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  • Diary of a sex slave

    The San Francisco Chronicle offers all the gory details on the dark side of the city's sex trade. But what's to be done about it?
    By Carol Lloyd October 12, 2006

  • Making Bush tell the truth about Iraq

    The media has to be tougher on the president's tendency to dissemble about his policies, and then again when he's caught -- especially when it comes to war.
    By Brendan Nyhan November 8, 2002

  • Fools rush in

    More false starts in the race to demonize Daschle.
    By Brendan Nyhan October 15, 2002

  • Post mortem

    A look at the Washington Post story that launched a week of partisan fury.
    By Brendan Nyhan September 28, 2002

  • The "A" bomb

    Enraged Bush supporters are calling opponents of his Iraq war "appeasers." But even George Will knows that's a disgraceful smear.
    By Ben Fritz September 26, 2002

  • The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie, cont'd.

    Blaming the NEA for preaching tolerance toward al-Qaida is too much fun for conservatives to stop. Even if it isn't true.
    By Brendan Nyhan September 18, 2002

  • A case of mistaken distortion

    A GOP powerhouse is forced to disavow a radio ad, aimed at African-Americans, that compares Social Security to "reverse reparations."
    By Ben Fritz September 13, 2002

  • The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie

    How the conservative Washington Times helped create a myth about the teachers' union and Sept. 11 that has become conventional wisdom.
    By Brendan Nyhan September 5, 2002

  • Cooking up a conspiracy

    Bob Novak's phony conspiracy -- that Clinton "cooked the books" on the U.S. economy -- falls apart on scrutiny.
    By Bryan Keefer August 20, 2002

  • Spinsanity

    A Bush budget man admits his mistake. But Robert Novak embraces it.
    By Brendan Nyhan August 8, 2002

  • The patriot patrol strikes again!

    Questioning a possible war with Iraq is equated with supporting Saddam.
    By Bryan Keefer August 6, 2002

  • Antisocial security

    Republicans who argue that savings accounts can save Social Security are hiding the risks -- and the true costs.
    By Ben Fritz August 3, 2002

  • Ignore, ignore, ignore

    White House staffers underestimated the cost of the Bush tax cut. Why can't they just admit it?
    By Brendan Nyhan August 1, 2002

  • A political bull market

    Amid Wall Street chaos, journalists and politicians try to pin specious blame on their foes.
    By Brendan Nyhan July 27, 2002

  • Senate haggles over Rx proposals

    By Janelle Carter July 24, 2002

  • Looking for a silver lining

    Republicans: Democrats want the economy to fail! Democrats: Republicans made it fail! They're both wrong.
    By Ben Fritz July 23, 2002

  • Throwing the book at her

    The bias Ann Coulter documents best may be her own.
    By Bryan Keefer July 13, 2002

  • WorldCom blame game

    Did a Republican "climate" or Democratic "tone" cause corporate malfeasance?
    By Brendan Nyhan July 4, 2002

  • Foul cry

    When media watchdogs like FAIR and MRC complain about bias, they often only reveal their own.
    By Ben Fritz July 1, 2002

  • Losing the "trifecta"

    The president tries to defend his deficit spending through a little campaign revisionism.
    By Brendan Nyhan June 18, 2002

  • When buzzwords go bad

    Stung by Demo attacks, Republicans suddenly deny they want to "privatize" Social Security. Ah, what a difference a few thousand points on the NASDAQ makes!
    By Ben Fritz June 11, 2002

  • Daschle's bogus low "approval rating"

    The Republican National Committee does a partisan hatchet job on Tom Daschle -- and has the chutzpah to call it a "job performance rating."
    By Ben Fritz May 30, 2002

  • Axing the tough questions

    The White House -- aided by its pundit allies -- bullies its way out of trouble.
    By Brendan Nyhan May 21, 2002

  • Hijacking the issue

    A scandal hits and the spinning ensues, from Trent Lott, Robert Novak, Laura Bush -- and even Salon.
    By Ben Fritz May 18, 2002

  • Do as I say

    Crybaby Republicans on judicial holdups: It's not fair!
    By Bryan Keefer May 14, 2002
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