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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Want to Restore the American Dream? Ask the CEOs!
TVNewser posts word of a CNN special this weekend hosted by Fareed Zakaria: Fareed Zakaria will debut his first primetime special this weekend, solidifying his new role at CNN. The special, Restoring the American Dream: A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special, … Continue reading
David Gregory Loves Michelle Rhee, Hates Criticism
Alan Suderman at Washington City Paper (10/28/10)caught NBC host David Gregory moderating an education event at a Washington hotel, where the Meet the Press host lavished praise on controversial former D.C. schools chancellor (and media darling) Michelle Rhee: Before we … Continue reading
Joe Klein's Bipartisan Advice: Obama, Embrace Nukes!
The conventional wisdom among corporate pundits has long been that Democrats have to move to the right in order to win. You're likely to hear a lot of this after Tuesday, but there's already plenty of advice being offered in … Continue reading
Adam Nagourney Wonders Why Women Aren't Republicans
New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney has a long piece (10/29/10) about California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, the Republican candidate for Senate. Both are expected to lose on Tuesday, which leaves Nagourney wondering why women aren't … Continue reading
Posted in Election, Gender, New York Times
Tagged Adam Nagourney, Carly Fiorino, Meg Whitman
19 Comments
Scientific American Doesn't Doubt Climate Change–But It Acts As If It Does
Scientific American editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina (10/28/10) responded to criticism from Climate Progress' Joe Romm (10/26/10) and FAIR Blog (10/27/10) of the magazine's recent coverage of climate change: In actuality, Scientific American reports on climate-related science in depth in nearly every … Continue reading
Posted in Media Criticism
16 Comments
Juan Williams' Ethical Duties–and NPR's
A guest post by Frances Cerra Whittelsey, Extra! contributor and journalism scholar: Whether or not Juan Williams is truly a liberal or just playing the role to give Fox an appearance of balance begs the question of whether his comment … Continue reading
Is Scientific American Running Away From Science on Climate Change?
Has Scientific American jumped the shark on climate change? That's the contention of Climate Progress blogger Joe Romm (10/26/10), who accuses the magazine of treating human-caused global climate change as an open question. Romm points to an article by Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, magazines
Tagged Joe Romm, Judith Curry, Michael Lemonick, Scientific American
41 Comments
Did the CIA Try to Kill Phil Agee? Ask the CIA!
CIA whistleblower Phil Agee's papers are headed to a library at New York University. A Washington Post article by Jeff Stein (10/27/10) notes that Agee, who died in 2008,revealed information that was"arguably more damaging than anything WikiLeaks has produced." But … Continue reading
Posted in Media Criticism, Washington Post
9 Comments
Tea Party Endorses 'Lamestream' Media Coverage of Tea Parties
Amy Gardner'srecent reporting on the Tea Party in the Washington Post has been very insightful. Today's piece (10/27/10) deals with the activists' views of the media.There's astandard right-wing whine about mainstream media neglect, but actual Tea Party activists see things … Continue reading
NYT Back on the Deficit Train
On today's front page, under the headline "Deficit Divisions Likely to Grow After Election," New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes writes this lead: WASHINGTON — A midterm campaign that has turned heavily on the issue of the mounting federal debt … Continue reading
Juan Williams, Fox News Liberal
After being fired by NPR, Juan Williams made an appearance with Fox host Bill O'Reilly (10/21/10) where he explained that he wasn't likely to get support from prominent African-American leaders like Al Sharpton because "I'm not a predictable black liberal." … Continue reading
On Austerity, USA Today Allows Only One View
USA Today typically pairs an editorial today with an opposing view–as it did with its recent editorials on redistricting and NFL rules. When it editorializedyesterday (10/25/10) on the need for the United States to adopt austerity measures similar to those … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Social Security, USA Today
10 Comments
ABC on WikiLeaks: When Will They Be Arrested?
On the October 22 broadcast of ABC World News With Diane Sawyer,the anchorweighed in on the WikiLeaks Iraq Wardocumentsby noting, "Arab television is already trumpeting the revelations." Not exactly a promising start, but the correspondent Martha Raddatz did a pretty … Continue reading
NYT Questions Efforts to Rehabilitate Suharto–a Dictator It Boosted for Decades
I was struck by this New York Times headline on Saturday (10/23/10):"Effort to Rehabilitate Suharto's Reputation Grows in Indonesia." (The headline seems to have been changed somewhere along the way.) The piece led with this: JAKARTA, Indonesia â┚¬” To millions, … Continue reading
