Stories by Mark Howard

The ratings tell an interesting story post-election.

The frequency and outlandishness of their conspiratorial imaginations grows in sync with their desperation. With Obama ahead in the polls, let's take a look at the absurdities hatched by our conservative fearmongers.

Fox spinners disseminate brazenly dishonest propaganda without shame or fear of reprisal.

A new study finds that Congress speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did seven years ago. Meet the 10 conservatives dragging down their collective intelligence.

Media Matters' new book has been met by shameless propaganda by Fox news.

For decades, Frank Luntz has been fooling low-information voters into supporting unpopular policies. He's scared of OWS because the movement exposes his lies.

Breitbart's latest attention grab illustrates just how afraid the right is of the 99% of Americans who are waking up to the injustice and corruption of the 1%.

High-profile members of the right-wing like to claim that "half the country doesn't pay taxes." It's a straight-up lie.

The Fox News pack is on the warpath against media watchdog group Media Matters.

Fox is bad for journalism and Democracy. It is bad for America. But is it also bad for the GOP?

Andrew Breitbart serves up thin gruel in his clownish memoir-manifesto, "Righteous Indignation."

The reviews of "Atlas Shrugged" have been merciless. And despite a major push by Tea Party networks, Ayn Rand's paean to ego-centrism has not drawn audiences.

When giant, prosperous, multinational corporations get out of their tax obligations, ordinary citizens are the ones who are forced to make up the shortfall.

NPR, and other groups and individuals who've reacted to James O'Keefe's pranks and lies, are helping to empower a dangerous cabal of right-wingers.

When a survivor of the Tucson shooting told a Tea Party leader, "You're dead," he was arrested and committed. Why is Glenn Beck any different?

CNN, the once dominant and comparatively respectable cable news network, seems determined to destroy whatever shreds are left of its credibility.