On O'Reilly, Bernstein vs. Bernstein vs. Bernstein
In a discussion on the June 5 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor of his book, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton (Random House, June 2007), author Carl Bernstein, in the span of a few seconds, gave virtually every possible answer to host Bill O'Reilly's initial question about whether Clinton had broken the law. First, Bernstein said simply, "Yes," but then gave the following contradictory statements in response to follow-up questions by O'Reilly: "She broke the law if, indeed, she perjured herself," and "No. The special prosecutor determined that she did not." After Bernstein stated: "Let me be really straightforward. I don't think she broke the law. I think there was a time that she did not tell the truth," O'Reilly asked, "Under oath?" Bernstein replied, "You know, I wasn't in the room." Read more
Politico's Obama coverage marred by inaccuracies, misleading reporting, and baseless allegations
The Politico launched in January with the stated goal of "covering the politics of Capitol Hill and of the presidential campaign, and the business of Washington lobbying and advocacy with enterprise, style, and impact." Its coverage of Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) presidential campaign, however, has been marred by factual inaccuracies, misleading reporting, and baseless allegations: In less than five months, The Politico has wrongly suggested that Obama flip-flopped on the origin of his name, branded him a "rookie" for making "mistakes" they acknowledge are "trivial," baselessly suggested he borrowed rhetoric from former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), wrongly claimed that he changed his position on health care mandates and flip-flopped on whether President Bush has made us "safer," diagnosed him with a "Jewish problem," and allowed a "Republican strategist working on the 2008 presidential race" to attack Obama anonymously. Read more
O'Reilly cropped Edwards' statement on terror in order to claim "Edwards looks dopey"
On the June 4 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, discussing former Sen. John Edwards' (D-NC) response to a question from moderator Wolf Blitzer during the June 3 Democratic presidential debate, host Bill O'Reilly aired a clip of Edwards saying: "What this global war on terror bumper sticker -- a political slogan, that's all it is, all it's ever been -- was intended to do was for George Bush to use it to justify everything he does." O'Reilly commented: "The good news here is that most Americans in both parties understand that Muslim extremists want to kill us and will if they get the chance. So John Edwards looks dopey." In fact, just before making that statement, Edwards stressed the threat of terrorism and discussed his strategy for preventing it, telling Blitzer: "As president of the United States, I will do absolutely everything to find terrorists where they are, to stop them before they can do harm to us, before they can do harm to America or to its allies. Every tool available -- military alliances, intelligence -- I will use." Read more
UPDATED: Fox News' African-American elected official mix-up not its first
On The Live Desk, Fox News showed footage of Rep. John Conyers while Brian Wilson reported on the expected indictment of Rep. William Jefferson. This is not the first time Fox News has shown footage of one African-American elected official while discussing another -- in the previous case, airing footage of Harold Ford Jr. while talking about Sen. Barack Obama. Read more
Wash. Post's Birnbaum: Jefferson indictment balances out multiple GOP convictions, indictments, investigations
On Fox News, Jeffrey Birnbaum asserted that the indictment of Rep. William Jefferson "makes the allegations of corruption bipartisan." However, at least nine Republican members of Congress and Bush administration officials have been indicted or pleaded guilty to criminal charges. Read more
John Gibson put Media Matters "on notice," refuses to correct falsehood about funding
On the June 5 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, Fox News host John Gibson said he was putting one of his "groups of enemies on notice" after receiving a "demand[] for a retraction" from Media Matters for America. Gibson said that "they are complaining that I said something about them which isn't true, which was that, basically, it was a front for [Sen.] Hillary [Rodham Clinton (D-NY)]." As Media Matters noted, Gibson falsely stated on his June 1 radio show that Media Matters was "invented" and "funded" by "the Hillary Clinton campaign." Read more
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