MSNBC host Rachel Maddow repeatedly tried to smear the Tea Party movement with the allegation that it caused violence. See this NewsBusters report—or this Mediaite item for two of the many, many times she pushed the theme. In the latter case,
News Corp. said Tuesday that a report by British lawmakers on phone hacking, which deemed Rupert Murdoch unfit to lead a global company, contained commentary that was “unjustified and highly partisan.” The New York-based company admitted however that some “hard
By DAVID STRINGERAssociated PressLONDON News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch must take responsibility for serious failings that caused Britain’s tabloid phone hacking scandal, lawmakers said Tuesday in a scathing report, as a narrow majority also insisted the tycoon was unfit to
The era of the old media is over. CNN had the lowest rated month in eleven years in April; the last time CNN had ratings this bad, the date was August 2001. CNN had a grand total of 357,000 viewers,
It was revealed today that, at best, liberal Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren may be 1/32 Native American, casting doubt on her credibility–and on the entire enterprise of identity politics, including affirmative action in academic hiring. Warren struggled to produce
By now, most of you have surely seen Piers Morgan’s already-infamous interview with Jonah Goldberg last night. If you haven’t, it’s linked below and a must-see if you want a good hard look at the face of a mainstream media
While the American public clearly recognizes the problem with Dan Savage attacking Christian high school kids as “pansy-assed” for walking out on his anti-religious diatribe, the media either ignores the story entirely, or maintains that what he’s done is just
Part of my job is to monitor CNN and MSNBC. So, 14 to 16 hours a day, wave after wave of The Stupid and The Corrupt washes over me. One benefit, though, is that after doing this for a few years,
Norman Rosenbaum has spoken out against MSNBC host Al Sharpton for his role in inciting the mob that murdered his brother, Jewish student Yankel Rosenbaum, in Crown Heights in 1991–and has criticized President Barack Obama for associating with Sharpton. In
Mediate actually took time out of their usual-usual — gushing over how awesome Stewart and Colbert are, defending Occupy rape deniers, and teaming with Media Matters in their ongoing crusade to damage my colleague Dana Loesch’s relationship with CNN — to
The press had a proverbial field day back in 2008 when a few folks attending McCain/Palin rallies shouted ugly comments from the crowd. The most famous “kill him” incident was eventually disproven by the Secret Service even though the meme
