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Advertisers Drop Savage Over Hateful Remarks, USO Hints At Suit

Posted by Huffington Post on 24 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Advertising, Activism, Radio, Right v. Left

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By Sam Stein, Huffington Post
At least four major firms have pulled advertising from Michael Savage’s nationally syndicated radio show following a campaign highlighting his inflammatory rhetoric.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Dems Shun Fox News

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 14 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, USDemocrats, Right v. Left

By Paul McLeary, CJR
Ignoring Fox’s audience certainly doesn’t contain any net positives for Democratic candidates, and it makes them look petty and unsure of their own positions if they’re unwilling to face the heat from Fox’s partisans.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Political pundits far from non-partisan

Posted by PR Week on 13 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Journalism, Television, Right v. Left

By Hamilton Nolan, PR Week
The day may come when the “news” is an all-out battle of competing political factions, each trying to insinuate its position into the mind of the populace by using the media as a giant host, just as viruses use the human body. Who are we kidding? That day came long ago.

Popularity: 1% [?]

NRO Joins TNR in Walk of Shame

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 04 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, War Watch, Journalism, Iraq War, Right v. Left

By Paul McLeary, CJR
Another day, another reporter making stuff up.

Popularity: 1% [?]

The Carville-Matalin Joke Is on Us

Posted by The New York Observer on 26 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Television, 08 Election, Right v. Left, Talk Shows

By Steve Kornacki, NY Observer
For the love of God, please stop enabling them. If Mr. Russert really wanted a thoughtful and provocative discussion, then why did he-yet again-hand over half of his show to James Carville and Mary Matalin, two of the four panelists whose punditry monopolized Sunday’s one-hour broadcast?

Popularity: 1% [?]

The Carville-Matalin Joke Is on Us

Posted by The New York Observer on 26 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Television, 08 Election, Right v. Left, Talk Shows

By Steve Kornacki, NY Observer
For the love of God, please stop enabling them. If Mr. Russert really wanted a thoughtful and provocative discussion, then why did he-yet again-hand over half of his show to James Carville and Mary Matalin, two of the four panelists whose punditry monopolized Sunday’s one-hour broadcast?

Popularity: 1% [?]

Captured Red-Handed By the Media - At Last

Posted by Linda Milazzo on 01 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Politics, Iraq War, Right v. Left

By Linda Milazzo
After six years of America’s mainstream media bowing to its corporate mandate to ignore all opposition to George W. Bush, a media miracle has happened. Thanks to the great camera work of AP photographer Charles Dharapak, the American anti-war movement has been revealed to the world.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Richard Mellon Scaife and His Lawsuit of Treasures

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 24 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Religious Right, Right v. Left

By Clint Hendler, CJR
The Washington Post ran a long article detailing the marital and legal troubles of Richard Mellon Scaife, publisher of the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and funder of many right wing causes and media outlets.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Put Down Your Shoe, Join the Fight Against Murdoch’s Junk Media

Posted by Free Press on 17 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, News Corp, Fox News, Activism, Rupert Murdoch, Right v. Left

By Tim Karr, FreePress
Free Press just launched “Whack-a-Murdoch,” a Web game that let’s you hit back at the big companies that air bad programming.

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Murdoch To Times: I Will Bury You! Keller Bristles

Posted by NY Observer on 17 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, News Corp, Economics, Journalism, Rupert Murdoch, Business, Right v. Left

By Michael Calderone, NY Observer
Rupert Has Seen Future: It’s Insurgent Journal Vs. ‘Monolithic Media’

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Daily Show: Headlines - Gore & Peace

Posted by MediaChannel on 17 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Environment, Humor, Right v. Left

Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize win brings out the hyperbole in the media.

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Limbaugh leaves probation better, richer

Posted by Palm Beach Post on 08 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Radio, Right v. Left, Talk Shows

By Jose Lambiet, Palm Beach Post
As Rush Limbaugh enters his last month on probation for a narcotics arrest, the state of Florida says the radio talker isn’t back on drugs!

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Keith Olbermann’s Most Dangerous Game

Posted by AXcess News on 04 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, GE, Television, Bill O'Reilly, Right v. Left

By Timothy Sexton, AXcess News
By giving O’Reilly a nightly plug on his own show Olbermann along with all those who run anti-O’Reilly web sites are succeeding only in proferring to this footnote to history a platform for those who otherwise would not even be aware he exists.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Battle Lines Are Drawn Over Conservative Radio

Posted by The Hill on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, USDemocrats, Free Speech, Politics, Media Freedom, Activism, Radio, Judicial, Satellite Radio, Right v. Left

By Alexander Bolton, The Hill
House Republicans are threatening to launch a discharge petition on legislation that would ensure the prosperity of conservative radio talk-show hosts.

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Ignore Fox: Attacking O’Reilly Only Encourages Him

Posted by Danny Schechter on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News Corp, Fox News, Commentary, Bill O'Reilly, Right v. Left

Bashing Fox and O’Reilly only encourages them. It feeds right into their strategy. They love it.

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