Media Criticism

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WSJ's Thomas Frank Assails WaPo's Coverage Of Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Frank, Lobbying, Media Criticism, Lobbyists, Whore, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Lobbyblog, Washington Post Salons, Thomas Frank Washington Post, Thomas Frank Lobbyists, Inside DC, Politics News

In today's Wall Street Journal, columnist Thomas Frank calls out the Washington Post at length for its fawning, frolicsome coverage of the way lobbyists infect every single corner of Capitol Hill like a lycanthropic plague.

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Obama Trip To Copenhagen Sparks Olympic-Sized Derangement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fearmongering, Chicago Olympic Bid, Media Criticism, Chicago, Chicago Olympics, Obama Chicago Olympics, Obama Olympics, Obama Copenhagen, Politics News

Of course, if you are not concerned about the awesomely ruinous opportunity cost to safety and prosperity that a brief jaunt to Denmark represents, surely you are worried about all the Chicago Machine Olympic corruption.

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Has Iran Already Nuked Us!?

John Knefel | Posted 11.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Iran Media, Thomas Friedman, Iran Sanctions, Media Criticism, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, New York Times Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Comedy News

It sure sounds like the media is congealing around a new meme like the unthinking wad of lard that they are.

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This Day In Newspapers And Their Pointless Journalistic Endeavors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Washington Post, Media Criticism, Media News

Print media: It's totally dying! And what can be done about it? The moment seems to call for a re-arrangement of journalistic priorities in the serv...

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Polanski Arrest Causes Mass Dementia Among Apologists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, Media Criticism, Roman Polanski, Media News

Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland and is facing extradition to the United States because he was convicted of having unlawful sex with a ...

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Getting The Detroit Story Right

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Time Magazine, Economic Crisis, Detroit, Media News, Media Criticism, Detroit-Michigan, Poverty, Financial Crisis, Thomas Morton, Dale Maharidge, Media News

My recent interview with Dale Maharidge provided the occasion to bring up one of my favorite recent pieces of downturn-era media criticism, Vice Magazine's "Something Something Something Detroit", in which Thomas Morton described how the recession had sparked a "gold rush mentality" among journalists, looking to document some desolation on the cheap.

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Roman Polanski and the Distorted Media Hype

Janet Turley | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, Media Criticism, Media, Rape, Roman Polanski, Sex, Sexism, Media News

The Polanski case is not about justice -- that happened years ago. It's about not retraumatizing the survivor. The prosecution should respect her wishes to drop the case.

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Dale Maharidge Interview: Covering The Economic Pain Of Real Americans

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Media Criticism, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Dale Maharidge, Recession, Media News

Is today's media built for these times? Is it capable of covering the widespread economic downturn in a way that conveys the pain so many Americans are feeling? For insight, we turn to a man who is built to cover this crisis: Dale Maharidge.

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Passing Oceania

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

For all our worries about Big Brother intruding on our lives, Big Brother has no way to stop individuals from intruding on him.

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MSNBC's Ratigan Interviews Michael Moore, Alludes To Why He Left CNBC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cnbc, Video, Media Criticism, Michael Moore, Dylan Ratigan, Media News

During today's edition of Morning Meeting, host Dylan Ratigan interviewed filmmaker Michael Moore on his new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, during w...

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ABC News' Tapper Advances "Defund ACORN" Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, Darrell Issa, U.S. Congress, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Jake Tapper, Media News, Acorn, Alan Grayson, Anti-Acorn Bill, Media Criticism, Media News

Earlier this week, our own Ryan Grim reported on the incredibly true story of how Congress, in its zealous race to shower ACORN with digestive leaving...

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The Unintended Consequences Of The "Defund ACORN" Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, U.S. Congress, Media Criticism, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Acorn, Anti-Acorn Bill, Alan Grayson, Media News

The primary rationale -- the only rationale -- behind your representatives' decision in the ACORN matter was to ensure that their electoral hopes don't founder because of a media-driven scandal.

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Dobbs Takes Aim At HuffPost Critic

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Drop Dobbs, Roberto Lovato, Media Criticism, Lou Dobbs, Illegal Immigration, Media Feuds, Media News

Scroll down for audio CNN birther-monger Lou Dobbs apparently reads the internets and had many nerves touched by one of our own bloggers, Roberto Lov...

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Politico's Thrush Apologizes For Using Misleading GOP Transcript Of Perriello [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Politico, Tom Perriello, Glenn Thrush, Media Criticism, Media News

The line between evaluative reportage and frenzied press release stenography often gets blurred in Washington, and this blurring is a feature, not a b...

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Poll: Glenn Beck Enjoying Higher Favorability Than Rush Limbaugh

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Glenn Beck Hillary Clinton, Video, Media Criticism, Katie Couric, Glenn Beck Katie Couric, Glenn Beck John McCain, Glenn Beck, Media News, Katie Couric Webcast, Media News

Over at FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver digs down into the recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll and unpacks some interesting data on Fox News' parano...

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The Two Presidents Are In Sync Using the Media to Deliver the Message: CGI Opens in NYC.

Michelle Kraus | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

The Clinton Global Initiative is a magnificent prelude to the meetings to be held later in the week with the Chinese government and other world leaders at the United Nations. This is a true gesture of unity.

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Murkowski Staffer Confuses 'Reporter' With 'Tape Recorder'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Cap and Trade, U.S. Senate, Environmental Policy, Media Criticism, Media News

There is so much to enjoy in this piece on Enviroknow, in which a blogger contacts Senator Lisa Murkowski's office to ask about a bogus set of talking...

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Conservative Radio Host Blasts "Mindless...Pathetic" Beck For McCain Criticism

Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Glenn Beck Hillary Clinton, Mark Levin, Katie Couric Webcast, Katie Couric, Glenn Beck Katie Couric, Glenn Beck John McCain, Media Criticism, Glenn Beck, Media News

As readers are no doubt aware, Glenn Beck went online for an interview with Katie Couric to insist that the country would have been worse off under Senator John McCain. So not surprisingly, there's a backlash brewing, courtesy of one of Beck's fellow right-wing talkers.

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WaPo Critiques Obama With "Expert" Panel Of Five Republicans, Two Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Karl Rove, Media Criticism, This Week, Face the Nation, David Gregory, Dana Perino, Barack Obama, Meet the Press, George Stephanopoulos, John King, State of the Union, Washington Post, Bob Schieffer, Media News

The Washington Post on Tuesday called in a panel of "experts" to weigh in on President Barack Obama's attempt at the Modified, Limited Ginsburg over t...

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The Best And The Worst Of Obama's Speed-Date With The Sunday News Anchors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Bob Schieffer, State of the Union, David Gregory, Meet the Press, George Stephanopoulos, Barack Obama, Media Criticism, This Week, John King, Face the Nation, Media News

This Sunday, as you are no doubt aware, President Obama invited State Of The Union, Face The Nation, Meet The Press, This Week, and NOT FOX NEWS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES into the White House to attempt "The Full Ginsburg", which is a term given to anyone who attempts to appear on all five Sunday morning political shows.

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Eight GOP Politicians Parrot False $1,761 Talking Point on Costs of Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Treasury Department, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, Fred Upton, John Boehner, Politics, Roy Blunt, Media, Mitt Romney, League of Conservation Voters, Green, Mike Pence, Cbs, Global Warming, Cap and Trade, Politifact, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Political News, Green Living, Wonk Room, Green News, Congressional Budget Office, Politico, Washington Post, Media Criticism, Environmental Defense, Value Voters Summit, Senator Alexander, Deniers, Green News

When your position is based on ignoring science to prop up polluting industries -- as is the case for many Republican politicians -- you have little choice but to cite misleading statistics to make your point.

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Time Magazine Gives Glenn Beck a Rave Review

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

David Von Drehle's article is a clinic for journalism students who wish to learn about faux balance, false equivalencies, straw men, and omissions of important facts.

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Fox News Newspaper Ad Makes False Claims About Tea Party Coverage [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Advertising, Media Criticism, Fox News, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Media News

In this morning's Washington Post, on page A9, the Fox News Channel took out a full-page ad, chest-thumping about its coverage of this past weekend's ...

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Time Misses the Mark with Glenn Beck Cover Story

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Collar, Green Living, Environmental Justice, Politics, Media, Clean Energy, Glenn Beck, Green, Media Criticism, Global Warming, Van Jones, Climate Change, Green News

Glenn Beck thinks Time's cover story on him is fair. This alone should make it clear to the casual observer that it is in fact anything but.

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"Drop Dobbs": CNN Pressured To Give Up Controversial Host (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Immigration Reform, Birthers, Media Matters, Media Criticism, Lou Dobbs, Drop Dobbs, Souther Poverty Law Center, Video, Media News

CNN is facing pressure on a number of fronts to drop Lou Dobbs from their roster of on-air talent, a move that would force millions of Americans seeki...

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