Chris Christie, Keystone and Canada
A story in the New York Times about the Keystone pipeline isn’t really about the Keystone pipeline.
FAIR TV, September 8, 2014: USA Today Poll Distortion, Chris Christie’s ‘Gaffe’
Are corporate media banging the war drums in 2014 just like they did in 2003? USA Today promotes a poll that they say shows the public wants a more ‘muscular’ foreign policy. But is that really the message the public is sending? Plus the New York Times remembers a Chris Christie foreign policy ‘gaffe’– saying something accurate about the occupation of the West Bank.
Chris Christie’s Totally Accurate Occupation Faux Pas
The New York Times reports that Chris Christie is consulting with the likes of Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice to get past a previous foreign policy problem: saying something completely accurate about Israel.
FAIR TV: Russian Troops, Christie’s ‘Gaffe,’ Torture Without the T Word
Russian troops are massing on the border with Ukraine, set to invade–so say corporate media, relying on unnamed intelligence sources. Plus straight-talking Chris Christie apologizes for straight talk, and the Washington Post’s scoop on CIA torture can’t say the word “torture.”
‘Straight Shooter’ Chris Christie and the Occupied Territories
What happened when Republican ‘straight shooter” Chris Christie accurately called the West Bank occupied territory? He apologized.
Chris Christie’s Real Problem? Our ‘Feminized’ Culture
On the question of whether or not Christie is a bully, veteran Fox pundit Brit Hume blamed that perception on our “feminized atmosphere.”
Wait—Chris Christie Might Be a Vindictive Bully?!
Some of the recent coverage of Republican New Jersey governor seems genuinely surprised that the bullying, partisan politician might be… well, bullying and partisan.
FAIR TV: Typhoons and Climate Change, Chris Christie’s Media Magic, More Iran Nonsense
This week on FAIR TV: Media still hesitate to talk about climate change when covering extreme weather like the typhoon that just ravaged the Philippines. Chris Christie is “magical,” says one pundit–we’ll tell you what his trick is. And nuclear negotiations don’t make media coverage of Iran any better.
Tom Friedman’s Chris Christie Crush Crumbles
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn’t running for president after all. This is bad news for the journalists who seemed so eager to promote his candidacy, but also for establishment pundits like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, who thought a Christie/Obama contest would have been a victory for…. wait for it… centrism! He […]
Chris Christie Doesn’t Say He’s NOT Running for President!
The New York Times had a headline on Saturday that read, “Imagining a Christie Campaign for President.” That seems appropriate–if we’re talking about how it’s the corporate media doing the imagining. On ABC‘s This Week (10/2/11), Jonathan Karl announced that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie‘s speech at the Reagan Library “was the most electrifying event […]
GOP Reality TV Show Needs New Contestant
ABC This Week (9/25/11): CHRISTINE AMANPOUR: And coming up, Rick Perry on the ropes. PERRY: Yep, there may be slicker candidates and there may be smoother debaters, but I know what I believe in, and I’m going to stand on that belief every day. I will guide this country with a deep, deep rudder. AMANPOUR: […]
Behind the Scenes at Fox Is Like in Front of the Scenes
Gabriel Sherman’s new piece in New York magazine (5/22/11) about Roger Ailes and Fox News Channel offers more indications that whatgoes on behind the scenesat Fox is more or less what you’d expect, given the channel’s obvious on-air slant. The person hired to run the news division has some peculiar ideas about news: Bill Sammon, […]
Are Teachers Scorned? Much Less Than Reporters
“Teachers Wonder, Why the Heapings of Scorn?” is the headline of a front-page New York Times piece today (3/3/11). The article by Trip Gabriel reports, “Education experts say teachers have rarely been the targets of such scorn from politicians and voters.” Politicians, sure, but what’s the evidence that voters–i.e., the public–have been heaping scorn on […]
What Union Voices Mean to the Wisconsin Debate
As we noted here, there weren’t many labor voices booked on the Sunday morning chat shows. One, actually–Richard Trumka from the AFL-CIO. ABC’s This Week featured four governors (two Democrats, two Republicans) talking about their fiscal problems. CBS‘s Face the Nation had a soft interview with New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Host Bob Schieffer […]
Chris Christie’s Not Telling the Truth—Ugly or Otherwise
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie is the object of intense devotion among some on the right (Glenn Beck in particular). No surprise, then, that he’d get a lot of attention for going to Washington and delivering a stern lecture about how to fix the deficit. And no surprise that he’d talk about Social Security. […]
Greedy Public Workers and Fat Pensions? Try Again
There’s been a spate of reporting and commentary attacking public workers for having lavish pensions that are bankrupting various states. CBS‘s 60 Minutes got into the act in December with a report (12/19/10) that was criticized for lionizing Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (obviously this came before his snow troubles) for his attacks on […]
At Meet the Press, It’s Heads GOP Wins, Tails Democrats Lose
Meet the Press announced that its show this Sunday will feature two conservative Republican guests, Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and Gov. Chris Christie (N.J.). Well, that’s only natural, because the GOP did so well on Tuesday, winning back the House…. Right? Oh wait…. Here’s Meet the Press‘s then-host Tim Russert on November 12, 2006: Our […]
