Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– With the inauguration of President Obama in 2009, Fox News transformed itself from a conservative media outlet into a partisan, right-wing political organization that openly viewed itself as the "voice of the opposition." Throughout the year, Fox News has declared war on the Obama administration, the Democratic Congress,[Read More…]

News Analysis By Simon Maloy Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Earlier this week, two very important things happened in the fight for health care reform, one flowing directly from the other. The first was that the public option was officially jettisoned from the Senate bill. The Democratic Senate caucus dropped it along with[Read More…]

COPENHAGEN–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2009 – World Wildlife Fund today issued the following statement today from WWF President and CEO Carter Roberts in response to President Obama’s speech before the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen: “In coming to Copenhagen at the critical final stage of this two-year process, President Obama outlined[Read More…]

COPENHAGEN–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2009 – World Wildlife Fund today issued the following statement today from WWF President and CEO Carter Roberts in response to Senator John F. Kerry’s (D-Mass.) speech before the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen: “Senator Kerry delivered exactly the message we need to be hearing from world[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 15 – Today, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) joined Representatives of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Asian and Pacific Americans Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus to introduce the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security Act and Prosperity” (CIR A.S.A.P.) in the U.S. House of[Read More…]

By Eric Boehlert Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From his recent Salon column, Joe Conason details what former Massachusetts AG Scott Harshbarger discovered about the undercover ACORN videos made by James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles. The discovery came as part of Harshbarger’s larger, and often critical, review of ACORN’s practices. (Read the report here.) Conason[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2009.  The U.S. Senate today passed historic legislation to end the decade-long ban on implementing a medical marijuana law in Washington, D.C. This marks the first time in history Congress has changed a marijuana law for the better. Only Obama’s signature is needed for the change to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Right-wing media outlets have relied on false or misleading claims by MassResistance, a Massachusetts-based anti-gay group, in advancing several recent attacks on Department of Education official Kevin Jennings. The founder of MassResistance — a group the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled a "hate group" — reportedly denied[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters Action Network, our partner organization, has unearthed a 1987 American Spectator article (available here) in which Lord Christopher Monckton — one of the right’s favorite global warming deniers — advocates requiring the entire population to undergo monthly HIV tests and forcibly quarantining "for life" those who test positive. You[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC and COPENHAGEN–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009 – As 192 nations convene in Copenhagen today to negotiate a new global climate deal, the prospects of reaching a successful outcome have never been greater following major announcements over the past week by the US, China, India and South Africa, said officials from[Read More…]