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Eric Boehlert is the author of Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush (Free Press, 2006) and Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press (Free Press, 2009). He worked for five years as a senior writer for Salon.com, where he wrote extensively about media and politics. Prior to that, he worked as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone. Boehlert has a bachelor's degree in Near Eastern studies from the University of Massachusetts and is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.

The myth of Fox News' ratings spike

November 03, 2009 9:32 am ET | 104 Comments

30 reasons why Fox News is not legit

October 27, 2009 5:26 am ET | 126 Comments

Why the NFL and corporate America reject Limbaugh and Beck

October 19, 2009 5:07 pm ET | 79 Comments

Memo to the media: Fox News is now the Opposition Party

October 13, 2009 8:14 am ET | 130 Comments

The NY Times' pointless pursuit of right-wing "buzz" stories

October 05, 2009 3:55 pm ET | 12 Comments

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Peggy Noonan plays dumb about N.Y.-23

November 07, 2009 11:03 am ET | 4 Comments

Newsbusters praise ABC News for getting Ft. Hood shooting report wrong

November 06, 2009 11:31 am ET | 19 Comments

"Gun control" banned from Ft. Hood news coverage

November 06, 2009 10:26 am ET | 59 Comments

What's the WashPost's source for claiming 10,000 protesters gathered in D.C. on Thursday?

November 06, 2009 8:46 am ET | 12 Comments

What's Politico's source for claiming 10,000 protesters gathered in D.C. today?

November 05, 2009 3:05 pm ET | 28 Comments

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