Media Criticism

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David Broder Spends Entire Column Contradicting Himself On Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Eugene Robinson, Media Criticism, Dick Cheney, Eric Holder, David Broder, Torture, Media News

Is David Broder having some sort of internal argument with his own brain, on the pages of the Washington Post? Because I'm totally casting Andy Serkis in the movie version of this column!

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New York Times Challenging Itself to Get Worse at Being a Newspaper

John Knefel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Criticism, New York Times, Senate Finance Committee, Blue Dog Democrats, John Knefel, Media News

The problem with the public's perception of a public option is that many are completely misinformed by the media, who when it isn't actively distorting the debate, is playing the role of lazy stenographer.

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WorldNetDaily Faces An Organized Challenge From The Right [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Media Criticism, Jerome Corsi, Jon Henke, Conservatism, World Net Daily, Politics News

If you've ever suffered yourself to visit conservative website WorldNetDaily, you've probably despaired at the collection of nonsense and mental deran...

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Alabama NBC Affiliate Reports On Mysterious Broom

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Media Criticism, Local News, Mysteries, Brooms, Media News

An Alabama NBC station is reporting that a broom is standing on its own, "unsupported," inside a consignment shop. Yes. That is what is going on in t...

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Glenn Beck Tells Listeners That 2008 Election Was A "Coup"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Fearmongering, Crazy, Glenn Beck, Media Criticism, Media News

This morning, on his radio show, Beck told his listeners that "they" -- a word he'll use fourteen times inside a minute and a half -- have staged some sort of coup d'etat, that "they" have cleverly disguised as an election. It's only Monday!

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WaPo Jumps On "Underwear As Economic Indicator" Beat

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

The Washington Post has some good news for everyone during these recessionary times: your recovery may be jobless, but more and more, people are buyin...

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Detroit Overrun With Lazy Journalists Looking For Trite Depictions Of Poverty

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Detroit-Michigan, Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Poverty, Economic Crisis, Media Criticism, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Media News

Detroit. If you are like most Americans, you haz a sad about Detroit. You ponder Detroit and you think of the hard times that have befallen the auto...

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Strange Zombie Pasta Art Undercuts NYT Editorial

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Italy, Media Criticism, Italians, Media News

On the New York Times' op-ed page today, Chiara Volpato offers readers a piece entitled "Italian Women Rise Up," which details the extent to which a n...

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Cheney Sets "Semantic Trap" For Media, Media Blunders In Headlong

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Torture Documents, IG Report, Media Criticism, CIA IG Report, Torture, Dick Cheney, Media News

Earlier this year, Dick Cheney called for the declassification of two CIA documents that he said would vindicate the use of torture in the war on terr...

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NY Times Mega-Softballs Napolitano on Sunday, Exposes Department Abuses on Thursday

Nathan Robinson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Media Criticism, New York Times, Immigration, Tsa, Janet Napolitano, Media News

On Sunday, the New York Times Magazine ran an absurdly fluffy interview with Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security.

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Newsweek's Alter Accuses the "Angry" Left Of Forsaking The "Moral Core" Of Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

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

Today, on MSNBC, the notion of "moral obligation" was offered both as a central driving principle behind reform -- and as a brickbat against the "angry" left, and their pursuit of a public option.

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WaPo Unleashes Army Of Anonymous Sources To Slag Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Washington Post, Public Option, Anonymous Sources, Media Criticism, Media News

I've said for a long time now that the press has long endeavored to diminish the public support for the "public option," characterizing it as one of t...

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Health Care Co-Ops Baffle The Media (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Media Criticism, Health Care Reform, Health-Care-Co-Ops, Co-Ops, Media News

Yesterday, I took a look at One Day In The Incoherent Life Of Health Care Co-Ops, as the media endeavored to explain what a health care co-op is, how ...

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Health Care Co-Op Supporters Don't Know What They're Talking About

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

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

So! Have you heard about these HEALTH CARE CO-OPS? If you watched any news at all yesterday, the answer is yes! And as you heard people on the teev...

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Press Can't Wait For Public Option To Die

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

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

Over at Mediaite, Tommy Christopher notes the panting way the media has dug into reporting on the demise of the public option. See, now that the medi...

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WaPo's Kornblut Goes From Belittling To Praising Hillary Clinton In Three Days

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Ann Kornblut, Andrea Mitchell, Media Criticism, This Week, Chris Matthews, Hillary Clinton, Media News

This afternoon on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell was joined by the Washington Post's Ann Kornblut, to talk about the goings on between President Barack Obama,...

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Washington Post Profile Describes The Economic Misery Of Well-Off People

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Financial Crisis, Washington Post, Economic Crisis, Media Criticism, Media News

Have you heard about this nationwide economic crisis we're facing? Yeah, a lot of people are hurting out there. But riddle me this: does any journal...

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Taking the Long View on Iran

Ajay Singh Chaudhary | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: History, Green Movement, Media Criticism, Iran, Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, Khatami, Iran Protests, World News

In Iran, these periods of quiet should not be interpreted as meaning that this movement has died off or that aspirations have folded.

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Keith Olbermann Playing Viewers For Fools On O'Reilly Truce

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Media Criticism, Glenn Greenwald, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Fox News, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, MSNBC Fox News, Media News

Olbermann will likely survive this episode. Why shouldn't he? He's obviously been a good company man! But his actions in this matter truly insult all of the viewers that look up to him as a non-coward voice in the media.

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Bolton Decries Release Of Euna Lee And Laura Ling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Bolton, Bill Clinton, Euna Lee, Media Criticism, Kim Jong Il, Laura Ling, North Korea, Politics News

Euna Lee and Laura Ling are safe at home and in the warm embrace of loved ones and it's hard to feel bad about this. But, since Bill Clinton has a han...

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CBS Reports On Town Hall Mobs, Ignores Corporate Sponsors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Health Care Reform, Media Criticism, CBS News, Astroturf, Astroturfing, Media News

CBS News aired a brief segment Monday night documenting the uptick in publicly demonstrated opposition to health care reform, which has been recently ...

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Economist: U.S. More Permissive Of Torture Than China

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Polling, Media Criticism, Journalism, Torture, Politics News

Yesterday, The Economist posted poll numbers on global attitudes towards torture, pulled from 2008 research conducted by World Public Opinion. The Ec...

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Dobbs' Ratings Take A Hit Over "Birther" Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Jon Klein, Lou Dobbs, Media Criticism, Cnn, Media News

Backing the "Birthers" may be a good way to gain notoriety and attract criticism, but it's proving to be ratings poison for Lou Dobbs. The New York O...

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Polls Show That People Don't Know What They Want But They Want It Right Now (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Taxes, Polls, Senate Judiciary Committee, Saturday Night Live, Polling, Slate, Media Criticism, Amy Poehler, Wall Street Journal, Dahlia Lithwick, Taxation, Sonia Sotomayor, Poetry, Media News

Sometimes, our political leaders are incoherent in their own unique ways. On other occasions, it's clear that they are just reflecting the incoherenc...

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Alex And Jason Have Questions For The News: Texting While Driving

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins and Alex Leo | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Driving, Video, Cnn, Media Criticism, Texting, Driving While Texting, Media News

At issue today is a report on AC: 360 that sought to totally expose how dangerous it was to send text messages to your friends while driving a car. Now, one would think that this is a pretty simple issue to discuss.

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