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MSNBC's Morning Joe program seems to have turned its conspicuous consumption of Starbucks drinks into a paid commercial for the coffee chain, according to this morning's New York Times (6/1/09). As...
View ArticleA Newsweek Story Gets 'Better' for Scarborough–With a Little Help From a Friend
The website Gawker (6/9/09) caught Newsweek making some sneaky changes in an online article–changes that were ordered by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, and which just happened to favor the host of a show...
View ArticleMSNBC Does Not–and Never Can–Play the Same Game as Fox
Gabriel Sherman's New York magazine piece on cable news (10/3/10) has an important insight into the Fox News' success: Fox's rightward flanking maneuver, capturing a disenfranchised part of the...
View ArticleAction Alert: NBC/GE's Double Standards on Political Donations
MSNBC has suspended host Keith Olbermann for making political contributions–even though GE/NBC executives and fellow MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has made similar donations. If you'd like to urge MSNBC...
View ArticleWith Short Memories, Violent Tone of Media Unlikely to Change
One theme in the coverage of the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffordsconcerns whether the tone of the political debate will change. That's probably going to happen in the short-term. A...
View ArticleMSNBC: No Time for Obama's Kill List?
The New York Times' lengthy report (5/29/12) on Barack Obama's drone "kill list" should provoke serious questions: Is such a program legal? How does it square with Obama's criticism of the Bush...
View ArticleMorning Joe's Drone Debate: Whose Four-Year-Old Girls Should Be Killed?
MSNBC's Morning Joe had a remarkable discussion of U.S. drone attacks today (10/23/12). Here's a clip of the most intense moments of the exchange between the conservative-leaning Joe Scarborough and...
View ArticlePolitico Makes You Glad Election Is Almost Over
The gossipy, horse race-obsessed outlet Politico ran a story on October 29 about the credibility of polling expert Nate Silver, whose 538 blog at the New York Times is a must-read for people interested...
View ArticleDavid Gregory: Obama Should Trick Republicans by Being More Like Them
When reporters give strategic advice, they tend to reveal what they consider preferable policy goals. A discussion of taxes and spending on Meet the Press revealed a lot about host David Gregory's...
View ArticleScarborough Remembers Some Iraq Words–But Not His Own
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough's commentary looking back at the Iraq War took aim at some politicians and media outlets who were supportive of removing Saddam Hussein from power. But somehow he forgot to...
View ArticleFAIR TV: Scarborough's War, Steubenville, Drone 'Debate'
This week on FAIR TV: Joe Scarborough remembers some things about the Iraq War--but forgets the things he said back then. We'll take a look at the CNN Steubenville coverage that had so many critics...
View ArticleNot Enough Debate in Morning Joe's Walmart Wage Debate
An MSNBC debate on Walmart and the minimum wage need at least one thing: More debate.
View ArticleOur Boss Is Great! How MSNBC Covered Comcast Merger
How did MSNBC cover the mega-merger between its parent company and Time Warner cable? Hardly at all--except for a segment glorifying their boss.
View ArticleFAIR TV: Climate Change False Balance, MSNBC Cheers Its Boss, Apology-Free...
David Gregory seemed to say that the science on climate change was settled. So why did he have a debate about whether climate change is happening? Plus MSNBC's Morning Joe cheers on its corporate...
View ArticleDavid Gregory–and Other Famous Left-Wingers
The New York Post refers to Meet the Press's "famously left-leaning former hosts including the ousted David Gregory." A quick overview of Gregory's record doesn't turn up much evidence of leaning to...
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