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O, What a Business Move to Hype a Half-Sister

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:00:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

She is the Queen of All Media, a woman so successful she has her own TV show, her own magazine, $2.7 billion in the bank, a book club that can make any author a best seller and now her own TV network. And, conveniently, she also has a 'secret' she had to share with 6.7 billion close friends - just in time to promote her fledgling cable channel.

A Study in Character Assassination: How the TV Networks Have Portrayed Sarah Palin as Dunce or Demon

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:16:00 +0000

CMI Staff

In just one month, the percentage of Americans who viewed GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin unfavorably soared from 32 percent to 49 percent, according to a new survey. Might hostile media coverage account for Palin's skyrocketing unfavorable rating?

A Study in Character Assassination: Executive Summary

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:18:00 +0000

CMI Staff

Apart from politicians embroiled in scandals, rarely have the public perceptions of a candidate soured so quickly. According to Pew Research Center polls from September and October, the percentage of the public that sees Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin unfavorably shot up from 32 percent to 49 percent in just one month.

Headline of the Year (So Far)

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:50:00 +0000

Plus: "Ex-Radical" Bill Ayers? & Two Great Moments in Investigative Journalism

Clay Waters

Headline of the Year (So Far)

"East Germany Had Its Charms, Crushed by Capitalism." - Headline over an October 29 book review by Richard Eder of "New Lives," by German novelist Ingo Schulze.

How Dare McCain Call Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers a Domestic Terrorist

"His campaign has pelted his rival with attacks that make some of his old advisers wince, like questioning Mr. Obama's patriotism or tying him to 'a domestic terrorist.'" - Reporter David Kirkpatrick, October 26.

Cross Obama, and This Might Happen to You

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:51:18 +0000

Plus: Terrorist Bill Ayers, Shady Financier Charles Keating Morally Equivalent?"

Clay Waters

Cross Obama, and This Might Happen to You

"As it turns out, Joe the Plumber...may work in the plumbing business, but he is not a licensed plumber....His full name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. And he owes back taxes, too, public records show." - Reporter Larry Rohter in his investigation of Joe Wurzelbacher, who challenged Barack Obama on taxes at a campaign stop in Toledo, Ohio, October 17.

Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers, Shady Financier Charles Keating: Same Thing

The Medias Top 10 Economic Myths of 2007

admin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:21:00 +0000

BMI Staff

See Executive Summary

10. Airlines are solely to blame for the unfriendly skies.
Media myth: Blame the airlines for all those flight delays; never mind the obsolete government-run agency creating the gridlock.

Reporter Puzzled by Conservative Hostility

admin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:56:35 +0000

Plus: Smearing Private Guards in Iraq as "Mercenaries"

Clay Waters

Reporter Puzzled by Conservative Hostility Toward the Times
"Each time I experienced a new wave of anger toward the paper, I would try various tacks to defuse their hostility. Did they know there was a difference between the editorial and news pages? What about the fact that we get just as much criticism from the left as we do from the right? Did they know how hard we worked to report the news fairly? I would always try to offer an example, or two." - Reporter Michael Luo, in an October 28 posting on the Times political blog "The Caucus."

Frank Rich's Gestapo Tactics

admin — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:14:36 +0000

Plus: Embracing Che Chic and Panicky Pro-Life Christians

Clay Waters

Frank Rich's Gestapo Tactics

Giuliani Just Can't Do Anything Right

admin — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:26:25 +0000

Plus: Squeamish Liberal Movie Critic Warns Readers Not to Read Graph Describing Abortion

Clay Waters

Giuliani Just Can't Do Anything Right...Except Lead in GOP Polls
"An odd cellphone call from his wife, two rogue volunteers exploiting the memory of 9/11 to raise money, renewed questions about shifting stances on crucial domestic issues, upheaval within the campaign's upper ranks and more focus on an unconventional family life. It has been a rough time on the campaign trail for Rudolph W. Giuliani." - Opening lines to Marc Santora's October 1 "Political Notebook" on Rudy Giuilani's campaign.

The Medias Top 10 Economic Myths of 2006

admin — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:25:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

See Executive Summary

10. American manufacturing is obsolete
Media myth: All the manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas, and the only ones left are in the almost empty plants of the Big Three automakers.

White Racism Cost Ford His Senate Seat?

admin — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:13:49 +0000

Plus, Bashing Blogs that Criticize the Times, Paul Krugman's Pre-Election Paranoia, and Karl Rove as a Cancer

Clay Waters

White Racism Cost Harold Ford Jr. TN Senate Seat

Signs of the Coming Bush Apocalypse

admin — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:44:05 +0000

Also: Former bureau chief Chris Hedges went wild on Christian "fascism," plus Frank Rich's "pathology."

Clay Waters

Signs of the Bush Apocalypse
"If you are sure you will be raptured into heaven, your clothes left behind with the nonbelievers, then this news should cheer you up.If you are rational, however, these may be some of the last few weeks or months in which to enjoy what is left of our beleaguered, dying republic and way of life." - Former Times Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Hedges in his October 9 column for Truthdig, on the aftermath of what he predicts will be an imminent attack by Bush on Iran that could happen "in as little as three weeks."

Left-Wing Times Staffers Go Wild on Campus

admin — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:49:13 +0000

Linda Greenhouse at Harvard on the "sustained assault on women's reproductive freedom."

Clay Waters

Left-Wing Times Staffers Go Wild on Campus
"Our government had turned its energy and attention away from upholding the rule of law and toward creating law-free zones at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, Haditha, and other places around the world. And let's not forget the sustained assault on women's reproductive freedom and the hijacking of public policy by religious fundamentalism." - Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse talking at Harvard, June 9.

Fervid Friedman: "It Is So Important That the Republicans Lose"

Waging War

admin — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:00:00 +0000

BMI Staff

Waging War

Gas Hysteria: Prices are Falling, 'But ...'

admin — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:00:00 +0000

BMI Staff

Gas Hysteria:
Prices are Falling, But