“News media” on The Daily Caller

ATHENS, Ohio — Fox News Channel’s chairman and CEO Roger Ailes lambasted his critics, praised his competitors and preached his principles Monday evening at Ohio University. (more)

A Reuters poll released Tuesday bucked recent trends and showed President Barack Obama ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by seven points. The poll, however, appears to have over-sampled Democrats by a wide margin, skewing the results in the president’s favor. (more)

“The Five” co-host Eric Bolling belittled Politico Thursday in reaction to an article about the interactions between Republican lawmakers and Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. (more)

Fox News is in the process of inking new deals worth millions of dollars with primetime hosts Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity, a spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Caller Wednesday. (more)

The Reno Police Department contends that it was slandered in recent reports about an American Civil Liberties Union investigation into illegal police cellphone-tracking practices, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

WASHINGTON — Liberal talk show radio host Bill Press spoke in Washington, D.C. about how liberals are “at a big disadvantage” when it comes to getting their message out because of the political “imbalance in the media today.” (more)

After facing down more than a month of tough reporting, David Brock’s Media Matters for America still has nothing to say for itself. The progressive messaging group has all but clammed up about its internal turmoil under a constant barrage of scrutiny from conservatives and liberals alike. (more)

Former MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan said in an interview with The Daily Caller that he regrets the cable network took him off the air “but it’s over and you move on.” (more)

The Operation Fast and Furious scandal is one that the establishment media refuses to cover fully, conservative media icon Andrew Breitbart said in a recent interview with The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas. (more)

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About a year ago, the organization Media Matters For America gave Politico reporter Ben Smith a 2010 planning memo for a profile he was writing on the liberal advocacy group. (more)

First Rick Sanchez and now Roland Martin? (more)

Looking to reduce costs as it continues to grapple with a changing media landscape and challenging economy, the Chicago Tribune told employees Monday it will offer an undisclosed number of voluntary buyouts in the newsroom. (more)

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney is running for president as a Republican, but his recent media strategy includes granting exclusive interviews to news outlets that cater to a liberal audience. (more)

New independent circulation numbers show a sharp decline in readership of Politico and other left-leaning news websites, an ominous trend for the suburban Virginia-based news outlet and its peers as Americans head into an election year. (more)

At a Dec. 7 forum held by the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington, D.C., Daily Caller reporters asked Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann if she had any comments about a video that recently went viral, showing a child asking her a question. (more)

BOONE, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says the media continues to write his candidacy off even though he’s polling in the top tier in this state. (more)

Internet traffic and Web search measurement tools from several sources indicate that despite massive promotion efforts on MSNBC and in other venues, Politico.com is rapidly losing readers, especially outside of Washington, D.C. (more)

Has MSNBC opened a bureau in Arlington, Virginia? (more)