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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow received a “Pants On Fire” rating from the PolitiFact Ohio Truth-O-Meter for her statement on her June 28 show in which she said that an Ohio budget item, later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich (R), requires

The Chicago Sun-Times has apologized for a headline pun used in reporting the Asiana Flight 214 airliner crash that seemed racist to some Asians. Asiana Flight 214 crashed in San Francisco on Saturday, June 6, but in its front page

The UK Guardian has enjoyed a traffic spike from its sensationalist story about globetrotting intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, spun as part of the anti-military narrative of leftist journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras. The reason for the traffic spike is clear:

USA Today lamented in an editorial on July 2nd the likely “short-lived” victory of Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) who, according to the editorial board, became “an overnight social media star among liberals,” as she filibustered a late-term abortion

Newsbusters reports that between Jan. 1, 2010, and April 30, 2013, there were 36 broadcast network news reports about the practice of natural gas fracking. Of those 36 reports, 18 of them either “mentioned or cited 3a anti-fracking film], or

Washington Times: Dr. Ben Carson, the world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon whose entrance into America’s political debate has energized conservatives, on Wednesday joined The Washington Times as a weekly opinion columnist. A straightforward speaker known for his optimism and candor, the pediatric

In one of those somewhat silly and portentous “Behind the Curtain” reports Tuesday night, Politico hotshots Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen engaged in a high-profile piece of concern-trolling aimed at goading House Republicans into passing immigration reform. The dynamic left-wing

Mid-morning on July 8, the New York Times’ Ben Hubbard tweeted: “Two guys kicked me out of Tahrir, said foreign journos ‘forbidden.’ Didn’t care for press card or to call press office where I’m registered.” Hours prior to being kicked

The Wall Street Journal editorial page Wednesday urged Republicans, once again, to pass an immigration reform bill. The Journal has backed off its initial demand that Republicans “improve” the bill, and now asks only that they “pass the parts that are pro-growth.” 

Mark Murray is a senior political editor for NBC News who regularly contributes at NBC’s influential First Read with Chuck Todd and a few others. Using his Twitter account Wednesday, Murray  suggested that the “recent … scandals/controversies … in DC”

Washington Post liberal blogger Greg Sargent took notice Tuesday of “mild-mannered, well respected Beltway insider” Chuck Todd’s argument against those congressional Republicans currently doing everything in their power to kill ObamaCare. Todd’s argument is worthy of note, but for its

In an effort to boost the stock price of its television and Internet business, the Tribune Company announced Wednesday that it would spin off its faltering publishing unit (which includes the LA Times, Chicago Tribune and six other papers) into

The Atlantic reports that an annual study released by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) reveals that, since 2008, the percentage of minority staffers at daily newspapers has gone backwards. Though non-whites make up around 37 percent of the

MSNBC pundit Michael Eric Dyson appeared on the Martin Bashir Show Tuesday and stoked racial unrest by claiming that, if George Zimmerman is acquitted, it sends the message that “the children of poor and people of color in this country do not have the

Immigration reform will wither and die slowly in the House. So says Politico, the paper that keeps score for the company town that is Washington, D.C.  As Republican House Members get ready to meet on Wednesday to discuss immigration issues,

FOX News Channel (FNC) has signed Elisabeth Hasselbeck of ABC’s The View as co-host of top-rated FOX & Friends (6:00-9:00 AM ET), announced Bill Shine, Executive Vice President of Programming for FOX News. She will join Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade

(AP) TEGUCIGALPA, HondurasThere is “strong evidence” a charred and mutilated body found Tuesday in the northern city of San Pedro Sula is that of a journalist missing since last month, police said. National Police Chief Juan Carlos Bonilla said investigators found

The left-wing Politico heard (or read) this and turned it into a headline that claimed: “Rush Limbaugh tells caller not to watch Fox” (Politico later changed its headline): RUSH:  Tony, who is Julie Roginsky? CALLER:  She’s a Democrat-Obama-Alinskyite, and she’s

On Monday, Gulf News reported that 22 staff members at Al Jazeera’s Egyptian news operation resigned to protest what anchor Karem Mahmoud described as the network’s “biased coverage” that skews their reporting of recent events in favor of the Muslim

Earlier today I wrote a response to those media critics claiming that CNN’s move into tabloid TV is merely an act of giving the American people what they want. In that article, I point out that CNN gaining under a

Using his verified Twitter account, Drudge Report owner/editor, Matt Drudge, criticized the mainstream media Tuesday over their deafening silence on the issue of mounting U.S. troop casualties in Afghanistan. In his tweet, Drudge takes issue with the fact that although

It looks as though while I was on vacation last week a few media critics were complaining about CNN’s decision to cover the Zimmerman trial over the fall of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. Fair enough. What I reject, however, are

The SEIU’s Bay Area Transit (BART) strike has been an enormous nuisance in San Francisco and the greater bay area including Silicon Valley. Given the region’s liberal tilt, most journalists have peppered their reports with a bias toward the SEIU

It was supposed to be a temporary fix to fill the 5:00 PM slot recently vacated by Glenn Beck. Two years later, “The Five” has become a staple for the Fox News’ prime time line-up, getting ratings that trounce the