The Supporter-in-Chief Test: Pass or Fail?

With Howard Wolfson joining the FauxNEWS crew we should find out very soon what kind of an Obama supporter Hillary Clinton really...

Beyond Unacceptable (UPDATED)

For some reason, I simply didn’t see this coming.  Maybe I should have, but not being much of a watcher of Fox News, my understanding of the channel was that its success as a catapult for right wing narratives stems from it’s veneer of respectability. Again, forgive me for being wrong, I...

Bill Moyers Pwns O’Reilly Factor Producer Porter Barry

Ambush FAIL: As Nicole Belle says, “watch it again and again, it just gets better.” Related: Legendary journalist Bill Moyers address the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008. Presented by FreePress.net. For more speakers, press coverage, and info, visit:...

Obama on Fox: Betrayal, or Smart Move?

For two years Obama gave Fox news the cold shoulder. Progressives, myself included, enjoyed this quite a bit considering the fact that Fox is little more (actually, nothing more) than a right wing propaganda machine, and by shutting them down, Obama sure was showing them he meant business. But then he...

Pravda, Anyone?

In a long and stunning expose, today’s NYTimes chronicles the symbiosis between the Pentagon and the retired officers who serve as on-air military analysts for the various news organizations. The article is based on 8000 pages of email messages, transcripts, and other records they sued the Defense...