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JournoList: Inside the echo chamber
By MICHAEL CALDERONE | 3/17/09 3:59 AM EDT Updated: 3/17/09 11:55 AM EDT


Illustration by Matt Wuerker


For the past two years, several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics have talked stories and compared notes in an off-the-record online meeting space called JournoList.

Proof of a vast liberal media conspiracy?

Not at all, says Ezra Klein, the 24-year-old American Prospect blogging wunderkind wh… Continue

What is the difference between Barack Obama and Michael Phelps? Both of these men are the hero of millions around the world.

Both of these men admit to "youthful indiscretion"

Time will tell, but this photo could cost Michael Phelps a hundred million dollars.

The photo of Barack… Continue

CyberAlert. Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
7:50am EST, Tuesday January 20, 2009 (Vol. Fourteen; No. 13)

1. 'Honor of Our Lifetimes' for All Left-Wing MSNBC Anchor Team
Abandoning any pretense of balance, MSNBC's Inauguration coverage will be quad-anchored by four left-wingers: the network's three night time hosts -- Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow -- plus regular analyst Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post. has finaPlugging the team at the end of the 7 PM EST Hardba… Continue

Giving Bush a pass -- again
The D.C. press corps failed to ask hard questions about the inauguration's huge cost and its unprecedented security.

By Eric Boehlert


Jan 20, 2005 | In Sunday's New York Times, John Tierney examined the delicate balancing act administrations face when throwing a lavish inauguration celebration against the backdrop of unsettling world events. Tierney wrote that inaugurations "become even trickier during times of war, particularly when television images of dancers in… Continue

Name That Party Parade: ABC's 'Faces of Political Scandal' Labels Most GOP Faces, Few Dems
By Tom Blumer

December 11, 2008 - 09:04 ET

A collection of "The Faces of Political Scandal," assembled by ABC News yesterday (HT to an e-mailer), once again demonstrates the media's relative reluctance to identify the membership of Democrats involved in scandal.

Of the 14 politicians identified, seven are Democrats and seven are Republicans. Five of the seven GOP members are identified as such, w… Continue