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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe P.U.-Litzers: Here Are the Stinkiest Media Moments of 2013
http://www.alternet.org/media/pu-litzers-here-are-stinkiest-media-moments-2013Magical Politicians Award: Mark Halperin
On NBC's Meet the Press (11/10/13), Time reporter Mark Halperin had this to say about New Jersey's Republican governor: "Chris Christie is someone who is magical in the way politicians can be magical, like our last three presidents."
--The Sponsors Speak Award: PBS
The January 23 episode of PBS series Nova was a mostly upbeat report on drones and surveillance. What viewers may not have known about "Rise of the Drones" was that it was funded in part by Lockheed Martin--the giant aerospace corporation that just happens to be a major drone manufacturer.
--Perfect Weapons Award: Brooke Baldwin, Tom Foreman
When it appeared that the US would carry out a military attack on Syria, some CNN reporters stepped right into Pentagon PR mode. Anchor Brooke Baldwin (8/30/13) declared that US warships "can carry cruise missiles able to strike targets more than 1,000 miles away with pinpoint accuracy." A few days later, CNN correspondent Tom Foreman (9/2/13) told viewers: "Cruise missiles are extraordinary weapons. They're very reliable. They have pinpoint accuracy."
--The Richard Cohen Award: Richard Cohen
The Washington Post columnist attempted to write a piece about the GOP and racism--but wound up revealing his own (11/11/13): "People with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor-elect of New York--a white man married to a black woman and with two biracial children.... To cultural conservatives, this doesn't look like their country at all." This wasn't Cohen's only racist outburst this year; this summer ( 7/16/13), he said that while he was sorry that Trayvon Martin had been gunned down, he was "wearing a uniform we all recognize."
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The P.U.-Litzers: Here Are the Stinkiest Media Moments of 2013 (Original Post)
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Dec 2013
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intaglio
(8,170 posts)1. In Private Eye
that first one would get the Order of the Brown Nose
GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)2. Conventional views are the uniform we all recognize ...
as getting us nowhere.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)3. The 60 Minutes of Republicon Propaganda Stinko Award
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)4. The Press the Meat Dancing Republicon Love-In Award