Eric Boehlert
Eric Boehlert: Jon Stewart Did What Pundits And Reporters Should Have Done
The Huffington Post - 23rd Dec 2010
There's lots of media chatter about Comedy Central host Jon Stewart in the wake of yesterday's Senate vote to pass the 9-11 First Responders bill. The chatter surrounds what appears to be the central media role Stewart played in shining a spotli…
Read more >>Eric Boehlert: Memo To The Media: They're Called "Obstructionists"
The Huffington Post - 14th Dec 2010That sore-loser phrase doesn't seem to get much use these days. Yet watching Senate Republicans in the minority essentially close down the chamber, not allowing any votes to proceed until their demands are met regarding Tax Cuts for the very wea…
Read more >>Eric Boehlert: Times Halperin Speaks: The D.C. Cool Kids Don't Like Obama
The Huffington Post - 8th Dec 2010
If life really were like High School, Barack Obama would so be frozen out of the cool kids' table in the cafeteria right now. And Time pundit Mark Halperin would probably the one talking trash to the popular kids and making sure Obama remained o…
Read more >>Eric Boehlert: Brent Bozell Is Afraid Of Ants
The Huffington Post - 3rd Dec 2010All I want to know is what took Brent Bozell so long? Sure, the right-wing warrior sounded the alarm about a gay-themed art exhibit at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. And yes, Bozell, with the help of top House Republican leaders, Fox…
Read more >>Pure Deception
Hold Fast - 30th Sep 2010
Eric Boehlert’s piece on the sad state of the Right Wing media in the wake of yesterday’s revelations about James O’Keefe’s plans to sexually assault a CNN reporter as a “prank” is a must-read. With O’Ke…
Read more >>Chris Matthews: 'We Rely on' Media Matters
Mediaite - 21st Sep 2010Right near the end of a segment examining the continued relevance of Newt Gingrich , Hardball host Chris Matthews made a comment that probably seemed offhand to most viewers, but not all. In a modern Media warscape that has each side out …
Read more >>Eric Boehlert: Glenn Beck's Incendiary Angst Is Dangerously Close to Having a Body Count
The Huffington Post - 27th Jul 2010On his Monday Radio show, Glenn Beck highlighted claims that before he started targeting a little-known, Left-leaning organization called the Tides Foundation on his Fox News TV show, "nobody knew" what the Non-profit was. Indeed, for more than…
Read more >>Eric Boehlert of Media Matters Race Baits on GMA
Red State - 22nd Jul 2010Please take a moment to watch the debate on Good Morning America …
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