Dave Weigel of Slate reports that Random House, publisher of The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, has released the following statement on allegations that Joe McGinniss’s book is a literary hoax: Joe McGinniss’s book The Rogue is based
In an email dated January 27, 2011, Joe McGinniss, author of The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, says that Random House lawyers have told him he has provided nothing more than “tawdry gossip” to substantiate “any of the
About nine years ago, I sat down for my first class in law school: contracts. I don’t remember the name of the first case that our professor had us read, but I remember what it was about: remedies. The case
The awful launch week for the over-hyped, expected bestseller The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, by controversial author Joe McGinniss, just got worse. Much worse. After a week of universally scathing pans from the reflexively anti-Palin establishment media,
The awful launch week for the over-hyped, expected bestseller The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, by controversial author Joe McGinniss, just got worse. Much worse. After a week of universally scathing pans from the reflexively anti-Palin establishment media,
History will never be able to tell us who made the fatal error in New York’s 9th district – Barack Obama, or Anthony Weiner. Just as Weiner kept on making critical errors every step of the way as his personal
Got your attention? Good. Because it seems that unless a story has negative implications for the tea party no one (even Fox News) is going to make a stink about it. On Thursday morning, over 500 members of the International
I give all but one of the GOP candidates an “F” for last night’s performance. The very premise of the Republican presidential debate, hosted by NBC/Politico and broadcast by corporate welfare queen MSNBC proves that conservatives don’t understand the power
I give all but one of the GOP candidates an “F” for last night’s performance. The very premise of the Republican presidential debate, hosted by NBC/Politico and broadcast by corporate welfare queen MSNBC proves that conservatives don’t understand the power
The GOP Presidential Debate hosted by NBC and Politico at the Reagan Library should be the last time Republicans agree to a debate run by anyone remotely associated with MSNBC. When Brian Williams and John Harris weren’t rephrasing far left
From the Accuracy in Media Center for Investigative Journalism: After years of spreading the lie that Gaddafi’s “adopted daughter” had died in the 1986 American bombing raid on Libya, many in the media are finally admitting it was all a
Why is Ezra Klein considered one of the Left’s smartest bloggers / pundits? What criteria are they using? Does the ability to take the latest Center for American Progress’ talking point memo and rewording it make you “smart” among the
From Accuracy in Media’s Ben Johnson: Have you ever been taken hostage by an 86 year old white haired lady in pink glasses? I have. I am lucky to be alive today and writing this after my near death experience
From Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid: A journalist for Al-Jazeera has been arrested on suspicion of being an agent of the Palestinian terror group Hamas. The journalist, Samer Allawi, Al-Jazeera’s bureau chief in Afghanistan, is a Palestinian. He was apprehended
From Accuracy in Media’s Michael Watson: In a news analysis article, Reuters looked at Republican efforts to stymie the activism of the Environmental Protection Agency, which has increased its regulatory efforts under President Obama. Reuters, in keeping with the post-Giffords
Fresh from the Accuracy in Media A/V Room: Accuracy in Media had the opportunity to sit down with Big Journalism’s fearless Editor, Dana Loesch, to discuss precisely how Conservatism is the new punk rock. Rather than simply complaining that the
From Accuracy in Media’s Val Jensen II: New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd, broke a story last Saturday on the White House’s curious role in the production of a new Hollywood movie that tells the story of the killing of
From Accuracy in Media‘s Benjamin Johnson: Question: What do leprechauns, hookers, anti-Semite Muslims, Russian coke heads, drunken New Jersey teachers and pregnant 14 year olds have in common? Answer: James O’Keefe [youtube 3rLX5350NR0 nolink] More specifically, these absurd caricatures have
We’ve been highlighting how Media Matters For America is really just a conveniently tax-exempt political operation and propaganda factory for Democrats. Their status as a taxpayer subsidized 501(c)(3) may be in jeopardy, but in the meantime, we will continue to
The Columbia Journalism Review is a self-appointed “ombudsman” of the press. It’s mission statement is as follows: Columbia Journalism Review’s mission is to encourage and stimulate excellence in journalism in the service of a free society. It is both a
From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine and Michael Watson: In an article published on July 24th on New York Magazine’s website, writer Seth Mnookin says that The New York Times is no longer on the verge of extinction, thanks to
MSNBC’s credibility has been taking a nose-dive ever since they openly admitted they are the “progressive” news channel (i.e. new “Lean Forward” branding). I mean, it has always leaned left, but it is really leaning left recently. They’ve gone all-in
Angelo Carusone was an amateur boycott organizer who gained the attention of Media Matters executives for his efforts as StopBeck on Twitter. Then he became a professional boycotter whose job was to harass Beck’s advertisers, many of whom caved to
You may not be aware of this, but when Keith Olbermann was fired – sorry, I think we’re supposed to say “agreed to part ways” – at MSNBC there was a shakeup in their lineup which left the 6pm slot
Media Matters is currently engaged in a massive effort to make the News of the World phone hacking scandal the biggest thing since Watergate. The goal, of course, is to tarnish anything associated with Rupert Murdoch so that it eventually
