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Junk Journalists ignore their own experience with gov. workers in IRS scandal coverage

Date: 05/18/13

Junk Journalists working for the networks and major newspapers are demonstrating ignorance or ignoring their own experiences in their coverage of the IRS scandal. Government workers don’t go rogue without direction.

Experienced reporters, who are …

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Junk Journalists agree to redact manifesto leave out allegations against others / influences

Date: 02/07/13

Update: 4/24/13 City agress to pay 4.2 million to two women who survived cops uncontrollable trigger fingers. No news on discipline for officers though as Junk Journalists don’t ask the question. 

Junk Journalists agree to …

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John Dickerson A Junk Journalist Demonstrating To America Why Journalism In The U.S. Is Useless

Reporter: John Dickerson
Date: 01/23/13

Today John Dickerson wrote a follow-up to his Slate piece of last week “Go for the Throat! Why if he wants to transform American politics, Obama must declare war on the Republican Party” in which …

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Junk Journalists Treatment of Designer Cloths For Michelle Obama Much Different Than Reagan Coverage

Date: 01/22/13

While the media elite in the country admire Michelle Obama’s style and the desire of President Barack Obama’s to be a tranformative figure for the left as Ronald Reagan was for the right, the treatment …

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How They Covered It: Junk Journalists Add Little To Gun Debate

Date: 01/20/13

Junk Journalists at NBC, CBS and ABC did little last week to investigate claims by the Administration that the gun bans would help or prevent mass killings.

NBC and ABC immediately latched on to the …

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Partial list of police shootings in which more than 10 rounds fired

Date: 01/10/13

Senator Dianne Feinstein today told a Breitbart.com reporter that she doesn’t believe more than 10 rounds are needed for self defense.  Perhaps she should get in touch with these police departments.

Many of the elite …

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Fareed Zakaria admits his Junk Journalism: Plagiarism

Reporter: Fareed Zakaria
Date: 08/10/12

Time Magazine writer and CNN contributor Fareed Zakaria caught being a junk journalist and forced to admit it.

Fareed says on the web, “Media reporters have pointed out that paragraphs in my Time column on …

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Junk Journalist Diane Sawyer Ignores Holmes Family Claim ABC Reporter Took Comment Out Of Context

Date: 07/24/12

Diane Sawyer last night on her show World News with Diane Sawyer,  failed to acknowledge accusations by the family of the suspected  Aurora shooter that her reporter, Matthew Mosk,  took comments out of context.

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Mother of Alleged Aurora Shooter says ABC News Took Her Acknowledgement Out of Context

Date: 07/23/12

In a press conference minutes ago, a spokesperson for the mother of James Holmes stated ABC News called her at 5:45 a.m. in the morning and asked her if she was related to James Holmes.  …

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Junk Journalist Brian Ross Demonstrates Bias Investigative Skills During Colorado Shooting

Date: 07/20/12

ABC News so-called investigative reporter Brian Ross early in the coverage of the James Holmes shooting in Aurora, Colorado identifies Holmes as a member of the Tea Party because he or his staff found a …

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Boston Globe’s Christopher Rowland Practices Junk Journalism On Romney Bain Capital Departure

Reporter: Christopher Rowland
Date: 07/13/12
Publication: The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe’s Christopher Rowland who outlined the Security and Exchange Commission documents that appear to show Republican Mitt Romney as owning and controlling Bain Capital after 1999 went to a law professor who donated …

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Junk Journalist Norah O’Donnell uses 1-year vs 10-year Cost of Tax Cuts To Support Obama

Reporter: Norah O'Donnell
Date: 07/11/12
Publication: ABC News

Network and print Junk Journalists use Junk Journalism tactics to support the President’s tax raising plan for a small percentage of taxpayers.  NBC’s Norah O’Donnell, who at press conferences flirts with President and asking him …

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President’s Obama’s assertion of executive privilege fails the Axelrod Truth Test.

Date: 06/20/12

Today, President Obama announced he will shield U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder from delivering any more documents to Congress related to the Fast and Furious program in which the government delivered thousands of guns to …

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Washington Post’s Junk Journalist Jason Horowitz Quotes Dead Man In Romney Story

Date: 05/11/12

The Washington Posts story about Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s alleged bullying in high school set off a fire storm of news coverage as corporate reporters followed the claims in the story without reviewing the …

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Wall Street Journal AP Practice Junk Journalism In Sheriff Joe Story

Date: 05/10/12

Reporters and editors for The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Associated Press, ABC News and Washington Post reported May 8, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice will file a civil suit against …

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Major Network and Print Political Journalists Violate Ethics Policy By Attending Vice President’s Water Gun Party

Date: 04/14/12

Update on Biden Beach Boardwalk Bash: A party for the Vice-president’s friends in the media.

JJChronicles.com obtained the list of journalists who attended Vice-president Joseph Biden’s summer water gun fight ”the Biden Beach Boardwalk Bash”.…

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CNN Reporter Tom Cohen: Junk Journalist Misleading Readers On President Obama Supreme Court Attacks

Reporter: Tom Cohen
Date: 04/05/12
Publication: CNN

CNN reporter Tom Cohen’s coverage of President Obama’s speech at the Associated Press Luncheon allows president to make claims that are unchallenged and misleads readers.

Lead Paragraph Not Put In Context To Debate - …

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Matt Gutman: Practicing Junk Journalism On Zimmerman Police Video Turns Correction Into Exclusive

Reporter: Matt Gutman
Date: 04/03/12
Publication: ABC News

Matt Gutman the ABC News reporter who identified a 13-year-old eye witness to the alleged shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman also appears to have edited the original surveillance video on March 28, so …

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Junk Journalist Matt Gutman Identifies 13-year-old Witness To Martin Shooting By Name

Date: 03/29/12

ABC News reporter Matt Gutman is covering the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin in Sanford Florida and found an eye witness of the fight.

Common Sense - Gutman in his story identified a 13-year-old …

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Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell Junk Journalism On Contraception Debate

Reporter: Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell
Date: 03/21/12
Publication: NBC Nightly News

Repeating Fabrication - Throughout the report Junk Journalist Williams and Junk Journalist Mitchell approach the story from the Administration’s Progressive point of view. The report Williams says, is aimed at looking at “A push by …

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White House Press Corps Practice Junk Journalism Help President Deride Colleague

Reporter: Norah O'Donnell, Jake Tapper
Date: 03/09/12

Tuesday’s presidential press conference was a demonstration in group junk journalism and an astounding failure by men and women charged with protecting the U.S. democracy with honest reporting.

While exit polls on Tuesday primary election …

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Fox 5 San Diego’s Loren Nancarrow Junk Journalist Misreporting Illegal Alien Tax Credit

Reporter: Loren Nancarrow
Date: 03/06/12
Publication: Fox 5 News San Diego

News Reader Do Your Research -  Junk Journalist Loren Nancarrow reported during the 10 p.m. news that Republicans say illegal aliens are obtaining tax refunds under provisions of the Child Tax Credit. Nancarrow’s report makes …

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Junk Journalist Matt Lauer Interview With Fluke

Date: 03/05/12

$17 million Junk Journalist - Today Show’s Matt Lauer interviews Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke about being called a “slut” by radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh after she claimed that Georgetown students pay $3,000 …

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Junk Journalist David Gregory Attempts To Inoculate Obama From Gas Price Criticism

Reporter: David Gregory
Date: 03/05/12
Publication: Meet The Press

 

Blames Republicans and Democrats For Gas Prices – Junk Journalist David Gregory asks Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to agree that Republicans and Democrats are at fault for high gas prices and …

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CBS News Junk Journalism In Arpaio Press Conference

Reporter: Brian Montopoli
Date: 03/01/12
Publication: CBS News

Kill the Messenger Journalism - Junk Journalist Brian Montopoli spends seven paragraphs on Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three paragraphs on the allegations.  Montopli calls the sheriff “publicity hungry”.  He wrote “Arpaio’s press conference puts him …

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For Junk Journalism Accidental Burning of Koran More Newsworthy Than Sentence of Death For Christian Pastor

Date: 02/24/12
Publication: Major Networks and Newpapers

Fox News Covers Others Ignore

Koran Burning – Junk Journalist covered the Koran burning story.  They ignored the sentence of death of the Christian pastor in Iran.  Based on Google searches Fox News is the …

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Junk Journalist – Elizabeth Aguilera – “Undocumented Workers’ Child Tax Credit Targeted”

Reporter: Elizabeth Aguilera
Date: 02/22/12
Publication: San Diego Union Tribune

 Filtering The Facts - A government audit finds suspected illegal immigrants received $4.2 billion in federal tax credits they may not be entitled to receive, and Aguilera writes a story of Republicans versus illegal immigrants. …

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Junk Journalism In Arizona Police Shooting Coverage

Reporter: Lissette Martinez
Date: 02/17/12
Publication: KPNX

Escaped What? - In covering story of an Scottsdale, Arizona, police officer shooting of an unarmed man who was holding a baby, the reporter states “Officers also escaped harm”.   It is unclear what threat the …

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Junk Journalist – David Gregory In Interview With Rick Santorum

Reporter: David Gregory
Date: 02/12/12
Publication: Meet The Press

 

Gregory Misses That There Was No Compromise Just A Different Victim

No Compromise Is Compromise For Junk Journalists - David Gregory and corporate junk journalism calls President Barack Obama’s decision to force insurance companies …

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Junk Journalist – Jeff Rossen – Shilling For Schumer

Reporter: Jeff Rossen
Date: 02/09/12
Publication: Today Show

Today Show’s Investigation Into Gun Sales Attempt To Save Holder?

Hiding The “Some” -  The classic Junk Journalist phrase “Some say this is a major loophole in the law.”  Rossen in using this phrase is …

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Junk Journalist – Christopher Cadelago

Reporter: Christopher Cadelago
Date: 02/05/12
Publication: San Diego Union Tribune

Cadelago Accuses Republican House Members of Hypocrisy Related To Solyndra

Failed Equivalence - Cadelago writes 20 plus paragraphs making a case that Republican critics of President Obama’s loan to Solyndra was a political payback are …

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Junk Journalism – Brian Ross and Diane Sawyer – Romney Is Rich Investigation

Reporter: Brian Ross
Date: 01/26/12
Publication: ABC News

Junk Journalist Brian Ross Bias Reporting In ”Romney Parks Millions In Cayman” Islands Story

Democrat Foundation Builder - Junk Journalist Brian Ross spends 3.47 minutes discussing Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s wealth. He indicts Romney for …

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Junk Journalist Sees Only Skin Color

Reporter: Jim Rutenberg
Date: 01/18/12
Publication: The New York Times

Buries The Facts - Buries The Facts – The New York Times often engages in conceal the facts journalism. In this case, Junk Journalist Jim Rutenberg waits to the 14th paragraph to write “Mr. Gingrich …

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This Week’s George Stephanopoulos A Joke In Interview Of Steven Colbert

Reporter: George Stephenopoulos
Date: 01/15/12
Publication: This Week wih George Stephanopoulos ABC News

Is Stephen Colbert Interview News? - George is a joke of a journalist interviewing a joke.  Stephanopoulos looks like a man who was ordered to do this interivew.  He appears to want to be …

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Junk Journalism – Rana Foroohar

Reporter: Rana Foroohar
Date: 01/14/12
Publication: Time Magazine

Buffett Uses His Billions To Bully Republicans With Help From Time Junk Journalist Rana Foroohar

Foroohar An English Major Needing Math Lessons - Junk Journalist Rana Foroohar with giddy enthusiasm delivers Buffett’s message to Republicans …

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Junk Journalists Failing To Ask Huntsman, Gingrich and Perry; How will you shrink government without firing people?

Reporter: Diane Sawyer / George Stephanopoulos/ David Muir
Date: 01/11/12
Publication: ABC World News Tonight

Sawyer, Stephanopoulos, Muir Miss The Wile Coyotes – These Junk Journalists, Diane Sawyer, George Stephanopoulos and David Muir, provide their customers little in depth analysis of Mitt Romney’s statement that he liked to fire companies …

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Will Junk Journalist Ask President “Are Illegal Aliens Playing By The Rules”?

Date: 12/06/11
Junk Journalist Never Ask – President Obama said today that America is best when “everyone plays by the same rules”, but under his administration rules established by the government are not being followed in many …
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Junk Journalism At POLITICO – Jonathan Martin Never Asked Krauschaar Have You Filed Other Complaints

Date: 11/09/11

 Have You Ever, In Your Life, Filed Other Complaints? - POLITICO Junk Journalist Jonathan Martin  interviewed Herman Cain accuser Karen Kraushaar and apparently forgot to ask her if she had ever filed other claims against

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Jonathan Martin – Junk Journalist ContinuesTo Hide Facts

Date: 11/08/11

Please Tell Us What He Did - Junk Journalist Jonathan Martin contunues to  to withhold facts.  In his latest story, he interviews Herman Cain accuser Karen Kraushaar, but still does not tell us what …

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Media Not Following Guidelines For Use Of Anonymous Sources

Date: 11/08/11

Media members are not following the guidelines for use of anonymous sources in the Herman Cain story. The media are acting less cautiously than it did with President Bill Clinton when he was accused of …

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Junk Journalist Jonathan Martin Of Politico Continues Attack On Cain

Reporter: Jonathan Martin
Date: 11/03/11
Publication: Politico

Unsourced Conclusions - Junk Journalist Martin continues to write stories with few facts and unsupported conclusions. He writes today “Politico has learned that one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment at

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Jonathan Martin and fellow POLITICO Reporters Practice Junk Journalism On Cain

Reporter: Jonathan Martin, Anna Palmer, Kenneth P. Vogel and Maggie Haberman
Date: 10/31/11
Publication: Politico

Junk Jurnalism Uses Confidential Sources Jonathan Martin and his Junk Journalism practicing colleagues, Kenneth P. Vogel, Anna Palmer and Maggie Haberman report without naming the accusers or their sources. In this poorly written sentence, …

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Fox 5 San Diego Misleads Its Viewers In Occupy San Diego Coverage – Delivers Junk Journalism

Date: 10/16/11

 Anchor Walter Makaula says in the lead to the story “Call it the Civic Center of Chaos – pepper spray and handcuffs. Occupy San Diego protestors get violent and find a new place to rally. …

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NBC / Wall Street Journal Poll On Jobs Bill Junk Journalism Promoting Propaganda

Reporter: NBC's Mark Murray
Date: 10/12/11
Publication: NBC News / Wall Street Journal

 Mark Murry Junk Journalist -  Junk Journalist Mark Murry reportsthat the majority of people, 64%, say it is a “good idea” to raise taxes on the rich. Support for the poll question should be …

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Los Angeles Times Junk Journalism Assigning Paloma Esquivel To Radio Show’s Coverage Of Illegal Immigration

Reporter: Paloma Esquivel
Date: 10/03/11
Publication: Los Angeles Times

Activism Substituting For Journalism - Junk Journalist Paloma Esquivel in her story “Groups want ‘John and Ken Show off the air” moves from journalist to junk journalist activist. The story focuses on illegal immigrant …

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Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Scott Stump Junk Journalists On Booing of Gay Marine

Date: 09/28/11

The Daily Rundown of the Tea Party -

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Chuck Todd and NBC News is in a rundown campaign aimed at the …

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Junk Journalist David Gregory – Seeks To Get Israeli Leader To Criticize President Obama

Reporter: David Gregory
Date: 09/26/11
Publication: Meet The Press


Junk Journalism Focus On Irrelevant – David Gegory’s lack of substantive insight or investigation focuses on President Obama and whether Netanyahu believes Obama is as staunch a friend to the Jewish state as President George …

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Gaffe Counter Bruce Smith Junk Journalist Practicing Junk Journalism

Reporter: Bruce Smith
Date: 08/20/11
Publication: Associated Press / Huffington Post


Gaffe Counting Classic Junk Journalism -  Huffington Post reporter Bruce Smith is your classic Junk Journalist writing several inches of copy on the Gaffe of one candidate. These candidates make numerous public appearances a day, …

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CBS News – Junk Journalism In Coverage of Fullerton Police Beating Death of Mentally Ill Man

Date: 08/06/11

Was Victim Found To Be A Theif? - CBS news and other media report police were responding to a report of car break ins, but this reporter and others have not confirmed with police that …

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Brian Williams – Junk Journalist NBC News On Democrat Team

Date: 07/28/11

One Of The Team - Do these two look afraid the world is going to end? That America as we know it is going to end. These two don’t look afraid the world is going …

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Chris Wallace – Misses Geithner’s Inflation Of Government Check Writing

Reporter: Chris Wallace
Date: 07/26/11
Publication: Fox News Sunday


70 million or 80 million - Chris Wallace appearing more and more like just another junk journalist lets Treasurey Secretary Tim Geithner claim the government writes 80 million checks a month when just last week, …

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Scott Pelley: Junk Journalists Falls For Oldest Politic Trick In Book: Threaten What The People Care About

Reporter: Scott Pelley
Date: 07/14/11
Publication: CBS News


Tee Up Potus For The Big Threat - Junk Journalist Scott Pelley provides President Barack Obama the perfect opportunity to put the fear of losing money into the hearts of 70 million American families.  “Can …

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Brian Williams / Kelly O’Donnell One Sided Junk Journalist Gaffe Detectors

Reporter: Brian Williams and Kelly O'Donnell
Date: 06/29/11
Publication: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams


Republican Gaffe detector – Brian Williams spends several nights discussing Sarah Palin’s Paul Revere story, never reporting that some historians agreed with Palin’s account that was more detailed than the elementary-school account Williams favored.  With …

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Keeping Junk Journalist Anderson Cooper Honest On Bachmann

Reporter: Anderson Cooper
Date: 06/28/11
Publication: CNN AC360


Anderson Cooper’s Double Speak – Cooper practicing pure Junk Journalism and shilling for the administration, Anderson Cooper declares ”it turns out she has not only benefited from government money over the years, it seems she …

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Anchorage Press Coverage Of Illegal Alien Cop Microcosm Of What’s Wrong With Journalism

Date: 06/14/11
Publication: Anchorage Journalists

Anchorage journalist covering the story of ILLEGAL (see below) immigrant Rafael Mora-Lopez, who for six years worked as an Anchorage police officer, are providing a clear example of journalism’s decline.

On June14th, Associated Press writer …

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Brian Williams NBC Nightly News Junk Journalism – Wasting Airtime on Triviality

Date: 06/04/11


Palin Obsession – Brian Junk Journalist Williams as anchor of the nightly news somehow finds Palin’s version of Paul Revere’s ride news worthy.  Brian has to point out that the mistake she made is the …

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David Gregory’s Paul Ryan Interview Just More Junk Journalism

Reporter: David Gregory
Date: 05/25/11
Publication: Meet The Press
Near Apoplectic – In true Junk Journalism form, David Gregory lectures Paul Ryan.  When he did not get the answer he wanted, Gregory gives Ryan a tense high-pitched scolding lecturing him on the how to …
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Junk Journalism – David “Junk Journalist” Gregory demonstrates Racist Thinking In Food Stamp Question

Reporter: David Gregory
Date: 05/19/11
Publication: Meet The Press

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Racist Thinking Demonstrated By Media… – So Newt Gingrich criticized President Obama for creating an economy that creates food stamp recipients

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Chuck “Junk Journalist” Todd fails to mention Herman Cain

Date: 05/11/11


Chuck Todd Blind, Biased Or Propagandist – Practicing the ultimate in Junk Journalism Chuck Todd on the Today Show runs through the candidates who appeared on the Fox News debate and doesn’t even mention the …

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Dupe / Junk Journalist Savannah Guthrie Exclusively Reports President Watched Raid Live

Reporter: Savannah Guthrie
Date: 05/06/11
Publication: NBC News


Dupe – Junk Journalist Savannah Guthrie takes information from “a top U.S. official” stating “As NBC first reported, the President was able to monitor the 40-minute operation as it unfolded.”   That fact has now been …

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Junk Journalism and Illegal Alien Who Duped The Anchorage Police Dept.

Reporter: Casey Grove
Date: 04/25/11
Publication: Anchorage Daily News


Junk Journalist Buy’s Government Spin - Police Chief Mark Mew excuses his department’s obvious failure of security by saying the illegal alien police office was a good employee except for lying about who he was …

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Junk Journalist Jim Rutenberg and Junk Journalist Megan Thee-Brenan

Reporter: Junk Journalist Jim Rutenberg and Junk Journalist Megan Thee-Brenan
Date: 04/22/11
Publication: The New York Times


Big Surprise – Junk Journalists JimRutenberg and Megan Thee-Brenan at the New York Times conduct a poll and ask people if the government should take more money from the so-called rich making $250,000 a year, …

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Junk Journalist Lisa Mascaro and Junk Journalist Peter Nicholas Fail To Do The Math In Budget Story

Reporter: Lisa Mascaro and Peter Nicholas
Date: 04/06/11
Publication: The Los Angeles Times


Junk Journalists Don’t Do MathLos Angeles Times Junk Journalist Lisa Moscaro and Junk Journalist Peter Nicholas report that the Republicans are jeopardizing a government shutdown because they are asking for $40 billion in

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Junk Journalists Don’t Identify Cop Killer As Illegally In The Country

Reporter: Various
Date: 01/19/11
Publication: The San Diego Union-Tribune


Blinding Misinformation - Reporters for The San Diego Union-Tribune in two separate stories describe  Jose Pedro Lopez Jasso as a citizen of Mexico but don’t clearly state Jasso’s legal status at the time of the …

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Junk Journalists Tom Brokaw Andrea Mitchell and Meredith Vieira Practice Junk Journalism On Palin Story

Reporter: Andrea Mitchell; Tom Brokaw; Meredith Vieira
Date: 01/14/11
Publication: Today Show

 

Brokaw – Pep Rally Not President’s Fault - Junk Journalist and Obama defender Tom Brokaw states the middle will bring back “civility” to the country.  Brokaw doesn’t acknowledge much of the nastiness in the …

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Michael Falcone and Amy Walter ABC News Junk Journalists

Reporter: Michael Falcone and Amy Walter
Date: 01/13/11
Publication: ABC News


Journalistic Amnesia - Falcone and Walter practice Junk Journalist using a classic Junk Journalism technique, forgetting history.  Usually Junk Journalists forget the truth of history ignoring facts from one, five or ten years and beyond, …

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Junk Journalist Neela Banerjee Joins The Climate Change Faithful To Fight Skeptics – Junk Journalists Side With Junk Science

Reporter: Neela Banerjee
Date: 11/09/10
Publication: The Los Angeles Times


The Language Of Faith - Banerjee and the Junk Journalism of the Los Angeles Times uses the word “skeptic” for those who question carbon dioxide, a natural element, as a pollutant.  The use of …

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NBC First Read Report On Tea Party Winning Ratio – Junk Journalism

Reporter: Alexandra Moe
Date: 11/04/10
Publication: First Read NBC


Worthless Analysis - Junk Journalist Alexandra Moe performs an analysis of the winning ratio for Tea Party candidates admitting it was hard to identify them accurately. There is nothing useful provided to the reader as …

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Greta Van Susteren Practices Junk Journalism With Charlie Crist

Reporter: Greta Van Susteren
Date: 10/29/10
Publication: Fox News


Used and Abused Tell Him to Shut Up- Greta Van Susteren lets Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist repeat talking points numerous times on irrelevant statements against Republican Marco Rubio.  Van Susteren  let’s Crist repeat …

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New York Times Junk Journalist – “Democrats’ strategy: Start Slinging” By Jeff Zeleny

Reporter: Jeff Zeleny
Date: 09/26/10
Publication: New York Times


Junk Journalist Mud Slinging -  Junk Journalist Jeff Zeleny decides to do a story about mud slinging and then proceeds to sling the mud handed to him by Democrats.


Either a Dupe or Cohort – …

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San Diego California Junk Journalists Let Fire Department Use Child’s Death To Promote Tax Increase

Reporter: Various
Date: 07/25/10
Publication: The San Diego Union-Tibume and Others

  
Never Ask Why - The San Diego media attended a press conference in which the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department admitted its slow response might have caused the death of two-year-old Bentley Do who choked to …

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Norah O’Donnell A “Nervous” For Obama Junk Journalist

Reporter: NORAH O'DONNELL, MSNBC Chief Washington Correspondent
Date: 07/07/10
Publication: The Chris Matthews Show


Why is Norah Nervous? - Discussing President Obama’s claim that within the next several days 90 percent of the oil flow would be stopped.  Norah says, “Absolutely.  And that was one promise that made …

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AP Reporter Phillip Elliott – Report On Reid “Negro” Comment Junk Journalism

Reporter: Phillip Elliott
Date: 01/10/10
Publication: AP


Going through the Motions - Associated Press reporter Phillip Elliott  and others covering this story go through the motions so they can dismiss an obvious racist comment and let Senator Harry Reid move on to …

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David Gregory’s Agenda – Get California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to Support Tax Increases

Reporter: David Gregory
Date: 01/10/10
Publication: Meet the Press

 Lack of Preparation - David Gregory doesn’t mention the governor’s and state legislature’s mismanagement of employee contracts, furloughs and pensions.  The Governor’s failure as a CEO to control overhead has resulted in a state with …

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Junk Journalists Jeff Zeleny and Doug Mills Allow Ditherer In Chief To Use Fallen Soldiers As Photo Op

Reporter: Jeff Zeleny and Doug Mills
Date: 10/29/09
Publication: The New York Times


Glorifying Propaganda – These two junk journalists cover the President’s trip to Dover Air Force Base to meet the caskets of the war dead, and these two Junk Journalists fail to ask the President a …

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Junk Journalism “White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism”

Reporter: Scott Wilson, Garance Franke-Ruta, Anne E. Kornblut and Juliet Eilperin
Date: 09/06/09
Publication: The Washington Post

Omission

 A few quotes from Van Jones that should have been included in their stories now and reported at the time of his appointment:

1. “…wait a minute you are regulating but you are not …

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Junk Journalist Minimize Or Ignore Chappaquiddick

Reporter: Brian Kilmaede
Date: 08/26/09
Publication: Fox and Friends

Lack of Courage or Knowledge.

Kilmeade attempts to avoid mentioning Kennedy’s accident in which a young woman was killed when he left her in submerged car.  Kilmeade says Kennedy could have been president if it …

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David Gregory Junk Journalist

Reporter: David Gregory
Date: 08/24/09
Publication: Meet The Press

Bias

Gregory’s entire line of questioning is Junk Journalism.  He is only interested in how a public option for health care will get approved and does not question whether it should be approved.   Gregory misses …

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White House Press Corps Demonstrates Junk Journalism

Date: 08/13/09
Publication: White House Press Corps

Covering Process Versus Substance

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In this press briefing, the Junk Journalists in the room appear not to have read the House bill.  Questions they should have asked: 1.  Can the White House direct us …

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Ceci Connolly and a host of others – Junk Journalists

Date: 07/23/09

Horserace Reporting

Connolly and her cohorts seem incapable of actually reporting facts. Today’s so-called professional journalists just report strategy and talking points.  In their second paragraph they quote the president saying “This is not about …

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Anderson Cooper Junk Journalist

Reporter: Anderson Cooper
Date: 06/28/09
Publication: CNN

Missing Opportunity - The President says “Ultimately I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom up politics..and I don’t want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards one …

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Charles Gibson Interview Of Sarah Palin – Junk Journalism

Reporter: Charles Gibson
Date: 09/18/08
Publication: ABC News


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In this interview, Gibson uses the junk journalism practice of omission. The edited video does not follow the transcript published by ABC News. In it, Gibson says “You said recently in your old …

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