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Eric Boehlert: Fox News completely barren of actual journalism
Eric Boehlert of Media Matters on Wednesday praised Fox News’ Brit Hume for his interview with Mitt Romney’s new running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). “I give Brit Hume credit,” Boehlert told Current TV host Jennifer Granholm. “I thought it was a good interview. I thought it was a much…
Eric Boehlert: Obama ‘a monster’ in the ‘right wing bubble’
Echoing comments previously made by comedian Bill Maher, Eric Boehlert of Media Matters said Monday that Republicans had created a false image of President Barack Obama as a radical. “They are so far out on the ledge,” he said on Talking Liberally. “It’s not that ‘Obama has disappointed, I don’t…
Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert: Right-wing ‘went bonkers’ over Romney bullying story
Media Matters for America’s Eric Boehlert on Thursday said right-wing bloggers and activists “went bonkers” over a Washington Post story that accused Mitt Romney of harassing prep school classmates he judged to be too effeminate. “No one questions the accuracy of this story,” he remarked to Current TV host Jennifer…
Eric Boehlert calls out media for failing to cover SOPA
Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert appeared Monday on The Young Turks to discuss the fact that the highly controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was absent from mainstream television news coverage. Major media outlets, including ABC, CBS, Comcast/NBC, Viacom, News Corporation and Time Warner, support the legislation. It would allow authorities…
If you like metablogging….
I’m writing for this week’s TPM Cafe book club, which is about Eric Boehlert’s Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press. Should be fun—word is that they even got Atrios to agree to join in, as he’s a major character in the book. (Pandagon plays…
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