Melody Johnson: Wash. Post Reports On Susan Rice’s Investments With Ties To...
A Washington Post article connected U.N. ambassador Susan Rice's investments in companies with business ties to Iran but didn't mention that Sen. John McCain, one of Rice's chief critics, has holdings...
View ArticleWall Street Journal Pushes Myths About Wage-Lowering "Right-To-Work" Law
A Wall Street Journal editorial pushed a so-called "right-to-work" law for Michigan that the Journal claims will help fix the state's economy.
View ArticleMyths And Facts About "Right-To-Work" Laws
In the wake of Michigan passing a so-called "right-to-work" law, which significantly weakens the ability of unions to bargain on behalf of workers, right-wing media pushed numerous myths about the...
View ArticleAlan Pyke: TV News Fails Public With Scoreboard-Over-Substance Approach To...
Instead of helping viewers understand the substance and real-world impacts of year-end budget negotiations, television news outlets are shutting economists out of their coverage and relying on...
View ArticleTodd Gregory: Conservative Media Figures Blame Sandy Hook Massacre On...
In a National Review Online post, author Charlotte Allen followed the lead of other right-wing media figures by suggesting that the deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut were the result of a...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Cliff Deal, By The Numbers
Last night, the House of Representatives passed the Senate’s compromise bill to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff.” The bill, dubbed the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,” raised taxes on (some...
View ArticleMe, On The Road In January
Tomorrow, I go on the road for both the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour and the Sundance Film Festival. Posting will continue generally apace, with some interruptions allowable for...
View ArticleIt’s Health Care: Why Fox Is Wrong About America’s "Spending Problem"
Fox News host Neil Cavuto and Fox guest Stephen Moore agreed that President Obama is wrong to suggest that federal spending growth is driven by health care costs, when in fact Obama is right. Health...
View Article10 Myths Conservative Media Will Use Against Immigration Reform
As congressional leaders debate a framework for comprehensive immigration reform that will likely grant undocumented immigrants legal status, conservative media are engaged in promoting myths and...
View ArticleSimon Maloy: Breitbart.com, "Friends Of Hamas," And Enemies Of Accountability
On February 7, Breitbart.com's Ben Shapiro reported that Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel (according to "Senate sources") received money from a group called "Friends of Hamas." The report spread...
View ArticleEric Boehlert: "Friends Of Hamas" And Why The GOP Can’t Win The Internet
If you want to appreciate how vast the digital divide is that historically separates conservative failures and liberal accomplishments online, and if you want to add some context to the recent New...
View ArticleFox News Advocates For Cutting Head Start Program That Benefits Disadvantaged...
Fox News figures are reviving the myth that the Head Start education program is a failure, in light of reports that the program may lose funding. In fact, research shows the program benefits...
View ArticleLara Schwartz: Media Cover Boat Disaster But Not The Supreme Court Case That...
News outlets have largely ignored the legal barriers that the Supreme Court has erected in between injured consumers and access to compensation - including a current case that could give big business...
View ArticleSalvatore Colleluori: Supervised Release Decision Rush Limbaugh Calls...
Rush Limbaugh slammed the Obama administration for releasing some detained undocumented immigrants, claiming the decision was a "political ploy" and an "illegal order." In fact, undocumented...
View ArticleJustin Berrier: Limbaugh Claims Labor Nominee Perez Handled Case Resolved...
Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Labor Tom Perez "made the call not to prosecute the New Black Panthers," a case that was concluded before Perez ever joined the...
View ArticleCarlos Maza: Ben Carson Scheduled To Give Keynote Address To Notorious...
Dr. Ben Carson, who recently attempted to walk back his controversial comments about marriage equality, is scheduled to give the keynote address at a banquet hosted by a notorious anti-gay hate group...
View ArticleSalvatore Colleluori: Fox News Helps Townhall’s Katie Pavlich Push Dubious...
Fox News hyped a dubious story by Townhall news editor Katie Pavlich to stoke fears that a surge of immigrants has made the border less safe. Pavlich, a Fox News contributor , published a story using...
View ArticleIn 12 Hours, Gun Violence Victims Read The Names Of Over 3,300 People Shot To...
Early Thursday morning, gun violence survivors and families of victims finally finished reading the names of all the people who have been killed by guns since the Sandy Hook Elementary School...
View ArticleMatt Gertz: NRA Distorts Suspect Survey To Attack Background Checks
The National Rifle Association is distorting a survey that experts say already uses questionable methology to claim that the vast majority of police don't believe background checks will reduce violent...
View ArticleSergio Munoz: Right-Wing Media’s Own Legal Experts Undermine Campaign To...
Over the objections of their own legal experts, right-wing media continue to argue the alleged Boston bomber should be denied constitutional rights unlike the hundreds of terrorists before him who...
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