Jamison Foser of Media Matters has a
good column up, building off of this lede:
Quote:
Like a dog that's been beat too much
A new study by professors at Occidental College and the University of Northern Iowa examines the media's coverage of ACORN, finding that during last year's presidential campaign and again this year, the "mainstream" media has rushed to repeat a barrage of false claims by Republicans and conservatives about the organization without first checking to see if the claims are true.
The study makes a number of important points and is worth reading all the way through. Among them:
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