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Arianna Huffington
McCain's Campaign Funding Hypocrisy: Why Are the Media Looking the Other Way?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:50pmThe mainstream media's overheated response to Sen Barack Obama's decision to opt out of the public campaign finance system is a textbook example of journalists protecting Sen John Mccain (R-AZ) and his bald-faced hypocrisy.
Keeping the Media Honest When It Comes to Covering McCain
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 3, 2008 - 8:06pmLast updated: June 19, 2008 - 12:58pm
The same journalists rendered "too deferential" by George Bush's soaring post-9/11 approval ratings, now seem intent on providing cover for John McCain, whose election would mean a perpetuation of Bush's disastrous policies.
The Self-Loathing
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 25, 2008 - 8:32amHuffington has been thinking some more about CNN hiring Tony Snow as a commentator. Coming in the wake of Newsweek's hiring of Karl Rove, and the New York Times' hiring of Bill Kristol, the mainstream media's embrace of these unabashed propagandists has revealed a self-loathing streak a mile wide.
The Latest Proof that the Karl Rove Playbook Has Become the MSM's Bible
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 23, 2008 - 7:14amHuffington's new book discusses the role the media have played in allowing the lunatic fringe now in control of the Republican Party -- the people who believe in torture but don't believe in evolution -- to hijack our democracy.
