Tag Archives: Sean Hannity
Flunking the Keith Olbermann Test
Howard Kurtz flunks the Keith Olbermann test. Since Kurtz is supposedly an expert on journalist ethics, I suppose the public shouldn’t feel so bad about flunking too. Continue reading
Obama’s “Enemies,” Pat Caddell, and the Cognitive Dissonance Misdirection
Now, as the media’s favorite politicians and party teeter on electoral disaster, its favorite President uttered a disturbing word in reference to his political opponents. The word was “enemies,” and he told a Hispanic network interviewer that those enemies needed to be “punished.” Once again, themainstream media ignored it, leaving the criticism to conservative bloggers, Fox, and Sean Hannity. A week after the remarks, however, a Democratic pollster and commentator, Pat Caddell, collaborated with Doug Schoen on a powerful op-ed for the Washington Post. Continue reading
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Summer Rerun: “Ending the Bi-Partisan Effort to Destroy Trust in America”
Trust is the reason why ethics is so important in America: if there is a single post of the more than 700 I have written here since October 2009 I would like people to read, this is it. Continue reading
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Ethics Dunces: Sen. Kerry’s Critics
Hypocrisy, unfairness…pick your own adjective for Republican and conservative attacks on Sen. John Kerry for saving himself some money by docking his $7 million yacht in Rhode Island. Continue reading
The Hannity-Fox-Tea Party Connection
Fox waited far too long to cancel Sean Hannity’s Tea Party fundraiser. Continue reading
Fox Nation: Fair, Balanced, Biased, and Incredibly Gullible
It just isn’t ethical journalism to run stories because you wish they were true. Continue reading
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Essay: Ending the Bi-Partisan Effort to Destroy Trust in America
America has reached the breaking point in its loss of trust in the government. It took both parties, Left and Right to get us there. It’s up to the public to fix it, and time is running out. Continue reading
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