Media - Dangerous Intersection

The struggle to report “balanced” news when the facts are unbalanced

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:October 24, 2008
Post category:Media Politics
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Andrew Sullivan talks things over with reporter Marc Ambinder.

Campbell Brown’s warning about parity

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:October 4, 2008
Post category:Media Politics
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CNN Anchor Campbell Brown thinks parity is overrated, according to a recent NYT article: “As journalists, and certainly for me over the last few years, we’ve gotten overly obsessed with parity, especially when we’re covering politics,” Ms. Brown said. “We kept making sure each candidate got equal time — to…

George Bush has fixed our ailing economy!

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:September 20, 2008
Post category:Economy Media Politics
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Thanks, President Bush, for taking care of the problem! Now all let's get back to our wasteful, ignorant, self-indulgent American lives! Let's add another new big screen TV to the credit card! What else is a reader of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch supposed to think when scanning this headline: "Stock…

Why isn’t Barack Obama way ahead in the polls?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:September 17, 2008
Post category:American Culture Media Politics snake oil
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Why isn't Senator Barack Obama way ahead of John McCain in the polls? Why is this race so tight? Bob Cesca has an idea: Hmm. I can't imagine why that is. It's not like Senator Obama's patriotism and character is being assassinated for three hours every morning on cable news…

Phyllis Schlafly For President

Post author:Mark Tiedemann
Post published:September 9, 2008
Post category:American Culture Censorship Civil Rights Culture Current Events Education ignorance Media Noteworthy Politics Sex
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Since Palin's from Alaska, I thought it appropriate to post this link from an Anchorage newspaper. This ought to get plenty of circulation in the next couple of months. Even if, as the article indicates, Palin's questions regarding the censorship of library materials was "rhetorical" it nevertheless is informative that…

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