Accuracy in Media

PBS ombudsman Michael Getler is annoyed that the network isn’t able to cover any nationwide news over the weekend leaving it to play catch up on Monday. The shooting of Congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords on January 8 was apparently the last straw for Getler as he noted that ” if you are a devoted follower of […]

On NPR’s All Things Considered Wednesday, commentator and writer Daisy Hernandez expressed her relief that the Tucson gunman Jared Loughner wasn’t named”Ramirez,Gonzalez or Garcia” sparing the Latino community a nasty debate on immigration policy. It’s safe to say there was a collective sigh of brown relief when the Tucson killer turned out to be a […]

In an interview with Mediabistro  MSNBC Ed Schultz veered off the left wing media reservation when he said that the shooting in Tucson wasn’t due to political rhetoric but mental illness. This contrasts sharply with MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews who continues to pound on Sarah Palin and conservative talk radio by blaming them for […]

A new CBS poll shows that nearly six in ten Americans do not believe that political rhetoric was to blame for the shootings in Tucson that critically wounded a U.S. Congressman and left six other people dead. From CBS News Overall, 57 percent of respondents said the harsh political tone had nothing to do with […]

With nearly three full cycles of media coverage in the aftermath of the terrible shooting in Tucson, we have seen it all. Both sides have successfully denied direct blame for the incident. Most Americans don’t buy that rhetoric of any kind caused the violence. Even The View rode to the defense of Sarah Palin. How […]

The liberal mainstream media may have jumped all over Sarah Palin for her use of crosshairs in targeting certain Democratic congressional districts last year including that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, but they lost one of their own when Barbara Walters refused to join the feeding frenzy. Even Whoopi Goldberg pointed out that using crosshairs wasn’t […]