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Extra! articles:

• From Bozo to Churchill: George W.'s post-September 11 reinvention, by Mark Crispin Miller (5-6/02)

• Who Won the Election? Who Cares? Florida recount consortium muffles results of months of effort, by Miranda Spencer (1-2/02)

• Media Rush to Declare Winner in Florida -- Again, by Jim Naureckas (4/01)

• Serial Exaggerators: Media's double standard on political lying, by Peter Hart and Jim Naureckas (1-2/01)
• Surplus Shell Game: Pundits bent on fiscal discipline define away the surplus, by Seth Ackerman (11-12/00)
• Gore and the Pundits: A Tentative Embrace, by Jim Naureckas (10/00)
• Nader and the Press: Condescension Turns Nasty, by Peter Hart and Jim Naureckas (10/00)
• Three's A Crowd, Says Debate Commission: Media should insist on broad participation (2/00)
• Gore, AIDS and Greed: Media blow the first issue of the campaign, by Janine Jackson (9-10/99)

Action Alerts & Media Advisories:

• AP Rewrites History of Florida Recount (9/3/02). See also AP Clarifies Report on Florida Ballots (9/11/02).

• USA Today Conceals Key Information in Recount Story (4/11/01)

• Media Lovefest for Gore, Bush and Centrism (12/22/00)

• Media Versus Democracy Search for "new angles" causes mainstream media to emphasize electoral "closure" over who actually won the election (11/16/00).

• Crucial Media Role in Recount Debate Responsible media coverage could clarify whether or not hand recounts will provide a more accurate count of the people's votes in Florida (11/16/00).

• Are All Candidates' Exaggerations Considered Equal? Bush's exaggerations on taxes, spending record, and voting record receive scant coverage (11/3/00).

• Political Ads Need Media Scrutiny (10/17/00)

• Contact NBC and CNN to Call for Inclusive Debates (9/5/00)

• Media Unconcerned as LAPD Attacks Peaceful Crowd, Harasses IMC (8/16/00)

• Pre-Convention Coverage Whitewashes Police Violence, Distorts Activists' Agendas Media mythologize violent protesters while ignoring ACLU report on anti-protest police brutality (7/25/00).

• Nader Left Out of Media Websites (6/22/00). See also FAIR Activists Win Increased Online Coverage of Nader (6/30/00).

CounterSpin broadcasts:

• Joshua Micah Marshall on Election Recount (11/16/01)

• Greg Palast on Florida Voter "Cleansing" (12/8/00)
• Amy Goodman on Voter Fraud Allegations (11/24/00)
• Rich Cowan on Election Myths (11/17/00)
• FAIR's Overview of Election Coverage (10/27/00)
• Alexander Cockburn on Al Gore (10/13/00)
• Jeff Cohen on Presidential Debate (10/6/00)
• Ramona Ripston on ACLU's LAPD Suit (9/8/00)
• Laura Flanders on Democratic Convention (8/18/00)
• Norman Solomon on the GOP Convention (8/4/00)

• Rachel Coen on Convention Protest (7/28/00)
• Jeff Cohen on Presidential Debates (7/21/00)
• Paul Taylor on Elections and TV (5/12/00)
• Jeff Cohen on Super Tuesday (3/10/00)
• Bob Dreyfuss on McCain (2/11/00)
• Ruth Conniff on the New Hampshire primary (2/4/00)
• Jeff Cohen on Patrick Buchanan (10/1/99)
• Norman Solomon on George W. Bush and cocaine charges (8/27/99)
• Bob Lederer on Gore and AIDS activists (6/25/99)
• Jim Hightower on George W. Bush (6/18/99)

Media Beat columns:

• Arrogance of TV Networks: Compounding A National Crisis (11/9/00)

• New Democrats: Maybe the Jig is Up (11/2/00)

• Bill Bradley, News Media and "The Politics of Ambiguity" (1/27/00)

• New Film Challenges Us to Talk Honestly About War (McCain) (1/20/00)
• Spinning Populism In American News Media (Buchanan) (10/28/99)

• The Media's Queries Falling Short of Mark (Bush) (8/22/99)

• Big-Name Candidates Bow to Media Power (Bradley) (6/24/99)

• More "Culture War" Bombast On The Way (Buchanan) (2/25/99)

• The Performance Art of American Politics (2/11/99)

Other columns:

• Burying the Lead: Democracy Denied by Jim Naureckas (11/15/01)

• Allow Nader, Buchanan into Debates, by Jeff Cohen (9/28/00)

• Election 2000: What's in it for us?, by Jennifer L. Pozner (7/00)

• Covering McCain: Are Journalists On the Bus Or Off The Bus?, by Jeff Cohen(2/24/00)

• March 20, 2000 Election "red herrings"
• January 31, 2000 Tax plans
• December 27, 1999 Election and entitlements
• December 20, 1999 Election problems
• December 13, 1999 Health care
• October 11, 1999 Labor
• May 10, 1999 Bradley, Gore

• Gore Won Florida. While this web page, from Democrats.com, combines recounts that seem to use quite different standards, it provides useful links to the most important articles about the media recounts.
• Network Newsheads in the Dock: Tauzin Hearings Confused by Red Herrings and Election Woes, by Michael Hammerschlag. A "jigsaw narrative" of the hearings into the media's election night SNAFUs.
• Election 2000 coverage from Alternet.

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