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Scarborough, Buchanan Completely Reverse Positions On Palin In Just Five Days

Ali, ThinkProgress. September 4, 2008.

Yesterday Scarborough and Buchanan sang a different tune about Palin then they were while waiting McCain's VP announcement on Friday.

With the Dem Nomination in Hand, Time Portrays a Darker Image of Obama

Michael Shaw, BAGnewsNotes. August 28, 2008.

TIME's convention preview has Obama surrounded in shadows.

McCain's Ad Scam: Why Pay For What the Media Will Do For Free?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. August 27, 2008.

McCain isn't airing most of his ads, just sending them directly to a media all too willing to show them around.

Corporate Media Focuses on DNC as the World Burns

dday, Hullabaloo. August 27, 2008.

Russia, Georgia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are in turmoil, but the corporate media reports only on the DNC.

Why are Corporate Media Giving Fat Paychecks to Former Bush Aides?

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. August 19, 2008.

The door between the White House and the mainstream media keeps on revolving.

Corporate Media Get Another Injection of Conservative Commentators

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. August 14, 2008.

CNN continues to add to its team of political commentators, and announced five new members yesterday.

Media Blindly Accept That Russia-Georgia Conflict Is Good For McCain

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress. August 14, 2008.

The Russia-Georgia gives us a preview of what President McCain will be like, and it isn't pretty.

WSJ: Obama Could Never Run Country of Fatties, He's Too in Shape

Brad, Sadly, No!. August 1, 2008.

With nothing bad to write about Obama, the Wall Street Journal goes after how ... in shape he is?

Maureen Dowd's NYT Op-Ed: How Does She Get Away With It?

tristero, Hullabaloo. July 30, 2008.

"To write such drivel, and to publish it, and to get paid for it ... truly, Fortune smiles her treacly, empty smile upon Maureen."

Does Time Magazine Believe Women's Bodies Should be Owned by Men?

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon. July 22, 2008.

Time helps push retrograde patriarchal agenda with article about "purity balls."