Eric Boehlert

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  • A tale told by an idiot

    Wildly overplaying the Schiavo protesters, ignoring facts and giving Bush a free ride, the press was full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
    By Eric Boehlert March 31, 2005

  • Terri Schiavo and the intensity gap

    Pundits on the right say public opposition doesn't matter because the people who feel strongest about the Schiavo case agree with them. They're wrong.
    By Eric Boehlert March 28, 2005

  • Peggy Noonan's Schiavo mess

    The conservative columnist advised Republicans that the Schiavo case was a no-lose proposition for them. Now she says that Americans who oppose her are headed toward the "low road that twists past Columbine and leads toward Auschwitz."
    By Eric Boehlert March 25, 2005

  • Spinning Schiavo

    Polls show that the GOP's actions are at odds with the views of mainstream Americans. The right-wing response? Criticize the polls.
    By Eric Boehlert March 24, 2005

  • The press, the polls and Terri Schiavo

    By a wide margin, the American public disapproves of congressional intervention in the Schiavo case.
    By Eric Boehlert March 22, 2005

  • When public opinion doesn't matter

    Polls show Americans overwhelmingly support Michael Schiavo's case. Why is the media ignoring them?
    By Eric Boehlert March 21, 2005

  • Our delightful commander in chief!

    How the D.C. press corps goes ga-ga for the president -- or for the current one, at least.
    By Eric Boehlert March 17, 2005

  • Faux news is good news -- to Bush

    The president defends the administration's use of video news releases without disclaimers so long as they contain just "the facts"
    By Eric Boehlert March 17, 2005

  • Justice: Propaganda is A-OK

    Must the U.S. government reveal when it has produced "news" broadcasts? In a stunning rebuke of the GAO, the Justice Department says no.
    By Eric Boehlert March 16, 2005

  • The FCC's new "decency" chief

    Kevin Martin has close ties to the Bush White House, and an agenda to the right of Michael Powell's when it comes to "crude" programming.
    By Eric Boehlert March 16, 2005

  • Ari Fleischer: Still saying nothing after all these years

    The former Bush White House press secretary's memoir is long on praise for his boss and criticism of the "liberal" media, and short on revelations.
    By Eric Boehlert March 14, 2005

  • Tearing down the press

    The Bush administration has been at war with the media from Day One. Is its real goal to undermine the press itself -- and thereby eliminate inconvenient truths?
    By Eric Boehlert March 2, 2005

  • See no Gannon, hear no Gannon, speak no Gannon

    Why has the mainstream media ignored the White House media access scandal?
    By Eric Boehlert February 25, 2005

  • Gannongate: It's worse than you think

    Bush's press office gave Jim Guckert access, even knowing his only credentials were from the blatantly partisan group GOPUSA.
    By Eric Boehlert February 23, 2005

  • Bill Burkett fights back

    A key player in the Dan Rather Memogate saga sends a letter to CBS, charging that its independent investigation destroyed his reputation and ignored the network's own culpability.
    By Eric Boehlert February 22, 2005

  • "Jeff Gannon's" incredible access

    There's evidence he got into White House briefings before he was a "reporter."
    By Eric Boehlert February 17, 2005

  • "Jeff Gannon's" secret life

    Revelations that the bogus reporter worked as a gay escort are the latest twist in the affair that has the White House squirming -- and Democrats demanding explanations.
    By Eric Boehlert February 15, 2005

  • Giving "Gannon" a pass

    Questions remain about how a fake reporter working for a fake news operation got White House press credentials without a background check.
    By Eric Boehlert February 11, 2005

  • Fake news, fake reporter

    Why was a partisan hack, using an alias and with no journalism background, given repeated access to daily White House press briefings?
    By Eric Boehlert February 10, 2005

  • Paralyzed Broadcasting System

    When Bush's education secretary objected to a lesbian couple in a children's cartoon, PBS instantly caved in. Is the network becoming the White House's lap dog?
    By Eric Boehlert February 4, 2005

  • Fair and balanced?

    Some Democrats are using Bush's pay-for-say media scandals to push for a new Fairness Doctrine for broadcasting.
    By Eric Boehlert February 1, 2005

  • Right-wing pundits: We're not on the Bush payroll

    Revelations that another columnist received money from the Bush administration to promote an initiative has conservative writers and broadcasters on the defensive.
    By Eric Boehlert January 27, 2005

  • Third columnist caught with hand in the Bush till

    Michael McManus, conservative author of the syndicated column "Ethics & Religion," received $10,000 to promote a marriage initiative.
    By Eric Boehlert January 27, 2005

  • Like father, like son

    As Colin and Michael Powell exit the Bush administration, they leave legacies of failure.
    By Eric Boehlert January 24, 2005

  • Giving Bush a pass -- again

    The D.C. press corps failed to ask hard questions about the inauguration's huge cost and its unprecedented security.
    By Eric Boehlert January 20, 2005
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