Blog Profile / Media Matters for America
| URL : | http://mediamatters.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 11123 | |
| Posts / Week: | 41.8 | |
| Archived Since: | April 14, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Las Vegas Review Journal 's Column Falsely Quotes Legislators To Mock Sex Ed Bill
Las Vegas Review Journal contributor Sherman Frederick penned a column claiming that state legislators are pushing a new bill seeking to bolster sex education in Nevada because they believe "Nevada girls are easy."
After discussing one...Show More Summary
Limbaugh: "Virtually Everything That Is Happening In This Country That Is Going Wrong Can Be Traced To Liberalism"
From the May 16 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: Previously: Limbaugh: "If You Look At Liberalism As A Religion, Abortion Is The Sacrament" Limbaugh: "It Doesn't Benefit Me To Lie To People," But Liberalism "Has To Be Propped Up By Lies" Limbaugh: My Listeners Say Liberalism Kills "People In Mass Numbers... I Have To Say, They Have A Point"
Limbaugh Suggests Obama Press Conference Was Delayed To Monitor His Show
From the May 16 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: Previously: Limbaugh: "If I Were Antonin Scalia, I Would Be Honored" To Be Compared To Me Limbaugh: "I Have Created More Jobs Than Obama And Romney Put Together, Damn Right" Rush Limbaugh: I'm Kind Of A Big Deal Limbaugh: "I Don't Have Really Much Of An Ego At All. Show More Summary
VIDEO: Fox's Tesla Re-Coil
Fox News and Fox Business previously portrayed electric carmaker Tesla Motors as another "failure" of the Obama administration's green energy investments. But since it is now clear that the company is doing well, both networks have developed...Show More Summary
Should Jonathan Karl Reveal His Benghazi Email Source?
The controversy surrounding the editing of the administration's Benghazi talking points took an interesting turn on Monday when CNN's Jake Tapper reported that a newly obtained email from White House aide Ben Rhodes written during the...Show More Summary
Media Hardly Notice Deficit Drop
Following months of media calls for deficit reduction, cable news channels spent just over 7 minutes reporting on a revised Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projection that the 2013 deficit will decline by more than previous estimates. Show More Summary
Media Observers on ABC's Jonathan Karl Benghazi Talking Points Story: "Sloppy" And "Inaccurate"
ABC's Jonathan Karl is drawing criticism from journalism veterans and media ethicists who say his recent reporting on talking points related to the September attacks on diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya has been "sloppy" and "highly...Show More Summary
Wall Street Journal Ignores Facts To Push GOP Claim About Benghazi
A Wall Street Journal article highlighted Republican complaints that references to Al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations were removed from unclassified talking points on the Benghazi, Libya, attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility...Show More Summary
ESPN Wants To Pay-To-Play
The dream of wireless providers like Verizon and AT&T -- or any company, really -- is to be able to charge twice for providing the same service. In working towards that goal they're getting a big assist from ESPN and tearing down net...Show More Summary
REPORT: NRA News' Misplaced Outrage Over Children And Guns
As media scrutinize accidental shootings involving children, the National Rifle Association's news program Cam & Company has instead repeatedly highlighted incidents where students clashed with administrators over school policies that...Show More Summary
New Talking Point Revelations Should End Benghazi Witch Hunt
Emails from Obama administration aides obtained by CNN should end the right-wing media's nine-month witch hunt regarding the creation and editing of talking points related to the September 2012 attacks on diplomatic facilities in Benghazi,...Show More Summary
Right-Wing Media Lead Charge For Abortion Bans, No Exceptions
Right-wing media are increasingly and uniformly pushing the "personhood" position in their anti-choice attacks, an absolutist argument that equates fetuses with persons and goes beyond repealing Roe v. Wade to banning all abortions. As recently as the 2012 presidential campaign, the GOP standard bearer claimed that although he opposed Roe v. Show More Summary
Fox Distorts Obama's Response To IRS Report In Order To Justify Calls For A Special Prosecutor
Fox News ignored President Obama's explicit demand for accountability in the wake of news that the Internal Revenue Service applied extra scrutiny to conservative groups. The network's omission gave it cover to accuse Obama of not taking...Show More Summary
Fox Ignores Marriage Equality Victories While Peddling Anti-Equality Horror Stories
Fox News chose to ignore the historic passage of marriage equality in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota, opting instead to promote a handful of asinine horror stories about same-sex marriage. Fox News viewers are likely unaware that...Show More Summary
Despite Dramatic Deficit Reduction, Fox & Friends Promotes Harmful Austerity Measures
Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade reacted to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report showing the 2013 deficit dropping by $200 billion by lamenting that the report might discourage further austerity measures.
In a May 14 report,...Show More Summary
REPORT: Fox News Spent One Minute Covering Marriage Equality In Three States
Fox News spent one minute covering the historic legalization of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota over the past several weeks. According to an Equality Matters analysis, the network completely ignored the passage...Show More Summary
Is Hannity Really The Third Most Diverse Show On Evening Cable News?
Our recent report on diversity on evening cable news produced an unexpected finding that raised eyebrows here at Media Matters: According to our results, Fox News' Hannity was the third most ethnically diverse show, sandwiched closely between MSNBC's Politics Nation with Al Sharpton and CNN's Erin Burnett Outfront. Show More Summary
Krauthammer Still Hasn't Seen This Photo Of Obama From Night Of Benghazi Attack
Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer continued to hype the right-wing myth that President Obama was missing on the night of the September 11, 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
During a May 14 panel discussion...Show More Summary
Tantaros Continues Fox's Campaign Of Connecting Gosnell's Crimes To Legal Abortion
From the May 14 edition of Fox News' The Five: Previously: Gosnell Conviction Revives False Abortion Analogies Fox Gosnell Special Promises To Equate Legal Abortions With Grotesque Crimes The Five Pretends Planned Parenthood Has Never Condemned Gosnell
Fox Host: "Rush Limbaugh Is Probably The Most Significant Republican In The Country"
From the May 14 edition of Fox News' The Five: Previously: Limbaugh Reasserts His Role As GOP Power Center Under Scrutiny, Fox And Limbaugh Reassert Role Advising GOP Limbaugh Touts GOP Adopting His Talking Point That Obama Is Campaigning, Not Governing