‘In the Doghouse’ Archive

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This archive contains many entries from our long-running "In the Doghouse" feature that incorporated analysis of mainstream media into The NewStandard's daily coverage. Older entries are from the pre-Doghouse era, when we used the staff blog for analytical observations. Still more such pieces can be found by searching for "doghouse" in the "In Other News..." Archive index.

NY Times: U.S. Troops Good, Iraqi Troops Bad (April 23, 2007)

Independent Waxes Pseudo-Scientific About Bees, Cellphones (April 17, 2007)

CNN Plays Military Mouthpiece on Iran Claims (April 13, 2007)

NY Times Smoothes Over ‘Toll of War’ (April 13, 2007)

The Times Falls Short on Florida Felons (April 11, 2007)

AP Gives Different Treatment to Captives' Ordeals (April 9, 2007)

AFP Tells One Side of China Unionization Story (April 6, 2007)

NY Times Ignores U.S. Affect on Sunni Neighborhood (March 27, 2007)

'The Hill' Wants Us to Know the GOP Dislikes CAIR (March 14, 2007)

Reuters regurgitates cherry-picked Gitmo transcripts (March 14, 2007)

Reuters Checks in on 'Axis of Evil' (March 5, 2007)

AP Misses Scoop on Pig Poop (February 22, 2007)

ABC Hands Cheney the Mic (February 22, 2007)

BBC Sources Self in Story About U.S. Iran War Plans (February 19, 2007)

WaPo, NYT Bury Military Chief’s Undermining of Iran Claims (February 13, 2007)

Corporate Media Tramples Own Sourcing Rules on Iran Claims (February 13, 2007)

The ‘Independent’ cuddles up to Israeli sources (February 8, 2007)

NY Times finds odd balance in Mexico border story (February 8, 2007)

LA Times excuses Colombian, U.S. complicity in dirty war (February 8, 2007)

Bush Seizes Powers While Media Fixates on Chavez (February 1, 2007)

NPR Eulogizes ‘Barbaro’, Ignores Barbarism (January 30, 2007)

More than a Number (January 26, 2007)

NPR Gets Visionless on Healthcare Reform (January 26, 2007)

AFP Loans U.S. Credit on Iran Claims (January 25, 2007)

AP Finally Allows Criticism of U.S. Hypocrisy on Space Race (January 25, 2007)

Miami El Nuevo Herald Erases U.S.-Noriega History (January 24, 2007)

LA Times Cheers Cops in ‘Black Panther’ ‘Cop Killer’ Arrests (January 23, 2007)

AP Parrots U.S. Military Horn of Africa Program (January 22, 2007)

BBC Overlooks U.S. Hypocrisy on China ‘Space Weapon’ (January 18, 2007)

NY Times freezes workers out of citrus-crop coverage (January 17, 2007)

Reuters takes cheap shot at Cuban healthcare system (January 16, 2007)

Reuters, Guardian Certify ‘Botched’ Hanging (January 15, 2007)

Telegraph Calls Iraqi Rebels 'Terrorists' (January 14, 2007)

WaPo Dances Around Decent Medicare Story (January 14, 2007)

London Times relays China’s ‘admission’ of fear (January 9, 2007)

Press portends to know military’s ‘beliefs’ re Somalia (January 9, 2007)

AP cheers 'wolf fighter' (January 8, 2007)

Wires, cable news nets report nutty prophecy (January 3, 2007)

Media ignore poll showing troops don't want 'surge' (January 2, 2007)

Times downplays French homelessness (January 2, 2007)

Media Coverage of Right vs. Islamic 'Terrorism' (December 8, 2006)

Project Censored report-back (November 6, 2006)

Who Studied DuPont’s Study? (October 22, 2006)

More coverage of prisoner rape (August 21, 2006)

Taking on The Times, Again (June 28, 2006)

CNN Perfumes 'Hadji Girl' Video (June 15, 2006)

Time for Truthout to Burn Sources on Alleged Rove 'Indictment'? (June 14, 2006)

The Silent Treatment (June 6, 2006)

The Appearance of Elitism (May 8, 2006)

The NewStandard as Project Uncensored (March 15, 2006)

How Liberal Editors Think About Death (March 12, 2006)

Covering the Government's Empty Promises on Torture (March 3, 2006)

Cartoonist Mikhaela Reid on Muhammad cartoon controversy (February 19, 2006)

This Just In: Corporate Media Standards Scrape Bottom (January 4, 2006)

UPI stretches to excuse Bush wiretaps (December 28, 2005)

Jordan Bombings Highlight Ridiculous Corporate News 'Habits' (November 13, 2005)

The Jimmy Massey Controversy: Should TNS Retract or Correct? (November 13, 2005)

NY Times Picks Up on 'Camp Amtrak' Story (October 14, 2005)

New Orleans: Two Tales of One Police Department (October 12, 2005)

Why We Refused to Spread Lies About Black People After Katrina (October 2, 2005)

And the Worst Reportage Award Goes to... (September 22, 2005)

Racism, Nationalism and the 'Refugees' Debate (September 11, 2005)

Failure to Note Failure in Iraq (August 23, 2005)

Institutionalizing Biased War Reporting (July 17, 2005)

Good Reporting Gone Bad: The Observer on Iraq Torture (July 6, 2005)

NPR: Pledging Allegiance (May 24, 2005)

NPR: Testing the Limits of Corporate Advocacy Journalism (May 10, 2005)

Google News Looks to Favor Corporate Media (May 1, 2005)

Christian Terrorists, Abortion and Manifestos (April 26, 2005)

Returning to the Scene of the Crime (April 26, 2005)

By Way of Comparison (April 22, 2005)

Bob Novak: The Missing Fink (February 19, 2005)

Thank Goodness the Media is Looking Out for Us! (January 20, 2005)

Don't Believe the Denials (December 21, 2004)

Mercy (December 10, 2004)

Covering (Up) Executions in Fallujah (November 16, 2004)

More Bloodthirsty Fallujah Cheerleading on CNN (November 13, 2004)

CNN Cheers Fallujah Invasion (Live) (November 7, 2004)

Reckless Reporting in Arizona (September 28, 2004)

Why is Democracy Now! giving open play to the RNC speeches? (September 2, 2004)

Media Pleads Case for U.S. Soldier Accused of Murder (August 1, 2004)