On AlterNet: mainstream media

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "mainstream media"

Why Do Mainstream Media Insist on Belittling Progressives?

Kai Wright, TheNation.com. January 5, 2010.

Guess parroting right wingers wasn't enough...

Republican Senate Sex Scandals Point Back to Secretive Conservative Christian "Family"

Bill Berkowitz, Religion Dispatches. October 12, 2009.

It was a hot summer full of sex scandals for GOP members of "The Family," the exclusive conservative Christian group with designs on DC power.

Americans' Unfettered Support for Israel Is Beginning to Erode -- And That May Help the Peace Process

Ira Chernus, TomDispatch.com. June 26, 2009.

The old narrative of Israel as the innocent victim is losing its grip on Americans. This is necessary if we are to be even-handed brokers.

The Revolution Will Be Tweeted: How Cyberwarriors Are Foiling Iran's Information Crackdown

Austin Heap, New America Media. June 17, 2009.

Cyber activist Austin Heap: "My website has been attacked by Iran. My servers are melting. But protesters are still using technology to mobilize."

Hey Americans, the Pundits Blame You for Bush and Cheney's Torture Policies

Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. May 13, 2009.

In their mad dash to ensure that no one in the Bush administration is held accountable for torture, the media are putting the blame on all Americans.

Maureen Dowd Reacts to Being Tossed From McCain Plane

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post. October 1, 2008.

"It was disappointing because I didn't think John McCain would ever be as dismissive of the First Amendment as Dick Cheney."

MoveOn Goes After Brokaw for Citing False Polling

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post. September 30, 2008.

Brokaw's numbers weren't made up out of whole cloth, but they were certainly out of date.

Press Frustration With McCain Bubbles Over: 'Has Your Bus Become the No Talk Express?'

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. September 23, 2008.

"Relations between John McCain and the press corps that was once described as his 'base' have fully deteriorated."

As the Facts Get Stranger the Media Ask: Will McCain Drop Palin?

dday, Hullabaloo. September 2, 2008.

The mainstream media is now wondering about McCain's pick.

Media Salivate Over Edwards' Affair; Shrug Shoulders Over McCain's Alleged Infidelity

Digby, Hullabaloo. August 8, 2008.

"I realize that everybody gets excited about sex scandals. It's human nature. "

McCain Loses the Wall Street Journal. Is Anyone Still for This Guy?

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast. August 4, 2008.

"Of course McCain is trying to pander to so many constituencies now that he sounds alternately appallingly craven and utterly pathetic."

Is the Honeymoon Over? Is the Media Losing Their Love of McCain?

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog. July 30, 2008.

The press actually believed McCain wouldn't go negative. And now, shockingly, he's gone negative! The press loses its innocence!

Americans Move Left; New York Times Misses It

Jeff Cohen, AlterNet. July 29, 2008.

Most Americans reside on the left side of the political spectrum. But the mainstream media stubbornly refuse to acknowledge this.

Mission Accomplished II: The Corporate Media Tries to Sell Us that We're Winning in Iraq

Jurassicpork, Brilliant at Breakfast. July 28, 2008.

So how have we beaten or won over the insurgency that we'd created by disbanding the Iraqi Army?

Rush Limbaugh Wins as Election's Biggest Manipulator

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. May 14, 2008.

The media and Democrats need to stop buying into -- and promoting -- the so-called "Limbaugh effect."

Which Is Worse: the Pentagon or the Media?

Digby, Hullabaloo. April 29, 2008.

The Pentagon says it's halting its propaganda program, but the news media is still quite about its role in leading us to war.

Rachel Maddow: Progressive Media's Next Mainstream Star

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. April 10, 2008.

This quick-witted woman has shattered another glass ceiling and is taking her rightful place in the traditional boys' club of big-time politics.

Sex Workers Are Indeed Exploited -- by the Mainstream Media

Audacia Ray, Waking Vixen. March 13, 2008.

Sex workers are being abused and manhandled by a media that has no interest in our well being, only in the details of how we got to be so bad.

Islamophobic Gibberish Taints U.S. Media Discourse on Middle East

Rami Khouri, Middle East Online. March 11, 2008.

It's the "Yellow Peril" all over again.

SNL's Take on the Election Is Better Than Most News Coverage

Carol Jenkins, Women's Media Center. February 28, 2008.

As Tim Russert showed in Tuesday's debate, the mainstream media seems to think it's the third candidate in the Democratic presidential race.

Democracy Now: A Relief From Corporate News B.S.

Thomas Boothe, Danielle Follett, Le Monde diplomatique. January 16, 2008.

How one of the country's most fiercely independent news programs is surviving -- and thriving -- in the Republican-controlled heartland.

Chris Matthews' Creepy Frat Boy Antics [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, August 14, 2007.

What is with Chris Matthews' preoccupation with the masculinity or lack thereof of the '08 candidates. Why is this boorish moron still on the air?

Cable TV Gushes Over Rove's Dismal Legacy

Matt Corley, August 14, 2007.

Matt Corley: CNN, MSNBC and Fox News repeatedly call Rove a "genius" and a "mastermind", but rarely point out the damage he was wrought on America's political system.

Forget Lindsay Lohan, Alberto Gonzales Must Be Impeached!

Guest Blogger, July 24, 2007.

Jane Hamsher: While the press obsesses over Lohan's latest brush with the law, the Attorney General continues to brazenly lie under oath and get away with it.

Blogging Ethics Debate, Ver 2.301

Richard Blair, May 15, 2007.

Richard Blair: I hate sour grapes. I really do. When the purveyor of sour grapes is tied to the legacy media, the taste in my mouth is even more puckerish...