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Eric Boehlert

Palin, the press, and her "no más" moment

July 07, 2009 10:48 am ET

Sarah Palin's "no más" moment initiated lots of intriguing storylines, but, for me, the most fascinating one has been the visible split within the conservative movement over who's to blame for her early exit from the national stage.

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Karl Frisch

Media Matters: Limbaugh's Off the Wall spin on Michael Jackson's death

July 02, 2009 10:27 pm ET

Mama-Say-Mama-Saw-Mama-Would have to hear it to believe it. While fans the world over mourn the passing of the King of Pop, the King of Talk, Rush Limbaugh, put the death of Michael Jackson this way: He "flourished under Reagan," "languished under Clinton/Bush, and died under Obama."

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Jamison Foser

Howard Kurtz's wasted opportunity

July 02, 2009 2:27 pm ET

Howard Kurtz is America's most famous media critic, with a television show, print and Internet columns, and weekly online discussions. Unfortunately, he isn't very good at what he does.

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Karl Frisch

The right's super-secret plan to end all plans

July 01, 2009 7:48 pm ET

President Obama, the Democratic Congress, and the federal government are evil. They already have too much power and want to take even more control over your life. They're out to take away your guns, liberty, freedom, paycheck, and perhaps even your mother's apple pie! Worse yet, now they want to count you. Have they no shame?

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Eric Boehlert

How ABC News debunked the Obama "honeymoon" myth

June 30, 2009 11:02 am ET

The Beltway press has been buzzing for days about President Obama's lagging job approval ratings, even though Obama's ratings remain high. In spite of that, the press has shifted the emphasis and announced that the real problem is that Obama's policies are not as popular as Obama the president.

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Karl Frisch

Media Matters: Busting a cap and trade in their ... spin

June 26, 2009 10:18 pm ET

As the House vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act approached this week, prominent media conservatives once again took to the airwaves and displayed their true colors. Criticism of the bill from the right -- especially its cap-and-trade provisions -- has not been the product of principle, but of misinformation and, at times, willful denial.

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Jamison Foser

Mika Brzezinski's double standard

June 26, 2009 5:50 pm ET

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski claimed Democrats who have affairs benefit from a "double-standard." In fact, the opposite is true -- as Brzezinski's own comments make clear.

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Karl Frisch

Media could use a Stonewall uprising of their own

June 23, 2009 11:44 am ET

Forty years after the Stonewall riots sparked the gay and lesbian civil rights movement, sexual orientation remains a taboo for many in the media, all too often serving as a focal point for hate, ridicule, and misinformation.

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Karl Frisch

Media Matters: The jagged little pill that is health care coverage

June 19, 2009 7:47 pm ET

Rush Limbaugh believes that there is no health care crisis in America. And he's not alone. With the right wing's relentless onslaught against any attempt to reform health care in America just getting started, the need for honest reporting on the issue is greater than ever.

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Jamison Foser

Since when is a 63 percent approval rating a bad thing?

June 19, 2009 4:11 pm ET

Horse-race coverage of politics and policy is bad enough. What's worse is that it so frequently gets the winning horse wrong.

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    Eric Boehlert is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.
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    Karl Frisch is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.