According to The New York Times, Donald Trump has been gifted $1.8 billion in free media. In other words, cable news has aired the equivalent sum of Trump stories to nearly two-billion in paid advertising. In February alone, Trump received $400 million in free airtime, which is ...read more
As the war rages on between Bill O'Reilly and reality (or 'guttersnipes' and 'far left zealots' as O'Reilly likes to call them), the American news media is coming under greater scrutiny for its role in informing the public. Can we trust the media? Do they have an agenda, and is ...read more
By Chez Pazienza: As evidenced by the one above this piece, it's never a good idea to trust a headline. Often, what you see in the headline of a piece of journalism isn't a fair descriptor of what you're going to get inside the story itself. That's because, often, headlines ...read more