AnalysisBy Karl Frisch This column also appeared in the Orlando Sentinel. In 1994 when Republicans regained power in the House of Representatives after 40 years of Democratic control, the freshly minted majority knew just who to thank: radio host Rush Limbaugh. With great fanfare they bestowed upon their spokesman the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Today, Media Matters for America released a video on the media’s coverage of America’s number one talk radio host, Rush Limbaugh. In his keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend, Limbaugh reasserted his claim that he hopes President Obama fails and that the economic recovery[Read More…]

During the March 3 edition of MSNBC Live, anchor Contessa Brewer stated, “Since Election Day, the Dow Jones industrial average has dropped nearly 3,000 points. It’s shed a quarter of its value in just the past two months.” But the Dow was on a downward trajectory months before the election,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.,–(ENEWSPF)– It couldn’t be easier—ordering prescription drugs online with a few clicks of the mouse and having them delivered right to your door, without ever having to see a doctor. But is it safe? Is it legal? Often not. And you need to know the risks. Yes, there are[Read More…]

By Jamison Foser Suddenly, the media are once again obsessed with budget deficits. This always seems to happen when they cover Democrats, even though, as Joe Conason notes, 90 percent of the $11 trillion in federal debt run up in America’s history can be attributed to Ronald Reagan and the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– So how did we get to this point? Job losses in the hundreds of thousands every month, almost weekly bank failures, and 401(k)s at half their value from a year and a half ago. The media treat the question as a mystery that can be solved through scrutiny[Read More…]

Media Matters issues open letter to CNBC President calling for action Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters for America President Eric Burns issued an open letter to CNBC President Mark Hoffman expressing concern over CNBC host Larry Kudlow’s use of air time to further his potential candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Kudlow[Read More…]

Media return to familiar pattern of falsely characterizing earmarks as Democrats’ alone Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters for America has recently documented several examples of the media uncritically advancing the false notion that congressional Republicans are champions of earmark reform and in contrast, the Democratic Party are champions of wasteful spending.[Read More…]

Analysis by Jamison Foser For weeks, the news media have been buzzing about earmarks in the recently signed omnibus spending bill. We’ve been told over and over that the bill is “loaded,” “filled,” and “stuffed” with earmarks. Since earmarks made up less than 2 percent of the bill’s total spending,[Read More…]

AnalysisBy Eric Boehlert Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Call it The Washington Post‘s 766-word non-correction correction. It ran Saturday in the form of a Paul Farhi article about the dubious nature of trying to measure the size of Rush Limbaugh’s radio audience. Farhi stressed that trying to determine the total number of weekly[Read More…]