Tag Archives: Chris Matthews

25 Most Influential (or Not) Liberals (or Not)

Posted on 01/24/2009 by Jim Naureckas

Leave it to Forbes to get someone from the Hoover Institution to do an "in-depth" feature on "The 25 Most Influential Liberals in the U.S. Media" (1/22/09). The results are about as bogus as you might imagine, including a number … Continue reading →

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Chris Matthews, Now and Then

Posted on 01/16/2009 by Peter Hart

Chris Matthews reacting Bush's speech (as transcribed by the right-wing Media Research Center): The idea that we have some brand new neo-conservative ideology of freedom that's going to bring peace over in that part of the world is not true, … Continue reading →

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Chris Matthews: 'Stinker' of the Year?

Posted on 12/21/2008 by Gabriel Voiles

FAIR founder Jeff Cohen and longtime FAIR associate Norman Solomon have compiled their 17th annual list of "P.U.-litzer Prizes" (OpEd News, 12/18/08). Among this year's "stinkiest media performances": HOT FOR OBAMA PRIZE — MSNBC's Chris Matthews This award sparked fierce … Continue reading →

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Unions Aren't Booking Themselves on TV Shows

Posted on 11/18/2008 by Peter Hart

In "Clout Has Plunged for Automakers and Union, Too," the New York Times' Micheline Maynard makes this curious observation: [GM CEO Rick ]Wagoner and Ron Gettelfinger, head of the U.A.W., appeared on local TV in Detroit this week, but no … Continue reading →

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False Balance, TV Critic Style

Posted on 11/02/2008 by Jim Naureckas

New York Times TV reporter Jim Rutenberg (11/2/08) tries to make a case that Fox News and MSNBC are (in Tom Rosenstiel's words) "reverse images of each other." Here are the actual quotes used by Rutenberg to demonstrate this supposed … Continue reading →

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