Media Matters

CNN Drops Dobbs: To All Those Who Joined Us in the Drop Dobbs Campaign

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media


Janet Murguía

Yesterday's resignation came after thousands of people and organizations pressured CNN to stop Dobbs's biased coverage of our community and the immigration debate.

The Not-So-Sudden Death of The Advocate

Judy Wieder | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


Judy Wieder

In case you haven't read the "official stories," The Advocate, is being reduced to a pamphlet, taken off the news stands completely and packaged up with its "sister" publication, Out .

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Meets The Office In Media Matters Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Comedy


Here's a funny video from Media Matters that documents the deep connection between the fictional concerns of the real Glenn Beck and the real concerns...

CNN, You Can't Have It Both Ways: It's Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media


Roberto Lovato

A few hours of serious reporting on Latinos by sunny Soledad O'Brien can't make up for thousands of hours of anti-Latino extremism from the dark Lou Dobbs.

'They Can Make Me Do Anything, Ben, Can't They? Anything.'

Max Keiser | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


Max Keiser

I hear shrieks of Obama being surrounded by 'radical leftists' and 'Marxists' -- the very same propaganda codewords used by the military industrial complex when paving the way for a coup in Latin America.

Passing Oceania

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media


Matt Osborne

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

SmearBuster: Media Matters Defends Progressives Against Witch Hunts

Media Matters | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Media Matters Action Network announced the launch of SmearBuster.org, a new website fighting back against the right-wing smear machine's progressive w...

Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media


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...

Jason Linkins

Health Care Bill To Cover Undocumented Immigrants? False.

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


Over at Media Matters, Eric Boehlert calls out the media for covering Rep. Joe Wilson's interjectory fireworks during President Obama's address to a j...

Attack of the Town Hall Zombies

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Matt Osborne

The town hall protests are a form of undead politics, and these are the necromancers who have raised it.

Reading The Pictures: Rove's Fun and Games in the Name of Wounded Warriors

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media


Michael Shaw

2009-08-27-shaw_hemlockrove.jpgSomething progressives sometimes fail to bring up in countering the "death panel" meme is the larger hypocrisy at play.

It Was Never Fair and Balanced -- Now It's Not Even News

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media


Larry Gellman

What we now see on cable TV is nothing resembling news. The entertainers who pose as newsmen now routinely spew lies, distortions, and biased opinions or provide a platforms of legitimacy to the sociopaths who do.

Those "Death Panels" Really Do Exist

Karl Frisch | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

Death panels are real. They do exist. Your own insurance provider could be in on it. And it's time the media said so.

An Open Memo to Progressives: Do Limbaugh, Dobbs, and Beck Represent Your Country?

Eric E. Burns | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Eric E. Burns

No matter what progressive issue you pick, conservatives are working to turn it into nothing less than sedition, carried out by an illegal president. The conservative media is their megaphone.

Think Again: The Mainstream Media Opens the Door to Hate

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media


Eric Alterman

Brooks Jackson: "As a former CNN reporter, I believe this episode is an embarrassment to CNN... They have an anchor on there saying one thing and their reporters saying quite another."

Lou Dobbs: "All Of The Folks At CNN Are Just Terrifically Supportive" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.04.2009 | Media


Today on RFD-TV's Imus in the Morning CNN host Lou Dobbs happily described how supportive his colleagues and management have been throughout the rece...

Sam Stein

Ad Calling Out Lou Dobbs' Birtherism Won't Run On CNN

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


A television advertisement attacking CNN host Lou Dobbs for promoting the "birther" conspiracy theory will not be airing during Dobbs's show -- or on ...

Media Matters' Lou Dobbs Ad Set To Appear On CNN (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


Media Matters has released its ad targeting Lou Dobbs over his promotion of the "birthers" movement. The ad is set to appear on CNN during Dobbs' pro...

Media Matters To Run Ads Attacking Lou Dobbs' Birther Obsession -- On CNN!

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media


It looks like CNN president John Klein's laissez faire attitude about Lou Dobbs "birther" obsession is about to be tested. Yesterday we noted that CN...

O'Reilly May Host Dobbs For "Birther" Discussion (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media


Last Tuesday, CNN host Lou Dobbs, became a focal point of the "birthers" brouhaha, when he hypothesized on his radio show that Obama may not be a pro...

Bill O'Reilly: Higher Canadian Life Expectancy "To Be Expected" Because "We Have 10 Times As Many People"

Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media


Last night on the O'Reilly Factor, Bill turned to the audience letters. From Peter in Canada: "Has anyone noted that life expectancy in Canada under ...

Media Suggest Obama Is Talking Too Much

Media Matters | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media


In covering President Obama's promotion of health care reform and his July 22 press conference, several media figures have suggested that Obama has "o...

Major Civil Rights Group Demands CNN Remove Lou Dobbs From The Air

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media


UPDATE 2:30 PM, July 25 MSNBC president Phil Griffin called the claim that President Obama is a foreigner, which has received significant media cover...

Lou Dobbs: "[L]imp-Minded, Lily-Livered Lefties" Attacked Me Because I Had The "Temerity To Inquire As To Where The Birth Certificate Was" (VIDEO, AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media


On Tuesday, we noted that CNN host Lou Dobbs was doing his part to keep alive the conspiracy theory that President Obama is not an American citizen (A...

On Health Care Reform, Networks Highlight Perceived Setbacks Far More Than Progress: Report

Media Matters | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


In their health care reform coverage, media have repeatedly given considerably more attention to perceived setbacks to progressive reform efforts than...