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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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Journeys With George (Saunders), or Why Magazines Should Hire More Fiction Writers

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: George Saunders, Media Criticism, Print Journalism, Media, Writing, Books, Gq, David Foster Wallace, New Journalism, Books News
Joshuah Bearman

Like David Foster Wallace, Saunders appears in his own journalism as the bumbling journalist, but Saunders is more believable, which is to say that he is a bumbler, which is part of the charm.

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Jason Linkins

Fort Hood Fear-Mongering, Enabled By Media, Breeds Strange Bedfellows

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood, Media Criticism, Newsbusters Fort Hood, Fort Hood Fear Mongering, Media News

Yesterday afternoon, Newsbusters plugged this story about ABC News's report via Brian Ross "that suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Halik Hasan tried t...

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Jason Linkins

Five Eliminated In WaPo's Important Pundit Contest

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Washington Post, Media Criticism, Washington-Post-Pundit-Contest, Media News

The Washington Post is searching for America's Next Top Cheaply-Bought Purveyor Of Online Opinion, and yesterday, the paper made its first round of cr...

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Jason Linkins

"Fox And Friends" Hosts Worry That Military Needs "Special Debriefings" For Muslims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Fort Hood Shooting, Fearmongering, Video, Fort Hood, Fox and Friends, Nidal Malik Hasan Fort Hood, Media Criticism, Nidal Malik Hasan Shooting, Fort Hood Shootings, Nidal Malik Hasan, Smears, Geraldo Rivera, Media News

On this morning's Fox And Friends, hosts Brian Kilmeade and Gretchen Carlson were all a-whip with Salem Witch Trial panic over the thought that Nidal ...

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Jason Linkins

Chris Matthews Thinks Health Care Reform Is Being "Hung Up By The Left"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Hardball, Public Option, Health-Care, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Media Criticism, Chris Matthews, Media News

On this evening's edition of Hardball, Chris Matthews hosted Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, and the two men proceeded to have the...

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Jason Linkins

WaPo's Gene Weingarten On Fisticuff-Spawning Passions: "Hooray!"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Henry Allen, Fights, Marcus Brauchli, Washington Post, Media Criticism, Gene Weingarten, Media News

Washington Post writer Gene Weingarten took the time at the end of his "Chatalogical Humor" chat yesterday to weigh in on the recent newsroom dust-up ...

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Jason Linkins

New York Times Bent Over Backwards To Please Spitzer Flacks During Scandal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Eliot Spitzer, Flacks-vs-Hacks, David Paterson, Media Criticism, New York Times Spitzer, Danny Hakim Spitzer, Media News

Hey kids! Remember that time when South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford disappeared off the face of the earth, leaving his perplexed staff behind to g...

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Jason Linkins

The State Of Your Post-Election Media Memes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, Media Criticism, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Owens, Election 2009, Bob Mcdonnell, Ny-23, Election Results, David Hoffman, Tea Party, 2009, Barack Obama, John Garamendi, Creigh Deeds, Media News

If you missed out on last night's election, well, don't you know that you missed out on the most important off-off-year election in our lives? It's t...

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Jason Linkins

Referring To Marathon Winner As "Technically American" Has Become A Disturbing Trend [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Meb Keflezighi NYC Marathon, Meb-Keflezighi, New York City Marathon, Idiots, Media Criticism, Media News

It really takes a special kind of irredeemable pigheadedness to read about American marathon runner Meb Keflezighi's victory in the New York City mara...

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Jason Linkins

WaPo Vet Involved In Newsroom Punch-Up Surprised By Attention

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Criticism, Fights, Marcus Brauchli, Washington Post, Henry Allen, Media News

Yesterday, we got news of a newsroom dust-up at the Washington Post, where Henry Allen, veteran features editor, criticized a "charticle" for its lack...

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Jason Linkins

Valerie Jarrett Bungles Fox News Bias Question

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, For Fox Sake, Video, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Media Criticism, Valerie Jarrett, Fox News, War-on-Fox, Barack Obama, Mickey Kaus, Media News

One of the things that's getting little discussion from Jon Stewart's penetrating take-down of Fox News yesterday night, is the way in which White Hou...

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Jason Linkins

Downfall Parody Injects Confusion, Offense Into Crist/Rubio Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Internet Memes, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Media Criticism, Downfall Parodies, Media News

I crossed paths today with a news report from CBS Channel 4 in South Florida that was headlined, "Video Portrays Charlie Crist As Hitler." Immediatel...

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Jason Linkins

Politico Finally Gets To The Bottom Of Listicles, With Listicle

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Criticism, Listicles, Media News

Listicles! Journalists love listicles the way the President loves playing basketball, without the ladies. We make them, I make them, Mark Halperin c...

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Mr. and Ms. Gates Go To Washington, Host Roundtable On Global Health Funding

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Women’s Rights, Global Aid, Melinda Gates, Living Proof Project, Bill Gates, Diane Tucker, Global Health Care, Childhood Vaccinations, Vaccinations, Small Business, Warren Buffet, Italy, Foreign Policy, Philanthropy, HIV/AIDS, International Philanthrophy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Health, Africa, HIV Prevention, Somalia, Health Care, Inside DC, Sidney Harman Shakespeare Theatre, Global Health, Gates Live Webcast, Media Criticism, Billionaires, Newspapers, Diane Tucker Gates, Bill Gates Washington, Bill Gates, Shakespeare, Impact News
Diane Tucker

The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.

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Jason Linkins

Obama-Bush: A Tale Of Two Critiques

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, Barack Obama, Media Criticism, George W. Bush, New York Times, Media News

Yesterday, the editors of the New York Times penned some tough, smart criticism of the White House's many "recent reminders of this dismaying retreat ...

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30 Reasons Why Fox News Is Not Legit

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Society of Professional Journalists, Fox News, Anita Dunn, Roger Ailes, Media Criticism, Media News
Eric Boehlert

For generations, there has been a sort of a gentleman's agreement about what constituted professional behavior among journalists. Fox News has walked away from all of that.

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Dan Froomkin

Why Journalists Shouldn't Be Defending Fox News

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Criticism, White House, Fox News, Obama, Politics News

The Obama administration's recent characterization of Fox News is a long overdue acknowledgment of the obvious: Fox News is not a legitimate news orga...

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Jason Linkins

Patrick Byrne, Under SEC Investigation, Featured As Panelist On Fox Business Network

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Disclosure, Media Criticism, Fox Business Channel, Securities and Exchange Commission, Patrick Byrne, Media News

Byrne was touted as an expert on SEC regulations, as well he should be, considering the fact that he and his company are in the middle of an SEC investigation. Not that this was disclosed!

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Jason Linkins

Slate's Tim Noah: "Political Reporters Are Momentum Junkies"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Media Criticism, Media News

Over at Slate, Timothy Noah examines how it came to pass that a slight uptick in polled approval for the already vastly popular public option got tran...

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Jason Linkins

Mark Halperin Really, Really Thinks His Anonymously Sourced Scoop Is Super Important!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Anonymous Sources, Mark Halperin, Media Criticism, Media News

It's been brought to my attention that yesterday, Halperin published a SUPER-DOOPER IMPORTANT HEALTH CARE SCOOPLET.

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Jason Linkins

Comedians Mock WaPo Pundit Contest (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Milbank Cillizza, Washington Post Mouthpiece Theater, Public Service Administration, Dana Milbank Mouthpiece Theater, Andy Cobb, Video, Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza Videos, Dana Milbank, Mouthpiece Theater, Funny Videos, Media Criticism, Washington Post, Media News, Washington Post Pundit Contest, Comedy News, Chris Cillizza, Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza, Comedy News

Remember about three weeks ago, how the Washington Post TOTALLY CHANGED THIS ONLINE PUNDIT GAME by announcing that they were going to have a bonkers c...

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