Issue Area: Official Agendas
Despite the claims that the press has an adversarial relationship with the government, in truth U.S. media generally follow Washington's official line. This is particularly obvious in wartime and in foreign policy coverage, but even with domestic controversies, the spectrum of debate usually falls in the relatively narrow range between the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties.The owners and managers of dominant media outlets generally share the background, worldview and income bracket of political elites. Top news executives and celebrity reporters frequently socialize with government officials. The most powerful media companies routinely make large contributions to both major political parties, while receiving millions of dollars in return in the form of payments for running political ads.
In this incestuous culture, "news" is defined chiefly as the actions and statements of people in power. Reporters, dependent on "access" and leaks provided by official sources, are too often unwilling to risk alienating these sources with truly critical coverage. Nor are corporate media outlets interested in angering the elected and bureaucratic officials who have the power to regulate their businesses.
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Smoking Gun Memo?: Iraq Bombshell Goes Mostly Unreported in US Media (5/10/05)
Rather's Retirement and 'Liberal Bias' (3/2/05)
Missing the Evidence on Missing Explosives: Reports ignore videotapes that debunk administration claims (10/29/04)
60 Minutes: Shelving a Story to Boost Bush?: CBS puts Niger expose on hold as boss endorses Republicans (9/28/04)
FAIR Calls for Revealing Sources in Plame, Lee Cases: Courts should respect anonymity of genuine whistle-blowers (8/19/04)
Media Should Follow Up on Civilian Deaths: Journalist's evidence that U.S. bombed market ignored by U.S. press (4/4/03)
In Iraq Crisis, Networks Are Megaphones for Official Views (3/18/03)
Networks Accept Government 'Guidance' (10/12/01)
Why Were Government Propaganda Experts Working On News At CNN? (3/27/00)
Times Reporter Responds on Firefighters (8/1/07)
NY Times Responds Again on Fallujah: Public editor's second response contains factual errors (7/24/07)
NY Times Responds on Fallujah Weapons: Public editor sides with reporter's dismissal (7/20/07)
NY Times Parrots Giuliani's 9/11 Defense: Firefighters' criticism deemed 'factually questionable' (7/13/07)
Incendiary Weapons Are No 'Allegation': Times corrects a minor error, ignores the big one (6/11/07)
Romney's Iraq Gaffe Ignored: GOP contender's bizarre pre-war history (6/8/07)
Buying the War: Moyers documentary exposes media culpability in Iraq War (4/27/07)
CBS's Nuclear Revival: 60 Minutes' critic-free boosterism (4/18/07)
ABC (Under)counting Iraqi Dead (3/21/07)
Iraq and the Media: A Critical Timeline (3/19/07)
NYT Hypes Venezuelan Threat: Comparison of 'arms spending' doesn't include all arms spending (3/2/07)
NYT Responds on Iran Coverage: FAIR's letter to Byron Calame (2/28/07)
NYT Breaks Own Anonymity Rules: Paper pushes Iran threat with one-sided array of unnamed officials (2/16/07)
Won't Get Fooled Again?: NYT, networks offer scant skepticism on Iran claims (2/2/07)
Ombud Concurs on NewsHour's Iraq Panel: 'I'm with viewers' on imbalance, Getler says (1/16/07)
Debating the Iraq "Surge" on PBS: NewsHour panel skews against public opinion (1/10/07)
CBS, NBC Clean Up Bush's 'Happy' Talk (8/24/06)
Rumsfeld Challenged: Media mishandle Rumsfeld-McGovern exchange (5/10/06)
Washington Post responds to critics: "Two Views" of the truth? (4/19/06)
Intelligence Manipulation at the Washington Post: Paper's editorial page ignores facts to back Bush (4/13/06)
'The Final Word Is Hooray!': Remembering the Iraq War's Pollyanna pundits (3/15/06)
Brian Ross "Completely Aware" of WMD Context: So why weren't ABC viewers allowed to know? (3/3/06)
Missing From ABC's WMD "Scoop": Star defector Hussein Kamel said weapons were destroyed (2/17/06)
"Terror Plot" Reporting Lacks Skepticism: Networks treat White House allegations as fact (2/13/06)
The Scoop That Got Spiked: Times delay on wiretap story leaves questions unanswered (1/11/06)
C-SPAN Slanting Right: Washington Journal's guestlist lacks balance (12/19/05)
Pundits Say Public Is Wrong About Iraq: For media elite, why U.S. went to war is a meaningless debate (11/30/05)
The Consequences of Covering Up: Washington Post withholds info on secret prisons at government request (11/4/05)
Miller's Tale: Can the reporter--or the New York Times--be trusted? (10/21/05)
FAIR Calls for De-Funding CPB: How to REALLY save PBS: Replace corrupt board with independent trust (10/3/05)
NPR's Dvorkin Responds on "Extremist" Label (9/30/05)
NPR's "Extremists": Do only "extremist groups" connect war and terror? (9/21/05)
Covering Katrina: Has a More Critical Press Corps Emerged? (9/9/05)
ABC's Antiwar "Reality Check": World News Tonight minimizes support for withdrawal (9/1/05)
Misjudging Roberts: Newsweek dismisses accurate information on judge's record (8/2/05)
Justifying the Silence on Downing Street Memos (6/17/05)
CBS Sees Iraq Improvement—Again (6/7/05)
Lessons from Newsweek's Retraction (6/1/05)
Network Viewers Still in the Dark on "Smoking Gun Memo": Print media continue to downplay story (5/20/05)
Newsweek, the Quran and the 'Green Mushroom': Following the real rules of modern journalism (5/19/05)
Smoking Gun Memo?: Iraq Bombshell Goes Mostly Unreported in US Media (5/10/05)
Rather's Retirement and 'Liberal Bias' (3/2/05)
Missing the Evidence on Missing Explosives: Reports ignore videotapes that debunk administration claims (10/29/04)
60 Minutes: Shelving a Story to Boost Bush?: CBS puts Niger expose on hold as boss endorses Republicans (9/28/04)
FAIR Calls for Revealing Sources in Plame, Lee Cases: Courts should respect anonymity of genuine whistle-blowers (8/19/04)
Media Should Follow Up on Civilian Deaths: Journalist's evidence that U.S. bombed market ignored by U.S. press (4/4/03)
In Iraq Crisis, Networks Are Megaphones for Official Views (3/18/03)
Networks Accept Government 'Guidance' (10/12/01)
Why Were Government Propaganda Experts Working On News At CNN? (3/27/00)
