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Media Ignore Past Spending Cuts In Reports On Budget Deal

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - By Albert Kleine - Jan. 04 (News Analysis) - Following the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, media figures have lamented that spending cuts were not included in the deal. However, experts believe that spending cuts made in 2011 should be included in assessing the latest deal, which shows budget cuts factor heavily into deficit reduction efforts.

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Why Fox News and the Wall Street Journal Reward Their Pundits for Being Wrong About Everything

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Eric Boehlert - Nov. 17 (News Analysis) - "dumbed-down conservatism" is what drives the GOP Noise Machine. It's what Fox, Rush Limbaugh and other conservative media have been pushing for years and posting healthy profits in the process. If there's going to be widespread change within the conservative movement it's going to have to include the right-wing media. And for that to happen, accountability has to be finally introduced into the equation.

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Defeated Right-Wing Media Wage War On Voters

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Eric Boehler - Nov. 11 (News Analysis) - Having spent the last four years smearing and denouncing the president with every passing breath on the radio and on Fox News, Hannity was faced with the humiliating reality that most voters paid him no mind. "Americans, you get the government you deserve," the talker told listeners yesterday, his words dripping with contempt.

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Ten Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Writers Who Weren't Disclosed As Romney Advisers

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - By Eric Hananoki - Sep. 26 (Opinion) - The Wall Street Journal has published op-eds from 10 writers without disclosing their roles as advisers to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. The op-eds attack President Obama and his administration or discuss Romney on a range of topics like the economy, health care, education and foreign policy.

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"We Haven't Run The Numbers:" A Startling Ryan Admission That's Getting Little Attention

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - By Simon Maloy - Aug. 16 (Opinion) - Last night, newly ensconced Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan sat down for his first solo interview with Fox News' Brit Hume and let slip an admission about Mitt Romney's budget plan -- an admission that's receiving surprisingly little press attention. Asked by Hume when the Romney plan would balance the budget, Ryan said he didn't know because "we haven't run the numbers on that specific plan."

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Media Fail to Fact Check Romney’s Solyndra Speech

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

nationofchange.org - Jun. 04 (Fact Check) - Mitt Romney's remarks at Solyndra were full of falsehoods that went unchecked by many major media outlets. The media also largely failed to point out that as governor of Massachusetts, Romney investe

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Who's Advertising On Rush Limbaugh? | Media Matters for America

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

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STUDY: The Press And The Pipeline

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - By Jfk, Jnf - Jan. 26 (Special Report) - A Media Matters analysis shows that as a whole, news coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline between August 1 and December 31 favored pipeline proponents. Although the project would create few long-term employment opportunities, the pipeline was primarily portrayed as a jobs issue.

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Fox Continues To Fabricate Obama Administration Bullying

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - Sep. 27 (Fact Check) - On its Fox Nation website, Fox accused the Obama administration of "pressur[ing]" the Ford Motor Co. to pull a television ad promoting the fact that the company didn't take advantage of the auto bailout. However, Ford and the White House have both denied the allegation, with Ford saying it pulled the ad because the ad's campaign had ended.

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Economists Shut Out of Debt-Ceiling Debate

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

nationofchange.org - Sep. 22 (News Analysis) - Of the 1,258 guest appearances during segments that discussed the issue in the month leading up to the debt deal, only 52 -- or 4.1 percent -- were made by economists.

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Krauthammer Urges GOP To Attack Obama Using Ridiculous Apology Tour Line

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

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AilesHas Extensive Influence On GOP Politics,Thinks Palin Is An "Idiot"

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - May. 23 (Special Report) - New York magazine is out with an extensive profile of Fox News chief Roger Ailes that details the significant role he plays in conservative politics. Furthering the evidence that Fox News is simply a campaign arm of the GOP, the piece quotes an anonymous Republican aide who states that "You can't run for the Republican nomination without talking to Roger," and notes that Ailes actively encouraged Republican Governor Chris Christie to run for president. Ailes also apparently doesn't think too highly of his employee, Sarah Palin, who, according to a source close to Ailes, he thinks "is an idiot."

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National Media Ignored Union Rallies

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - Apr. 07 (News Analysis) - Union members and their progressive supporters staged rallies and events across the country on Monday to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination in Memphis, where the civil rights leader was helping local union workers organize. Activists claimed to have hosted "more than 1,200 events—teach-ins, vigils, faith services and town halls" yesterday, but most national news media outlets ignored the story.

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Top Fox News Executive Admits Lying On-Air About Obama

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Eric Hananoki - Mar. 31 (News Report) - In newly uncovered audio, a Fox News executive boasts that he lied repeatedly during the closing days of the 2008 presidential campaign when he speculated on-air "about whether Barack Obama really advocated socialism."

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Fox News Discovers Nuclear Reactor In Japanese Disco

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - By Simon Maloy - Mar. 15 (News Analysis) - A quick Googling of "shibuyaeggman" turned up no meaningful results. A Nexis search was also fruitless. However, further inquiries revealed that Eggman is the name of a dance club in a trendy neighborhood of Tokyo called... Shibuya. And, it just so happens, the Fox graphic appears to place the alleged reactor in Tokyo. Here's a photo of Eggman -- as you can see, it's right below The @ Super Suits Store. And Johnny Hi-Fi played there in 2006.

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"Fox News Lies" in Wisconsin

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - Mar. 03 (News Analysis) - Fox News has pushed a litany of falsehoods while reporting on pro-labor protests in Wisconsin, thereby proving right the many Wisconsin protesters who have broken out into chants of "Fox News lies."

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Huckabee: Obama Grew Up "In Kenya"

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - By Eric Hananoki - Mar. 01 (News Analysis) - During a radio appearance yesterday, Mike Huckabee repeatedly falsely claimed that President Obama grew up in Kenya. After questioning Obama's purported secrecy about the birth certificate, radio host Steve Malzberg asked Huckabee if "we deserve to know more about this man." Huckabee responded, "I would love to know more. What I know is troubling enough."

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Fox News Insider: 'Stuff Is Just Made Up'

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Eric Boehlert - Feb. 14 (News Analysis) - 'Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch was quick with a response: 'I don't think people would believe it's as concocted as it is; that stuff is just made up.'

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Jon Stewart Did What Pundits And Reporters Should Have Done

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - By Eric Boehlert - Dec. 24 (Opinion) - Stewart was forced to fill a gaping, Mack truck-size hole in the press corps. i.e. By pointing out the hypocrisy of the GOP's opposition to the bill, Stewart was doing the work of what countless pundits should have done. And by interviewing the first responders himself, Stewart was doing the work of what countless reporters should have done.

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Fox boss ordered staff to cast doubt on climate science

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - By Ben Dimiero - Dec. 15 (Investigative Report) - In the midst of global climate change talks last December, a top Fox News official sent an email questioning the "veracity of climate change data" and ordering the network's journalists to "refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question."

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Conservatives grasp at straws to condemn DADT report

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - Dec. 12 (News Analysis) - Since the release of the Pentagon's survey of service members regarding Don't Ask Don't Tell, conservatives have attacked the report as inaccurate, claiming it does not adequately represent veterans, that repeal would require a return to the draft, and that it would censor military chaplains. In fact, veterans are well represented in the survey, most said repeal would not affect their career plans, and existing regulations account for the varying beliefs of military chaplains.

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LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - By Ben Dimiero - Dec. 09 (Investigative Report) - At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Bill Sammon, Fox News' controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing his network's journalists not to use the phrase "public option."

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Economists say food crisis prediction from Beck's inflation expert is "crazy"

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - By Matt Gertz - Nov. 17 (News Analysis) - Economists tell Media Matters that they've "never heard" of the organization Glenn Beck has cited to fearmonger over a coming "food crisis," and mocked the group's conclusion that massive inflation in food prices is imminent.

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Why are Fox News employees allowed to plug their financial interests without disclosure?

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Media Matters - Nov. 12 (News Analysis) - on matters weightier than baseball, Fox News has consistently shown it has little interest in asking its on-air talent to disclose their financial interests in the topics they discuss. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal noted that Glenn Beck has been doing "live-read" advertisements on his radio program -- which is not produced by Fox News -- for FreedomWorks. On Fox News, Glenn Beck prominently featured the organization and its president in an October show. Beck never mentioned his financial connections with FreedomWorks. Video of the appearance, along with a "partner with Glenn Beck" promotion, is currently featured on the front page of FreedomWorks' website

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White House debunks "wildly inflated" $200M-per-day price tag for Obama's India trip

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Media Matters - By Sarah Pavlus - Nov. 03 (News) - According to a White House spokesman, the claim -- circulated by Rush Limbaugh and the Drudge Report -- that President Obama's November trip to India will cost the U.S. $200 million per day has "no basis in reality."

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