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The Great Media Depression
News reports depict economy far worse now
than during the 1929 stock market crash
The Great Media Depression: Executive Summary
News reports depict economy far worse now than during the 1929 stock market crash
Media Shove Boy Scout Story under a Tent
Boy Scouts face eviction by the city over no-homosexuals policy.
Kirk Cameron's Faith Embraced on The View
Evangelical Christianity is okay when it's proclaimed by a heartthrob.
LA Times Writer Whacks Columnist for 'Shivving' Sebelius Over Abortion
Media critic Tim Rutten attacks Robert Novak for using guilt by association against the Kansas governor, then plays the same card against Novak.
Kurtz on CNN: 'Anti-war Voices Had Limited Access' to Media
Howard Kurtz, the Washington Post's media writer and a CNN contributor, contended on Wednesday's "The Situation Room" that in the lead-up to the Iraq war, "anti-war voices had limited access, it seems, to the airwaves, while administration officials, of course, were on every day pounding on that message [in support of going to war in Iraq]." He also claimed that "[i]t was only when violence…
Paper: I Know, Let's Compromise Our Rights Away
Columnist Tom Eblen of the Lexington [Ky.] Herald-Leader has proven to the world that he doesn't know what a "right" is. He thinks it is something that you can "compromise" over. He thinks it is something that can be endlessly tinkered with. He seems not to realize that a "right" is something that is supposed to be insoluble, unchangeable, permanent. Worse, he has equated an American right to the…
Couric: Nefarious Talking Point Coordination from McClellan Critics
The ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts, naturally, all led Wednesday night with Scott McClellan's attacks on the Bush White House, but CBS anchor Katie Couric inaccurately reported McClellan was “forced out” of his Press Secretary position “last year” (he left in early 2006) and, interviewing McClellan's predecessor Ari Fleischer, she tried to discredit White House defenders by demanding to know…
Flashback: Press Didn't Like Tell-all Books About President Clinton
As media gush over Scott McClellan's latest tell-all book about the Bush adminstration, a 1999 article by Margaret Carlson depicted a much less-pleased press corps when George Stephanopoulos's "All Too Human: A Political Education" cast an unfavorable light on then President Bill Clinton.In fact, according to the former Time magazine columnist, people in the media referred to Stephanopoulos as a…
Matthews's Motor-Mouth Leaves Guests Grimacing
I haven't seen Chris Matthews this excited since a Barack Obama speech sent a certain sensation skyward.
The Hardball host is in an absolute frenzy over Scott McClellan's allegations. So much so that guests on this evening's show are having a hard time expressing themselves as Matthews expounds at length. Ari Fleischer finally called Chris on it. And while David Gregory didn't express his ire…
CBS’s Glor: Woman Trades Blood for Gasoline
On Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show" co-host Julie Chen introduced a segment on rising gas prices and what people are doing to ease the cost: "This morning in our series 'Running on Empty' the news gets worse about gas prices. They jumped 15 cents in one week to a national average of $3.94 a gallon, according to the Energy Department. That is a record price. And it's forcing some drivers to take…