Black and White and Re(a)d All Over:
The Conservative Advantage in Syndicated Op-Ed Columns

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Media Appearances

09/25/07: Paul Waldman on The Nightside Project with Michael Castner
09/24/07: Paul Waldman on KUNR's local news (Nevada)
09/20/07: David Brock on U Need 2 Know
09/18/07: Paul Waldman on The Charles Goyette Show
09/17/07: Paul Waldman on CSPAN's Washington Journal: QT | WMV
09/14/07: Eric Boehlert on HeadOn Radio
09/14/07: Karl Frisch on The Surreal News
09/14/07: Paul Waldman on The Young Turks
09/14/07: Eric Boehlert on Wake Up Call with Mario Murillo
09/13/07: Paul Waldman on This is America with Jon Elliott
09/13/07: Paul Waldman on Fox Across America
09/12/07: Eric Boehlert on The Jeff Farias Show
09/12/07: Karl Frisch on The Mario Solis-Marich Show

News Coverage

09/25/07: In-Forum.com: Other Views: The facts are the facts, even if columnist Thomas disagrees
09/24/07: Tuscaloosa News (AL): Tuscaloosa News second-most progressive newspaper in the state?
09/19/07: Salt Lake Tribune: Media Matters...Doesn't
09/17/07: Editor & Publisher: WPWG and TMS React to Media Matters Column Survey Numbers
09/16/07: The Washington Times: The 'conservative advantage'
09/15/07: Houston Chronicle: Mixmasters? Yes, but stop the liberal bias charge
09/15/07: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Media Matters study fatally flawed
09/14/07: Washington Post Writers Group Blog: Voodoo Numbers?
09/14/07: The Louisville Courier-Journal: How The C-J stacks up
09/14/07: Denver Post: The vast op-ed conspiracy
09/14/07: The Washington Times: Media Bias
09/14/07: Chicago Tribune: Stirring emotions, striving for reason
09/13/07: U.S. News & World Report: Who Matters Most? Will, Not Coulter
09/13/07: Amarillo Globe-News (TX): Dave Henry: Fit to be tied: A stylish pain in the neck
09/12/07: The Hotline: Press Pass: Where There's a Will ... (subscription)
09/12/07: Baltimore Sun' The Swamp: Media watchdog: Conservative columnists rule!
09/12/07: CommonDreams.org: Report: Op-Ed Pages Dominated by Conservatives
09/11/07: Associated Press: George Will King of Newspaper Columnists

Blog Coverage

09/24/07: Buckeye State Blog: Big Surprise: Ohio's Newspapers Proven to Be -- Get This -- Conservative
09/24/07: Las Vegas Gleaner: Wingnut bias found in Nevada's second most pointless reason for newsprint spending
09/24/07: Herald Sun (Australia): Conservative stranglehold detected
09/24/07: The Cincinnati Beacon: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over!
09/24/07: Bullfight: Opinion Pages
09/24/07: The Phoenix: Blinded by the Right?
09/24/07: Glass City Jungle: Media Matters Releases Report on Op-Ed Pages of Daily Newspapers...Toledo Blade 50/50
09/21/07: Rock Netroots Commentary: Gazette: Still Re(a)d All Over
09/21/07: Progressive Network of Southeast PA: Conservative Syndicated Columnists Dominate
09/21/07: Cursor.org: Media Patrol
09/21/07: The Huffington Post: 1994 Redux: The Consequences of Dems' New NAFTA
09/20/07: Left in Alabama: On Media Bias and Right-Wing Gooberheads, Or, Why You Feel Like You're just Muttering to Yourself
09/20/07: TampaBay.com's The Feed: Media Matters Says Florida Newspapers Dominated by Conservative Op-Ed Writers
09/20/07: The Daily Pulp: The Liberal Media Favors Right-Wing Politics
09/20/07: politicalcomment: Cal Thomas attacks Media Matters for America
09/18/07: Alone and Unobserved: The Conservative Edge
09/18/07: Noktoraiz: Liberal Media?
09/17/07: Bring it On!: "Liberal Media" Myth Debunked
09/16/07: Waxahachie Daily Blog: Report: Op-Ed Pages Dominated by Right
09/15/07: Ezra Klein: They Shall Fight Us On The Radio, They Shall Fight Us On TV, They Shall Fight Us In Every Newspaper
09/15/07: Dangerous Intersection: Conservative columnists dominate America's newspapers
09/15/07: Feminist Law Professors: Is "Maureen Dowd" Deemed a "Progressive" by Media Matters For America To Alienate Feminists?
09/15/07: Where's The Outrage?: Conservative Columnists Dominate
09/15/07: MyDD: Sunday Morning Diary Rescue
09/14/07: Sirotablog: COLUMN: The Lesson Of The DMV
09/14/07: Eye on Williamson: David Sirota's First Syndicated Column
09/14/07: MCDAC Blog: Conservative Columnists Greatly Outnumber Progressive or Liberal Columnists
09/14/07: GregsOpinion.com: MMA: "Black & White and Re(a)d All Over"
09/14/07: Jake Today: Friday--September 14, 2007: Some News
09/14/07: Cherry Creek News (CO): Op-Ed Pages Dominated by Right
09/14/07: The NonSequitur: Two Pundits
09/13/07: TaylorMarsh.com: Wingnut Talking Points Rule in Print
09/13/07: Buffletucky -- WNY: Your Liberal Media
09/13/07: North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Blog: News from headquarters
09/13/07: Artueel Blog: From My "Rejected" Files: On Media Bias
09/13/07: Amerikanske Tilstande: De røde sidder på medierne
09/13/07: The Daily Howler: WHAT IS MAUREEN DOWD? Media Matters does a great study--except in the case of Queen Dowd
09/13/07: Free Frank Warner: Media Matters, what percent of news reporters are Republicans?
09/13/07: Comments From Left Field: Conservatives Get More Column Space Too
09/13/07: Granddaddy Long Legs: Mainstream Conservative Media Bias?
09/13/07: Denver Community Newspapers: Op-Ed Pages Dominated by Conservatives
09/13/07: Loaded Orygun: Media Matters Publishes Study in Conservative Print Bias
09/13/07: Constructive Interference: Conservative Columnists
09/13/07: Left Coast Oracle: Black And White And Re(a)d All Over
09/13/07: Corrente: David Ignatius Is An Idiot, And Not Very Useful At That
09/13/07: Right Wing News: Media Matters Bogus Claim: The Conservative Advantage In Syndicated Op-Ed Columns
09/13/07: The Bear In The Moon: Maybe Iran IS Arming Shiite Insurgents in Iraq
09/13/07: Fausta's Blog: Too many conservative columnists?
09/13/07: Hammerspace: Study: Conservative columnists dominate
09/13/07: The Van Der Galien Gazette: Conservatives Bias?
09/13/07: Canadian Cynic: You know you've arrived when you become a verb
09/13/07: The Right Angle: Media Matters' Silly Op-Ed Study
09/12/07: Three Way News: That Good Old Liberal Press
09/12/07: Latina Lista: Study Underscores Newspapers' Preference for Anglo Columnists Over Latinos
09/12/07: Pissed on Politics: Wonder Why We're Still in Iraq
09/12/07: Left in Lowell: US Papers Carry More Conservative Columnists
09/12/07: Compassion in Politics: Is there a Conservative Media Bias? Ask Media Matters
09/12/07: OpenLeft: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
09/12/07: DailyKos: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
09/12/07: Politickybitch: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
09/12/07: Liberty Belles: What Liberal Media?
09/12/07: Ezra Klein: Conservative Columnists
09/12/07: Bark Bark Woof Woof: The Right To Publish
09/12/07: Editors Weblog: Are US Op-Eds Conservative?
09/12/07: Tennessee Guerilla Women: About That Famous Liberal Media Bias
09/12/07: Too Sense: Truth: The Media Is Anything But Liberal
09/12/07: AMERICAblog: Apparently, I'm "at the margin"
09/12/07: Writes Like She Talks: Conservatives blast through the op-ed pages
09/12/07: memeorandum: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over: The Conservative Advantage in Syndicated Op-Ed Columns
09/12/07: DailyKos: Midday Open Thread
09/12/07: The Carpetbagger Report: At Least There Are Blogs
09/12/07: North Dakota Democratic -- NPL Party Blog: Study finds 'liberal media' a myth with editorial
09/12/07: Political Animal: Wingers, Wingers, Everywhere
09/12/07: The Corner: The Commanding Heights of Op-Ed Pages
09/12/07: The American Prospect: And Even More On Conservative Columnists
09/12/07: Oliver Willis: Your Liberal Media
09/12/07: Say Uncle: Reasoned discourse on liberal bias in the media
09/12/07: KnoxNews.com: Misleading Media Matters
09/12/07: TampaBay.com: Media Matters Study Says More Nationally Syndicated Newspaper Op-Ed Columnists are Conservative
09/12/07: MyDD: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
09/12/07: The Ruth Group: Conservative v Progressive
09/11/07: Inside The Editorial Page: What "Liberal Bias?"
09/11/07: SCSU Scholars: Outsourcing Conservative Commentary
09/11/07: The Dallas Morning News: And the Top 10 columnists are ...
09/11/07: Think Progress: The 'conservative advantage in syndicated op-ed columns.'
09/11/07: Atrios: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
09/11/07: Behind the Star: Conservatives On The Op-Ed Pages
09/11/07: Shadow-Media: The Conservative Tilt Of The "Liberal Media"
09/11/07: Enclave: Bogus Claims of Liberal Media Bias in Column Syndication
09/11/07: The Smirking Chimp: NEW REPORT: Major Conservative Slant In Syndicated Columns
09/11/07: The Huffington Post: NEW REPORT: Major Conservative Slant In Syndicated Columns
09/11/07: SquareState.net: NEW REPORT: Major Conservative Slant In Syndicated Columns
09/11/07: KnoxViews: Interesting article over at Media Matters
09/11/07: Matthew Yglesias @ The Atlantic: The Syndicate
09/11/07: Functional Ambivalent: Liberal. You Know, Like Cal Thomas and George Will
09/11/07: Big Daddy Malcontent: Well, Duh
09/11/07: Words At Work: Not So Liberal
09/11/07: Wonkette: Thank You For Those Items That You Sent Me