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newsbusters.org - 10/22/2009
Maddow Runs What Passes for Correction on MSNBC About Limbaugh
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As to be expected from a person who plays a journalist on TV -- a correction more accurately described as a "correction". With forced ebullience, Rachel Maddow sought to set the record straight on her MSNBC show Monday about a dubious quote from radio host Rush Limbaugh, which ...
mediabistro.com - 10/21/2009
Maddow/Olbermann Invited to White House Chat with Obama, But Fox Isn't a News Organization?
— mediabistro.com — Here's a curious turn in the White House vs. Fox News fight. On Monday, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann... and Rachel Maddow were among several people who attended an off-the-record briefing with Pres. Obama at the White House. Sources tell us other ... (more) Maddow/Olbermann Invited to White House Chat with Obama, ...

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washingtonmonthly.com - 10/24/2009
Right falls for 'thesis' hoax
— washingtonmonthly.com — RIGHT FALLS FOR 'THESIS' HOAX.... Right-wing pundit Michael Ledeen published an item this week on Barack Obama's... "college thesis," which Obama allegedly wrote as a student at Columbia 25 years ago. Leeden cited some website, which ran a piece in... (more) Right falls for 'thesis' hoax

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liberalvaluesblog.com - 10/25/2009
Conservative Attempts to Defend Fox and Create a False Equivalency With MSNBC
— liberalvaluesblog.com — Along with many other liberal bloggers, I’ve had numerous posts regarding how Fox not only gets the... facts wrong on their news shows but outright makes things up to promote their beliefs . In response to members of the Obama administration pointing out the truth about Fox , conservatives ... (more) Conservative Attempts to Defend Fox and Create a False ...

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Remainders: The Seagull
Michael Calderone's Blog — Obama's "not losing sleep" over Fox. Newsday charging for website. Protests at the BBC over BNP chief's appearance. Cook's not-so-fond memories of the Chicago Tribune. Maddow offers correction before knocking Limbaugh. Mother Jones leading climate change reporting project. Massing: Where's Howie? Alterman on cable's balloon boy coverage. WH reporters consider Todd w/o goatee. ...

The Obama Thesis Hoax & the “hidden” records of his past
GayPatriot — ... undergraduate thesis.  The thing is, unlike the lefties taken in by the comments making Rush Limbaugh (the aforementioned talk show host), these conservaives were quite to retract their commentary and apologize for their rush to judgment. They should have known better and were quickly to admit it, with Michael Ledeen saying that he “should have picked up some hint [of the satirical nature of the post] but I didn’t.  Shame on me.”  Hardly a grudging apology like that one left-wing broadcaster offered Rush.  (And fewer than four months ...

Hannity: Stewart was right
Michael Calderone's Blog — Last night, Fox's Sean Hannity owned up to erroneously airing footage of the 9/12 protest when talking about a smaller tea party protest last week in Washington. "Mr. Stewart, you were right," Hannity said. "We apologize." It's actually refreshing to see a cable news host own up to a mistake without then taking shots at the person pointing out the error.

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