Tag Archives: Politico

Supreme Court Fights: Left-Wing Media Bias Is Seldom More Imaginary

Posted on 05/28/2009 by Jim Naureckas

Politico's Mike Allen writes (5/27/09) The media's left-of-center bias is rarely more apparent than during court fights. The coverage running up to the pick was slanted heavily toward the notion of how "pragmatic" Obama's legal views are and how unlikely … Continue reading →

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Politico Hews to Corporate Line on Healthcare

Posted on 05/04/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Blogging at SinglePayerAction.org today (5/4/09), Corporate Crime Reporter's Russell Mokhiber describes the contents of a "much-hyped special section on healthcare" from Politico that features below the headline a Matt Wuerker cartoon of "the U.S. healthcare system" as a patient–"and you … Continue reading →

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Glimpsing Journalism's 'Devouring Black Hole of Corruption'

Posted on 04/22/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

A Tiny Revolution blogger Jonathan Schwarz (4/18/09) samples the response to Mike Allen of Politico's quote of "a former top official in the administration of President George W. Bush" calling the publishing of U.S. torture memos "damaging because these are … Continue reading →

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The 'Serious Journalistic Conflicts' of Fox's Van Susteren

Posted on 04/01/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Blogging on "Greta Van Susteren's defensive response" to reports "saying that one of the reasons that Sarah Palin has been caught up in a 'series of public relations gaffes' is because she is 'taking advice from Greta and her husband,'" … Continue reading →

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Support Wanes for Caricature of Fairness Doctrine

Posted on 02/17/2009 by Jim Naureckas

Politico reported (2/16/09) that a new poll shows that support for the Fairness Doctrine has dropped. Unfortunately, the policy described in the poll question bears no relationship to the Fairness Doctrine as it actually existed. The Rasmussen polling firm asked … Continue reading →

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