NPR: Liberal Bias?

This is the type of issue I’m tired of posting about. But I’m posting it because the lying pundits and deceiving political strategists never tire… and, more annoying to my everyday interactions, because the un-/mis-/disinformed followers never tire. On top of that, even the most honest and independent-minded can have a hard time sludging through [...]

Back to Our Future: David Sirota on the 80s

I just noticed a reference to David Sirota’s recent book, Back to Our Future. It looks interesting. After reading some reviews and hearing some interviews, I decided to purchase the book on my Kindle. So far, I’ve only read the beginning and skimmed later sections. This post is more about my initial response, but it’s [...]

My Dream of a Media Watchdog

I enjoyed this clip. It’s short and doesn’t go into enough detail, but I liked the comparisons made. I’d appreciate a show entirely about keeping tabs on the media: showing which stories reported and not reported by which news outlets and why doing investigative journalism into who owns and manages each news outlet, the financial [...]

Mean World Syndrome

The above video is an interview with Michael Morgan who was involved in a recent documentary about violence in media. I just finished watching the documentary. It’s well done, but I was already familiar with some of the general analysis because of other documentaries (such as: The Power of Nightmares). I wish such documentaries had wider [...]

Fox News Unbiased? In What Alternative Reality?

I’ve written posts about various aspects of US media including claims of media bias and the facts or lack of facts supporting such claims. http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/fox-news-evil-empire/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/black-and-white-and-read-all-over/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/this-far-left-and-no-further/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/air-america-challenges-of-liberal-media/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/controlling-the-narrative-part-1/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/news-sources-viewer-knowledge/ The reason I’m making this post is because I just came across yet another person claiming Fox News isn’t biased. RichieEastside wrote: “Well if you [...]

Glenn Beck is Lewis Prothero from V for Vendetta

Media, Race and Obama’s First Year

I think this is what fairly could be labelled as institutional racism. http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=60139 As a group, African Americans attracted relatively little attention in the U.S. mainstream news media during the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency — and what coverage there was tended to focus more on specific episodes than on examining how broader issues and [...]

Jon Stewart Takes Bernie Goldberg And Fox To The Cleaners For A Second Time!

Watching the news, I can start feeling depressed, cynical and just in plain bad mood. But a small dose of Jon Stewart and the world doesn’t seem so bad after all. God bless all the funny people who help me stay sane. Some say the only way to fight hate is with love… but I [...]

Trading coverage for access?

Cantor Lying with a Straight Face

Here is a boring and stupid video. There isn’t much point in watching except it’s a representative example of Republican behavior (see commentary below). Cantor, with a straight face, does nothing but lie and mislead. This is common behavior for Republicans because they know the facts don’t support their ideology and their own self-interest. There are [...]