Overview
| Media | Online |
| Audience | (English) |
| Scope | National |
| Political Viewpoint | Left |
| Owners | Nonprofit Organization |
| Story Formats | News Analysis (64), Opinion (17), Special Report (7), News Report (4), Press Release (1), Statement (1) |
| Story Authors | Jamison Foser (7), Eric Boehlert (5), No Author Listed (3), Lka (2), Rc & Ssm (1), Media Matters (1), Mg (1), Andrew Ironside (1), Robert Morlino (1), Eric Alterman (1), Peter@Daoureportcom (1), Eric H Hananoki (1), Rsk (1) |
| Story Topics | Media And Politics (67), Ethics In Journalism (53), Mainstream Media (38), Presidential Election 2008 (30), Journalism (20), Fake News (11), Media Ownership (9), John Mc Cain (9), Racism (6), Republican Party (6), Obama Administration (6), Republican Nomination (2), U.S. Congress (2), Bush Administration (2), Culture Wars (2)... |
Research
| Location | Washington, DC, US |
| Search Sites | Google | Yahoo | Technorati | Wikipedia | del.icio.us |
Editorial
| Edited By | Kaizar Campwala |
| Last Edit | Nov 16, 2006 - 3:30 PM PST |
| Source Editorial Priority | Medium |
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It's not just Limbaugh and Hannity
Media Matters - Nov. 6, 2008 (News Analysis)
Beyond the echelon of widely known conservative radio hosts with national audiences lies a vast network of lesser-known syndicated and regional radio hosts who have become key ...
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Media continue to uncritically report McCain campaign attacks on their coverage
Media Matters - Nov. 5, 2008 (News Analysis)
A Media Matters review of the media's coverage of two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. Barack Obama -- his ties to Bill Ayers and Antoin Rezko -- and two ...
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Conservative media figures allege Obama's Hawaii trip is about discredited birth-certificate rumors, not his ailing grandmother
Media Matters - Oct. 24, 2008 (News Analysis)
Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, and Jerome Corsi suggested or asserted that the true purpose of Sen. Barack Obama's current trip to Hawaii is not to visit his ailing ...
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KSFO's Rodgers falsely claimed Obama "admits in one of his own books" that he would "stand with the Muslims" against "the Western world"
Media Matters - Oct. 22, 2008 (News Analysis)
KSFO's Lee Rodgers falsely claimed Sen. Barack Obama "admits in one of his own books" that "in case of a confrontation between the Western world and the Islamic world, he will ...
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On MSNBC, Feehery claimed attacks on Palin are "kind of attacking motherhood and apple pie and everything good about America"
Media Matters - Sep. 12, 2008 (News Analysis)
On the September 11 edition of MSNBC Live, Hill contributor and Republican strategist John Feehery claimed that "when the Obama campaign and when the left bloggers attack ...
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Media continue to repeat plagiarism accusation without noting that Biden had previously credited Kinnock
Media Matters - Aug. 24, 2008 (News Analysis)
Media outlets continue to report that Sen. Joe Biden was accused in 1987 of plagiarizing then-British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock without noting that while Biden did ...
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Numerous media outlets reported McCain's attack on Obama over public financing without noting McCain's loan
Media Matters - by L.K.A., M.G. - Jun. 21, 2008 (News Analysis)
Numerous media outlets have reported all or part of Sen. John McCain's statement rebuking Sen. Barack Obama for his decision to forgo public financing in the general election ...
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LA Times ignored McCains alleged role in Keating Five scandal
Media Matters - by Eric H. Hananoki - May. 30, 2008 (News Analysis)
In an article about Sen. John McCain's early political career, the Los Angeles Times' Richard A. Serrano described Charles H. Keating Jr. as "[a]nother influential friend" who ...
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The Press Is Only Too Happy to Burnish McCain's Reputation
Media Matters - by Eric Boehlert - May. 14, 2008 (News Analysis)
Campaign aides for Sen. John McCain want very much to sell the American public on the "McCain brand" and to pitch the Republican candidate as a sort of stand-alone, ...
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The media render the RNC obsolete
Media Matters - by Jamison Foser - Apr. 28, 2008 (News Analysis)
McCain has reached the primary spending caps and may be breaking the law with each additional dollar he spends. (McCain's campaign asserts that he is not breaking the law ...
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Quinn stated that unlike welfare recipients, slaves "had to work" for food, housing
Media Matters - Nov. 6, 2008 (News Analysis)
On The War Room with Quinn & Rose, Jim Quinn said: "You know, if you were a slave in the old South, what did you get as a slave? You got free room and board, you got free ...
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Don't believe the Hype: Will newspapers distributing Bossie's DVD report on its falsehoods?
Media Matters - Oct. 30, 2008 (Opinion)
The conservative activist group Citizens United is reportedly distributing Hype: The Obama Effect, a DVD attacking Sen. Barack Obama, this week in newspapers in Ohio, Nevada, ...
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Fox News' Carlson falsely asserted "roughly 40 percent" of Obama's tax plan "is a handout to people who do not pay taxes"
Media Matters - Oct. 29, 2008 (News Analysis)
Fox News' Gretchen Carlson falsely claimed that "roughly 40 percent" of Sen. Barack Obama's plan to cut taxes "is a handout to people who do not pay taxes." In fact, all ...
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Hannity again echoed Drudge's false account of Obama's 2001 WBEZ interview
Media Matters - Oct. 29, 2008 (News Analysis)
Fox News' Sean Hannity again repeated the false claim that in a 2001 interview, "Sen. Obama said it's a tragedy, quote, that redistribution of wealth was not pursued by the ...
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Contradicting own reporting, McClatchy repeated McCain's claim that Obama would raise taxes on business Joe the Plumber wants to buy
Media Matters - Oct. 29, 2008 (News Analysis)
An October 28 McClatchy Newspapers article reported that Sen. John McCain "hammered" Sen. Barack Obama "as someone who'd ... rais[e] taxes on small businesses, much like the ...
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Reporting on distribution of anti-Obama film, AP did not note that producer was reportedly fired from GOP House committee over deception
Media Matters - Oct. 29, 2008 (News Analysis)
The AP reported that David Bossie, maker of the anti-Obama film Hype: The Obama Effect, was "involved in the House's investigation of President Clinton," but did not note that ...
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Cunningham: "[P]eople are poor in America ... because they lack values, morals, and ethics"
Media Matters - Oct. 29, 2008 (News Analysis)
Bill Cunningham asserted on his radio show that "people are poor in America ... not because they lack money," but "because they lack values, morals, and ethics." He also said ...
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AP, Bloomberg ignored McCain's reversal on immigration reform
Media Matters - Oct. 22, 2008 (News Analysis)
The AP reported that Sen. John McCain "won admiration from Hispanics -- for co-sponsoring an immigration bill that included a path to citizenship" while a Bloomberg article ...
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Savage on Powell endorsement: "The only people who don't seem to vote based on race are whites of European origin"
Media Matters - Oct. 22, 2008 (News Analysis)
On his radio show, Michael Savage said, "Do you think Colin Powell came out for BO [Sen. Barack Obama] because of his race? Duh." He later added: "[F]orgive me for being so ...
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Hannity again denounces Obama for comments later echoed by Defense Secretary Gates
Media Matters - Oct. 22, 2008 (News Analysis)
U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan and accounts of resulting civilian casualties have been widely reported in the media and have reportedly provoked criticism from Afghan ...