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Mike Ciandella | September 24, 2012

Few in journalism are viewed with as much veneration and respect as media veteran Bill Moyers.

NBC anchor Brian Williams once said that “Bill Moyers has been and remains an essential voice in our national conversation … the living…

Dan Kennedy | September 21, 2012

In light of the Chicago school teacher strike, I would like to quote a few paragraphs from a Wall Street Journal article from February of 2007. Five years ago.

“Who, on average, is better paid – public school teachers or architects? How…

Liz Thatcher | September 11, 2012

Despite the media’s best efforts to hype organic food and convince the public that it was better for people, some remained skeptical.The media spent years promoting organic foods from The Washington Post’s absurd claim in July 2006 that organic…

Julia A. Seymour | September 6, 2012

The national unemployment rate is currently higher than when President Barack Obama took office, but he and many others have been making the case at this week’s Democratic convention that he should get four more years as president.But the…

Julia A. Seymour | August 28, 2012

Liberals claim to support transparency in government, but as President Obama has proven time and again, that isn’t the case once conservatives start finding shady things with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.New York Times…

Julia A. Seymour | August 21, 2012

George Soros’s $25 billion Fund Management Group bought 7.9 percent of Manchester United’s Class A shares. The English soccer club went public in August, according to many news reports Aug. 21.But from Reuters, to Associated Press (AP), to…

Julia A. Seymour | August 17, 2012

Although things are relatively quiet in Zuccotti Park these days, the anti-capitalist fervor of Occupy Wall Street hit the silver screen in a big way in 2012.USA Today noticed this trend on Aug. 16, saying “in movie theaters, the voices of…

Dan Kennedy | August 3, 2012

Obama’s executive branch is by-passing Congress again.

According to reports from the Farm Bureau, virtually all waters of the United States could soon fall under regulatory control of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), if that…

Mike Ciandella | August 1, 2012

Journalists have been stressing that Romney can’t connect to the common man since his first appearance in the 2012 presidential campaign. Now they have a new target: his wife Ann’s horses. Some she used for therapy for her multiple sclerosis, and…

Julia A. Seymour | July 30, 2012

With a fragile economy during a heated election cycle, the news media should be focused on economic data. But when it comes to the growth of the U.S. economy as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), the three broadcasts networks were…

Dan Kennedy | July 19, 2012

In a CBS interview this past week, the president remarkably asserted that, in his first term, he has gotten all the policy right. His only mistake was not telling a good enough story to the American people.

He may not have told them well,…

Dan Gainor | July 19, 2012

What do New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, gay marriage and Barack Obama have in common? The media spent years laying the groundwork for their popularity. As Mitt Romney studies hard for a vice presidential pick, smart analysts are probably…

Dan Kennedy | July 16, 2012

The president’s Ohio bus tour slogan was “Betting on America.”

Imagine if the Romney campaign had shown the poor judgment to snare this slogan. The media would have had a field day with Wall Street’s wagering, turning the economy into a…

Mike Ciandella | July 13, 2012

ABC’s Jim Avila has halted his crusade against “pink slime,” after costing 1,500 jobs. Now he’s moved on to the chicken industry with the same kind of scary tone to his story. This one is warning of another health crisis that apparently puts all…

Julia A. Seymour | July 12, 2012

President Obama announced his plan to hike taxes on people making more than $200,000 and families making more than $250,000 by allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. But that wasn’t the way the three broadcast networks framed the story on July…

Mike Ciandella | July 11, 2012

Look behind the bylines for The New York Times front page story about how some large corporations donated to tax-exempt groups and there’s another name – George Soros. The liberal investor is one of the richest people in the world and has given…

Mike Ciandella | July 9, 2012

When is comes to the liberal news media virtually any unusual weather event gets connected to climate change or global warming: heat wave or hurricane, drought or blizzard. So it was no surprise when the media quickly connected the recent…

Liz Thatcher | July 6, 2012

“The path we are on will lead to the extinction of almost half the species on earth. We may be one of them.” claimed David Fenton, CEO of a top left-wing public relations firm.

Fenton made his hyperbolic claim in an open letter to…

Julia A. Seymour | July 6, 2012

The June jobs report was “very disappointing” for the Obama administration and to people looking for work, according to CNBC’s John Harwood. The 80,000 job gains was 20,000 short of expectations, and the unemployment rate was unchanged.Moody’…

Dan Gainor | July 5, 2012

There are always at least two views to any economy. If you think the U.S. economy is recovering but might need more stimulus, you probably vote liberal. If you think the economy stinks and government needs to be reined in, then you might be…