RonRadosh http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/298/all en NYT Ignores Leftist Piven's Violent Rhetoric, Blames Beck's Criticism http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-ignores-leftist-pivens-violent-rhetoric-blames-becks-criticism <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Media reporter Brian Stelter &quot;inverts the story&quot; to make Glenn Beck a villain and a leftist advocate of violence a hero, claims the Wall Street Journal&#039;s James Taranto. &quot;In the paper&#039;s telling, [Frances Fox] Piven, the advocate of violence, is the victim; Beck, her critic, is the villain....But the idea that Beck is to blame for these alleged threats is baseless. That is why the Times makes this accusation only indirectly, through insinuation and innuendo, consistent with its recent journalistic modus operandi.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> Fox News host Glenn Beck is targeted by Times media reporter Brian Stelter in a Saturday piece in defense of leftist academic Frances Fox Piven, columnist for The Nation magazine and common focus of Beck's show.<br /><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-ignores-leftist-pivens-violent-rhetoric-blames-becks-criticism" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch BrianStelter FrancesFoxPiven GlennBeck JamesTaranto liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias Rhetoric RonRadosh StanleyKurtz TheNation TimesWatch Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:12:00 +0000 admin 101 at http://archive2.mrc.org