As the weather heats up, right-wing media have doubled down on chicanery and nonsense. But there’s been plenty of good material from this week debunking that deceit, and some of the best of it is below.John Whitehouse Twitter: @existentialfish
Fox News: Fairly Unbalanced
![]() How did cable news cover competing congressional hearings, one on the IRS controversy and another on the epidemic of sexual assault in the military? MSNBC gave each roughly equal coverage. CNN covered them both briefly, while Fox dedicated hours of coverage to the IRS controversy – and largely ignored the sexual assault hearing. http://mm4a.org/18Oyhpn
Related: Five IRS Controversy Falsehoods Manufactured By Right-Wing Media
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![]() The Daily Caller‘s Neil Munro is most known for when he shouted at President Obama in the middle of a press conference. Now, Munro is arguing that depression is not worthy of medical treatment. In a must read, Jesse Berney at Salon takes apart Munro’s myopic argument and honestly discusses his own bouts with depression. http://bit.ly/ZvbHzr
Related: Libertarian Columnist Timothy Carney Is In Way Over His Head by Jonathan Chait at NY Mag.
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Petty In Pink
![]() Please do not take parenting advice lessons from Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly is now saying that if your son likes the color pink, “you might have to send him to camp.” Carlos Maza explains how forcibly inflicting strict gender norms risks serious emotional and physical damage. http://mm4a.org/13DmsPM
Related: Fox Host Admits He’s “Being Mean To Poor People”
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![]() If you haven’t seen Fox’s Megyn Kelly tear into her male Fox colleagues for their misogynistic comments on female breadwinners, make time now. http://mm4a.org/15kACqG
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CALLING OUT OBSTRUCTIONISM
![]() Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will reportedly institute filibuster reform in July. The prospect of an end to obstructionism has right-wing media frantically throwing arguments at the wall: http://mm4a.org/ZvikBD
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How Right-Wing Figures Talk About Science
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