Bill O'Reilly's Fact-Free War on Planned Parenthood
Bill O'Reilly wants Congress to investigate Planned Parenthood for being an "abortion mill." In the real world, very little of their work is related to abortion services. But why let facts get in the way?
View ArticleFAIR TV: Peacenik Chuck Hagel, Pundits vs. Elderly, Another Bogus OWS Story
This week on FAIR TV: Can Chuck Hagel really be considered anti-war? Pundits are mad about the fiscal cliff tax deal--they wanted more Social Security and Medicare cuts. And Murdoch's New York Post...
View Article'Divided' on Abortion Rights?
USA Today's point in covering this weekend's anti-choice "March for Life" is is to note that, 40 years after the Roe v. Wade decision, the country is divided on abortion rights. That's an odd way of...
View ArticleOn Transgender Healthcare, NYT Reports Tree, Ignores Forest
The New York Times reports that in the last few years, several elite U.S. universities have begun to cover sex reassignment surgery and/or hormones for transgender students. On the one hand, it's great...
View ArticleTom Friedman's Apple Hunch
Tom Friedman wrote a column about how government policies are harming the recovery. What we need is some kind of grand bargain to, as the headline puts is, "unparalyze" the economy and spur new growth....
View ArticleFAIR TV: Misremembering Thatcher, Cutting Social Security, Hillary Clinton's...
Media remember Margaret Thatcher for turning around Britain's economy. But do the numbers tell a different story? Also: Barack Obama's plan to cut Social Security and Medicare is inexplicably deemed a...
View ArticleCutting Social Security on PBS–From Left to Right
On the PBS NewsHour (4/12/13), the left/right debating duo of Mark Shields and David Brooks took up the issue of Social Security and "chained CPI"--and found that they didn't have a lot to debate on...
View ArticleAn Invitation to a Live-Action Infomercial
I was invited to an event yesterday that was held specifically so that media companies can take money from companies who will pay for the chance to be mistaken for an expert.
View ArticleThe ACLU Is Like the NRA Because It Is
Decrying "the ability of well-funded extremist groups to thwart the will of the overwhelming majority," Time's Joe Klein cites defenders of Social Security--who, of course, are trying to thwart the...
View ArticleBetween Two Economists Lies the American Center
The "center" doesn't usually indicate where most of the public is, but rather where elites have determined an appropriate middle between opposing arguments.
View ArticleTo Millionaire TV Host, 'Anybody Who Gets a Paycheck' Makes More Than $200,000
It's revealing that someone with Gregory's job admits that he doesn't know much about the new healthcare law. But the part that he think he does know--that "anybody who gets a paycheck" is paying a new...
View ArticleFAIR TV: What David Gregory Doesn't Know, NBC's News-Ads, Karl Plays Bush...
This week on FAIR TV: David Gregory knows one thing about Obamacare–and it's not true. We take a look at some NBC "reporting" that looks a lot like advertising. Plus ABC's Jonathan Karl gets an...
View ArticleNew York Times: What's in the 'Center'?
"Some Democrats Look to Push Party Away From Center," read the headline at the New York Times. But the "center" doesn't actually mean what one might think it means--especially in the context of the...
View ArticleNBC's 'Good Model' for Healthcare
The night before Obama's big healthcare summit, NBC Nightly News offered some advice. "There's a place where policymakers could look for some tips on how an affordable, well-run system operates,"...
View ArticleInform the Public? Not My Job, Says Chuck Todd
NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd's declaration that it's not his job to inform viewers when politicians spread misinformation was noted by several progressive blogs today, including Talking...
View ArticleDavid Gregory, Health Law Fact Injector
Meet the Press host David Gregory tried to take a different approach from his colleague Chuck Todd. Unfortunately, his attempted factcheck didn't really clarify much.
View ArticleShutdown: Media SHOULD Play the Blame Game
Media like to dismiss the partisan "blame game," but in cases like this placing blame is something that journalism ought to do.
View ArticleO'Reilly Factor the Go-From Place for 'Facts About Obamacare'
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly told viewers, "The Factor has established itself as the go-to news program if you want the facts about Obamacare." And then he proceeded to show that this wasn't true.
View ArticleWhose Obamacare Stories Are Worth Telling?
Stories about individuals losing their insurance policies are making the national news. But how often do those gaining insurance through the Affordable Care Act make the news?
View ArticleFAIR TV: Obamacare Context, CBS's CIA PR, TV Networks Shilling
Media are showing keen interest in stories about problems with individual insurance policies. But are they getting the story right? And did CBS ask tough questions of the former deputy director of the...
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