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Scary: People Who Watch and Trust Fox News Will Surprise You

Ilyse Hogue, The Guardian. March 14, 2011.

One in four Americans believes "most or all" of what's said on Fox News, despite Fox's fabrication of everything from death panels to Climategate.

Meet Dylan Ratigan, That Guy on MSNBC Who Can Talk a Mean Streak About the Scam Artists on Wall St.

Zach Carter, AlterNet. August 14, 2010.

Dylan Ratigan is an unlikely champion of the common man, yet is emerging as one of the strongest voices for economic reform in the United States.

Totally Corrupt TV: Corporate Lobbyists Pose as Disinterested Experts on Cable News

Sebastian Jones, The Nation. February 18, 2010.

Covert corporate influence-peddling is taking over cable news.

John Harwood Draws Delusional Equivalence Between Fox and Other Cable Nets

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog. November 2, 2009.

Real conservatives want to go where they feel completely at home and can get what they want full strength.

The Scariest Part of The "Balloon Boy" Story

Lee Camp, AlterNet. October 19, 2009.

You've heard the expression, "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." Perhaps we need a new one: "Watching the balloon go by."

Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. June 1, 2009.

MSNBC's star pundits have positioned the network as the progressive alternative to Fox.

Delusions Abound as Fox Anchor Decries MSNBC's Supposedly "Biased" Reporting

Digby, Hullabaloo. July 16, 2008.

The cable wars heat up, and the pot calls the kettle black.

Donahue Is Back and He's Angry About Iraq [VIDEO]

Evmonk, The Largest Minority. March 30, 2008.

Donahue was literally the only person I remember on mainstream television who consistently challenged the rationale for war in '02-'03.