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CMPA Signs Letter To The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Requesting Reform
CMPA, June 11, 2014
Washington beware- Stephen Colbert’s coming for you
Politico, April 11, 2014
David Letterman announces retirement
Politico, April 3, 2014
The changed politics of late-night tv
Politico, February 21, 2014
Rest Easy, Bill: After 4,000 Clinton Jokes, Leno’s Run Wraps Up
NPR, February 6, 2014
Sweet And Sour: The Media Decided Fructose Was Bad For America; But Science Had Second Thoughts
Forbes, February 6, 2014
Politics, Environmentalism Beating Out Science In Regulating Risk Say Experts
Forbes, December 19, 2013
Results of University Survey point to Ways Regulatory Chemical Analyses Could Improve
Bloomberg BNA, December 9, 2013
Arabic media’s view of President Obama
Politico, September 15, 2013
Comics look to Obama, Democrats for humor
Associated Press, August 5, 2013
Obama is now top late-night target
USA Today, August 5, 2013
Once Again, PolitiFact Struggles to Explain Data Showing They Treat GOP Unfairly
The Weekly Standard, May 31, 2013
How to use fact checkers? Ignore the conclusions
The Washington Post, May 29, 2013
Is PolitiFact biased against Republicans?
Washington Monthly, May 29, 2013
Study Finds Fact Checkers Biased Against Republicans
US News & World Report, May 29, 2013
PolitiFact Says Republicans Lie Three Times More Often Than Democrats, According To New Study
Mediaite, May 29, 2013
Study: Republicans are “the less credible party”
Salon, May 28, 2013
Scandals drown out Obama’s message on economy
Washington Times, May 14, 2013
Inside the Beltway: The Benghazi Narrative
Washington Times, May 13, 2013
Study: Media accepted Obama version of Benghazi attack
Washington Times, November 2, 2012
Late night talk-show hosts love lampooning Romney
Romenesko, October 31, 2012
Romney the biggest butt of late-night mockery
Washington Times, October 31, 2012
Obama wins ‘interruption debate’
USA Today, October 19, 2012
Obama wins title of debate Interrupter-in-Chief
Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2012
Was Lehrer weak or were Romney, Obama more aggressive in debate?
Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2012
Debate winner: Interruptions
Washington Post, October 5, 2012
Candidates cut off Lehrer 30 times
Politico, Ocotber 5, 2012
Special Report: Political Grapevine
FOX, January 19, 2012
Study: Late Night Jokes Targeted Republicans Over Democrats 3 To 1 In 2011, President Obama The Most
Huffington Post, January 4, 2012
Laughter Kills in the GOP Field
The Atlantic, January 4, 2012
Biggest Winners (Or Losers) in Late Night? GOP Candidates
Variety, January 3, 2012
GOP field running against the media
The Hill, November 28, 2011
Contenders do late night damage control
Variety, November 17, 2011
The Media’s Contentious Relationship With Presidents
On The Media, October 21, 2011
COMEDO-PUNDITS
The Washington Times, August 23, 2011
Diane Sawyer in the No Spin Zone
The O’Reilly Factor, June 2, 2011
Obama’s Media Advantage
The O’Reilly Factor, May 24, 2011
Too much royal wedding media coverage?
By Daniel Holloway, Washington Times, April 29, 2011
Is Donald Trump the first Google trends candidate?
USA Today, April 21, 2011
Obama’s Speech Bombs
The Daily Beast, April 6, 2011
Nuclear News Meltdown
By S. Robert Lichter,Reason, April 1, 2011
Don’t adjust your dial
By S. Robert Lichter, The Daily, March 21, 2011
Federal funding of public media under fire
USA Today, March 11, 2011
Public Broadcasting on the Firing Line
KTRH Radio, March 7, 2011
Do we live in a culture of violence?
Psychology Today, January 12, 2011
Jon Stewart’s Latest Act: Sept. 11 Responders Bill
NPR, December 26, 2010
A failure to communicate
The Daily Caller, October 29, 2010
Late-Night Comics Happy to Joke About Barack Obama
Associated Press, October 29, 2010
Robert Lichter on Stossel
FOX Business Network, October 28, 2010
Election Study: Evening News Teed Off With Politics
Forbes, October 27, 2010
Networks Diss Dems, Favor Tea Party
The Daily Beast, October 20, 2010
Dr. Robert Lichter on C-SPAN
C-SPAN, October 7, 2010
Media Notes: An International Star
The Washington Post, September 7, 2010
Inside the Beltway: Friends Elsewhere
The Washington Times, September 7, 2010
Stop The Fearmongering Over Cancer
Forbes, June 1, 2010
White House All – A – Twitter In Historic Healthcare Vote
Reuters, March 23, 2010
Obama’s honeymoon with media is history
The Washington Times, January 26, 2010
Honeymoon is History
The Washington Post, January 25, 2010
What Scientists Really Think About Global Warming
Forbes, December 19, 2009
At Fox, opinion taints the news
Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2009
Fox News: Fair and Balanced
Forbes, November 16, 2009
Another Fine Mess: Comics Whack Obama
New York Times, October 10, 2009
Obama’s overexposure on healthcare may be exaggerated
Reuters, September 20, 2009
Media Notes by Howard Kurtz – Back to Earth
The Washington Post, September 14, 2009
As White House Briefings Get Hotter, Gibbs and Press Play Game of Piñata
Fox News, September 2, 2009
Media Overstimulation
IBD Editorials, August 13, 2009
Analysis- White House faces questions on healthcare message
Reuters, July 31, 2009
Meditating on the Media
Donald Rieck, Ourblook, July 15, 2009
Swept by confusion: Twitter and the tide of revolution
Trevor Butterworth, Ourblook, July 6, 2009
Marketing ploy backfires on Post
The Washington Times, July 3, 2009
Death video, photos radiate as media, Internet go viral
The Washington Times, June 26, 2009
Palin Gag? Comedy’s All in the Mis-Timing
The Washington Post, June 16, 2009
Sarah Palin: Letterman owes women an apology
The Associated Press, June 12, 2009
Steady As He Goes
The Washington Post, May 29, 2009
Who’s Watching News Scorecards on Obama?
By The Associated Press
The New York Times, May 3, 2009
Obama telecast a TV sacrifice
The Washington Times, April 29, 2009
Boosting Obama
The Washington Post, April 27, 2009
Recession slams blue-collar workers
The Washington Times, March 26, 2009
Obama Does ‘Tonight Show,’ But Did He Strike the Right Tone?
FOX News, March 19, 2009
EDITORIAL: Obama’s reliance on teleprompters
The Washington Times, March 10, 2009
Gibbs Takes Off Gloves to Challenge Reporters, Hosts Who Cross Obama
FOX News, March 4, 2009
Pentagon Rethinks Photo Ban on Coffins Bearing War Dead
The Washington Post, February 17, 2009
Press’s affair with Obama hits bumps
The Washington Times, January 23, 2009
Networks prepare for inauguration
Variety, January 15, 2009
Inside Politics Weekend
The Washington Times, January 4, 2009
Politicians found late-night TV an asset in 2008
MSNBC, December 29, 2008
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Embedded in Iowa
The Washington Post – December 24, 2007
News Unlikely to Fill TV Strike Holes
Associated Press – December 23, 2007
Late-night political satire to return to TV within weeks Candidates free of jabs during writer’s strike
Boston Herald.com – December 21, 2007