckless, isn't it? Well, shucks! if you didn't ...

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Newsweek Ed's Poem Skewers Lou Dobbs

John Lundberg | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Media Criticism, Glenn Beck, Immigration, Right Wing, Media, Criticism, Poetry, Lou Dobbs, Newsweek, Immigration Reform, Scott Whitlock, Cnn, Jerry Adler, Fox News, Poem, John Lundberg, Living News
John Lundberg

Lou Dobbs resigned from CNN on Wednesday night. Newsweek's longtime senior editor Jerry Adler published a poem in honor of the occasion entitled "Goodbye, Mr. Dobbs."

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Jason Linkins

Rick Morrissey, Chicago Sportswriter, Literally Eats His Own Words (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Rick Morrissey, Joakim Noah, Media Criticism, Fiber, Eat the Press, Sportswriting, Media News

The Tribune columnist -- the author of an "unflattering assessment of Bulls center Joakim Noah" -- eats his own words. Maybe Rick Reilly should consider what will wash down his predictions about the Broncos!

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Jason Linkins

FLASHBACK -- Lou Dobbs's Past Bluster: "It's Killing The Left... That They Can't Force CNN To Fire Me"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Video, Cnn, Media Criticism, Media News

Here's a reminder of how now-resigned-from-CNN Lou Dobbs used to bellow on and on about his various persecution complexes, and blustered that "It's just killing the left... that they can't force CNN to fire me."

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Jason Linkins

John Galligan, Hasan Defense Attorney, Target Of Wolf Blitzer's Shame Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Nidal Hassan, Video, Fort Hood, Media Criticism, John Galligan, Wolf Blitzer, Fort Hood Shootings, Media News

It goes without saying that when the available facts accrue and weigh so heavily against a defendant, like the alleged Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan, o...

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