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Bill Kristol Makes Yet Another Error in the New York Times

Amanda, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 18, 2008.
Perhaps the New York Times is too embarrassed to write a correction for another one of Kristol's columns.

A Note to the Mainstream Media: Drop the Edwards Affair

Jill Hussein C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. August 15, 2008.
Enough is enough, it is time for the mainstream media to let go of the John Edwards affair and get back to real journalism.

It Is Time to Send Maureen Dowd Packing

Don Hazen, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. August 15, 2008.
Journalism should be about afflicting the comfortable, and comforting the afflicted. Dowd just afflicts everyone.

The FBI Admits to Spying on NYT and WaPo Reporters in 2004

Spencer Ackerman, Attackerman AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 11, 2008.
Without warrants. Without the approval of the deputy attorney general. Without, apparently, any good reason.

The New York Times Says Terrorists are Coming ... in UFOs?

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. July 31, 2008.
Is it April 1st?

Judy Miller Protected Scooter Libby, and Now She's a Saint?

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 31, 2008.
"Having Judy Miller be the face of such laws is like having Amy Winehouse doing PSAs for Partnership for a Drug Free America."

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

tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. 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."

Steven Greenhouse: Why We're Working More and Earning Less

Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. July 30, 2008.
Wages are stagnating, but productivity keeps going up. Author Steven Greenhouse explains why things are out of whack in the workplace.

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.

Offshoring, Downsizing, Rightsizing: Job Losses Hitting Women Hard

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. July 22, 2008.
A look at Lou Uchitelle's NYT piece: 'Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy.'

New York Times Spares McCain Embarrassment By Rejecting Op-Ed

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 21, 2008.
NYT didn't publish McCain's op-ed, but since "he wants the attention, let's give it to him."

The Real Story from the NYT/CBS Poll: McCain Is Screwed

Todd Beeton, MyDD.com AlterNet: PEEK. July 17, 2008.
Despite bad framing by the New York Times, the numbers don't lie: Obama is kicking ass.

New York Times Blames Obama for not Eliminating Racism in America

Zenbowl, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2008.
The stats are manipulated and the foundation of the argument is faulty; not to mention the man isn't even in office yet.

Media Insists on Viewing Obama Criticism Through Left-Right Lens

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008.
"Stop trying to force everything into that tired old way of looking at American politics."

Progressives Discover That Obama's no Messiah

David Sirota, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008.
Obama is a transformative politician, but he's still a politician.

Iraq and Oil: Will the Corporate Media Ever Make the Connection?

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. July 9, 2008.
Now that the New York Times has made the shocking discovery that the Iraq War may be related to oil, how will corporate media address the issue?

NY Times: Rush Limbaugh's Newest Lapdog

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 8, 2008.
The Times assumes Limbaugh controls the GOP, yet he backed Mitt Romney to the hilt.

New York Times Salutes Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films

Don Hazen, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 30, 2008.
Progressive filmmaker making major splash with anti-McCain videos, Sunday NYT reports.

The New Surveillance Bill: The Worst of Both Worlds

Aziz Huq, The Nation. June 21, 2008.
On fundamental matters of privacy and accountability, the new FISA Amendments Act reduces the separation of powers to a check-the-box exercise.

Bush's Deadly "Diplomacy"

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. June 12, 2008.
Bush's rhetoric on Iran is frighteningly similar to his pantomime of diplomacy in the build-up to the Iraq war. And the media is eating it up.

Report: Maureen Dowd Repeatedly Uses Gender to Mock Democrats

Lauren K. Auerbach, Tom Allison, Media Matters for America. June 10, 2008.
Since 2007, Maureen Dowd frequently has characterized Sen. Clinton as masculine, while portraying Sen. Obama and John Edwards as feminine.

New York Times Perpetuates the Myth that George Bush Won the 2000 Election

Larry Beinhart, AlterNet. May 29, 2008.
They buried the truth about the 2000 election, and they're still burying it today.

Pentagon Releases Propaganda Documents -- Will the Media Pay Attention?

John Stauber, PR Watch. May 7, 2008.
With 8,000 pages of documents online for the world to see, will the networks continue their media blackout?

Pentagon Propaganda: So Much Worse Than We Thought

John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton, PR Watch. April 25, 2008.
The Bush Administration has spent millions on deceptive PR to sell the war, as recently documented in the New York Times. Where's the fallout?

Revealed: The Cartoonishly Racist Faked Memoir That Duped the NY Times

John Gorenfeld, AlterNet. April 19, 2008.
Love and Consequences was quickly yanked off the shelves after it was revealed to be a fake, but we got our hands on a copy.

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