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When Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly said that NBC’s Brian Williams “had to go” because he manufactured stories about dangers he faced in his reporting career, it should come as no surprise to find out that O’Reilly can be found doing the exact same thing.
A front-page lead New York Times story is mainly valuable for the insight it provides into what the Times considers to be a healthy economy–and who that economy is supposed to benefit.
A front-page lead New York Times story is mainly valuable for the insight it provides into what the Times considers to be a healthy economy–and who that economy is supposed to benefit.
You can see propaganda being manufactured before your eyes: Any subtleties are ironed out to create an assertion that the American people are calling for Netanyahu to speak.
New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt has a new column headlined “Inequality Has Actually Not Risen Since the Financial Crisis.” This is mostly, if not entirely, BS.
CNN asks, “Has Russian President Vladimir Putin gone completely mad?” Here’s a better question: Does CNN care whether it’s viewed as an outlet for crude anti-Russian propaganda?
CNN asks, “Has Russian President Vladimir Putin gone completely mad?” Here’s a better question: Does CNN care whether it’s viewed as an outlet for crude anti-Russian propaganda?
Chris Matthews doesn’t know how to solve the ISIS problem. But he knows who does–and he’s a fictional character played by Sylvester Stallone.
Chris Matthews doesn’t know how to solve the ISIS problem. But he knows who does–and he’s a fictional character played by Sylvester Stallone.
The New York Times’ Jonathan Weisman reports that President Barack Obama’s chances of getting “fast track” authority to negotiate trade agreements are shrinking as “the political fringes expand on each end.”
The last thing that the wealthy want is for the rest of the populace to unite against them politically. Luckily for them, the New York Times seems determined not to let that happen.
The last thing that the wealthy want is for the rest of the populace to unite against them politically. Luckily for them, the New York Times seems determined not to let that happen.
When it comes to nuclear weapons, basic facts seem to be subject to political revision at the New York Times.
When it comes to nuclear weapons, basic facts seem to be subject to political revision at the New York Times.
Brian Gallagher, the editor of USA Today‘s editorial page, writes to those who responded to his paper’s February 2 cartoon (FAIR Blog, 2/3/15): Dear readers, I rarely respond to letter-writing campaigns, but I’ll take a moment to respond to this one because I think that FAIR’s glib analysis of the editorial cartoon published recently in […]
Brian Gallagher, the editor of USA Today‘s editorial page, writes to those who responded to his paper’s February 2 cartoon (FAIR Blog, 2/3/15): Dear readers, I rarely respond to letter-writing campaigns, but I’ll take a moment to respond to this one because I think that FAIR’s glib analysis of the editorial cartoon published recently in […]
Giving the cable companies more power and control–and hence wealth–was precisely the point of Michael Powell’s reclassification of broadband Internet as an “information service.”
Giving the cable companies more power and control–and hence wealth–was precisely the point of Michael Powell’s reclassification of broadband Internet as an “information service.”
Now that he’s cleared up that he wasn’t actually shot down in Iraq by an RPG, there are some other tall tales that NBC’s Brian Williams might want to take back.
McClatchy wants us to be alarmed that Obama’s budget plan would move the federal government’s share of the economy from 20.9 percent today to 22.2 percent in 2024–a trivial redistribution of what is expected to be a much larger economic pie.
