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Eric Boehlert is the author of Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush (Free Press, 2006). He worked for five years as a senior writer for Salon.com, where he wrote extensively about media and politics. Prior to that, he worked as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. Boehlert has a bachelor's degree in Near Eastern studies from the University of Massachusetts and is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
How "Liberal Media" Keep Blaming Obama for GOP's Radical Behavior For four years this nonsensical narrative about how it's up to Obama to change the GOP's conduct has been promoted and celebrated inside Beltway newsrooms. And now all the savvy pundits agree: Republicans' obstinate ways created the sequestration showdown, so that means it's Obama's fault. By failing to lead, by failing to change Republican behavior, Obama must shoulder the blame.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013How "Liberal Media" Keep Blaming Obama for GOP's Radical Behavior For four years this nonsensical narrative about how it's up to Obama to change the GOP's conduct has been promoted and celebrated inside Beltway newsrooms. And now all the savvy pundits agree: Republicans' obstinate ways created the sequestration showdown, so that means it's Obama's fault. By failing to lead, by failing to change Republican behavior, Obama must shoulder the blame.
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Friday, October 7, 2016
The Media And Clinton's Invisible Supporters As the presidential campaign heads toward its final month and Hillary Clinton stands poised to become the first woman president in American history, the press continues to be strangely obsessed with profiling the supporters of the losing candidate, while often gazing uninterestedly at Clinton voters.
Friday, October 7, 2016The Media And Clinton's Invisible Supporters As the presidential campaign heads toward its final month and Hillary Clinton stands poised to become the first woman president in American history, the press continues to be strangely obsessed with profiling the supporters of the losing candidate, while often gazing uninterestedly at Clinton voters.
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Supreme Court Rejects GOP Gerrymandering, Boosting Democrats' Midterm Chances Democrats in Pennsylvania got more good news ahead of the midterm elections on Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the state Supreme Court's recent ruling that Pennsylvania's congressional districts must be immediately redrawn in a fairer manner. Pennsylvania is shaping up to be among the key battleground states as Republicans desperately try to hang onto their majority in the House.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018Supreme Court Rejects GOP Gerrymandering, Boosting Democrats' Midterm Chances Democrats in Pennsylvania got more good news ahead of the midterm elections on Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the state Supreme Court's recent ruling that Pennsylvania's congressional districts must be immediately redrawn in a fairer manner. Pennsylvania is shaping up to be among the key battleground states as Republicans desperately try to hang onto their majority in the House.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Ditch The Trump Double Standard For The Debates We're hearing rumblings that Clinton has more to lose at the debate, and that if Trump manages to not insult large portions of the electorate, the event will represent a victory for him. What's doubly concerning is that Trump already appears to be actively trying to intimidate the debate moderators in hopes they'll go easy on him.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016Ditch The Trump Double Standard For The Debates We're hearing rumblings that Clinton has more to lose at the debate, and that if Trump manages to not insult large portions of the electorate, the event will represent a victory for him. What's doubly concerning is that Trump already appears to be actively trying to intimidate the debate moderators in hopes they'll go easy on him.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Why the D.C. press isn't equipped to handle Trump's racist re-election crusade Doubling and tripling down on his bigoted commentary and racist tweets, Donald Trump is all but boasting that his re-election run will be fueled by hate speech and hardcore white grievance. Trump's re-election strategy is to basically spark a rhetorical race war. It would be nice if the news media had the courage to say so, but it's clear that today's overwhelmingly white political press corps is not up to the challenge.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019Why the D.C. press isn't equipped to handle Trump's racist re-election crusade Doubling and tripling down on his bigoted commentary and racist tweets, Donald Trump is all but boasting that his re-election run will be fueled by hate speech and hardcore white grievance. Trump's re-election strategy is to basically spark a rhetorical race war. It would be nice if the news media had the courage to say so, but it's clear that today's overwhelmingly white political press corps is not up to the challenge.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Media Myth Surrounding Obama's Negative Campaign The topic of Obama's supposedly negative campaign has become something of a media obsession, while at the same time the press has shown very little interest in detailing how the Romney campaign is running almost an entirely anti-Obama sales pitch to American voters.
Thursday, August 9, 2012The Media Myth Surrounding Obama's Negative Campaign The topic of Obama's supposedly negative campaign has become something of a media obsession, while at the same time the press has shown very little interest in detailing how the Romney campaign is running almost an entirely anti-Obama sales pitch to American voters.
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Saturday, August 13, 2016
Here We Go Again: Media Say Clinton's Winning, But Not Winning The Right Way Clinton's alternately portrayed as boring and uninspiring, overly aggressive and widely disliked, or sleepwalking through history like a modern day Chauncey the Gardener. Why is Clinton lucky? Because the uninspiring candidate is allegedly so disliked by voters who view her with simmering contempt that there's no way she could beat any other Republican candidate.
Saturday, August 13, 2016Here We Go Again: Media Say Clinton's Winning, But Not Winning The Right Way Clinton's alternately portrayed as boring and uninspiring, overly aggressive and widely disliked, or sleepwalking through history like a modern day Chauncey the Gardener. Why is Clinton lucky? Because the uninspiring candidate is allegedly so disliked by voters who view her with simmering contempt that there's no way she could beat any other Republican candidate.
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Friday, July 13, 2018
French president debunks Trump's latest whopper about NATO allies Trump has long insisted that all NATO states should be spending 2 percent of their GDP now, not in 2024 as was agreed -- and that anything less means they are "delinquent" on an imaginary debt. Trump is lying about how NATO defense spending works, and he's lying about what our allies are doing in response to his threats.
Friday, July 13, 2018French president debunks Trump's latest whopper about NATO allies Trump has long insisted that all NATO states should be spending 2 percent of their GDP now, not in 2024 as was agreed -- and that anything less means they are "delinquent" on an imaginary debt. Trump is lying about how NATO defense spending works, and he's lying about what our allies are doing in response to his threats.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
How the Press Missed the Trump Surge The idea that Trump's appeal isn't genuine or that the press has lured Republicans into supporting him is likely more comforting than acknowledging the truth: Trump, an ignorant, nativist birther, is appealing to an often-ugly streak within the conservative movement. He's winning over the illogical, demagoguery wing of the Republican Party.
Thursday, July 23, 2015How the Press Missed the Trump Surge The idea that Trump's appeal isn't genuine or that the press has lured Republicans into supporting him is likely more comforting than acknowledging the truth: Trump, an ignorant, nativist birther, is appealing to an often-ugly streak within the conservative movement. He's winning over the illogical, demagoguery wing of the Republican Party.
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Friday, January 27, 2017
Trump's Deep Character Flaws Will Define His Presidency; Media Should Focus Attention There Journalists are accustomed to dissecting political lies in the context of, "What's the motivation behind the lie?" And, "What's the political advantage of telling that lie?" But that linear approach doesn't always apply to Trump. There's no indication he plots out the falsehoods or even cares if he gets caught. Lying is who he is. He cannot not tell lies.
Friday, January 27, 2017Trump's Deep Character Flaws Will Define His Presidency; Media Should Focus Attention There Journalists are accustomed to dissecting political lies in the context of, "What's the motivation behind the lie?" And, "What's the political advantage of telling that lie?" But that linear approach doesn't always apply to Trump. There's no indication he plots out the falsehoods or even cares if he gets caught. Lying is who he is. He cannot not tell lies.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The Gruesome U.S. Beheadings Fox News Ignored Fox News ignored the Florida scene of grisly, domestic violence. Apparently, without a Muslim suspect under arrest for the beheading, Fox News wasn't interested. However, in late September 2014, Fox News became almost singularly obsessed with the gruesome work-place beheading in Moore, Oklahoma by a recent Muslim convert, Alton Nolen.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015The Gruesome U.S. Beheadings Fox News Ignored Fox News ignored the Florida scene of grisly, domestic violence. Apparently, without a Muslim suspect under arrest for the beheading, Fox News wasn't interested. However, in late September 2014, Fox News became almost singularly obsessed with the gruesome work-place beheading in Moore, Oklahoma by a recent Muslim convert, Alton Nolen.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Why Reports About Rush Limbaugh's Contract Renewal Don't Mention The Price In key major markets such as Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Indianapolis, Limbaugh has been demoted on the AM dial, onto often struggling, under-performing stations -- the type of affiliates that Limbaugh was rarely associated with during his glory days as the king of talk radio. The Buffalo station, like so many other Limbaugh affiliates, was having trouble selling ads on the program.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016Why Reports About Rush Limbaugh's Contract Renewal Don't Mention The Price In key major markets such as Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Indianapolis, Limbaugh has been demoted on the AM dial, onto often struggling, under-performing stations -- the type of affiliates that Limbaugh was rarely associated with during his glory days as the king of talk radio. The Buffalo station, like so many other Limbaugh affiliates, was having trouble selling ads on the program.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
From "Racist," To "Dick," To Heckling: How The Press Treats Obama The GOP Noise Machine has for years depicted Obama as a lowly, un-American dictator/criminal; as someone unworthy of respect, which is exactly how Munro treated him. The only difference was that instead of doing that in the hothouse confines of Daily Caller's website where openly hating Obama in the expected norm, Munro lashed out in a very public setting.
Friday, June 22, 2012From "Racist," To "Dick," To Heckling: How The Press Treats Obama The GOP Noise Machine has for years depicted Obama as a lowly, un-American dictator/criminal; as someone unworthy of respect, which is exactly how Munro treated him. The only difference was that instead of doing that in the hothouse confines of Daily Caller's website where openly hating Obama in the expected norm, Munro lashed out in a very public setting.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Local Media Covered Monday Union Rallies; National Media Not So Much In terms of the news pages for national newspapers, USA Today and the Washington Post ignored the King-inspired rallies, according to a Nexis search. The Wall Street Journal's print edition today also contained no mention, while the New York Times devoted 400 words to the union story. But the Beltway press showered attention on last week's Tea Party event that drew "dozens" of supporters to Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011Local Media Covered Monday Union Rallies; National Media Not So Much In terms of the news pages for national newspapers, USA Today and the Washington Post ignored the King-inspired rallies, according to a Nexis search. The Wall Street Journal's print edition today also contained no mention, while the New York Times devoted 400 words to the union story. But the Beltway press showered attention on last week's Tea Party event that drew "dozens" of supporters to Washington, D.C.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Pentagon shooter, insurrectionism, and right-wing bloggers what the GOP Noise Machine is doing today is embracing, and mainstreaming, the same kind of hate rhetoric and doomsday conspiratorial talk that flourished on the far-right fringes during the '90s. (Think Waco and black helicopters.) And legitimizing that kind of talk is dangerous.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010The Pentagon shooter, insurrectionism, and right-wing bloggers what the GOP Noise Machine is doing today is embracing, and mainstreaming, the same kind of hate rhetoric and doomsday conspiratorial talk that flourished on the far-right fringes during the '90s. (Think Waco and black helicopters.) And legitimizing that kind of talk is dangerous.
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Still Waiting For Newspaper Editorials Demanding The Trump Foundation Be Shut Down The Clinton Foundation's sterling reputation has now been tarnished, in part because the press has decided to go all in with the GOP's smear campaign against the charity. But when the Trump Foundation is found to have illegally donated to a state attorney general who was contemplating fraud charges against a Trump company? Suddenly the referees on newspaper editorial boards fall silent.
Thursday, September 8, 2016Still Waiting For Newspaper Editorials Demanding The Trump Foundation Be Shut Down The Clinton Foundation's sterling reputation has now been tarnished, in part because the press has decided to go all in with the GOP's smear campaign against the charity. But when the Trump Foundation is found to have illegally donated to a state attorney general who was contemplating fraud charges against a Trump company? Suddenly the referees on newspaper editorial boards fall silent.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
Trump is about to drive America's largest nail maker out of business Harley-Davidson, facing retaliatory tariffs from Europe, announced on Monday that it will be sending U.S. jobs overseas because of the huge hit it's taking, thanks to Trump. According to Harley-Davidson, the tariffs would cost the company an additional $2,200 for each motorcycle it built in the U.S. and then exported to Europe.
Monday, July 2, 2018Trump is about to drive America's largest nail maker out of business Harley-Davidson, facing retaliatory tariffs from Europe, announced on Monday that it will be sending U.S. jobs overseas because of the huge hit it's taking, thanks to Trump. According to Harley-Davidson, the tariffs would cost the company an additional $2,200 for each motorcycle it built in the U.S. and then exported to Europe.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
For Rush Limbaugh, The Damage Is Done Of course, Limbaugh and Clear Channel could hold their ground, refuse to budge on Cumulus' demands and walk away from the radio giant with AM stations from coast to coast. That is an option, but it's also an unpleasant one in terms of what it would mean to Limbaugh's once unvarnished reputation as the AM talk gold standard.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013For Rush Limbaugh, The Damage Is Done Of course, Limbaugh and Clear Channel could hold their ground, refuse to budge on Cumulus' demands and walk away from the radio giant with AM stations from coast to coast. That is an option, but it's also an unpleasant one in terms of what it would mean to Limbaugh's once unvarnished reputation as the AM talk gold standard.
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
Fox News Attacks Black Lives Matter As "Lawless" After Cheering Cliven Bundy's Lawless Militia In the wake of protests across the country by Black Lives Matter activists following the deaths of two African-American men at the hands of police, Fox has spent days loudly denouncing the group for its allegedly violent ways. Under the headline, "Time to end Black Lives Matter lawlessness," Fox's Todd Starnes recently insisted "the rules of law matters, folks. Without it, we've got anarchy."
Saturday, July 16, 2016Fox News Attacks Black Lives Matter As "Lawless" After Cheering Cliven Bundy's Lawless Militia In the wake of protests across the country by Black Lives Matter activists following the deaths of two African-American men at the hands of police, Fox has spent days loudly denouncing the group for its allegedly violent ways. Under the headline, "Time to end Black Lives Matter lawlessness," Fox's Todd Starnes recently insisted "the rules of law matters, folks. Without it, we've got anarchy."
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The Press Shouldn't Believe Anything The White House Tells Them -- Ever If newsrooms understand that falsehoods are the currency that Trump and his White House aides trade in each day, then reporters should stop treating unconfirmed claims from the White House as fact. Even when the supposed facts revolve around everyday matters like diplomatic phone calls.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017The Press Shouldn't Believe Anything The White House Tells Them -- Ever If newsrooms understand that falsehoods are the currency that Trump and his White House aides trade in each day, then reporters should stop treating unconfirmed claims from the White House as fact. Even when the supposed facts revolve around everyday matters like diplomatic phone calls.
