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Charles Krauthammer

 Obama Assault 
 on Fox News  
 Is 'Nixonian' 


White House needs to recognize the legitimacy of opposition

Oct 23, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is over the line in its war on Fox News, seeking not only to criticize it, but to delegitimize and marginalize it, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. “There’s nothing illegal about such search-and-destroy tactics,” he argues, but they do violate “... More »

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Richard Nixon • Fox News • media bias • Obama administration • liberal media • Charles Krauthammer • conservative media

Analysis

Meg Whitman Tests Media's
Celeb-CEO Myth

Calif. voters to decide
if ex-eBay honcho was
really a rock star

Sep 28, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years Meg Whitman has benefited from the sycophantic business media’s lionization of the CEO. Throughout the boom years, “CEOs were pretty much automatically rock stars,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age. “If they banked a billion or more, the thinking went, they must have... More »

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media • California • eBay • CEO • Meg Whitman • media bias • gubernatorial races • Election 2010

OPINION

 Stossel: Yeah, I'm Biased. So? 

Every reporter is, latest Fox hire opines

Sep 25, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - When John Stossel announced he was leaving ABC for Fox News, many complained he was “biased.” His response? “Every reporter has political beliefs,” he writes for Reason Online. “The difference is that I am upfront about mine.” For example, most media outlets call President... More »

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journalism • Fox News • libertarian • ABC News • media bias • President Obama • John Stossel

OPINION

Rush, Newt Push Media
to the Right

They're mainstream while progressives are ignored: Dionne

Jun 4, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media coverage of Barack Obama is closed-minded and biased—in favor of conservatives. "Rush Limbaugh's sneezes or Newt Gingrich's tweets" circulate like wildfire, but criticism of the president from the Democratic left goes unheard, writes EJ Dionne of the Washington Post. The result is a skewed picture in which... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • Democrat • Democratic Party • mainstream GOP • media bias • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

Fawning Press Glosses Over Obama's Agenda


Jun 1, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has enchanted the media more than any president this side of Jack Kennedy, writes Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post. A recent Pew study concluded that Obama had enjoyed “substantially more positive media coverage,” than either Bush or Clinton during their first months. “On... More »

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Barack Obama • press • American media • media bias

OPINION

Web Will Make Conservatives Miss the Times


May 27, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives have delighted in making a piñata out of the New York Times, but they’re not going to like the post-Times world, writes Francis Wilkinson of The Week. “Like most powerful, entrenched institutions, the Times has a deep bias in favor of the way... More »

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New York Times • conservative • online news • journalism • media bias • Huffington Post

OPINION

 Hey, Media: 
 US Jails Journos, Too 

'First duty' of press is to hold own gov't accountable

May 11, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American media are celebrating Iran’s release of journalist Roxana Saberi in a case the press doggedly pursued. But today’s back-patting is hypocritical, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon: the US media have all but ignored foreign journalists imprisoned by our own government, often with little reason. Case in... More »

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media • propaganda • press • photographers • journalist • American media • freedom of press • media bias • American press • Roxana Saberi • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Media Let 
 Specter Off 
 the Hook 

Didn't he sort of betray voters?

May 4, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Arlen Specter story broke last week, “most journalists assumed the role of handicappers,” writes Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. The value-neutral reporting focused on how powerful this would make Democrats, and what it meant for the wilderness-dwelling Republicans. “Little attention was devoted to... More »

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media • Arlen Specter • Republican Party • American media • media bias

Ink-Stained Wretches
Flee Media to
Obama Admin

At least 6 former journos in gov't jobs

Feb 18, 09 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - At least six journalists have signed on to government jobs, reports Politico, and that has conservatives asking if the same would be the case in a McCain/Palin White House. “When some leave journalism because of a reduction in staff, what’s the natural landing spot? The Obama administration,”... More »

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journalism • media bias • Obama administration • reporters • Jay Carney

'Friends of Amanda' Throw Benefit for Accused Killer

Family aims to raise $500K for legal fees

Jan 26, 09 1:51 PM CST
(Newser) - She’s been called a femme fatale, but for the people who came to her legal defense benefit in Seattle this weekend, Amanda Knox is a victim. “Amanda would be amazed at this overwhelming turnout of support,” her mother tells the West Seattle Herald. About 120 people showed... More »

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murder • murder trial • legal fees • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • media bias

BBC Refusal to Air Gaza Appeal Sparks Uproar

Network fears appearance of bias in charged issue

Jan 25, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The BBC has been lambasted by politicians, religious leaders and its own staff for the network's refusal to broadcast an appeal for Gaza aid, the Guardian reports. Executives of the publicly funded network say they must adhere to a strict code of impartiality, and that airing the appeal could be... More »

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Israel • Gaza • BBC • Palestine • Hamas • Britain • Arab Israeli conflict • media bias

 Palin Slams Media for 'Salacious' Reports

Reporters habitually took her remarks out of context, Governor says

Jan 9, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin attacked the “personal, salacious nature” of media reports about her during the 2008 campaign, accusing journalists of taking her remarks out of context “to create adversarial situations,” CNN reports. A statement from Palin’s office today specifically criticized the Atlantic (probably mostly just Andrew Sullivan)... More »

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media • journalism • McCain 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin • Trig Palin • wowOwow

 Palin: Media 
 Gives Kennedy 
 Free Pass 

Social status made for her own tough ride, says ex-candidate, also ripping Fey, Couric

Jan 8, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin says the media is lobbing softballs at Caroline Kennedy because of the would-be New York senator’s class status, Politico reports. The Republican governor of Alaska speculates that “there is a class issue here also that was such a factor in the scrutiny of my candidacy,”... More »

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Katie Couric • Tina Fey • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • class divide • media bias • media coverage • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - The conservative movement is at a crossroads, torn between its intellectuals (think David Brooks) and its shouters (think Rush Limbaugh). As TV’s main conservative voice, Fox News could tip the scales, so Isaac Chotiner of the New Republic watched as much of the channel as he could. His verdict... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Fox News • Election 2008 • media bias • conservative base • Brit Hume

Palin: Chronicle Suppressed Obama Coal Interview

Paper: It's been online since January

Nov 3, 08 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin apparently believes the San Francisco Chronicle suppressed a January interview with Barack Obama, in which he threatens to bankrupt the coal industry. “You gotta listen to the tape,” Palin told an Ohio crowd yesterday. “Why is this audio tape just now surfacing? This interview... More »

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Barack Obama • media • San Francisco • cap and trade • coal • coal power • Election 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin

 Palin Coverage 
 Negative 
 by 18-1: 
 Study 

Conservative watchdog group cites "undeniable pattern of bias"

Oct 30, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A study from a right-wing media watchdog says coverage of Sarah Palin on the big three TV networks has been overwhelmingly negative, Politico reports. NBC, CBS, and ABC broadcast 69 stories on Palin between September 29 and October 12, of which the Culture and Media Institute considered 37 negative, 30... More »

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sexism • gender bias • Election 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin

opinion

Drudge Loses Juice as Media Swing Left

Tough competition drives Fleet Street-style sensationalism, bias

Oct 30, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Ashley Todd hoax was as good a symbol as any of the decline of the Drudge Report, writes John Gapper in the Financial Times. Liberal blogs, cable TV, and, indeed, newspapers themselves have invaded and occupied Matt Drudge’s sensationalist niche. Tough competition and falling circulation are “pushing... More »

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newspaper • cable TV • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • journalism • media bias

McCain to NYT: Don't Mess With the Missus

Fuming campaign suggests paper find Obama's 'drug dealer'

Oct 18, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain campaign and the New York Times are at it again after the paper published a partly unflattering profile of Cindy McCain today, Lynn Sweet reports for the Chicago Sun-Times. Mrs. McCain’s lawyer fired off an angry letter at the Times, asking why it drudged up old stories... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • New York Times • Michelle Obama • Cindy McCain • media bias

OPINION

 How McCain Lost 
 His Media 'Base' 

Republican scaring away members of his own party turns press into hunters

Oct 6, 08 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain used to call the press “my base,” but if that’s true, his base has turned against him. Most of his biggest admirers, won over by his 2000 campaign, have become brutal critics, John Heileman writes for New York. The Republicans of all stripes pouring off... More »

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John McCain • media • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • media bias

Moderator of VP Debate Mired in Bias Brouhaha

Ifill's book on black politics has been reported for months

Oct 2, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the two presidential campaigns agreed that Gwen Ifill would moderate tonight's VP debate, it was already known that she was writing a book on contemporary black politics. But yesterday the right wing blogosphere erupted with claims that Ifill is biased toward the Democrats and should pull out. As the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Election 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin • Gwen Ifill

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