Gallup: “The percentage of Americans saying they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in newspapers has been generally trending downward since 1979, when it reached a high of 51%. Newspapers rank near the bottom on a list of 16 societal institutions Gallup measured in a June 1-4 survey. Television news is […]
June 11, 2013
National Journal: “Young Americans are feeling better about President Obama than they were just four months ago, a new poll from Harvard’s Institute of Politics has found. The survey contains both good and bad news for the Obama campaign: While Obama’s supporters are currently more passionate than supporters of Republican candidate Mitt Romney, young people […]
May 24, 2013
NBC: “Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday. The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President […]
May 22, 2013
Fox: “Newly uncovered court documents show the Justice Department seized phone records associated with several Fox News lines as part of a leak investigation — a revelation that comes as the White House Correspondents’ Association spoke out against the administration’s monitoring of reporters. … In the latter case, an FBI agent also claimed in an […]
May 10, 2013
ABC: “When it became clear last fall that the CIA’s now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community, but White House documents reviewed by Congress suggest a different story. ABC News has obtained 12 different versions of the talking points […]
May 8, 2013
WP: “Sanford is damaged goods, politically speaking, thanks to his acknowledgment in 2009 that he had disappeared from the state to visit his mistress in Argentina as well as more recent revelations that he had trespassed in his ex-wife’s house in order to watch the Super Bowl with one of his four sons. … A […]
May 7, 2013
CNS: “In the eight days since NBA player Jason Collins announced he was gay, the news media have covered the story in 2,381 places. But in the first eight days of the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell and his “House of Horrors” abortion business, the media covered the story in 115 places, meaning that Collins’ […]
April 21, 2013
Business Insider: “The bankrupt Tribune Company has put its bundle of eight huge newspapers on the block. One of the expected bidders for these papers, Amy Chozick of the New York Times reports, is Koch Industries, the massive energy and manufacturing conglomerate owned by the conservative billionaires David and Charles Koch. The Kochs may bid […]
April 8, 2013
CNN: “As many doctors struggle to keep their practices financially sound, some are buckling under money woes and being pushed into bankruptcy. It’s a trend that’s accelerated in recent years, industry experts say, with potentially serious consequences for doctors and patients. Some physicians are still able to keep practicing after bankruptcy, but for others, it’s […]
April 5, 2013
MSN January 7th: “If you want to know exactly how exceptionally beautiful she is, just ask Brent Musburger. While he was doing play-by-play for tonight’s BCS championship game between the Tide and Notre Dame, Musburger went gaga when the cameras found Webb in the crowd. “See that lovely lady there? She does look hot,” he […]
June 19, 2013
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