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The Media Continue To Try To Tie Obama to Blagojevich Scandal
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wheels come off media debate on auto bailout
Friday, December 5, 2008
The Myth of the $70 an Hour Autoworker
Thursday, December 4, 2008
David Brock Issues Open Letter to NBC News President Steve Capus
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Chris Baker's fresh-baked sexism
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Homophobic Hate Speech "More Than Offensive"
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Morris' "Trust" Fund
Monday, November 24, 2008
Trouble in The War Room: Radio host Jim Quinn makes racially charged comments and sexism his shtick
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Overlooked and over the top: Cincinnati radio host Bill Cunningham targets women, the poor, and "black fathers," spouts incendiary Holocaust and Satan references.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Memo: A "center-right" charade
Friday, November 14, 2008
Radioactive smears: Local conservative radio contributes to the echo chamber of conservative talking points and falsehoods
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The double standard continues; New report reveals further disparate coverage in McCain's favor
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Magic Johnson "Outraged" by Minneapolis Radio Hosts' Remarks
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Pentagon Propaganda Pushback: As Congress takes action, how will the president and the media respond?
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Memo: All Eyes on Hannity
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Memo: New Anti-Obama Books... Swift Boat Redux?
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Timeline of a Smear: Obama Visiting Wounded Soldiers
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Statement on Talk Radio Network Response to Savage Autism Controversy
Friday, July 25, 2008
It wasn't the first time ... Savage Has History of Belittling Children with Autism
Thursday, July 24, 2008
CBS News Covers For McCain
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Top Radio Host Shifts Blame as Advertiser, Radio Network Drop Show
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Top Radio Host: Autism Is "A Fraud, a Racket"
Friday, July 18, 2008
What Gen. Clark Actually Said
Monday, June 30, 2008
Media Muddle McCain Campaign Public Finance Record
Friday, June 20, 2008
Sins of Omission
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Memo: In Case You Missed It: Fox News' E.D. Hill Asked if the Obamas' Celebratory Fist Bump Could Be a "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Four-Star Elephant in the (News)room
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Double Standard for Candidate Spouses
Friday, May 9, 2008
Special Report: Dissection of a Preacher Double Standard
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Media Firestorm Over (Repeated) McCain Al Qaeda Gaffe? Hardly
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Double Standard on Supporters
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Media Advance Myth of McCain as Lobbyist Foe
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Memo: The Media Heart McCain
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Statement from David Brock on Pattern of Sexist/Misogynistic Outbursts on MSNBC: "The Time for Apologies Has Passed"
Friday, February 8, 2008
National Journal: Foul Play in the "Most Liberal" Ratings Game
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Memo: Media chalk up Giuliani's early poor performance to "strategy"

Friday, January 25, 2008
Statement from David Brock on Matthews' Comments
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Progressive Leaders, Media Speak Out Against Matthews
Thursday, January 17, 2008
David Brock Issues Open Letter to NBC News President Steve Capus
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Does Chris Matthews Have a Problem with Women?
Friday, January 11, 2008
Statement on the Return of Don Imus
Monday, December 3, 2007
MEMO: Fox News & Rudy Giuliani
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Iowa Waitress Slams Media as "Nuts" Over Focus on Trivial Non-Story
Friday, November 9, 2007
CNN's Glenn Beck: Some Victims of Calif. Wildfires "Hate America"
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
MEMO: Fact vs. Fiction in the Limbaugh "phony soldiers" controversy
Friday, October 5, 2007
FACT CHECK: "Phony Soldiers" and Limbaugh's Revisionist History
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Limbaugh's "Phony Troops" Comment...
Friday, September 28, 2007
Rush Refers to Murtha as "Genuine Phony Soldier"
Friday, September 28, 2007
Fox's Race Problem: It's Not Just O'Reilly
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
O'Reilly Attacks Media Matters for Posting Harlem Remarks
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Report: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Will MSNBC Address Tucker Carlson's Assault Story?
Thursday, August 30, 2007
MSNBC's Carlson Changes Tune on Bathroom Assault Story
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
MSNBC's Tucker Carlson Recounts Assault
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Rush's Race-Based Rant
Friday, August 24, 2007
The Return of Imus?
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Statement: Rupert Murdoch's Purchase of Dow Jones
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Will NBC Enforce Ethics Policy?
Friday, July 20, 2007
Smiley Producer: Luntz not appearing in Dem Forum
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
PBS and the Luntz-Giuliani Connection
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
PBS Using Discredited GOP Pollster to Provide Analysis of Democratic Forum?
Monday, June 25, 2007
Media Matters' Brock Takes Aim at Media Caricatures of '08 Contenders
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Myth: America is Conservative
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Leaders Call for Balanced Religious Debate
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Religious Progressives Left Behind
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Murdoch Goes Green; Will Fox Follow?
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Sunday Shutout: Influential Sunday Shows Host Few Women, Minorities
Monday, May 14, 2007
Cable News to Minorities & Women: Let's Talk About (Only) Sex and Race
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Special Report: Lack of Diversity on Cable News Continues
Monday, May 7, 2007
Academic Study Proves O'Reilly Lies About Use of Personal Attacks
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
CNN's Beck: A Climate of Smear
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Politico Corrects DeLay's Falsehood
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Right-Wing Meltdown
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Imus Replacement Tryouts: Media Matters Statement
Friday, April 20, 2007
In wake of CBS Decision David Brock Calls for 'Broader Conversation' on bigotry and sexism in the media
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Time for Change in Wake of Imus Firing
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Imus Cancellation: Statement from Media Matters
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Will Imus' Guests Condemn History of Bigotry?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Fear Not, Imus Will Return... Just in Time for Sweeps
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Media Matters Statement on Two Week Suspension of Imus in the Morning Simulcast
Monday, April 9, 2007
MSNBC's Imus Double Standard
Monday, April 9, 2007
Imus Has Long Record of Incendiary Remarks
Monday, April 9, 2007
Imus Apologizes for "Nappy-Headed Hos" Comment
Friday, April 6, 2007
Pelosi's Syria Trip: Media Advancing Right-Wing Spin
Friday, April 6, 2007
Sunday Shows Break Their Silence
Thursday, March 15, 2007
ABC's This Week Commended for Balance
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Congress Challenges Network Execs: Bring Balance to Sunday Shows
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Sunday Show Silence
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Members of Congress Call on Sunday Shows to Address Imbalance Detailed in New Report
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Special Report: Sunday Talk Shows Continue Rightward Tilt Despite Power Shift in Congress
Monday, March 12, 2007
WE'RE STILL WAITING ...
Thursday, February 8, 2007
New York Times, AP fail to disclose Bill Donohue's own 'credibility problem' as a critic of Edwards' campaign bloggers
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
O'Reilly Blames Missouri Kidnapping Victim
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Media Matters Implores ABC Not to Air Violent Hate Speech and Racist Fearmongering
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Stem Cell Research: Debunking Conservative Misinformation
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Minimum Wage Increase: Debunking Conservative Misinformation
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Giuliani's 'Personal & Political Baggage' Goes Largely Untouched by Media
Thursday, January 4, 2007
REPORT: Media Falsehoods Likely to Continue as Dems Take Power
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Swift-Boating Obama: Right-Wing Pundit Questions Senator's "Loyalty" to America
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Who is McCain Campaign Manager Terry Nelson? And Will the Media Tell Us?
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Special Media Matters Report: Iraq Study Group: What the Media Aren't Telling You
Friday, December 8, 2006
The War on ~~Christmas~~ Penguins
Monday, November 27, 2006
SURVEY: How the Media Portray Pelosi
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Ignoring Facts, Washington Post Declares Nation 'Right of Center'
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Top 10 Election Falsehoods, Myths and Talking Points
Monday, November 6, 2006
Where is Nancy Pelosi? A 'How To' Guide for Advancing Conservative Misinformation
Friday, November 3, 2006
Steele's Conflicting Statements on Iraq and Bush go Unchallenged by CNN's Blitzer
Friday, November 3, 2006
Reynolds Baselessly Takes Credit for Foley Resignation; Blitzer Fails to Challenge
Friday, November 3, 2006
BREAKING: Air America Blacklisted by Advertisers?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Hussein Verdict: News at 11
Friday, October 27, 2006
Media Ignore Evidence That Partisan Political Calculations Drive Bush Administration Iraq Policy
Thursday, October 26, 2006
RNC Ad Received Free Airtime; Will DNC Get the Same Treatment?
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
GOP Congressman to CNN: GET OUT OF IRAQ
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Right's Choreographed Attack on Leader Pelosi in Full Swing
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Mehlman Caught with Hand in Abramoff Cookie Jar
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Media Misidentify Embattled GOPers as Dems and Issue No Explicit Correction
Monday, October 16, 2006
Special Report: Top Foley Scandal Myths and Falsehoods
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Hastert/Sherwood Event: AP Fails to Mention Speaker Cancelled All Fundraising Events in Wake of Foley Scandal
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Foley Scandal: Irrelevant Excuses Largely Unchallenged by Media
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
MISINFORMATION ALERT: Congressional Gay Conspiracy, Foley's Victims, Florida Voters, Hill Staffers, Democrats and Media at Fault for Foley Scandal?
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
CONSERVATIVE MISINFORMATION ALERT: Foley Scandal: The Dems Did It?
Monday, October 9, 2006
Media Largely Silent on Future of Rep. Foley's Campaign Cash
Monday, October 2, 2006
ALERT: Conservative Misinformation Spreads in Wake of Foley/Page Scandal
Monday, October 2, 2006
Media Ignore Democratic Response to Bush
Friday, September 29, 2006
Media Still Using Debunked FactCheck.org Analysis to Discredit VoteVets Ad in Senate Contests
Thursday, September 28, 2006
In his New Book, O'Reilly admits he is both "Bitter" and "may sound Delusional"
Friday, September 22, 2006
FactCheck.org...Wrong on the Facts
Friday, September 22, 2006
Despite Last Minute Re-cut ABC/Disney's "Path to 9/11" Still rife with Misinformation, Fabrication and Misleading Scenes
Monday, September 11, 2006
Media Matters for America Calls for Disney to Pull Discredited "Docu-drama"
Friday, September 8, 2006
Media Matters Applauds Scholastic's Decision to Pull Flawed "Path to 9-11" Educational Materials
Thursday, September 7, 2006
ABC-Sponsored teaching materials falsely suggest Iraq had WMD, link War in Iraq to 9/11
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Media Matters for America President and CEO David Brock Expresses Concern over ABC's "The Path to 9-11"
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Media Matters for America President and CEO David Brock Urges Random House, Crown Publishing Group to Sever All Ties with Right-Wing Pundit Ann Coulter
Friday, July 7, 2006
Media Matters for America Suggests Questions for Ann Coulter
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Media Matters for America Issues Memo to Reporters Covering CIA Leak Investigation
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Statement from Media Matters President and CEO David Brock on New White House press secretary Tony Snow
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Media Matters for America Places Ad Critical of Washington Post's Editorial Practices on Washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Media Matters for America President and CEO David Brock to moderate forum: Why Media Matters: Progressive Voices and the Media
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Statement from Media Matters for America President David Brock on Resignation of Washington Post Blogger Ben Domenech
Friday, March 24, 2006
Media Matters for America Details False Claims Made by Bush Administration Regarding Iraq's WMDs
Friday, March 17, 2006
Hardball for the left, softball for the right: Media Matters study finds conservative guests dominate on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Memo to Reporters Covering the Port Controversy
Friday, March 3, 2006
Media Matters for America Study Reveals Conservative Slant on Sunday Talk Shows
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Media Matters for America Denounces CNN's Decision to Sign Controversial Conservative Radio Host Glenn Beck
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Media Matters for America Bestows "Misinformer of the Year" Award on Chris Matthews
Friday, December 23, 2005
Media Matters for America Applauds CNN Decision to Drop Robert Novak
Friday, December 16, 2005
Media Matters for America Delivers Nearly 5,000 Letters Urging CNN Not to Renew Robert Novak's Contract
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Media Matters for America Will Deliver Nearly 5,000 Letters Urging CNN Not to Renew Robert Novak's Contract
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Media Matters demands Chris Matthews stop insulting 56 percent of Americans as "real whack-jobs"
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Media Matters troubled by lack of news coverage of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel's speech
Thursday, November 17, 2005
CBSNews.com acknowledges mistake in falsely claiming "nuclear option" is a Democratic term
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Media overlooked Sen. Roberts's conflicting statements about investigation into Bush administration's use of intelligence before Iraq war
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Media Matters for America Lauds Sen. Harkin's Legislation to Ensure Fair and Balanced Programming on American Forces Radio and Television Service
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Meet the Press's Russert failed to correct Sen. Hutchison's false Clinton impeachment claim
Monday, October 24, 2005
Jeff Gannon reverses course, quits as Talon News "reporter"
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Media Matters for America asks Scott McClellan to consider revoking White House press credentials of Talon News
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Media Matters Web Ad Wins National Pollie Award for Excellence in Political Communications
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Media watchdog, government ethics and advocacy groups call for action on "pay-to-sway" scandal
Thursday, January 27, 2005
David Brock's letter to Staples, Inc. on Sinclair
Friday, January 7, 2005
SinclairAction.com praises Staples, Inc. for not renewing advertising on local Sinclair Broadcast Group stations
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
MoveOn.org Accepts Sinclair Challenge: "We'll gladly send an email with a Sinclair message"
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Media Matters Leads Launch of www.SinclairAction.com to Protest Sinclair's Misuse of Public Airwaves
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Media Matters for America to Post News Outlets' Presidential Election Results in Real Time for Each State at mediamatters.org
Monday, November 1, 2004
Sinclair Drops Plan to Air Full Anti-Kerry Film
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
CITIZENS UNITED AD MAY RUN DURING 60 MINUTES; AD SEEMS TO VIOLATE CBS'S POLICY AGAINST "ADVOCACY ADVERTISING"
Friday, June 18, 2004
Media Matters for America runs TV ad about Limbaugh comments; radio station carrying Limbaugh rejected MMFA radio ad
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Media Matters for America Television Spot Reveals Controversial Iraqi Prisoner Torture Commentary; Ad Cracks Down on Limbaugh's Outburst
Wednesday, May 12, 2004

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