Blog Profile / Media Matters for America
| URL : | http://mediamatters.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 11092 | |
| Posts / Week: | 41.7 | |
| Archived Since: | April 14, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Climate Change, "Happy Plants," And False Balance
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere passed 400 parts per million (ppm) on Thursday for the first time in human history. But one thing hasn't changed: false balance still crops up in climate change stories.
False balance occurs when journalists give equal weight to arguments from both sides, regardless of where the facts lie. Show More Summary
Todd Starnes' 5 Fake "Culture Wars"
Fox News reporter Todd Starnes claims to offer "culture war news," but several of his recent stories have turned out to be false or misleading. Starnes' Story: Military Undergoing "Christian Cleansing" Under Obama Starnes' Story: Lesbian...Show More Summary
Ted Nugent Proposes Treating Undocumented Immigrants "Like Indentured Servants"
National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent detailed a plan for immigration reform which calls for treating undocumented immigrants like "indentured servants" and requiring undocumented male immigrants to build a fence on theShow More Summary
Fox's K.T. McFarland On Benghazi: The Obama Administration "Traded Lives For Votes"
From the May 13 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom: Previously: Fox's McFarland Invents Facts To Accuse Obama Admin. Of Abandoning Americans In Benghazi The Truth About The Right's Latest Benghazi Attacks Fox's Ralph Peters: Obama Administration "Sacrificed American Lives For Politics" In Benghazi Fox News, Hillary Clinton, And The Difference That Benghazi Makes
Why Petraeus Didn't Like The Benghazi Talking Points
ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl is helping to promote a dishonest narrative regarding why then-CIA director Gen. David Petraeus expressed disapproval for a set of talking points written in response to the September...Show More Summary
Right-Wing Benghazi Witch Hunt Sets Sights On Pickering, Mullen
The right-wing's Benghazi witch hunt is turning its attention to Thomas Pickering, a career diplomat, and retired Adm. Mike Mullen, in a campaign to discredit their non-partisan report on the Benghazi attacks and push for a permanent,...Show More Summary
On Talking Liberally, Eric Boehlert Details Fox And GOP's "Laundry List Of Lies And Hollow Allegations" About Benghazi
From the May 13 edition of Current TV's Talking Liberally with Stephanie Miller: Previously: The Truth About The Right's Latest Benghazi Attacks Benghazi, Projection, And The Dark Obama Obsession ABC News Gets It Wrong On Having It "Both Ways" And Benghazi
REPORT: Diversity On Evening Cable News In 13 Charts
A review of guests on 13 evening cable news shows on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC during the month of April 2013 reveals that these networks overwhelmingly host male and white guests. Evening Cable News Guests Were Overwhelmingly White And Male
Men Dominated Guest List On Cable News. Show More Summary
What The Handling Of Jason Richwine Says About Conservatism
Late Friday, after the Heritage Foundation reportedly considered seeking the counsel of an outside PR firm to deal with damage to their brand, researcher Jason Richwine, who coauthored the deeply flawed immigration report pushed by the...Show More Summary
The Wall Street Journal Ignores Troop Deployment To Continue Benghazi Scandal Mongering
A Wall Street Journal editorial asked questions that have already been answered regarding military deployments in response to the Benghazi attack when it rehashed false claims that U.S. military forces were not deployed to the region...Show More Summary
Sunday Shows Rehash Debunked Benghazi Myths
Broadcast and cable Sunday political talk shows featured previously debunked myths about the September 11, 2012 attacks on diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Were Benghazi Talking Points Edited For Political Purposes? Was President...Show More Summary
ABC News Gets It Wrong On Having It "Both Ways" And Benghazi
ABC News is falsely suggesting there is a contradiction between the Obama administration removing references to terrorist groups in Libya from talking points about the September 11 attacks on diplomatic facilities in that country and...Show More Summary
Robert Gates Criticizes Conservatives' "Cartoonish Impression" Of Military Support For Benghazi
Robert Gates is calling out conservatives for the "cartoonish impression of the military" they promote when baselessly criticizing the Obama administration for not sending additional support during the September attack on diplomaticShow More Summary
Maureen Dowd's "Obfuscation" Of The Facts On Hicks And Benghazi
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is mischaracterizing the aftermath of the September attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in an effort to promote her claim that Hillary Clinton's aides engaged in "obfuscation."
In...Show More Summary
The Truth About The Right's Latest Benghazi Attacks
In coverage of a May 8 House Oversight Committee hearing, conservatives are pushing new myths about the Obama administration's response to the attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. Here is the truth about what really happened. Show More Summary
Cheryl Mills' (Non) Threatening Phone Call
Eugene Robinson's Friday Washington Post column that throws buckets of cold water on the Benghazi "cover-up" is well worth a read, but it touches only briefly on one aspect of the Benghazi story that emerged this week that merits further...Show More Summary
Victoria Toensing Should Confer With Her Client
One of the big bits of news to come out of the May 8 House Oversight Committee hearing was the claim that "whistleblower" Gregory Hicks felt he had been "effectively demoted" within the State Department for speaking out about the September 2012 attacks on the diplomatic facility in Benghazi. Show More Summary
Fox's Pinkerton: Media "Trumpet School Shootings" To Further "Gun Control Agenda"
From the May 11 edition of Fox News' Fox News Watch: Previously: UPDATED: Conservative Media Misread Data To Declare Gun Violence Epidemic Over National Review Online's Jim Geraghty: Newtown Families Are "Political Pawns" Just Like 9-11...Show More Summary
Fox Host: Media Finally Catching Up On Benghazi
From the May 10 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier: Previously: The Fox News Campaign To Tie Benghazi To Watergate Fox-Promoted Claim That Benghazi Witness Was Threatened Falls Apart On MSNBC's All In, Eric Boehlert Highlights Fox's Failed Attempt To Make Benghazi "Their Watergate"
Tom Pickering Has Been Shut Out Of The Benghazi Debate
Since the April release of a House Republican report on Benghazi, Tom Pickering -- co-chairman of the State Department's Accountability Review Board on the Benghazi attacks last year -- has been interviewed only twice on major news programs. Pickering...Show More Summary