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The Right-Wing Media's Election Analysis Just Ain't That Good

Karl Frisch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

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Karl Frisch

Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.

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Media Research Center Takes Ted Kennedy-Related Quote Out of Context

Terry Krepel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsbusters, Charles Pierce, Boston Globe, Howell Raines, Ted Kennedy, Media Research Center, Media News
Terry Krepel

Pierce's statement, misrepresented by the MRC, came in the context of a larger statement about how the Chappaquiddick incident effectively kept Kennedy from having the "moral credibility" to be president.

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Reading The Pictures: Grandma Must Die!

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Psychopath, Wingnuts, Obama Right Wingers, Health Care Debate, Obama Gangs, Obama, Tpm, Right Wing, Obama Socialist, Arizona, Obama White, Obama Joker, Death Panel, Sarah Palin, Rachel Maddow Health Care, Joker, Obama Health Ledger, Obama Race, Obama Wingnuts, Rachel Maddow, Obama Newsbusters, Health Care Death Panel, Newsbusters, Peoria Arizona, Palin Death Panel, Shepard Fairey, Obama Violence, Obamacare, Newscom, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-08-12-shaw_obamacare.jpgHonestly, the whole "Death Panel" thing was so "out there," it didn't resonate with me until I came across this Newscom photo today.

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Right-Wing Media Won't Concede Obama-Chrysler Dealer Conspiracy Is Bogus

Terry Krepel | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsbusters, Worldnetdaily, Washington Examiner, Ken Timmerman, Newsmax, Chrysler, Mark Tapscott, Chrysler Dealerships Closing, Media News
Terry Krepel

Right-wing bloggers were abuzz last week with news of its conspiracy du jour: that the Obama administration is targeting Chrysler dealers for closure whose owners have donated to Republicans.

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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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Right-Wing Press Critics Don't Understand How Journalism Works

Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Newsbusters, Fox News, Media Criticism, Liberal Media Bias, Media News
Eric Boehlert

If newsrooms tilt so tragically to the left, why don't conservatives try to get jobs in newsrooms?

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The NY Times Sends A Dittohead To Interview Rush Limbaugh

Eric Boehlert | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Rush Limbaugh, Zev Chafets, New York Times, Newsbusters, Brian Williams, Barack Obama, Mark Halperin, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The Times writer who profiled Limbaugh is pretty much a Dittohead, a Limbaugh devotee. So of course there was no reason to fear a "hit job." The whole...

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