Tag Archives: Tea Party

NYT's Bai: Tea Party = MoveOn.org?

Posted on 11/01/2010 by Peter Hart

New York Times reporter Matt Bai had a long piece Sunday (10/31/10)that argued that Tea Partiers are really the right-wing version of Bush-era MoveOn activists and bloggers (the "netroots"). Bai writes of "the larger forces that unify many self-styled activists … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Endorses 'Lamestream' Media Coverage of Tea Parties

Posted on 10/27/2010 by Peter Hart

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 →

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NYT on Dems, Tea Parties and 'Social Issues'

Posted on 10/08/2010 by Peter Hart

Jodi Jacobson from RH Reality Check joins CounterSpin this week to talk about the media's decision to let Tea Party activists define their movement as one that doesn't focus on red meat "social issues." As Jacobson argues, that distinction doesn't … Continue reading →

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NYT's Carr to Jon Stewart: Get Off the Field!

Posted on 09/20/2010 by Jim Naureckas

The New York Times' David Carr (9/20/10) compares involvement by media figures in politics–exemplified by CNBC's Rick Santelli and various Fox News figures fueling the Tea Party movement, and Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's dueling answer rallies to said movement–to … Continue reading →

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What Would the Tea Party Look Like if It Were British, and Totally Different?

Posted on 04/27/2010 by Jim Naureckas

As a U.S. political columnist, the Washington Post's Anne Applebaum ("Britain's Spot of Tea Party," 4/27/10) might be excused for calling the Liberal Democratic Party "Britain's historically insignificant third party"; historically speaking, it was actually one of Britain's two major … Continue reading →

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E.J. Dionne: Tea Party a 'Media-Created Protest Movement'

Posted on 04/19/2010 by Peter Hart

E.J. Dionne has a good column in the Washington Post today (4/19/10) looking at the Tea Party movement, and pinning a fair amount of blame on the press: "The news media's incessant focus on the Tea Party is creating a … Continue reading →

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Howard Kurtz and Tea Party Coverage: Too Much Is Not Enough

Posted on 04/16/2010 by Peter Hart

From his Web column today (4/16/10): After initially dismissing the tea types as an unimportant sideshow, the media are drinking deeply from that particular cup, especially with today being Tax Day and all. If by "dismissing" Kurtz means "featuring on … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Stupid and Racist? They're Not All Republicans, Says O'Reilly

Posted on 04/06/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Like Andrew Malcolm (FAIR Blog, 4/6/10), Bill O'Reilly (O'Reilly Factor, 4/5/10) has a bone to pick with how the "left-wing media" have representing the Tea Party movement. First, he complained, "Tea Party folks were labeled stupid, too dumb to understand … Continue reading →

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Distorting the Polling on Tea Party Supporters

Posted on 04/06/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Is theTea Party movement actually more politically diverse than the "liberal media" would have you believe? Andrew Malcolm, a blogger for the L.A. Times who used to be Laura Bush's press secretary, thinks so. He wrote yesterday (4/5/10) about a … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Popularity in Perspective

Posted on 02/09/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Blogger Matthew Yglesias (2/9/10), responding to a Des Moines Register poll that found "a third of Iowans from across the political spectrum say they support the 'tea party' movement, sounding a loud chorus of dissatisfaction with government": Thirty-eight percent of … Continue reading →

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