David Freddoso on How the Liberal Media Helped Re-Elect Obama

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  March 27th at 08:59 AM  | 

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Allysen Efferson are joined by by David Freddoso to discuss his new book Spin Masters, how the liberal media ignored stories like Benghazi and pushed the “War on Women” to help re-elect Barack Obama.

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Spin Masters

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  February 17th at 11:55 AM  | 

I’ve been catching up on my reading of late. One book I’ve been making my way through in detail and contributed a quote on behalf of for publication is David Freddoso’s Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama published by RedState’s sister company, Regnery Publishing. It’s the book that needed to be written about 2012. A conservative criticism | Read More »

Dave Weigel and the Washington Post: A case of false pretenses?

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  June 25th at 06:33 PM  | 

When the Washington Post hired bloggers Greg Sargent and Ezra Klein, it appeared the paper was inclined to invest heavily in its web presence — and prepared to shift its online editorial slant further leftward. To offset what many saw as a disproportionate coverage of Democratic politics, the paper announced months later it had hired Dave Weigel to cover Republican intra-party politics. Sargent, whose muckraking | Read More »