12 Articles

Saturday, September 26, 2009
Hannity, Breitbart lead conservative media fundraising for activist videographers sued by ACORN
(4 comments) On the heels of ACORN filing a lawsuit against conservative activists Hannah Giles, James O'Keefe, and Breitbart.com LLC, Sean Hannity, Andrew Breitbart, HotAir.com's Allahpundit, and NewsBusters have offered to -- in the words of Hannity -- "put out the word" to "help" Giles and O'Keefe raise money for their legal defense.

Friday, September 11, 2009
Rove advances "glaring misstatements" and "distortions" in criticizing Obama speech
(2 comments) Karl Rove claimed that while discussing "the so-called lies and misstatements about his proposal," Obama "made a series of very glaring misstatements or distortions." In fact, it was Rove who was advancing falsehoods and distortions.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
McCaughey returns to CNBC with another false health care attack
(1 comments) Betsy McCaughey again advanced a falsehood about health care reform, claiming that the "legislation that's now in Congress will force everyone under age 65 to buy the same one-size-fits-all government plan" and that "Page 16" of the House bill "says you must be enrolled in a qualified plan." This is; the provision she referred to does not require anyone to give up their their private individual health insurance plan.

Saturday, August 15, 2009
Please give a warm welcome to our death panelists
The role of rationality in our republic was again called into question this week, as the newest conservative lines of attack against health care reform embraced an equally new level of madness.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Out of touch: Conservative media argue insured don't need health care reform
(2 comments) Conservative media figures have echoed John Boehner's statement that "93% of the American people have access to high-quality, affordable health insurance." They ignore the fact that tens of millions of Americans are underinsured and that the reform bills contain several provisions intended to benefit those currently insured.

Saturday, July 25, 2009
CNN president emails Dobbs pronouncing birther story "dead," but Lou won't let it go
(3 comments) After CNN President Jon Klein reportedly emailed information to the staff of Lou Dobbs Tonight that Klein said shows the "story" about President Obama's birth certificate "is dead," Lou Dobbs noted that evidence on air, but then asked Roland Martin: "When this could be dispelled so quickly, and -- and simply by producing [the birth certificate], why not do it?"

Saturday, July 11, 2009
Media Matters: Did you hear the one about the sleazy Obama photo? Don't buy it
(5 comments) Had the mainstream media done their job -- you know, checking the video to get the context from which the photo was taken -- they would have clearly seen that Obama was attempting to navigate high steps, while reaching back to help someone behind him do so as well.

Monday, February 9, 2009
Media Fail to Stimulate Honest Debate on Economic Stimulus Package
(4 comments) After weeks of advancing false and dubious conservative talking points, media declare Republicans winner in the recovery message war.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters
(3 comments) Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's hair moved further back on his head.

Monday, September 10, 2007
Myths and Falsehoods About "Progress"- in Iraq
Supporters of the Iraq war -- rather than waiting for testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker on the effect of President Bush's troop increase in Iraq -- have engaged in a campaign to convince the media and public that progress is being made in Iraq and that the "surge" is "working." Some of the most pervasive myths and falsehoods advanced by opponents of withdrawal are discussed here.

Friday, June 22, 2007
MSNBC Journalist Political Contribution Study Reported by Fox/Drudge Highly Flawed, Imbalanced

Saturday, December 9, 2006
It's All About the Center
Article about Iraq/media/pundits by Paul Waldman of Media Matters.