Obama's Deadly Website Compared to Katrina
To some people, a new law that is running into technical problems with a poorly designed website is not really the same as a massive disaster in one of America's iconic cities that killed almost 2,000...
View ArticleDoubling Down: Healthcare Site Isn't Obama's Katrina–It's His Iraq War
No, the website problems with the Affordable Care Act aren't like Hurricane Katrina. They're more like the Iraq War.
View ArticleFAIR TV: Obamacare: Katrina or Iraq War?, Paul Ryan PR, CNN's Pandora Response
This week on FAIR TV: Obamacare is like Hurricane Katrina? No, says one pundit: It's like Obama's Iraq War. Also this week: The Washington Post does PR for Paul Ryan as a poverty fighter, and CNN...
View ArticleObamacare as a 'Big Government' Failure
Pundits' discussions of the Affordable Care Act rollout assumes that the law represents some kind of "activist government" intervention to disrupt the normally smooth workings of the private sector....
View ArticleThe State of AP's Factchecking Is Sad–as Usual
Why does AP still let Calvin Woodward "factcheck" political speeches? Does no one at the news service know what actual factchecking looks like? (If you're coming in late, see FAIR Blog, 10/30/08,...
View ArticleCVS Tobacco Ban: Money Over Morality Over Money
Maybe when you're selling drugs for more than four or five times what some of your for-profit competitors are charging, you can afford to "sacrifice."
View ArticleFalsely Presenting Obamacare as a Job-Killer
When the Congressional Budget Office released a new report about the Affordable Care Act, some in the media botched the story by portraying the news as a triumph for Republican spin.
View ArticleIs Cannabis More Dangerous Than Alcohol? Let's Ask Bigfoot
Alex Berezow, a regular contributor to USA Today's opinion page, is the editor of Real Clear Science and the author of Science Left Behind. So you would expect that when he addresses Barack Obama's...
View ArticlePhRMA's Money Affects Human Lives–and Journalism Too
Josh Marshall announces that Idea Lab: Impact will be "sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America." Yes, PhRMA, the lobbying group that has helped make the marketing of...
View ArticleKristol's Funny Obamacare Numbers
Since he left Fox News Channel in 2013, conservative pundit Bill Kristol now gets to play TV expert on a range of outlets. On April 6, he showed up on ABC's This Week to misinform viewers about...
View ArticleFAIR TV: Obamacare Numbers, Mideast Media Muddle, O'Reilly and Moses
Right-wing pundits spin the new Obamacare numbers. Media botch the timeline on Israel/Palestine negotiations. Bill O'Reilly finds Judeo-Christian roots on the Supreme Court walls--but misses everything...
View ArticleThe CIA Aided Polio's Comeback–but Media Have Forgotten the Story
There's a crucial piece of information missing in the New York Times and CBS's reports on the return of polio from near-extinction—one that these outlets know full well.
View ArticleFAIR TV: Crossfire Climate Change, CIA & Polio and ABC Loves Disney
This week on the show: CNN brings back Crossfire–but isn't it time to stop "debating" climate change? Plus a look at big media leaving the CIA out of their reporting on the resurgence of polio, while...
View ArticleDavid Brooks: Democracy Is a Drag; Put Guys Like Me in Charge
Pundit David Brooks thinks the way to fix American democracy is by having less democracy. Let elites dictate policy and have pundits cheer them on!
View ArticleNewsweek's Monkey Meat Ebola Fearmongering
Newsweek's cover story is built around the idea that illegally imported "bushmeat"--what we would call "wild game" if it were being eaten in the United States--could carry the deadly Ebola virus. But...
View ArticleFAIR TV: August 29, 2014
On the show this week: On the day of his funeral, the New York Times declared that Michael Brown was "no angel." We look at that and other shoddy reporting from Ferguson. Plus Newsweek spreads...
View ArticleDavid Gregory–and Other Famous Left-Wingers
The New York Post refers to Meet the Press's "famously left-leaning former hosts including the ousted David Gregory." A quick overview of Gregory's record doesn't turn up much evidence of leaning to...
View Article'Clipboard Man' Shows Media Figures Didn't Get the Memo About Ebola Transmission
The story of "Clipboard Man" created a panicky sensation on Wednesday, and shined a light on the media's failure to inform us about the danger Ebola actually poses to the average American.
View ArticleWhen 'Washington Is Broken' Isn't the Story
The United States does not have a surgeon general because Washington works--for the gun lobby.
View ArticleFAIR TV: Ebola & Washington 'Dysfunction,' Rand Paul's Record and Silencing...
On this week's episode: Pundits say now would be a great time to have a surgeon general–but that hasn't happened, thanks to "Washington dysfunction." Is that really what's happening here? Plus Time...
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