Above: Reformed rightwing smearmeister David Brock of MediaMatters.org. Exposing rightwing media lies and misinformation every single day!Required reading for everyone who reads this blog: "The Republican Noise Machine" by David Brock (2004 Mother Jones interview)
Reformed rightwinger David Brock's website: MediaMatters.org
Summary: In reports on Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech at the RNC, several media outlets uncritically reported McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "will raise" taxes, without pointing out that McCain's own chief economic adviser has reportedly said the accusation is inaccurate or that Obama has in fact proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families and raising them only on households earning more than $250,000 per year.
Media uncritically repeat McCain claim that Obama "will raise" taxes
The McCain campaign’s war against the media shouldn’t be surprising; this is what conservatives do. The only real question is what reporters are going to do about it. Are they going to fall for the absurd argument that John McCain – arguably the national politician who has received the most favorable media coverage over the past decade, if not longer – is being unfairly treated by reporters who still haven’t given him any serious scrutiny? The next two months will constitute a test for reporters: if they fall for the idea that they’re treating unfairly a candidate who has long referred to them as his “base,” what won’t they fall for? If they won’t stand up to these attacks, what will they stand up to?
A test for the media
MSNBC sacks "incendiary" election coverage hosts; next up: FOX "news" sacks Karl Rove from their election coverage...not...:
We can't have a perceived "shift to the left" with "incendiary" people covering the election on a cable news channel, can we?
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Bill Maher: The Sarah Palin "Mommy 'n Me Pregnancy Test", Sarah Palin saying the Iraq War is a "TASK FROM GOD", and Bill Maher on the Republicans and Bristol's "baby-daddy":
