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Right Wing Radio Host Axed for Criticizing Bush on Iraq

by Sheldon Rampton — February 2, 2004 - 12:00am

Leftists aren't the only dissenters from the war in Iraq to feel the consequences of the Clear Channel's pro-war tilt. Radio talk show host Charles Goyette, a Goldwater Reaganite, has been bumped from his slot and expects to lose his job because he criticized the Bush administration's shape-shifting case for war. "Management didn't like my being out of step with the president's parade of national hysteria, and the war-fevered spectators didn't care to be told they were suffering illusions," he writes.

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American Conservative Magazine, February 2, 2004

It's Greener on the Swing Side

by Diane Farsetta — January 30, 2004 - 12:00am

GOP pollster Frank Luntz warned in a memo to party leaders: "The environment is probably the single issue on which Republicans in general - and President Bush in particular - are most vulnerable." The administration's recent funding boosts for its Healthy Forests Restoration Act, Pacific salmon recovery programs, the Klamath River Basin (previously targeted by the anti-environmental

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Grist Magazine, January 30, 2004

Bush and Hitler

by Sheldon Rampton — January 7, 2004 - 6:58pm

The Republican National Committee is complaining about advertisements comparing George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler that were posted briefly on on MoveOn.org's "Bush in 30 Seconds" web site, which invites people to submit their own creative TV spots criticizing the Bush administration's performance. MoveOn has responded that the ads were submissions to their contest and that it is "deliberately and maliciously misleading" to accuse MoveOn of "sponsoring" them.

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http://www.rnc.org/Newsroom/Releases/Jan04/MoveOn2.htm

Another Award for Bill O'Reilly

by Sheldon Rampton — January 1, 2004 - 5:23pm

Bill O'Reilly, who famously falsely claimed to be the winner of two Peabody Awards, has finally won something for real -- top spot on Pandagon.net's list of "the 20 most annoying conservatives of 2003." According to Pandagon webmasters Ezra Klein and Jesse Taylor, O'Reilly "had a hard time getting on this list.

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http://www.pandagon.net/archives/00002229.htm

"Fearless Pursuit of Truth"? Hah!

by Sheldon Rampton — December 18, 2003 - 12:00am

A new annual journalism award has been created in honor of Michael Kelly, who edited publications including The New Republic, National Journal, Atlantic Monthly before he was killed while covering the war in Iraq.

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Washington Post, December 18, 2003

Dissent in the Bunker

by Sheldon Rampton — December 15, 2003 - 12:00am

Newt Gingrich, who has been advising the Bush Administration as a member of the Defense Policy Board, has gone public with his worries about the shortcomings of administration policy in Iraq, arguing that the administration has been putting far too much emphasis on a military solution and slighting the political element. "The real key here is not how many enemy do I kill. The real key is how many allies do I grow," he said.

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Newsweek, December 15, 2003

Conservatives Start Dean Attack

by Laura Miller — December 9, 2003 - 12:00am

"Shirley & Banister Public Affairs is supporting a $100K ad campaign with a PR push for the conservative-backed Club for Growth, which is attacking Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean in key primary states," O'Dwyer's PR Daily reports.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily, December 9, 2003

NRA-TV?

by Sheldon Rampton — December 5, 2003 - 12:00am

"Hoping to spend as much as it wants on next year's elections, the National Rifle Association is looking to buy a television or radio station and declare that it should be treated as a news organization, exempt from spending limits in the campaign finance law."

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Associated Press, December 5, 2003

Hollinger's Neoconservative Scandal

by Sheldon Rampton — December 3, 2003 - 12:00am

Hollinger International Inc., a newspaper publisher caught up in a widening financial scandal, is looking into an investment the company made to a venture capital fund with links to neoconservative defense adviser Richard Perle and Henry Kissinger, both directors of the company.

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Editor and Publisher, December 3, 2003

Fox's Rant and Runt Show

by Sheldon Rampton — November 25, 2003 - 11:19am

Hannity & Colmes, Fox News Channel's primetime debate show, figures prominently in the network's campaign to market its right-leaning programming as "fair & balanced." Actually, the program exemplifies the way Fox jiggers the balance to favor conservatives.

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FAIR/Extra!
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