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		<title>Justice Department Attacks the Press - AP records seizure a troubling fishing expedition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records constitutes a troubling encroachment on the freedom of the press and underscores longstanding concerns about the Obama administration's willingness to trample the First Amendment.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Then, Syria Now? - New York Times, sarin and skepticism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the run-up to the Iraq War, the New York Times amplified erroneous official claims about weapons of mass destruction (FAIR Action Alert, 9/8/06). Looking at the paper's coverage of allegations of chemical weapons use by Syria, some of the same patterns are clear: an over-reliance on official sources and the downplaying of critical or skeptical analysis of the available intelligence. In "Syria Faces New Claim on Chemical Arms" (4/19/13), the paper told readers that, according to anonymous diplomats, Britain and France had sent letters to the United Nations about "credible evidence" against Syria regarding chemical weapon use. On April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#039;t Koch the L.A. Times!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of mismanagement, the Tribune Company newspapers--including the Chicago Tribune and L.A. Times--are up for sale. And one of the potential buyers? The Koch brothers.

Yes, those Koch brothers. Let's send the Tribune Company a message. ]]></description>
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		<title>Syria Skepticism - Chemical claims should be investigated, not used as pretext for war</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. suggestions that the Syrian government could have used chemical weapons have been treated as fact by some media outlets, and are helping to fuel the case for greater U.S. military involvement. ]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Cuts Are Media&#039;s &#039;Center&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House plan to cut Social Security benefits has been praised by major media as a brave move towards the "middle" by Obama, as well as an effort to use a more "accurate" measure of inflation. Neither claim is credible. Part of the White House plan is to change how inflation is calculated, by switching to the "chained consumer price index." This results in a small reduction in benefits that compounds over time, so the cuts get larger as retirees get older. Many in the media depicted this as a bold centrist move. An Associated Press dispatch (4/5/13) began: [...]]]></description>
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	<itunes:subtitle>The White House plan to cut Social Security benefits has been praised by major media as a brave move towards the &quot;middle&quot; by Obama, as well as an effort to use a more &quot;accurate&quot; measure of inflation. Neither claim is credible. - </itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>The White House plan to cut Social Security benefits has been praised by major media as a brave move towards the &quot;middle&quot; by Obama, as well as an effort to use a more &quot;accurate&quot; measure of inflation. Neither claim is credible.

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		<title>In Death as in Life, Chávez Target of Media Scorn - His independence, help for Venezuela&#039;s poor will not be forgiven</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venezuela's left-wing populist president Hugo Chávez died on Tuesday, March 5, after a two-year battle with cancer. If world leaders were judged by the sheer volume of corporate media vitriol and misinformation about their policies, Chávez would be in a class of his own.]]></description>
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		<title>Media and the Keystone March -  Little coverage of large climate action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of climate activists marched in Washington D.C.on February 17. Did the corporate media notice them?]]></description>
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		<title>PBS Ombud, Nova Disagree on Drone Disclosure - Lockheed funding a &#039;problem for PBS&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PBS ombud Michael Getler agrees with FAIR that the recent Nova special on drones  that was underwritten by Lockheed Martin--a major military contractor and drone manufacturer--violates PBS funding guidelines. ]]></description>
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		<title>PBS Drone Coverage Brought to You by Drone Makers - Lockheed&#039;s Nova sponsorship violates underwriting rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PBS Nova broadcast "Rise of the Drones" was sponsored by drone manufacturer Lockheed Martin--a clear violation of PBS's underwriting guidelines.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to the Left? - Media avoid reality behind inaugural rhetoric</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media Advisory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The media message about the Obama inauguration ceremony  was that he was announcing a clear shift to the left. But coverage failed to provide much background on the president's actual policies, which would have challenged that impression.]]></description>
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