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The Tilted Media
Matthew Yglesias —
... I’m fairly certain the General Electric corporation has it within its capacity to get in touch with Katrina Vanden Heuvel or Chris Hayes or Ezra Klein or, indeed, their own employee Rachel Maddow but it’s so rare to see an actual member of the progressive movement on television that Adam Green felt inspired to write a post specifically noting that Paul Krugman had been allowed on This Week.
At any rate, let me link back to the classic MediaMatters report on this subject. ...
REPORT: GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Democratic Lawmakers 2 To 1 In Stimulus Debate On Cable News
Think Progress —
... As Media Matters has documented, during the Bush administration, the media consistently allowed conservatives to dominate their shows, booking them as guests far more often than progressives. The rationale was that Republicans were “ ...
Stimulus Passage Unleashes Night of the Living Dead Republicans
Firedoglake —
... says that Republicans outnumbered Democrats 2 to 1 on the cable news shows talking about the stimulus. Media Matters has documented the historic bias in booking Republicans, but this felt like something else -- Democrats afraid to speak out. Why aren't they making the argument that Republicans are trying to block an upgrade of the electrical grid to Oklahomans freezing in the dark in the midst of a snowstorm? Or make them take responsibility for the ...
Republican Lawmakers Still Dominate Cable News, Even in the Age of Obama, Democratic Majorities...
The BRAD BLOG —
... As Media Matters has documented, during the Bush administration, the media consistently allowed conservatives to dominate their shows, booking them as guests far more often than progressives. The rationale was that Republicans were “ ...
Bring Back the Fairness Doctrine
Shakesville —
... content. Also bullshit is the commonly-held assertion that the Fairness Doctrine curbs free speech. It does not. It censors nothing, but merely exhorts authentic balance, which, in the end, means more speech, not less. All of us have seen cable news. We know they've got time to spare. Dead air would be better than hour three of Groundhog Day coverage. The reason the Republicans don't like the Fairness Doctrine is because they've got a monopoly on the airwaves and they know it. And even with the media giving them an unfair ...
