"Right On": Conservative Media Applaud, Defend Romney For Birther Comment
Conservative media figures are defending and applauding Mitt Romney for invoking at a Michigan rally the false conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in the United States. Romney Makes...
View ArticleHow The Sunday Shows "Covered" Romney’s Birther Line
The major Sunday network news talk shows gave less than two minutes of coverage to Mitt Romney's invocation of the conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in the United States. The New...
View ArticleResearch Backs Up Voter Suppression Claims, But Media Stay In False-Balance Mode
The media is applying false balance to its coverage of Republican-sponsored laws that make voting more difficult. But that approach is undermined by the growing body of evidence from nonpartisan...
View ArticleRomney’s Debate Dishonesty Came Straight From Fox News
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney echoed Fox News in his first debate with President Obama, citing various falsehoods and misleading claims often propagated by the supposedly "fair and...
View ArticleMedia Dismiss Drop In Unemployment Rate As Government "Propaganda"
Media figures have rushed to discredit the newly released jobs numbers, claiming that the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.8 percent has been manufactured to help President Obama's reelection...
View ArticleMedia Whitewash Dishonesty From Romney’s Foreign Policy Speech
Media outlets praised Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's speech on foreign policy, calling it "tremendous" and "a fabulous speech that exuded leadership." But the speech relied on...
View ArticleTodd Gregory: Conservative Media Attack Obama Campaign, Media For Pointing...
Joe Scarborough and Fox & Friends lashed out at the Obama campaign and other media outlets this morning for accurately pointing out that Mitt Romney relied on falsehoods during the first...
View ArticleCaitlin Ginley: CNN Continues To Treat Conservative "Scam PAC" As Legitimate
CNN has continued to bolster the national profile of Tea Party Express in the lead up to the presidential election despite widespread reporting that the supposed grassroots organization exists largely...
View ArticleAndy Newbold: Fox’s Economic Argument For Secession Would Actually Create A...
Fox News' The Five argued that petitions created and signed by people calling for secession from the United States following President Obama's re-election were justified because conservative-leaning...
View ArticleConservative Media Shrug At The Thought Of Another Recession
Right-wing media figures are urging Republicans to refuse to compromise on budget and taxes, action that would induce automatic government budget cuts and broad tax increases and herald another...
View ArticleWhat The Media Should Know About Gun Appreciation Day
The media has devoted significant coverage to the upcoming Gun Appreciation Day, which is organized by a Republican consulting firm that is pocketing a portion of the contributions. The January 19...
View ArticleJustin Berrier: Fox Contradicts Itself On Economy, Manages To Be Wrong Twice
Following news that the economy had contracted slightly at the end of 2012, Fox News figures claimed both that government spending had not decreased, and that it had decreased because of President...
View ArticleEmily Arrowood: Hannity Omits Jeb Bush’s Reversal On Support For Pathway To...
Fox's Sean Hannity hosted former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick to hype their new book on immigration reform -- but Hannity never acknowledged that the book marked a major reversal of...
View ArticleFox Revives Health Care Myths To Promote Ryan Budget
Fox News pushed long-debunked myths about health care reform in order to promote Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) reported plans to repeal the law as part of his upcoming budget
View ArticleJustin Berrier: Dobbs Pushes Dubious GOP Attack On Senate Democrats’ Budget
Lou Dobbs promoted the GOP attack that the Senate Democrats' proposed federal budget raises taxes by $1.5 trillion, a claim based on "a willful misreading" of the budget. In the "chalk talk" segment...
View ArticleO’Reilly Declares Victory In "War On Christmas," Joins Fox’s "War On Easter"
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly declared victory in the so-called "War on Christmas," joining Fox's fight to defend Easter from supposed attacks by "secular progressives." Previously, O'Reilly claimed there...
View ArticleMike Burns: Fox Rhetoric Echoed In Poll Revealing Belief That "Armed...
A new poll showing that more than four in ten registered Republican voters believe an "armed revolution" may be necessary in the next few years echoes rhetoric employed by Fox News personalities. The...
View ArticleTom 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...
View ArticleJeremy Holden: ABC’s "Exclusive" Benghazi Report Shows Nothing New
ABC News is buying into right-wing scandal mongering over the tragic September 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, with an "exclusive" report that doesn't stand up to...
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