mainstream media

Dan Rather stands by his story Dan Rather stands by his story

His lawsuit will attempt to show that CBS tried to suppress the report on Bush's National Guard Service and the Abu Ghraib abuses.
  • Pentagon will allow photos of war dead

    The Obama administration will reverse its predecessor's policy and permit the media to photograph soldiers' coffins as they arrive in the U.S.
  • Why do journalists suddenly love Al Gore?

    After they tempt him into the presidential race, they'll probably try to destroy him again. And he knows it.
  • Katrina jolts the press

    Why has it taken thousands of hurricane fatalities to finally wake up reporters?
  • A press coverup

    Leave it to the Beltway herd, with their special brand of arrogance, to insist that the Downing Street memo wasn't news.
  • Palin: Press was on mission to destroy me

    In an interview for a conservative documentary, the Alaska governor says it's "very frightening, I think, what the media was able to get away with, this go-around."
  • The boy who cried media bias

    Two recent examples show that both sides of the political debate are sometimes too quick to see a slant that doesn't exist.
  • Quote of the day

    Roger Simon explains why we in the media are so, so sorry for -- having done our jobs.
  • Clinton rules

    Some in the media just can't give up on the idea that the Clintons plan to undermine Barack Obama.
  • New McCain video: "Obama Love"

    In the video, McCain's campaign paints the media as biased in Obama's favor -- and provides a window into its thoughts about its opponent.
  • Conservatives claim bias in coverage of Obama trip

    The right is complaining about plans for the three big network anchors to accompany Barack Obama abroad, saying this shows a pro-Obama bias; as usual, there's a simpler explanation.
  • Conservatives see bias in McClellan coverage

    Unsurprisingly, as they continue to push back against the former White House press secretary's memoir, conservatives are complaining about liberal slant.
  • Judging what's news

    When the major networks cover stories like the Michael Jackson trial instead of the Downing Street memo, just click the remote.
  • The last laugh

    History will hold Bush and Blair accountable for their lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, even if the D.C. press corps just finds them funny.
  • When suicide bombings are newsworthy

    The right wing wants the "liberal media" cameras shut off. But if all the journalists in Iraq suddenly packed up and went home, the streets there would be no less bloody.
  • "Citizen journalists"? Try partisan hacks

    Right-wing bloggers shrieked that the GOP Schiavo memo was a "liberal media" fraud. Now that they've been proven wrong, are they apologizing? Why, no!
  • We will raze your houses and rub salt in your wounds

    The right wing offers its charitable condolences to Kerry supporters.

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