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Diary of a sex slave: The San Francisco Chronicle offers all the gory details on the dark side of the city's sex trade. But what's to be done about it?; Carol Lloyd Oct 12, 2006
Making Bush tell the truth about Iraq: The media has to be tougher on the president's tendency to dissemble about his policies, and then again when he's caught -- especially when it comes to war.; By Brendan Nyhan Nov 8, 2002
Fools rush in: More false starts in the race to demonize Daschle.; By Brendan Nyhan Oct 15, 2002
Post mortem: A look at the Washington Post story that launched a week of partisan fury.; By Brendan Nyhan Sep 28, 2002
The "A" bomb: Enraged Bush supporters are calling opponents of his Iraq war "appeasers." But even George Will knows that's a disgraceful smear.; By Ben Fritz Sep 26, 2002
The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie, cont'd.: Blaming the NEA for preaching tolerance toward al-Qaida is too much fun for conservatives to stop. Even if it isn't true.; By Brendan Nyhan Sep 18, 2002
A case of mistaken distortion: A GOP powerhouse is forced to disavow a radio ad, aimed at African-Americans, that compares Social Security to "reverse reparations."; By Ben Fritz Sep 13, 2002
The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie: How the conservative Washington Times helped create a myth about the teachers' union and Sept. 11 that has become conventional wisdom.; By Brendan Nyhan Sep 5, 2002
Cooking up a conspiracy: Bob Novak's phony conspiracy -- that Clinton "cooked the books" on the U.S. economy -- falls apart on scrutiny.; By Bryan Keefer Aug 20, 2002
Spinsanity: A Bush budget man admits his mistake. But Robert Novak embraces it.; By Brendan Nyhan Aug 8, 2002
The patriot patrol strikes again!: Questioning a possible war with Iraq is equated with supporting Saddam.; By Bryan Keefer Aug 6, 2002
Antisocial security: Republicans who argue that savings accounts can save Social Security are hiding the risks -- and the true costs.; By Ben Fritz Aug 3, 2002
Ignore, ignore, ignore: White House staffers underestimated the cost of the Bush tax cut. Why can't they just admit it?; By Brendan Nyhan Aug 1, 2002
A political bull market: Amid Wall Street chaos, journalists and politicians try to pin specious blame on their foes.; By Brendan Nyhan Jul 27, 2002
Senate haggles over Rx proposals: By Janelle Carter Jul 24, 2002
Looking for a silver lining: Republicans: Democrats want the economy to fail! Democrats: Republicans made it fail! They're both wrong.; By Ben Fritz Jul 23, 2002
Throwing the book at her: The bias Ann Coulter documents best may be her own.; By Bryan Keefer Jul 13, 2002
WorldCom blame game: Did a Republican "climate" or Democratic "tone" cause corporate malfeasance?; By Brendan Nyhan Jul 4, 2002
Foul cry: When media watchdogs like FAIR and MRC complain about bias, they often only reveal their own.; By Ben Fritz Jul 1, 2002
Losing the "trifecta": The president tries to defend his deficit spending through a little campaign revisionism.; By Brendan Nyhan Jun 18, 2002
When buzzwords go bad: Stung by Demo attacks, Republicans suddenly deny they want to "privatize" Social Security. Ah, what a difference a few thousand points on the NASDAQ makes!; By Ben Fritz Jun 11, 2002
Daschle's bogus low "approval rating": The Republican National Committee does a partisan hatchet job on Tom Daschle -- and has the chutzpah to call it a "job performance rating."; By Ben Fritz May 30, 2002
Axing the tough questions: The White House -- aided by its pundit allies -- bullies its way out of trouble.; By Brendan Nyhan May 21, 2002
Hijacking the issue: A scandal hits and the spinning ensues, from Trent Lott, Robert Novak, Laura Bush -- and even Salon.; By Ben Fritz May 18, 2002
Do as I say: Crybaby Republicans on judicial holdups: It's not fair!; By Bryan Keefer May 14, 2002

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