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The Media's Liberal Reverse Bias

J. L. Ballinger | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


J. L. Ballinger

Obama could pick almost anybody for his cabinet and it would represent something new from the current lame ducks.

Reality Has a Liberal Bias

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 11.18.2008 | Media


Aram Khayatpour

During the presidential campaign season, media coverage of McCain was 57% negative and 14% positive while the coverage of Obama was 29% negative and 36% positive.

Long Live the Media's Left Wing Bias!

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media


Norman Horowitz

When I was at CBS and working with the News guys, they spent hours each day planning to distort the news and never show America anything that they did not like! Boy was that fun.

Elephant in the Room: When Will the GOP Join the Blogosphere?

Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media


Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney

Liberals may be ecstatic about the influence the blogosphere has had on the election results, but thoughtful citizens should have reservations about the absence of conservative dialogue.

The Morning After

Jan Herman | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media


Jan Herman

It is the Journal, in a column this morning by Thomas Frank, an addition to the Journal's opinion pages to balance all the resident right-wingers, that puts Obama's victory in proper perspective.

With Thanks To Those Who Brought Us Here

Rick Siegel | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


Rick Siegel

Thanks to President-elect Obama not just for leading this nonviolent coup of everyday Americans overthrowing a military industrial junta, but for recognizing that the work has just begun.

Major Newspapers, Networks Don't Dig Deep When Covering McCain

Jim Kaplan | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home


Jim Kaplan

It is not enough to report what a candidate says. When he lies, distorts, or smears, he should be held accountable in print or on the air.

Obama Has What It Takes (and It's Not What You Think It Is)

Robert Draper | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Robert Draper

To me at least, Obama doesn't do that convincing an impression of a socialist. He's much more convincing as Machiavelli.

Sarah 'plain and dull'

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics


Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

I'm trying to think of where Sarah Palin and I parted ways. There would be the abysmal interviews, the rhetoric whipping up crowds into meanspiritedn...

The 35,000,000 Visitor Question This November 4th

James Boyce | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media


James Boyce

When the votes are counted next Tuesday, this site and many others like it, deserve a share of the applause and a mention in everyone's victory speech.

New York Republicans Admittedly Ambivalent On McCain-Palin

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home


Odile Weissenborn

I thought the criticism of Palin was rather remarkable, as it was coming from fellow Republicans so close to the election. "I am a New York City Republican," said one, "which means I'm like a left-wing Democrat in Wyoming."

Is the Gasbag Lying? Or is He Just Ignorant?

Jan Herman | Posted 09.24.2008 | Media


Jan Herman

When that salary ended, Davis asked for, and received, a consultant fee from Freddie Mac that payed him $15,000 a month.

The Culture War Option For The Palin Convention

Jay Rosen | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home


Jay Rosen

McCain's convention gambit is now a culture war strategy. It depends for its execution on conflict with journalists and bloggers and on confusion between and among the press, the blogosphere, and the Democratic party.

Politico: Republicans Have No Rival To HuffPost, TPM

Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Republicans have no lack of would-be George F. Wills. But what they really need are some more Robert D. Novaks. The distinction between the two prom...

Final Notes On The John McCain News Hunt

NewsTrust | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home


NewsTrust

If a news story has appeal on the right and left it suggests deeper coverage. Here then are five stories on McCain from center-right sources which appealed to our OfftheBus news hunters.

It's The Morning After - Hillary, Look In The Mirror

Melissa Hapke | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home


The media is neither sexist nor liberal. Hillary Clinton has been treated the way she has treated her opponents.

McCain & The "Liberal Media" Endorsements

Ari Melber | Posted 02.26.2008 | Media


Ari Melber

Some top journalists say that newspapers should just end endorsements altogether.

Things Karl Rove Just Remembered

Sean Carman | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics


Sean Carman

Watergate was invented by the liberal media as retaliation for the great success of Nixon's law and order presidency.

Roy Sekoff on Hannity and Colmes

Huff TV | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics


Huff TV

2007-11-21-reskoff3sized.jpg Huffington Post editor Roy Sekoff on Hannity and Colmes discussing Carole Simpson's endorsement of Hillary Clinton and the question of bias in the media.

Politics and the Thought Police

Marianne Williamson | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics


Marianne Williamson

The only question any real progressive should be asking right now is, "Tell me again why we're not supporting Kucinich?"

Study: 60 Percent Of Nation's Daily Papers Publish More Conservative Columnists Than Progressives

Media Matters | Posted 09.11.2007 | Politics


This project did something that has never been done before: It amassed data on the syndicated columnists published by nearly every daily newspaper in ...