Lobbying and the media in the U.S.

The videos speak for themselves.

When an act of courteousness leads to being branded ‘the lecher of the free world’.

The Daily Mail printed a picture in which “Barack Obama was caught out yesterday in a leer worthy of his Italian counterpart Mr Berlusconi” (see bottom story on this page). Only he was not. Barack Obama was in fact being courteous as the first 63 second of the below video demonstrates.

For another example of The Daily Mail’s penchant for making things up see Eric The Fish: King of the Sea’s look at The Mail’s apology for making up that somebody that they do not like is a supporter of Al Qaeda and radical cleric Abu Qatada.

Media Matters - five years old today

Media Matters for America, a non-profit organisation dedicated to scrutinising the media, is five years old today. It is fair to suggest that they have made a few enemies along the way …

For an example of the kind of thing they do, here is a compilation of Fox news’ coverage of the first 100 days of Obama’s presidency.

For more, see their website & youtube profile.