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

Media Matters | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Networks, TV Networks, Health Care Reform, Media Matters, Health Care, Politics News

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

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Forget Being "Borked," She's Been "Sotomayored"

Karl Frisch | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

It's clear the conservative press has little interest in ascertaining the veracity of right-wing smears against Sotomayor before advancing them.

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

Karl Frisch | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

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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Media Matters Responds To Michael Savage Threats, Cyberstalking (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Feuds, Media Matters, Michael Savage, Media News

Media Matters doesn't seem too intimidated by Savage, and given the fact that he doesn't seem to have any courageous convictions, it's pretty easy to see why.

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Michael Savage Issues Fatwa Against Media Matters (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Feuds, Media Matters, Michael Savage, Media News

I'm having a hard time discerning the logic behind talk-radio host Michael Savage's recent threat to post pictures and "pertinent information" about the people who work for Media Matters.

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Newt Gingrich Misuses, Not Just Misquotes, the Declaration of Independence

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Declaration of Independence, The Bible, Media Matters, Preamble, Keith Olbermann, Constitution of the United States, Newt Gingrich, Original Intent, God, Creator, Politics News

Media Matters, and then Olbermann, missed Newt's real agenda that is the same as it has always been: to use lies, misstatements and sophistry to mislead the American people.

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Fox News Downplays the Holocaust Museum Killing

Eric Boehlert | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Fox News, Cnn, Von Brunn Holocaust Museum, County Fair, Media Matters, Media News

The Fox News team seemed to lose interest in the Holocaust Museum shooting when it was revealed that von Brunn had strong ties to the Klu Klux Klan.

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Sarah Palin Defines Socialism Sideways (And The Rest Of Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Poverty, Larouche, Media Criticism, Sarah Palin, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Socialism, Rush Limbaugh, Lyndon Larouche, Media News

Via Taegan Goddard. PALIN: We are the only state with a negative tax rate where we don't have any income, sales or property tax statewide, and yes we...

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Pat Robertson: Abusive Coaches And Guidance Counselors May Be Making People Gay

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pat Robertson, Video, Gay Rights, Media Matters, Religious Right, Lunatic Fringe, Politics News

Parenting is tough. And for some parents, the discovery that their child is gay, can make it even tougher. It's a good time to pause and learn what y...

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Did Barack Obama "Kill" the Progressive Movement?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, Rahm Emanuel, Dana Milbank, Keith Ellison, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Leo Gerard, America's Future Now, Cramdown, Barack Obama, Naomi Klein, Center for American Progress, Progressives, Obama Progressives, Progressive Movement, Politics News

I understand that nobody wants to be on the outside like they were during the Bush years, but the price of a few cocktail parties at the White House -- and the threat of lost donors -- is buying a lot more than it should.

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Buchanan's Creepy Racial Obsessions Continuously Rewarded By Media (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Video, Sotomayor Racism, Media Matters, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Pat Buchanan Racism, Media News

I continue to wonder precisely what ancient ritual the people at MSNBC perform, on a daily basis, that absolves them of the consequences of airing -- and rewarding! -- these sorts of statements by Buchanan.

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The Right's Supremely Flawed Opening Argument Against Sotomayor

Karl Frisch | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

The Right's reaction to Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment shows that numerous conservatives in the media have savaged her as a racist and a bigot.

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Media Matters Highlights Journalistic Integrity, Even At Fox News (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Video, Cnn, Andrea Mitchell, Media Matters, Shepard Smith, Media Criticism, Mike Allen, Fox News, Rick Sanchez, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Most media organizations are used to getting dogged and criticized by Media Matters For America, but, via Greg Sargent, it seems that the organization...

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Michael Savage Tees Off On Limbaugh

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Talk Radio, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Media News

All is not well in the world of talk radio today, as an internecine spat is being brewed up by right-wing host Michael Savage, who today spent a porti...

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GOP Doubles Down On Rush (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Cheney Face the Nation, Wanda Sykes, Rush Limbaugh, Colin Powell, Cheney Powell, Powell Obama, Cheney Republican, Obama Republican, Media Matters, Dick Cheney, Media News

As you have no doubt heard, Dick Cheney made an appearance on this past Sunday's Face The Nation, at which time the former vice president threw Genera...

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Glenn Beck Complains About Having To Go To White House Correspondents' Dinner

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Glenn Beck, Media Matters, White House Correspondents Dinner, White House Correspondents' Dinner, Barack Obama, Media News

It pains me to inform everyone that Fox News' Glenn Beck claims to have not had a good time at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but we'll wait ...

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Fox News Caught Repeatedly Cropping, Manipulating Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Media Matters, Media Criticism, Fox News, Media News

Hey, kids! Do you ever get tired of Fox News' crops? I don't mean the food they might be literally growing, in Glenn Beck's Doom Room, in preparatio...

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100 Days Of The Media's Trivial Pursuit

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Abc, Cnn, Obama Press Coverage, Media Matters, Politico, New York Times, Nbc, Washington Post, 100 Days, Media News

It's been distressing to watch the emergence of the media's permanent -- preferred -- state of trivial pursuit.

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Shane Murphy, Freed Pirate Hostage, Slams "Disgusting" Rush Limbaugh

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Matters, Somali Pirates, Rush Limbaugh, Shane Murphy, Pirate Hostage on Rush, Limbaugh Disgusting, Rush Limbaugh Pirate Hostage, Disgusting Rush Limbaugh, Freed Pirate Hostage Slams Limbaugh, Shane Murphy Limbaugh, Shane Murphy Rush Limbaugh, Sailor Pirates Limbaugh's 'Racism', Rush Limbaugh Shane Murphy, Limbaugh Pirates, Pirates Limbaugh, Shane Murphy Rush, Media News

Shane Murphy, second-in-command aboard the ship seized by Somali pirates this month, is happy to be home. But he's not happy to be sharing turf with l...

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Worst Media Moments of Obama's First 100 Days?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Media Matters, Rick Santelli, Media Criticism, Glenn Beck, Jim Cramer, Media News

Today, Media Matters is taking stock of the worst media moments of the first 100 days of the Obama Presidency.

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The Netroots Go Deep

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.20.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media Summit, Media Matters, Karl Frisch, Netroots Nation, Markos Moulitsas, Nancy Pelosi, Media News

I'm kinda sorta interested in keeping government and corporate power in check, but isn't there a huge other area of our world that needs reporting on?

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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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Glenn Beck Parodied As The Patient Zero Of 'Obama Derangement Syndrome'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, Video, Fox News, Chris Wallace, Glenn Beck, Politics News

One of the areas of concern cited by Media Matters in their letter to Chris Wallace is Glenn Beck, who the organization criticizes for "engag[ing] in ...

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