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

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Craig Newmark, Msnbc, Newspapers, Bill Kling, Tucson, Lou Dobbs, Aspen Institute, Mark Lloyd, Media Matters for America, Keith Olbermann, Democratic Party, Race, Democrats, John Carroll, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama 2008, Fcc, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Cnn, Craigslist, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Media News, Bill O'Reilly, Republican Party, University of Arizona, Republicans, Media News
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.

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Census 2010: The Right's Super-Secret Plan to End All Plans

Karl Frisch | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Census Bureau, Acorn, Clear Channel, Meghan Clyne, Neal Boortz, G. Gordon Liddy, Media Matters for America, Media, Barack Obama, Census, 2010 Census, Michelle Bachmann, Media Matters, New York Post, Rose Tennant, Fox News, Media Criticism, Glenn Beck, Media News, Media News
Karl Frisch

Pssst. Hey, conservatives ... I want to let you in on a devious little plan being hatched by your leaders in the media.

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Conservative Pundits: Sotomayor Is A "Bigot," "Racist" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, Conservatives, Rush Limbaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, Media Matters for America, Glenn Beck, Politics News

The Republican right was expected to put up a fight over President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court, but the venomous reactions of conservative pu...

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Conservative Pundits Resort To Attacking Pelosi's Looks (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi, Media Matters for America, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Botox, Politics News

The controversy surrounding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's knowledge of CIA interrogation methods has revealed a wholly unprofessional side of some figu...

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Simon Maloy, The Man Who Listens To Every Second Of Rush Limbaugh

The Boston Globe | Posted 05.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Simon Maloy, Media Matters for America, Rush Limbaugh, Media Matters, Media News

Simon Maloy is a professional Rush Limbaugh watcher. Or, more precisely, listener. Maloy listens to every single second of every single Limbaugh ra...

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Media Matters Launching New 'Financial Media Matters' Site

The Plum Line | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters for America, Media Matters Action Network, Financial Media Matters, Media Matters, Jim Cramer, Politics News

Be afraid, financial journalists. Be very, very afraid. Media Matters, the well-known media watchdog, is unveiling a new site today called "Financial...

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Jason Linkins

The GOP Wedded To Rush

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Media Matters for America, Politics News

A new video depicts the extent to which various observers, pundits, and political figures have encouraged the idea that Rush represents the philosophical point of reference for the post-election GOP.

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With Talent on Loan from Rush

Karl Frisch | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Republican National Committee, Phil Gingrey, Cpac, Media Matters, Congressional Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC Conference, Michael Steele, I Hope He Fails, Media Matters for America, Media, Robert Gibbs, Republican Party, Barack Obama, House Republicans, Republicans, Media News
Karl Frisch

Limbaugh often says that he's broadcasting "with talent on loan from God." It seems more and more that conservatives are attempting to find their way out of the political wilderness with talent on loan from Rush.

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Jason Linkins

Media Matters Launches "Limbaugh Wire"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters for America, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh Wire, Politics News

While Rush Limbaugh has denied that he is the de facto thought leader of the Republican party, he's not doing much to distance himself from the idea. ...

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Matthews' "Oh God" vs. Santelli's Rant: Which Told Us More About The Press?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Mara Liasson, Bobby Jindal, Cnbc, Newsbusters, Rick Santelli, New York Times, Media Matters for America, Chris Matthews, News Bloopers, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Why did the press dub Matthews' remark a "blooper," yet Santellli's rant was crowned a "populist" "shot heard around the world?"

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Unhinged in 30 Days: The Right-Wing Media's Obama Era Implosion

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Media Matters for America, Michelle Malkin, Bill O'Reilly, Power Line, Rush Limibaugh, New York Post, Media News
Eric Boehlert

If we a step back from the daily/hourly barrage of hate, it's obvious that faced with the new Obama presidency, the Republican Noise Machine has already lost all perspective.

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Jonah Goldberg Is Still a God-Awful Media Critic

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Matters for America, Jonah Goldberg, Media Bias, Nro, President Obama, Media News
Eric Boehlert

It's telling that Goldberg never addressed the fact that I called him out for concocting a story about how Obama allegedly "walked into an Oval Office window."

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GOP Dominates Cable News Debate On Stimulus

Think Progress | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Media Matters, Fbn, Fnc, Cnn, Cnbc, Gop, Fox News, Media Matters for America, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

As Media Matters has documented, during the Bush administration, the media consistently allowed conservatives to dominate their shows, booking them as...

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Bernard Goldberg's "Bias" Against the Facts

Karl Frisch | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: 2008 Elections, Regnery Publishing, CBS Early Show, Liberal Media, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Media Matters for America, Media, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama 2008, Media Matters, Tom Brokaw, The Charlie Rose Show, Liberal Bias, 2008 Presidential Race, Jeff Glor, New York Times, 2008 Campaign, Media News, Election 2008, Bernard Goldberg, Media Bias, Charlie Rose, Obama, 2008 Eletion, Sacha Baron Cohen, Media News
Karl Frisch

Just shy of a week after Obama took the oath of office, there's a new tome out by Bernard Goldberg that seeks to trash the supposedly liberal "mainstream media" for being in the tank for Obama.

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Fox News and the ACORN Charade

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Politico, Fox News, Cnn, Acorn, Media Matters for America, Brit Hume, Media News
Eric Boehlert

By the end of this month, Fox News will likely have mentioned the community organizing group nearly 1,500 times, which is roughly 1,300 more than CNN.

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What America Needs To Hear About Jerome Corsi

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Media Matters for America, Barack Obama, Jerome Corsi, Media News
Jeffrey Feldman

These books destroy civic debate on purpose -- and are fundamentally at odds with democracy. The goal of Corsi's project is not to discuss facts -- it is to destroy the very possibility of discussion.

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The AP Has A Ron Fournier Problem

Eric Boehlert | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Al Gore, Meet the Press, Media Matters for America, The Daily Howler, Pat Tillman, Associated Press, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ron Fournier, Karl Rove, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The revelation that as an AP reporter Fournier privately urged Karl Rove to "keep up the fight," came as no surprise to anyone who has read his recent campaign work.

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Fox News Refuses To Run Pro-Constitution Ad

Media Matters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Danny Glover, Fox News, Media Matters for America, Constitution, Media Matters, Fox Advertising, Politics News

Fox News has refused to air an ad produced by the Center for Constitutional Rights that criticizes the Bush administration for "destroying the Constit...

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Bill O'Reilly: I'm Being Smeared!

AP | David Bauder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Matters for America, Racial Comments, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Channel, Media News

Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday his critics took remarks he made about a famed Harlem restaurant out of context and "fabricated a raci...

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