Media Bias? What Media Bias?

by elpresidente | 9:38 am, August 29, 2011

There is a media bias, according to Professor Tim Groseclose of UCLA, and a rather substantial one at that. His new book, “Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind,” uses what he calls peer-reviewed (Harvard) “political quotient” measurements to establish where any particular person falls on a political spectrum. Groseclose also measures [...]

‘Wrong, But Accurate!’

by T.L. James | 9:31 pm, June 6, 2011

Charles Johnson says he won’t apologize for treating the Weiner Twitter scandal as a phony ‘nontroversy’ fabricated by Andrew Breitbart now that Weiner has admitted to it, because…umm…Andrew Breitbart is dishonest and sleazy. And even if Breitbart’s right, being sleazy makes him wrong. Or something. If anyone actually cares. ADDED: HotAir has a clip just released by ABC [...]

Health care: Maine moves toward freedom, Vermont toward single-payer authoritarianism

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, June 2, 2011

Maine adopts free-market reforms (though they conflict with federal health control bill), while Vermont goes single payer.

Why Cato’s Michael Cannon has boycotted PolitiFact:

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, May 19, 2011

Why PolitiFact’s claims are not always factual.

Can we trust the media?

by Amy Oliver | 3:22 pm, May 18, 2011

When it comes to transparency and a free society, the fourth estate is vital. So what does it mean when the news media becomes the story? Consider these gems: Liberal billionaire George Soros has spent more than $48 million funding media properties, including the infrastructure of news – journalism schools, investigative journalism and even industry [...]

The 49th Parallel

by Joshua Sharf | 10:28 pm, May 17, 2011

How many states can be 49th?  Let us count the ways. A few years ago, my friend Ben DeGrow noticed that whenever the subject of budget restraint touched on public education, the state teachers union would immediately make one of two claims: either the state was 49th in school spending, or would be after the [...]

The Narrative

by PerlStalker | 3:26 pm, April 23, 2011

Ace has a tremendous post discussing The Narrative as told by the media. It’s a long piece but it’s worth the time. I”m going to share a taste of it here but you should really take the time to read it yourself.

To set the stage, Ace was pondering the…

Washington Post & CBS Corp. get ObamaCare money

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, April 18, 2011

Two mainstream news organizations are receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars from Obamacare’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP)

John Morse and Senate Per Diem

by T.L. James | 11:58 am, March 11, 2011

Colorado Peak Politics is reporting some interesting information about the per diem habits of Senator John Morse (last seen here on PPC making the ghost of Laurence Olivier cringe) One comment we’ve heard from two different reporters is that they don’t have time to fact check Colorado Government Accountability Project’s work, as if that ever [...]

Charles Johnson Supports Violent Rhetoric, Hitler References at Protest Rallies

by T.L. James | 10:47 pm, February 18, 2011

Well, at least that’s what one could be forgiven for thinking after reading this post at Little Green Footballs: I’d just like to say that I stand in solidarity with the workers and students of Wisconsin tonight, and against the right wing’s war on employee unions. What about the abundant Hitler references? What about the [...]

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