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Two Devils in Hell Discuss 24/7 Election Coverage

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Media

For Media, ‘Condemning Hamas’ Also Means Absolving Israel

Ari Paul / FAIR May 31, 2024 No matter what atrocity it commits, Israel is the victim, according to editorialists. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

MSNBC Melts Down Over Sanders’ Front-Runner Status

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Feb 23, 2020 The network's pundits are near tears, lamenting that they don't understand the country anymore. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Korean Voices Missing From Major Papers’ Opinions on Singapore Summit

Adam Johnson / FAIR Jun 24, 2018 In opinion coverage of the Trump-Kim meeting, the people with the most to lose and gain from it were almost uniformly ignored. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer-Winning Reporter and Conservative Pundit, Dies at 68

HILLEL ITALIE / The Associated Press Jun 21, 2018 The commentator, a prominent figure at Fox News and a columnist at The Washington Post, had been treated for a cancerous tumor and announced recently he had only weeks to live. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Inspired by Jeremy Corbyn, Matt Taibbi Bids ‘Goodbye and Good Riddance’ to Centrism

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2017 If the media treated “disaffected voters like the overwhelming majority they are," the journalist writes about the recent election gains made by the U.K.’s Labour Party leader (pictured), "we might at least stop face-planting on our election predictions." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ann Coulter May Be Joking, but What She Says Is Far From Funny

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2017 Some see her comments as offbeat political humor, but it’s a telling fact that her writing is highlighted on the websites of extremist organizations, one of them labeled a hate group. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ode to the Pundits (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Dec 29, 2016 While there is plenty of failure to go around, the soothsayers and seers of the pundit class deserve a special failure award for their 2016 performance. Dig deeper

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Pundits Say Donald Trump ‘Blew It’ and Hillary Clinton ‘Won’—but What Do They Know?

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Sep 28, 2016 "The lesson of the 2016 primary," observed The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald, "was that literally nothing is a less reliable indicator of debate impact than the reactions of journalists." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Problem With Samantha Bee

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Sep 14, 2016 By turning Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein into a nonperson, comedian Samantha Bee encourages her audience to choose only from the mainstream parties, Democratic and Republican. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman Deems 170 Policy Experts Who Support Sanders’ Wall Street Reforms ‘Un-Serious’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 28, 2016 The New York Times columnist burnished his reputation as an irrelevant pundit Wednesday when he judged as "un-serious" 170 economic and financial policy experts who support the Wall Street reforms of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )