The Foreigners Obama Needs to Love to Prove He Loves America
“There are plenty of reasons that suggest Obama might not love America,” writes the Washington Post’s Ed Rogers. Funnily enough, most of these reasons seem to have little to with America,
Billionaire’s Paper Hopes Well-Off Will Identify With Wealthy
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.
We Could Keep Government Small if Only the Old Weren’t Getting So Much Healthcare
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.
Progressive Policies Are Popular—So Why Should Democrats Be Afraid of Them?
in his State of the Union analysis, Wolf Blitzer suggests advocating progressive economic policies could “hurt Democrats”–even though polls show widespread support for such measures, including, in many cases, from Republican voters.
The Weird World of the Washington Post, Where Reagan Never Met Gorbachev
Reading the Washington Post opinion pages can be like reading dispatches from a parallel universe. You get that sense of alternative history from Post deputy editorial editor Jackson Diehl’s latest.
For Fox News, ‘Bad Guy’ Michael Brown Makes Obama a ‘Three-Time Loser’
How Fox News covered the Ferguson grand jury announcement.
Obama’s ‘Hot Anti-Wall Street Rhetoric’?
Politico says bankers are fond of Hillary Clinton, in part because of “Obama’s hot, anti-Wall Street rhetoric.” What are they talking about?
And by ‘Traditional Voters,’ the New York Times Means White People
For a piece that is crafted around the idea that white Democratic votes are really in play, it would have been helpful to point to some numbers–though it wouldn’t have much helped the piece. I
Why ‘The Economy’ Isn’t Good News for Democrats
Trying to figure out why people who are struggling don’t give Obama credit for the economic boom? It doesn’t seem so mysterious.
Fox Pundit: Civilians Die—Get Over It!
A Fox News military analyst is not afraid to talk about civilian deaths in Syria: He seems to want to see more of them.
FAIR TV: Climate Blackout, Bombing Syria & Human Rights Rhetoric
The People’s Climate March wasn’t fit for TV news, Obama is a “reluctant warrior,” and the US has a “longtime concern” for human rights in Egypt.
Reluctant Warrior Bombs Yet Another Country
Can a president who has launched military strikes on seven countries really be called a ‘reluctant warrior?’
Four Myths About Obama’s War on ISIS
While Barack Obama’s military plan to launch strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) might impress many pundits, there are some serious questions that should be asked–about the threat posed by the Islamic State and about some of the assumptions guiding the debate.
The World as WaPo Would Like It to Be
Obama’s foreign policy is invariably analyzed as being either foolishly pacifistic or prudently diplomatic. The reality that the Obama administration has used military force on a large scale in many countries is not acknowledged.
FAIR TV: Ferguson, Back to Iraq and Disputing Gaza Deaths
Some good–and not so good–media reactions to the police killing of Michael Brown. Plus pundits wonder what took Obama so long to bomb Iraq, and two papers try to raise doubts about the death toll in Gaza.
If Only Obama Had Bombed More, and Sooner
More US bombing is a message corporate media are eager to amplify.
Obama, Inequality and Wall Street Donors
Is Obama’s decision to stop talking about inequality really about a debate within the Democratic Party? Or is it about not losing Wall Street donors?
FAIR TV: Obama’s Forgotten ‘Surge,’ Rebranding Jeb Bush, Climate Expert Coulter
This week: Obama’s Afghan War drawdown was big news–but what do media leave out of the story of the White House’s war strategy? Plus the New York Times assists in a Jeb Bush rebranding effort and CNN goes to climate change expert…Ann Coulter? Watch:
