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Will Information on Political Advertising Buyers Make it To the Public? Not if Industry Lobbyists Can Help It

Justin Elliott, ProPublica. April 16, 2012.

If a new rule passes, broadcasters would have to post information about who buys political ads and for how much on a new FCC website for the public.

ABC Show, 'Work It,' Finds 'Humor' at Expense of Real Transgender People

Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin, AlterNet. December 12, 2011.

A new comedy on ABC makes light of the real discrimination faced by transgender people.

DSK's Alleged Victim Is Speaking Out -- Will She Get a Shot at Justice?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. July 25, 2011.

Strauss-Kahn is accused of rape. So why does it seem like his victim is on trial?

What ABC’s Candid Camera Skit Says About Arizona’s Immigration Law

Andrea Nill, The Wonk Room. February 8, 2011.

A new racial profiling TV 'joke' shows onlookers step up when witnessing racial profiling in action. Naturally, SB-1070 supporters had a freak out.

5 Out of 5 Gasbag News Commentators Agree: Obama's a Failure, Not Republican Enough

Digby, Hullabaloo. January 25, 2010.

In case you were wondering, the consensus on all the Sunday gasbag shows is that Obama is an abject failure because of his radical leftist ideology.

Conservatives Hunt for 'Bias' in Health Care Polling Data Armed With Complete and Total Ignorance

Simon Maloy, Media Matters for America. October 21, 2009.

The conservative outfit NewsBusters is one big logical fallacy -- they start at the conclusion and work backwards.

ABC's Lame He Said / She Said Reporting on Insane Lies About "Death Panels"

Staff, Media Matters for America. August 15, 2009.

After they previously reported it was nonsense.

Biden: It is Israel's 'Sovereign Right' to Decide Whether to Attack Iran

Digby, Hullabaloo. July 6, 2009.

"Israel can determine for itself ... what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else."

Fox Caught With Its Pants Down on ABC Attacks

Jed Lewison, Daily Kos. June 18, 2009.

After years of "unprecedented access" to the Bush White House, Fox is using the same term to slam ABC's coverage of Obama.

Are Obama and Petraeus in a Horror Movie?

Byard Duncan, May 29, 2009.

The administration's eagerness to 'move forward' past the torture issue will bite it in the ass. Or stab it in the neck.

Palin Complains: My First Amendment Rights Are Threatened by Criticism

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post. October 31, 2008.

"If anything, Palin has this exactly backwards, since one thing that the First Amendment does actually guarantee is a free press."

ABC Panel Tears into McCain on the Economy

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. September 22, 2008.

This Week with George Stephanopoulos could not have been more brutal for McCain.

Palin Gets the Facts Wrong in ABC Interview

Staff, ThinkProgress. September 12, 2008.

Good Morning America indeed.

The Media Is Beating Up Obama, Cake-Walking McCain: Where's the Liberal Bias?

Digby, Hullabaloo. July 29, 2008.

"We all know it's bullshit, but like so many other zombie narratives, here's an old perennial stomping its way through the graveyard."

ABC's Mickey Mouse Media

Eric Alterman, The Nation. May 1, 2008.

A serious debate focused about torture, wiretapping, food prices, world hunger... oh, wait. That's the kind of fairy tale they don't do at Disney.

Charlie Gibson, ABC and Zombie Lies About Capital Gains Taxes

Jeff Madrick, Huffington Post. April 24, 2008.

A zombie lie is one that never dies, no matter how many stakes are driven through its heart.

Debate: ABC Decides Top Issues Facing Americans Are Flag Pins and '60s Radicals

Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher. April 17, 2008.

Also: Right-wing talking-point question came from right-wing Fox talker.

Worst. Debate. Ever.

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. April 17, 2008.

It was hard to top some of the previous ones for pure inanity, but ABC pulled it off.

Corporate Media Uses Rev. Wright as Excuse for Racist Remarks About Black Pastors

Scarecrow, Firedoglake. March 17, 2008.

Let us be clear. Barack Obama does not have a "pastor problem."

What If Autism Were Contagious?

Kim Stagliano, Huffington Post. February 12, 2008.

It's time to stop downplaying the seriousness of autism.

Scarier Than Fiction: Pediatricians Try To Censor ABC

David Kirby, Huffington Post. January 28, 2008.

Will a TV show be canceled because it features an attorney who successfully argues that a mercury-containing flu vaccine caused autism in one kid?

The Primaries Are Broadcasters' Big Payday

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. January 10, 2008.

Television broadcasters are holding the electoral process hostage through their control of the public airwaves.

Kucinich Protests Outside NH Democratic Debate That Excluded Him [VIDEO]

Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority. January 6, 2008.

Sadly, this level of dissent is so rare to witness during a tightly scripted election year that many so-called liberals want Dennis to shut up.