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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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Do Contraceptives Stimulate the Economy?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Think Progress, Economic Stimulus Package, Media Matters, Contraceptives Stimulus Plan, Abortion Rights, President Obama Administration, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Boehner Republican House Leader, Medicaid Waivers, Family Planning, Boehner, Mexico City Policy, Obama, Family Planning Stimulus Plan, Unwanted Pregnancy, 100 Days, Nancy Pelosi, Unplanned Pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy, Contraception, Economic Stimulus, Medicaid, Global Gag Rule, Obama Stimulus Family Planning, Stimulus Bill, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

There has been a lot of damage done to family planning funding over the past eight years. However, this may not be the right issue around which to have the battle.

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Gaza: The War On Children

Jamal Dajani | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, War on Children, Gaza, Human Rights Watch, Middle East, Cnn, Media Matters, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Media, White Phosphorus, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Ground Invasion, Hamas, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Jamal Dajani

Israel has accused Hamas of intentionally attacking from civilian-populated areas, driving up casualties among non-combatants to provoke anger against Israel. But do children have to pay the price?

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Obama Blagojevich Connection Attempted And Failed On "Hannity And Colmes"

Jason Linkins | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blagojevich Obama, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Arrested, Hannity & Colmes, Blagojevich Indictment, Barack Obama, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Investigation, Politics News

As far as any ongoing corruption is concerned, what Fitzgerald has put out there more or less indicates that Obama wasn't willing to participate in anything out of bounds.

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Jason Linkins

Obama's Churchgoing Habits Overexamined By Politico [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

Read More: The New Republic, Politico, Media Matters, Barack Obama, Media News

It's hard for me to pick a side in the whole affair. This is because the stakes are so terrifyingly low! Nothing in our lives hinges on whether or when or where or how President-Elect Barack Obama goes to church. The only place is seems to matter is to media types, off chasing picayune inanities.

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Jason Linkins

Former News Director Spills 'Secrets Of Talk Radio'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Right Wing Radio, Media Matters, Media News

As a follow-up to yesterday's post on the state of right-wing radio, an emailer points me in the direction of an article in Milwaukee Magazine by Dan ...

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Jason Linkins

Media Matters Casts Net For America's Next Top Limbaugh

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, Right Wing Radio, Politics News

"Are you paying attention to what's being said on your radio?" asks Media Matters. And the answer, for me anyway, is: "No! I thought that's what all...

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An Interview with Erica Payne, Author of The Practical Progressive

Julian Brookes | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: America Votes, Progressive Book Club, Erica Payne, Obama Nation, Tesseract Group, Progressive, Media Matters, The Practical Progressive, Democracy Alliance, Progressives, Jerome Corsi, Progressive Movement, Catalist, Pbc, Politics News
Julian Brookes

Erica Payne's book, The Practical Progressive: How to Build a Twenty-First Century Political Movement, is the essential guide to what's happening, who's who, and how to get involved in the new progressive "infrastructure."

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Heads They Win, Tails You Lose: For the Beltway Media, Even Democratic Victories Prove the Country is Conservative

Paul Waldman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Paul Waldman, Media Matters, Progressivism, Conservatism, Media Matters Action Network, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Ideology, Media News
Paul Waldman

When Republicans win, we're told that Democrats need to move to the center. When Democrats win, on the other hand, we're told that... Democrats need to move to the center.

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Meet the Bloggers: Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media's Love for McCain

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Leadership, St. Paul, Brave New Foundation, Paul Waldman, Minnesota, Daily Show, Experience, Meet the Bloggers, Media Matters, Media, Jonathan Kim, 2008 Election, Foreign Policy, Henry Rollins, Liliana Segura, Sarah Palin, Robert Greenwald, Fox Attacks, Larry King, Gop, Fox News, Tucker Bounds, Alaska, Campbell Brown, John McCain, Alternet, Republicans, Media News
Robert Greenwald

2008-09-07-meetblogg.jpg Make no mistake, FOX is willing to do whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda. They will lie, smear, and distort to their hearts' content.

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McCain Thinks the Media is Out to Get Him...Try Not to Laugh

Paul Waldman | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Andrea Mitchell, John McCain 2008, Media Matters, Mccain, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media, Campaign 2008, Press, Media News
Paul Waldman

Many journalists decided long ago that McCain is just different from other politicians. They declare McCain innocent of all sins associated with other members of his profession, no matter how often he commits them.

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Jason Linkins

Obama Nation Author Assailed By All Parties On Larry King Live

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John McCain, Media Matters, Mary Matalin, Obama Nation Author, Barack Obama, Larry King Obama Nation, Politics News

Jerome Corsi, Swift Boater and author of the newly released Obama Nation, appeared on Larry King Live last night to defend his smear-plagued, yet best...

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Slaying Himself with the Jawbone of an Ass: Michael Savage on Autism

Harold Pollack | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Special Olympics, Media Matters, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Julius Richmond, Fragile X, Michael Savage, Media News
Harold Pollack

Whether Americans are black or white, Republican or Democrat, rich or poor, decent folk don't care to hear Michael Savage disparage the disabled or their caregivers.

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Gen. Clark and That POW Thing McCain Hates Talking About

Paul Waldman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Media Matters, General Wesley Clark, Vietnam, Media, Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark McCain, Votevets, 2008 Election, Wesley Clark Statement, Politics News
Paul Waldman

There's a myth out there that McCain is reluctant to exploit his Vietnam POW story for political advantage, so modest and full of integrity is he. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Jason Linkins

MediaMatters Offers A Pictoral History Of The Fist Bump

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Google, Terrorist Fist Jab, Media Matters, Obama Terrorist Fist Jab, Obama Fist Bump, Politics News

MediaMatters continues to hilariously needle dim-bulb Fox News anchor E.D. Hill for her obtuse "terrorist fist-jab" comments, using this amazing new t...

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McClellan and Second Thoughts

John Feffer | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mclellan, Fawn Hall, Shinseki, Second Thoughts, David Horowitz, Media Matters, Henry Kissinger, Scott Mcclellan, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Eric Shinseki, Politics News
John Feffer

In this version of shock therapy, Scottie McClellan and David Brock and Eric Shinseki would warn kids not to listen to Rush Limbaugh or watch Bill O'Reilly or read Ann Coulter.

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McCain's Cronies: Busting Media Myths On McCain's Lobbyist Hypocrisy

Christy Hardin Smith | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain's Cronies, Mccain, McCain Lobbyists, Lobbyists, John McCain, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Matters, Media Matters McCain, Politics News
Christy Hardin Smith

Pretending that McCain has clean hands when his highest-ranking advisors are shoveling the muck is both illogical and dishonest. And the media knows it.

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Nico Pitney

Free Ride: Inside The Media's Love Affair With McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Free Ride, David Brock Book, Free Ride Book, Media Matters, McCain Media, Free Ride John Mccain, Media Matters Book, Politics News

"The press loves McCain," MSNBC's Chris Matthews has declared. "We're his base." This tawdry media love affair with the presumptive GOP nominee is the...

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Eric Boehlert Is Right About The 60 Minutes Clinton Flap

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Video, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Media Matters, Steve Kroft, Hillary Clinton, Eric Boehlert, Barack Obama Muslim Smear 60 Minutes, HIllary Clinton 60 Minutes, Barack Obama Muslim Smear, Barack Obama, Media News

When I point out that the media often makes misstatements and unfair characterizations with respect to Hillary Clinton, that's less about me supporting Clinton than it is me supporting, well, accuracy.

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L'Affaire Shuster: Big Camel, Big Straw

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Misogyny, David Shuster, Chelsea Clinton, David Shuster Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, Hillary Gender Election, David Shuster Suspended, 2008 Election, Chris Matthews, 2008 Election and Gender, David Shuster Pimp, Media Matters, Steve Capus, Sexism, Hillary Clinton, David Shuster MSNBC, Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Steve Capus, Media News

Some people thought this called for Shuster's firing, but they're wrong: It called for an examination of a pattern of behavior. At this point, Clinton and her team should know that any more is gonna smack of politics; her point has been amply, amply made.

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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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O'Reilly Interview Causes Tension Between Fox, NPR

The Nation | Ari Melber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Npr, Juan Williams, Fox News, Media Matters, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

The ongoing fallout over Bill O'Reilly's recent racial comments is stoking tensions between Fox News and NPR. Both channels employ Juan Williams, who ...

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O'Reilly Calls MoveOn.org, Media Matters "Most Vicious Element In Our Society Today"

Media Village | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: MoveOn.Org, Media Matters, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

During the September 5 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly once again attacked Media Matters for America and MoveOn.org, ca...

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