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Ghosts in the Media Machine
Bloggers—and to a much lesser extent some media outlets—have paid
considerable attention to specific examples of media manipulation in
the war being fought between Hezbollah and the IDF in Lebanon and
Israel, but we seem be under-covering the overall framing of the
media's coverage, particularly when it comes to the subject matter
chosen for coverage.
This comes into sharp relief when…
Ned Lamont, Closet Republican
That didn't take long. Just yesterday, Ned Lamont was the netroot hero, the pride of MoveOn.org, the scourge of the GOP. Today, Dem nomination in hand, he began his run toward the center - with a little help from his MSM friends. On this evening's Hardball, Chris Matthews scoffed at the fact that the RNC put Lamont's picture up on its website alongside Michael Moore, Markos Moulitsas of the Daily…
Carlson, Bill Press Agree: W Too Soft On Israel, Cooper Wants to Feel
Tucker Carlson stopped short of saying that some of his best friends are Jewish. But he did let us know that "I love Israel, I think it's a wonderful place, I support it completely, I support it instinctively."That was just before he declared that "I think this war helps Hezbollah. I think it's bad for Israel, bad for the United States. I think you can love Israel and believe this war is a…
CBS Warns That 'Even One Bad Meal Can Hurt Your Body
Network story on saturated fat is the media's latest entree in a menu of anti-fast food stories.
Robin Williams Enters Rehab Twelve Days After Ridiculing Rush Limbaugh
The National Enquirer reported Wednesday (hat tip to Drudge) that comedian Robin Williams has entered an alcohol rehab on July 11 to try and conquer “a three-year battle with booze that's threatening to destroy his marriage.” Though we certainly wish Williams well, it does seem rather odd that twelve days before he checked into the Hazelden Springbrook rehab facility in Newberg, Oregon, he was…
Bad Company II: Executive Summary
Oscar-Nominated Movies Bash Business, but Hollywood Claims Thats Entertainment
Wounded Soldier Says Boston Globe Falsely Portrayed Him as War Protest
On August 2, the Boston Globe ran an article about a soldier who lost both legs in Iraq. Reporter Brian MacQuarrie tried to paint Sgt. Brian Fountaine as anti-war, even having the heart-wrenching article title, "A Soldier Maimed by War Now Questions the Mission."
President Bush came and sat by the side of Sergeant Brian Fountaine, a 24-year-old tank commander from Dorchester, a gung-ho soldier…
ABC, NBC Drill BP on Pipeline Corrosion
Both networks cited liberal critics but excluded information from the company's news conference just a day earlier.