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By John Amato, Crooks & Liars Bill O'Reilly denounces left wingers for blaming him for Dr. Tiller's death.

Conservatives react to historic Supreme Court nominee by smearing Sotomayor as "racist," "bigot."


With two of the nation's more politically polarizing figures helping fuel the narrative, the U.S. campaign against terrorism was the No. 1 story last week.

By Amira Al Hussaini, Global Voices Obama will deliver his much anticipated speech on relations with the Muslim world in Egypt on June 4, and the Egyptian blogosphere is as divided as ever.

By Chris McGreal, Guardian At last Michael Savage has someone to be really angry at. Not the faceless targets of many of his shows: hordes of disease-ridden Mexican illegal immigrants spreading cholera and swine flu, or black people taking jobs from better deserving whites because of affirmative action, or gays subverting the very foundation of America's existence. Not to mention Barack Obama's secret socialist agenda.

Pity the pig - add the swine flu to its already questionable reputation. The flu outbreak has spread fear and confusion around the world. Global media walked the fine line between hyping and helping. Caught in the middle of the rush to pin the blame: the pig.

By John McQuaid, Huffington Post Obama has been a boon to the media business. It's more fun and better for ratings to cover a glamorous new president than an unpopular old one.

By Mark Jurkowitz, PEJ For the second week in a row, the economic crisis only narrowly edged out Somali pirates as the top story in what is becoming a more diverse news landscape than earlier in the year.

By Pew Research Center When Americans are asked to assess television news coverage of Barack Obama, Fox News Channel stands out from other networks for being too critical of the president, no one network was singled out as too easy.

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