Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Media Matters Daily Summary 03-01-11

Right-Wing Media Push "Bogus" Argument That Collective Bargaining Correlates With State Deficits
Right-wing media have falsely suggested that collective bargaining for public unions is driving states' budget shortfalls. In fact, there is no correlation between collective bargaining and state budget deficits. Read More

Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim That Americans Do Not Support Unions
As rallies supportive of Wisconsin's public employees continue around the country, right-wing media have reacted by falsely suggesting that Americans support Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker over the state's public employee union members. However, most public opinion polls suggest the opposite: that the majority of Americans stand in support of public workers, and the February 21 Rasmussen poll widely cited by conservatives has been criticized by polling experts as containing questions that "may have biased the responses." Read More

Glenn Beck Demeans Protesters As "Useful Idiots" Being "Played"
Glenn Beck claims that protesters in the United States and in Egypt are being duped and "have no clue" that they are unwittingly advancing a coordinated plot by communists and Islamists to destroy Israel and "the Western way of life" and install a global caliphate or a new world order. Read More

Fox Repeatedly Scrubs Backgrounds Of Guests Who Attack Wisconsin Protests
Fox News has failed to fully inform its viewers about the identities of guests it has hosted to criticize labor unions and the protests in Wisconsin. Fox has not disclosed guests' Republican Party activism in two instances and also hosted the CEO of a multinational company to criticize protesters for attacking "small businesses." Read More

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