Friday, February 04, 2005

Media Matters Action Alert for 02/04/05

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  • Tony Blankley -- who described Soros as "a Jew who figured out a way to survive the Holocaust" -- to co-host LA's Left, Right & Center radio show

  • Distorting FDR: Bennett and Hume claimed father of Social Security system wanted privatization

  • Echoing Bush, conservatives claimed Social Security trust fund is a "myth"

  • Mimicking RNC "research brief," Hume used out-of-context quote to discredit Reid on Social Security

  • CNN economics correspondent wrong again on Social Security

  • CNN's Woodruff: "I think we're ready to hire Karl Rove right now."

  • In State of the Union coverage, media adopted term "personal accounts"

  • CNN's Bash vastly overstated projected return on Social Security private accounts

  • NBC's Brian Williams let McCain falsely claim that Social Security trust fund will have "no money at all left" in 15 years

  • Republicans dominated 11-2 in MSNBC's State of the Union coverage

  • Coulter: "Isn't it great to see Muslims celebrating something other than the slaughter of Americans?"

  • FOX's Wilson's bewilderment at Democrats' pre-speech reaction rings hollow

  • Barnes contradicted himself to defend Bush's aversion to "privatization"

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