Category Archives: magazines

Joe Klein Notices Newt Stole His Kid Janitor Idea

Posted on 01/20/2012 by Peter Hart

Time columnist Joe Klein jumped to Newt Gingrich's defense (12/19/11) when the Republican presidential candidate floated the idea that poor school children should work as janitors at their schools. Klein's endorsement (FAIR Blog, 12/9/11) earned him a coveted P.U. Litzer … Continue reading →

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Time Cheers the Drone War

Posted on 01/03/2012 by Peter Hart

The new issue of Time magazine promises on its cover "Essential Info for the Year Ahead." One apparently essential report: U.S. drones are awesome. The report–written by Mark Thompson, available to subscribers only explains that a "hot military trend" this … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul Has NOT Been Ignored by Media–Except, Well, Yes He Has

Posted on 12/22/2011 by Jim Naureckas

"Ron Paul Ignored by the Media? Not So Much" was the headline on a National Journal post yesterday (12/21/11). "The Texan's campaign has raised millions of dollars to combat the alleged media conspiracy that, they claim, is out to destroy … Continue reading →

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Time Paints Paul Ryan as Deficit-Slashing Superhero

Posted on 12/15/2011 by Peter Hart

The fact that Time magazine named "The Protester" its Person of the Year was maybe a little surprising. Totally unsurprising, though, was the choice of a runners-up: Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, a hero to many in the corporate media for … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, protest, Taxes, Time | Tagged , , , | 18 Comments

Joe Klein: Newt's Kids-as-Janitors Plan Too Narrow

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Peter Hart

We know by now that Newt Gingrich thinks he's smart. And we know there are plenty of people in the corporate media who believe the same thing. How do they show their love for the brainy Republican presidential candidate? Time's … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Election, Time | Tagged , , | 28 Comments

Fox News Goes to the Middle (and Other Fantasies)

Posted on 12/06/2011 by Peter Hart

Is Fox News Channel going soft? In an election year? Some media figures seem to think the hard-right channel is going to the "middle," but this seems to be a figment of the centrist imagination. New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman … Continue reading →

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Zakaria and Democracy 'Tension'

Posted on 12/02/2011 by Peter Hart

In the new issue of Time (12/12/11), Fareed Zakaria writes in the first sentence of his column: It is difficult to find a country on the planet that is more anti-American than Pakistan. In a Pew survey this year, only … Continue reading →

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A Fox News Blacklist?

Posted on 11/23/2011 by Peter Hart

Conservative David Frum writes in the new issue of New York: Back in 2009, I wrote a piece for Newsweek arguing that Republicans would regret conceding so much power to Rush Limbaugh. Until that point, Iâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢d been a frequent guest … Continue reading →

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Newsweek's Funny Numbers on Green Jobs

Posted on 10/19/2011 by Peter Hart

An article in the new issue ofNewsweek (10/24/11)–"Obama's Big Green Mess: How the White House lost its Eco-Mojo"–presents White House policy as a series of failures. It starts off with federal inspectors finding serious problems with various weatherization projects. That's … Continue reading →

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Time: Public Oddly Unfazed by Bongo Drums

Posted on 10/14/2011 by Peter Hart

The new Time poll that found the public more favorably inclined towards Occupy Wall Street protesters than the Tea Party has been making the rounds. From the magazine's write-up of the poll: A new Time/ABT SRBI poll finds 54 percent … Continue reading →

Posted in Polling, protest, Time | Tagged | 21 Comments

The Palin Campaign in Mark Halperin's Head

Posted on 09/19/2011 by Peter Hart

Mark Halperin has a feature in Time magazine every week called "The Big Questions." For a process-obsessed campaign reporter, this means a weekly who's up, who's down scorecard, in an easy to followQ-&-A format. This week's questions: Is Sarah Palin … Continue reading →

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Is the Election Over Yet?

Posted on 09/16/2011 by Peter Hart

From Time magazine's Rick Perry cover story (9/26/11): When you look at Perry, it's easy to picture him in an old Western. His late arrival in the primary field in August certainly felt like that moment when the big stranger … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, Media Criticism, Time | Tagged | 33 Comments

Zakaria, Libya and Iraq: Don't Remember What I Wrote

Posted on 08/26/2011 by Peter Hart

Fareed Zakaria cheers the Libya War in Time magazine this week for not following the Iraq model: It has been prosecuted with the memory of the Iraq war firmly in mind. Only this time the approach has been to view … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, Libya, Newsweek, Time | Tagged | 19 Comments

Where Does Press Set Bar for Bachmann?

Posted on 07/29/2011 by Peter Hart

Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen wrote a rather apoplectic column about presidential candidate Michele Bachmann this week, lamenting the fact that other GOP candidates aren't calling her out for being completely ill-prepared for the job: Bachmann does not deserve to … Continue reading →

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Mistakes, Madeleine Albright and Dead Iraqi Children

Posted on 07/25/2011 by Peter Hart

Newsweek has a feature called "My Favorite Mistake," where a famous person talks about something they've done wrong.http://www.fair.org/blog/wp-admin/edit.php This week (7/24/11) it's former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The mistake she cited was when she wore the wrong pin to … Continue reading →

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