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New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt has not had a chance yet to respond to questions about his commentary on the ACORN hoax (FAIR Action Alert, 3/11/10), instead devoting his Sunday column (3/14/10) to a discussion of political labeling. It included this question: Why is the American Enterprise Institute almost always called “conservative” in […]
Poking holes in the Brookings Institution’s “preening conceit”—”they bequeath their website with an ‘.edu’ suffix…. They are ‘scholars.’ Just ask them and they’ll tell you“—Salon‘s Glenn Greenwald (5/26/09, ad-viewing required) quotes one blogger fundamentally debunking Brookings mainstay William Glaberson‘s May 22 New York Times contention that, as U.S. president, Barack Obama “has sworn an oath […]
Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor has become notorious for its ambinterviews of those who cross host Bill O’Reilly. The best-known recent example was Factor producer Jesse Waters’ trailing Amanda Terkel, managing editor at Think Progress, for two hours across Virginia to badger her about a blog post she had written. Terkel’s post (3/1/09) had noted that […]
A blizzard of coverage gave the impression that Bill Clinton’s final pardons raised unprecedented ethical issues about pardons being given in return for favors or to questionable recipients. But are the issues really unprecedented–or have media simply failed to raise these questions with previous administrations? A look back at the elder George Bush’s pardons shows […]
