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Jamison Foser

Contrary to media hype, Sarah Palin is very unpopular

November 19, 2009 12:21 pm ET

The news media's relentless hyping of the Palin "phenomenon" obscures an essential fact: Sarah Palin is extremely unpopular.

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Eric Boehlert

Why is Rupert Murdoch so clueless about Fox News?

November 17, 2009 5:57 am ET

The sad truth is Murdoch either has no idea what kind of programming Fox News now produces, or he's too embarrassed to acknowledge it.

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Simon Maloy

Media Matters: Dobbs, dropped

November 13, 2009 8:25 pm ET

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Greg Lewis

The Friday Rush: Following Limbaugh on his journey to the edge

November 13, 2009 8:15 pm ET

Rush Limbaugh has begun to run contrary to prominent conservative thinkers on constitutional issues; he's ineffective at pushing new smears into the mainstream; and, as we addressed last week, he has shown impotence in helping to get conservative politicians elected. That's what happens when you put yourself on the fringe -- people stop listening to you, and you stop listening to them.

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Jamison Foser

How can health care reporting get worse? Add abortion to the mix

November 12, 2009 8:10 pm ET

Led by Chris Matthews, much of the media has adopted factually incorrect and logically flawed conservative spin about how health care reform would affect abortion funding, applying an anti-choice frame to both the health care and abortion debates.

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Eric Boehlert

The GOP's looming (media) civil war

November 10, 2009 1:47 pm ET

In just the last 12 months, the balance of power within the conservative movement has completely swung in the direction of the right-wing press, which is stoking the flames of the GOP civil war.

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Karl Frisch

Media Matters: The right-wing media's election analysis just ain't that good

November 06, 2009 8:12 pm ET

For anyone following Fox News and others in the conservative media in the days leading up to and following this year's off-year election, it should have been apparent what was afoot from the very start. Hint: It wasn't news gathering or objective analysis.

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Greg Lewis

The Friday Rush: For conservatives, $400 million buys defeat at the ballot box

November 06, 2009 7:24 pm ET

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Eric Boehlert

The myth of Fox News' ratings spike

November 03, 2009 9:32 am ET

No matter how many times reporters and pundits made the claim, it's just not true that Fox News' ratings went "through the roof" after the White House called out the cable channel.

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Jamison Foser

Howard Kurtz's bogus conflict-of-interest defense

November 02, 2009 1:50 pm ET

Washington Post/CNN media critic Howard Kurtz has the biggest conflict of interest around. He says it doesn't affect his reporting, but his treatment of key executives at CNN and the Post tells a different story.

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    Eric Boehlert is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.
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    Jamison Foser is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.
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    Karl Frisch is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America.