Media Matters Minute
By Media Matters for America
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Tired of right-wing smears and distortions against progressive leaders and issues in the media? Subscribe to this daily update from Media Matters for America, the nation's preeminent progressive media watchdog. Get the facts and fight back. Hosted by Media Matters' Ben Fishel.
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Fox News Cultivates Obama "Socialist" Smear, Then Reports On It As "Some People" | Bill O'Reilly criticized President Obama's campaign for scrutinizing Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital. O'Reilly thought the strategy would further the belief that President Obama is a socialist. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fox Hosts Can't Believe Americans Trust Obama on the Economy, Despite Their Efforts | The co-hosts of Fox and Friends were in disbelief this week when a Washington Post/ ABC presidential poll showed the country equally divided over who would do a better job handling the economy. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fox Contributor Fearmongers Over UN Treaty | Fox News contributor Dick Morris gets a lot wrong, but this week the Republican strategist said a good number of falsehoods in only three minutes. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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We're Not Birthers, We're Just Asking Questions | Breitbart.com has discovered a 1991 pamphlet that erroneously describes Barack Obama as being born in Kenya. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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As JPMorgan Chase Loses $2 Billion, Fox News Blames "Regulators" | In the wake of a two billion dollar trading loss sustained by the bank JPMorgan Chase, many economists have advocated for the strengthening of financial reform to prevent against reckless behavior. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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O'Reilly: "Income Inequality Is Bull" | This week, Bill O'Reilly dismissed concerns about income inequality in the United States. | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fox On President Obama: Damned If He Does, Damned If He Doesn't | When prices go up it's Obama's fault. When they go down, he has nothing to do with it. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Liberals" Are Trying to Take Away Your... Football? | Limbaugh argues that the recent concern for the long term effects of head injuries in professional football is actually an effort by the "liberal sports media" to get rid of the sport entirely. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fox News Bashes MSNBC Over Al-Qaeda Memo | A 2011 Al-Qaeda communications memo claims that most of the U.S. news networks are neutral, except for Fox. Naturally, the hosts of Fox & Friends took this a badge of honor, and used the opportunity to bash MSNBC. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fox Smears Origins of May Day as "Communist Holiday" | Fox News has returned to its red-baiting smears against workers, calling the May Day labor holiday that is recognized in more than 80 countries a "communist holiday." | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lou Dobbs: I'm Not Saying Obama's A Communist, But... | President Obama's re-election campaign revealed a new slogan for the 2012 presidential elections, and conservative media figures are already distorting it. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Media Conservatives Struggle to Criticize Bin Laden Killing | Approaching the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, conservatives have struggled to find an angle to criticize the President for the accomplishment. Often, the attacks falsely suggest that the decision was never in President Obama's hands. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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O'Reilly Claims He Was Just "Joshin' Around" | Bill O'Reilly is trying to play off a ridiculous remark he made earlier in the week. | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rush Limbaugh vs. Judith Miller | Fox morning show America's Newsroom hosted an all-female panel to comment on Rush Limbaugh's latest remark regarding Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tucker Carlson Calls the NAACP An "Absurd Fringe Group" | Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson appeared on Sean Hannity's show to discuss the NAACP's decision to cancel an event with Congressman Allen West. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
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