Editorial: Revisionists blame Fannie, Freddie – USATODAY.com
What’s this? Wisdom emanates from the mainstream media? Maybe they’ve been reading them some FAIR, which at least names the source of the revision (ahem, Jonathan Karl).
…[F]or all that is wrong about Fannie and Freddie, they were not the main reason for the financial crisis. Instead, they are a convenient red herring for politicians trying to shift blame and for Wall Street interests trying to fight off new regulations.
A great interview with Jack Shafer on Reliable Sources about media criticism and having strong journalistic standards.
FJP: His comments about state government sunshine acts are dead on (around 8:00).
(via futurejournalismproject)
Liberal media attacks religion?
“Are you kidding? Jesus or Mary are on the cover of Newsweek or Time like every other week. If Jesus had an office on Sunset Boulevard and you walked down the corridor he’d have his magazine covers on every wall.” - Bill Maher
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) rips the press over Massa coverage.
“…And now I am back there wanting to build some trust back in our media. I think the mainstream media is quite broken and I think there needs to be the fairness, the balance in there — that’s why I joined Fox. Fair and balanced, yes.”
Sarah Palin on how she will try to fix the MSM
