NewsBusters:Better than SNL and More Informative Than MSNBC

The Passing Of An Age of Investigative Journalism

OLD CARL BERNSTEIN:

“It was not about a break-in, a single break-in. It was about a pattern of illegal activities involving beating up members of the political opposition physically, stealing their memos, wiretapping political opponents, breaking into offices of psychiatrists, firebombing think tanks..."

NEW CARL BERNSTEIN:

On Sarah Palin: "She's An Ignorant Demagogue."

Woodward & Bernstein: Obama could be moving away from secrecy:"If the attitude of the Obama White House holds, Bernstein said, 'That is a big change.'”

Mainstream Media Vs. Marginalized Socialist Media

Marginalized Socialist Media

The "MSM" acronym commonly used I have been told means "Mainstream Media." Since they depend on turning "Mainstream" into two words, "Main Stream," that becomes a bit awkward.

Right after the elections in November of 2008, even though President Obama won, they self identified as conservative according to the Battleground Poll by the Tarrance Group of the George Washington University. (Nov. 5-6, 2008 / N=1,001 Registered 2008 Voters / ±3.1% M.O.). It indicated 69% are fiscal conservatives and 53% are social conservatives.

FOX NEWS is often identified as conservative and MSNBC is often identified as liberal. Yet FOX NEWS out performs all others by at least double the audience and has over three times the audience of MSNBC.

For MSNBC to be called "MSM," would force defining of that as Marginalized Socialist Media, if you consult the most recent numbers I could find:

Cable News Ratings for Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Posted on 15 October 2009 by Robert Seidman Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 14, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,437,000 viewers
CNN – 520,000 viewers
MSNBC –380,000 viewers
CNBC – 233,000 viewers
HLN –333,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,699,000viewers
CNN— 933,000 viewers
MSNBC –887,000 viewers
CNBC – 206,000 viewers
HLN – 730,000 viewers
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SNL Suddenly Tells Truth

Obama Earns Award for Being Two-Faced, Again

"The Society of Professional Journalists said it is "outraged" over the Obama administration's alterations to a bill which would leverage a "shield law" nation-wide to protect reporters and their sources"RAW STORY

"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who spoke later at an AP luncheon, has endorsed the shield law to protect reporters but told editors that courts should decide whether a confidential source deserves protection. "This raises, I think, a broader issue of civil liberties and our various freedoms, at a time when we have real enemies and real conflict," he said."USA TODAY, April 14th, 2008