Read more media criticism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/531/media-criticism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:18:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66909/bachmann-im-being-palinized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGOP Rep. Michelle Bachmann doesn’t want to be “Palinized”—that is, hammered with media attacks and “liberals’ scorn,” she writes in a fundraising letter to supporters. “Just as they did with Sarah Palin, the more I talk about the issues, the more they attack with below-the-belt personal hits,” Bachmann notes....http://www.newser.com/story/66909/bachmann-im-being-palinized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 7:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66040/cnn-kills-ad-ripping-birther-dobbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA media watchdog ad attacking CNN anchor Lou Dobbs for his "racially charged" support of conspiracy theorists who question President Obama's birth certificate is all set to run tomorrow on CNN. But there's fat chance you'll ever see it on CNN. Five of the six cable providers who sold ad...http://www.newser.com/story/66040/cnn-kills-ad-ripping-birther-dobbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 2:32:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59828/new-newsweek-a-lot-like-old-newsweek.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFreshly fired by Time , Michael Kinsley checked out the much-ballyhooed Newsweek makeover. Let’s just say he’s less than impressed. In his introductory note, editor John Meacham says, “We are not pretending to be your guide through the chaos of the information age.” Already, Kinsley sees a mistake: “Why not at...http://www.newser.com/story/59828/new-newsweek-a-lot-like-old-newsweek.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 10:02:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41564/nyt-s-ethicist-rips-off-colleagues-column.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIs it right for an ethics columnist to steal a reader’s question from a colleague? It apparently is for the New York Times ’ Randy Cohen, writes Alex Carnevale in Gawker. Today’s Ethicist column includes a question printed in another column last month. “The paper now has more advice columnists...http://www.newser.com/story/41564/nyt-s-ethicist-rips-off-colleagues-column.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Nov 2008 15:53:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39343/palins-right-the-press-does-stink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin doesn’t like the mainstream media, and after watching its reaction to her debate performance, neither does Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. Palin ignored questions, lied, and invented new powers for the vice president, but somehow the media wound up praising her anyway. “I could quote the hosannas...http://www.newser.com/story/39343/palins-right-the-press-does-stink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Oct 2008 12:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38793/mccain-accuses-couric-of-gotcha-journalism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain and Sarah Palin sat down for a joint interview with Katie Couric last night, and it was hard to avoid the impression that McCain was chaperoning his running mate “to keep her out of trouble” writes Time TV critic James Poniewozik. McCain accused Couric of “gotcha journalism,” when...http://www.newser.com/story/38793/mccain-accuses-couric-of-gotcha-journalism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Sep 2008 13:25:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35644/new-sites-try-crowdfunding-to-finance-journalism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs newspapers nationwide struggle to stay afloat in the internet era, a new online venture aims to harness the power of the people—or at least their checkbooks. The San Francisco-based Spot Us site solicits story ideas and donations from the public. If enough cash is raised for a particular...http://www.newser.com/story/35644/new-sites-try-crowdfunding-to-finance-journalism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 Aug 2008 6:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35569/enquirer-boss-edwards-saga-unzipped-a-new-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen John Edwards admitted that he had indeed had an extramarital affair, “the gnashing of teeth from mainstream journalists was so loud you could barely hear the sobs of everyone who posts for the Daily Kos,” writes victorious National Enquirer editor David Perel in the Huffington Post. The Edwards scandal,...http://www.newser.com/story/35569/enquirer-boss-edwards-saga-unzipped-a-new-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 15:34:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33261/edwards-love-child-story-shows-press-double-standard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe press jumped all over Larry Craig’s bathroom dalliance not because he was gay, it was claimed, but because he was a hypocrite with an anti-gay voting record. But no one is piling on John Edwards, whom the National Enquirer says it caught visiting his mistress and love child this...http://www.newser.com/story/33261/edwards-love-child-story-shows-press-double-standard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:00 CDT