– Joan Walsh and Jon Lovett’s bigoted attack on Romney’s faith. – Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm joins Politico. – Entitled reporter gets herself arrested when she tries to leave media filing center to listen to Romney’s speech, instead of
by P.J. Salvatore29 Feb 2012, 8:47 AM PST0

– Photos from journalism’s past. “I can’t wait until we get Photoshop, guys!” NYT – News outlets fall for receipt hoax: A wealthy banker set off public outrage after he allegedly followed up a $133 meal by leaving his waitress a one
by P.J. Salvatore28 Feb 2012, 2:43 PM PST0
Diane Sawyer beat out 26 other television personalities to win Harris Interactive’s Favorite Current Affairs Personality: Diane Sawyer tops the latest Harris poll of favorite current affairs personalities. Of 26 names, respondents were asked which three are their favorites. Almost a quarter
by P.J. Salvatore27 Feb 2012, 10:16 PM PST0
– Time Magazine apologizes for putting a non-Latino on their “Yo Decido” cover: “For the first time in our history, we have a Spanish sentence as our cover line,” Rick Stengel wrote in his editor’s note. The cover, illustrating Michael Scherer’s story about
by P.J. Salvatore27 Feb 2012, 7:22 PM PST0
In a recent editorial, Colbert King takes an inappropriate incident from an small Atlanta publisher and uses it as a springboard for straw man. Andrew Adler speculated in print as to what options the Israeli government are discussing to push back against threats
by P.J. Salvatore27 Feb 2012, 10:14 AM PST0
Via Fox News: Media Matters chief David Brock paid a former domestic partner $850,000 after being threatened with damaging information involving the organization’s donors and the IRS – a deal that Brock later characterized as a blackmail payment, according to
by P.J. Salvatore27 Feb 2012, 10:04 AM PST0
– John Stossel tries to legally open a lemonade stand, fails: Tourists told me they couldn’t believe that I had to get “all those permits.” A Pakistani man said: “That’s crazy! You should move to Pakistan!” But I don’t want to
by P.J. Salvatore26 Feb 2012, 10:40 PM PST0
From AFP: American war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed while trying to retrieve her shoes so she could flee an army bombardment in the Syrian city of Homs, her employer The Sunday Times said. Colvin and a group of other
by P.J. Salvatore26 Feb 2012, 11:28 AM PST0

– Rachel Maddow and Politifact engage in giant slapfight: On her Dec. 20 show, Maddow said, “Today, the self-proclaimed but quickly becoming irrelevant Web site PolitiFact declared the idea that Republicans voted to end Medicare their lie of the year for
by P.J. Salvatore24 Feb 2012, 12:22 PM PST0
– The cost of gas jumps 10 cents during ABC’s “World News” broadcast. – Why was Fast and Furious not included as a main discussion in last night’s debate? The debate took place in Arizona of all places, a border state,
by P.J. Salvatore23 Feb 2012, 11:00 AM PST0
This, this is how the press should behave with the administration, with any administration, with any politician. Adversarial. Our administration shouldn’t reverse this role with the press and go a step further by punishing them for it. An abridged free press compromises one of
by P.J. Salvatore22 Feb 2012, 3:00 PM PST0
– Is Media Matters Obama’s Watergate? – Meghan McCain debates the Virginia law … without having read it or even an “emoticon” of familiarity with it. My favorite quote from McCain, ever: “Vaginal probing is something I’ve had friends texting me about ‘what
by P.J. Salvatore22 Feb 2012, 7:00 AM PST0
– Day three and progressives still have yet to counter the fact that Virginia’s law, does not in fact, require transvaginal ultrasounds, aka “rape” to progressives. Don’t ask them what that makes abortion, if an ultrasound is “rape.” Granted, the law
by P.J. Salvatore21 Feb 2012, 9:00 AM PST0
The Daily Kos has blacklisted one of their bloggers, Eric Allen Bell, after he published his concerns over a mega-mosque: [youtube -kMDPk47cgc nolink] Eric Allen Bell was a regular blogger for the “Daily Kos” until he was recently banned for the
by P.J. Salvatore20 Feb 2012, 12:30 PM PST0
– Amy Poehler: “We need contraception. There are too many people.” Except there aren’t. All over the birth rates are declining. We already have a government too big for our population, pretty soon ourgovernment will out-populate our population. It negatively affects our economy
by P.J. Salvatore20 Feb 2012, 11:00 AM PST0
– Fox News’s Megyn Kelly: All Media Matters will catch me doing is sitting on the cough watching “Downton Abbey.” – Kudos to Big Peace’s Peter Schweizer from Jon Stewart: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The
by P.J. Salvatore18 Feb 2012, 9:00 AM PST0
– Classic Ace of Spades on Keith Olbermann. – Rick Santorum turns the tables on the press. This is how you reject a narrative and turn it on its face: [youtube MMVzaIMYuTY nolink] – Media Matters donors revealed: the website that endorsed
by P.J. Salvatore17 Feb 2012, 10:30 AM PST0
Not just Google, but other advertising companies as well: Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.’s Web browser on their iPhones and computers–tracking the Web-browsing habits of people who
by P.J. Salvatore16 Feb 2012, 9:00 PM PST0
– Media Matters Occupies the MSNBC newsroom: Just in recent weeks, there have been several examples. Two MSNBC hosts who have recently, and regularly, used the organization’s content for their programming are Ed Schultz of “The ED Show” and Al Sharpton
by P.J. Salvatore16 Feb 2012, 10:00 AM PST0
– Site whose mission is to ‘correct conservative misinformation’ is oddly silent about the Daily Caller piece. – Big Journalism’s Dana Loesch accepts the Accuracy in Media Award: [youtube YXO_B4zZiY8 nolink] – The David Brock Enemies List. Big Hollywood and Big Government make an appearance! – Dylan Byers
by P.J. Salvatore14 Feb 2012, 7:00 AM PST0
[W]hile [Politico’s Dylan] Byers’ story on Monday was titled “Daily Caller publishes old MMFA memo,” there was much in the memo Smith didn’t touch in his story. Daily Caller: Smith made no mention of Media Matters targeting organizations other than
by P.J. Salvatore14 Feb 2012, 7:00 AM PST0
Alan Dershowitz lashed out at Max Blumenthal and Media Matters at a recent appearance, angrily remarking that they will cost Obama the election: Much more newsworthy than the silly spitballs Blumenthal threw with his screaming article was Dershowitz’s conviction that
by P.J. Salvatore13 Feb 2012, 8:30 AM PST0
– The Daily Caller drops a bomb on Media Matters for America. We learn MMfA head David Brock is a self-infatuated, paranoid hypocrite who has more bodyguards than fans (and apparently encourages an assistant to break gun laws), and what we
by P.J. Salvatore13 Feb 2012, 7:00 AM PST0
Andrew Breitbart delivered a powerhouse speech at CPAC12 on media bias and issued a call for unity: “You’re either with us or with them!” [youtube 89TtVNZsLU0 nolink] Big Journalism Editor Dana Loesch receives the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award: More
by P.J. Salvatore11 Feb 2012, 10:00 AM PST0
Earlier today Comedian Steven Crowder and Chris Loesch, a production artist, performed a satirical (by design) number called “Mr. America” at CPAC as a last-minute request to mark the launch of the same name video. The video (and the performance) features
by P.J. Salvatore10 Feb 2012, 10:30 PM PST0