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Jason Linkins

Right-Wing Talkers Obsessed With Rape

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Fearmongering, Video, Right Wing Talk Radio, Rape, Media Criticism, Media Matters, Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Media News

One of the things that's obviously under-appreciated about right-wing radio and television is the way hosts wield this awesome variety of artful metap...

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

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs's, Intolerance, Crime, Vigilantes, American, Immigrants, Fair, Resignation, Drop Dobbs, Biased Coverage, Fired-From-Cnn, Distortions, Media Matters, Falsehoods, Latino, Misrepresentations, Disease, Inaccurate, Hate Groups, Pejorative, Nativists, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Immigration Debate, Media News
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.

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The Not-So-Sudden Death of The Advocate

Judy Wieder | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Matters, Magazines, Regent Media, LOGO "Advocate Magazine Newshour", Media News
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 .

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Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Meets The Office In Media Matters Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Onstar, Video, Media Matters, Funny Videos, Dwight Schrute, The Office, Glenn Beck, Comedy News

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...

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

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Latino Politics, Minutemen, Immigration, www.bastadobbs.com, Jon Klein CNN, presente.org, Roberto-Lovato-and-Lou-Dobbs, Immigration Reform, Latino in America, You Can't Have It Both Ways CNN Video, Fair, Hate Crimes, Lou Dobbs, Rick Sanchez, Arturo Perez, Media Matters, Soledad O'Brien, Cnn, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Hate Speech, Media News
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.

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

Max Keiser | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, John L. Perry, Honduras Coup, Obama, Military Industrial Complex, Politics News
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.

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Passing Oceania

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Bob Cesca, Citizen Journalism, George Orwell 1984, Glenn Beck Fox News, Naomi Klein, William Gibson, Surveillance, China, China Human Rights, Arianna Huffington, Eyewitness Fallacy, Media Matters, Iran Protests, Media Criticism, Youtube, Glenn Beck, Gibson's Law, Nico Pitney, Big Brother, Media News
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.

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SmearBuster: Media Matters Defends Progressives Against Witch Hunts

Media Matters | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hot Air, World Net Daily, Media Matters, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Media Matters Smearbuster Website, Smearbuster, Politics News

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

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Jason Linkins

"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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Jason Linkins

Health Care Bill To Cover Undocumented Immigrants? False.

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Video, Fact Check, Media Matters, Joe Wilson, Dylan Ratigan, Morning Meeting, Media News

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...

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Attack of the Town Hall Zombies

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Seance Fiction, Zombie Outrage, Health Care Reform, Health Care Town Halls, Media Matters, Zombies, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Matt Osborne

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

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

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Hemlock, Karl Rove, Media Matters, Death Panels, Sean Hannity, Va, Fox News, Hemlock Society, Media News
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.

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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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Those "Death Panels" Really Do Exist

Karl Frisch | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, NBC News, Death Panels, politifact.com, Larry Elder, Media, Sarah Palin, Factcheck.org, Msnbc, Cnn, Ap, Media Matters, Nazis, CBS News, Health Care Reform, Fox News, John Stossel, Glenn Beck, ABC News, Adolf Hitler, Health Care, Media News
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.

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

Eric E. Burns | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Betsy Mccaughey, Birthers, Dick Armey, Orly Taitz, Rush Limbaugh, Freedomworks, Lou Dobbs, Barack Obama, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Nancy Pelosi, Jon Klein, Harry Reid, Fox News, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Media News
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.

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Think Again: The Mainstream Media Opens the Door to Hate

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Howard Kurtz, Hate, Michelle Malkin, Henry Louis Gates, Cnn, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Birth Certificate Controversy, Media Matters, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Right-Wing Extremism, Media News
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."

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

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.04.2009 | Media

Read More: CNN Lou Dobbs, Dobbs Birther, Brither Movement, Lou Dobbs, Media News, Dobbs Cnn, Cnn, Dobbs Publicity Nightmare, Dobbs Birthers, Dobbs Television Ad, Media Matters, Media Matters Lou Dobbs, Cnn Birther, Dobbs, Media News Ad Attack Dobbs, Media News

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...

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnn Birther, Lou Dobbs, Brither Movement, Ad Attack Dobbs, CNN Lou Dobbs, Cnn, Media Matters Lou Dobbs, Media Matters, Dobbs Television Ad, Media News

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

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

Huffington Post | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Media Matters Lou Dobbs, Media Matters, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Video, Dobbs Ad, Dobbs Advertisement, Lou Dobbs Ad, Media News

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...

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

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Dobbs, Birthers Conspiracy, Media Matters, Cnn, Birther Conspiracy, Lou Dobbs, Jon Klein, Right Wing Conspiracy Theories, Splc, Media News, Southern Poverty Law Center, Media News

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...

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

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers Conspiracy, Cnn, Media Matters, Splc, Lou Dobbs, Birther Conspiracy, Jon Klein, Birthers, Media News, Southern Poverty Law Center, Right Wing Conspiracy Theories, Dobbs, Color of Change, Media News

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...

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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

Read More: Media Matters, u.s. Life Expectancy, Health Care Reform, Bill O'Reilly, Life Expectancy, Health Care, Bill O'reilly Fuzzy Math, Canada, Media News

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 ...

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Media Suggest Obama Is Talking Too Much

Media Matters | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Loves Obama, Media Matters, Media Complains Obama, Obama Media, Media, Barack Obama, Obama Loves Media, Media News

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...

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

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Dobbs, Birthers Conspiracy, Media Matters, Cnn, Birther Conspiracy, Right Wing Conspiracy Theories, Jon Klein, Lou Dobbs, Splc, Southern Poverty Law Center, Media News

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...

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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

Read More: Birthers, Lou Dobbs, Birthers Movement, Cnn, Media Matters, Media News

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...

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