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Friday, June 19, 2009

Toobin: No Bias in the Media (Except CNN’s Competitors)

During a Wednesday segment titled, “Is Fox News ‘Fair and Balanced?’” CNN contributor Jeffery Toobin made a curious point. He doesn’t believe there’s any institutional bias in the media other than at Fox News and MSNBC. The comments come as CNN seeks to revive its ratings against both cable news networks and seeks to retool itself as a straight news source…

Topics: media, obama, cnn, fox, bias, toobin

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 06/19 at 07:22 AM

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A Line is Finally Drawn in the Media’s Ongoing Palin-Bash

It may be of little consolation to the supporters of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin but we can now say there is an uncrossable line in the media’s ongoing Palin-bash: Jokes about her daughters getting “knocked up” at baseball games go too far. Some of us would have drawn the line months ago and for less offensive “jokes,” but at least the media now have a metric against which to judge their skits, sketches, and news segments.

Topics: cnn, palin, huffington, campbell-brown, toobin, letterman

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 06/16 at 06:55 AM

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