Kind of Cool: A List of How To Read For MSM/DNC Bias

[Annie]

http://cassandra2004.blogspot.com/2005/04/top-10-categories-of-msmdnc-bias.html

Ummm, there's 11 more, she had to add a couple!

Top 10 categories of MSM/DNC bias.
Bias in the MSM/DNC takes many forms. I am forced to compare these forms each time I catalogue another "lie" for the 2005 list. Much of the MSM/DNC behavior constitutes mere spin or bias, Slanted headlines or failure to report opposing points of view. Those items, while reprehensible, do not constitute "lies." For the sake of clarity and so that we can more easily discuss the tactics of the MSM/DNC, I have categorized here some of those MSM/DNC tactics:

1) The Lie. Often, but not always, the MSM/DNC will resort to an outright lie. This lie will involve some very specific fact, like a forged memo, false reports of a crowd booing when the crowd actually applauded, false claims that Sandy Berger returned the "original" documents, false attribution of statements to public figures, false charges that American soldiers are targeting journalists, etc.

These lies also include preparation of headlines or stories in advance of the actual events, as MSM/DNC did with the Iraqi elections and the death of Terri Schiavo.

I have also categorized as lies instances where the MSM/DNC has an agreement with newsmakers that certain facts will be kept hidden. This one is a much closer call (as between a lie and some other kind of atrocity).

The ultimate goal is that the lie take on status as a historical fact - "Bush was a draft dodger", "there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq." The MSM/DNC has failed in the first example, but may yet succeed in the second...

 

[onedomino]

Are there websites specifically dedicated to analysis and critiques of American MSM reporting? For example, is there a site that critiques the NYT, another that analyzes CNN, etc? I realize that there are lots of blogs that fisk various MSM stories, but I was wondering if there were sites specific for certain American MSM news categories such as the following non-American examples: The first concentrates on the BBC, or the "Beeb." http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/ The second concentrates on a specific region; in this case the Middle East. http://www.camera.org/

 

[Annie]

Are there websites specifically dedicated to analysis and critiques of American MSM reporting? For example, is there a site that critiques the NYT, another that analyzes CNN, etc? I realize that there are lots of blogs that fisk various MSM stories, but I was wondering if there were sites specific for certain American MSM news categories such as the following non-American examples: The first concentrates on the BBC, or the "Beeb." http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/ The second concentrates on a specific region; in this case the Middle East. http://www.camera.org/

Not that I know of. Mediamatters was supposed to be 'unbiased' but ends up there is Soros funding.

Ratherbiased was Rather focused.

 

[musicman]

Great find, Kathianne! This is very practical, nuts-and -bolts stuff. I especially appreciate the term MSM/DNC. The two entities are inextricably bound and mutually self-serving; let's just start calling things what they are.

 

[Annie]

Great find, Kathianne! This is very practical, nuts-and -bolts stuff. I especially appreciate the term MSM/DNC. The two entities are inextricably bound and mutually self-serving; let's just start calling things what they are.

Our new pet project!

 

[Adam's Apple]

TimesWatch.org keeps an eye on the New York Times. They advertise themselves as "Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the New York Times". Check out their website: http://www.timeswatch.com

 

[Bonnie]

Also Brent Bozell's organization who watches all the media outlets.

http://www.mediaresearch.org/