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The Problem of Media Idiocy: Why Do MSM Media Stars Pretend to Be Stupid?

Eric Alterman, The Nation. September 19, 2011.

People in the upper reaches of the US media think that to do their jobs they must behave like idiots in order to be “fair” to the Republicans' idiotic ideas.

Meet the Facts: Time to Start Fact-Checking the Sunday Talk Shows

Ari Melber, TheNation.com AlterNet: Politics. January 11, 2010.

Jay Rosen, the NYU journalism professor and new media innovator, suggests a weekly accountability segment, to check the pols and pundits who populate the weekend pulpit.

Why Do Mainstream Media Suck Up to Pastor Rick Warren?

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. December 1, 2009.

On Meet the Press, David Gregory never asked about Warren's tacit support for Uganda's gay-execution law, or challenged Warren's description of abortion as a "holocaust."

Backed Into A Corner, Boehner Admits That Obama Is Not A Socialist

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2009.

House Minority Leader John Boehner told David Gregory on "Meet the Press" that had had not claimed Obama has a socialist agenda. He's lying.

White House Political Honcho Goes Mealy-Mouthed on Public Option

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 7, 2009.

In his Meet the Press appearance, presidential adviser David Axelrod refused to say if Obama will trade away the public heath care plan.

Why Are Corporate Journalists So Afraid of Questioning Authority?

Scott Ritter, Truthdig. June 17, 2008.

Even after a former Bush spokesman says the press caved in on Iraq, the media are in total denial about their role in the invasion.