On Morning Joe, Quinn repeated claim that Clinton and Silda Wall Spitzer stand beside their husbands because "they don't want to lose that power"
Discussing the scandal involving New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and why "wives go out and stand beside their husbands," The Washington Post's Sally Quinn said on MSNBC's Morning Joe: "The only thing I can think of is that women who are married to these powerful men have -- the power that they have is derivative. They get their power from their men and their status and that they don't want to lose that power." Read More
Schlessinger again blamed wives for their husbands' behavior
On Hannity & Colmes, responding to criticism of remarks she made on Today, including, "[W]hen the wife does not focus in on the needs and the feelings, sexually, personally, to make him feel like a man ... he's very susceptible to the charm of some other woman making him feel what he needs. And these days, women don't spend a lot of time thinking about how they can give their men what they need," Laura Schlessinger reiterated that wives of "most men who cheat" "haven't been respecting" their husbands. Read More
Margaret Carlson falsely claimed, "Everyone responsible for bringing peace to Northern Ireland is on the record saying [Clinton's] claim to involvement there is complete fiction"
Margaret Carlson falsely claimed of Sen. Hillary Clinton, "Everyone responsible for bringing peace to Northern Ireland is on the record saying her claim to involvement there is complete fiction." In fact, several figures involved in "bringing peace to Northern Ireland" -- including former Sen. George Mitchell, U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland and former Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume -- have reportedly stated that Clinton played a role in the peace process. Read More
When will Fox News ask Rove about his reported role in "informally advising" McCain?
Despite discussing on The O'Reilly Factor how Sen. John McCain should run against Sen. Barack Obama if he is the Democratic nominee, neither Karl Rove nor host Bill O'Reilly addressed Rove's reported role in "informally advising" McCain's campaign. Further, Rove did not disclose that he has reportedly given $2,300 to McCain's campaign. Read More
Contradicting polling, Dobbs claimed "illegal immigration" is among "the top three issues for American voters in both political parties"
Lou Dobbs claimed on his radio show that "illegal immigration" is among "the top three issues for American voters in both political parties." In fact, no recent polls support Dobbs' assertion that "voters in both political parties" consider illegal immigration "one of the top three issues," although some polls indicate that immigration is among the top issues for Republican voters. Read More
Time cited Mitchell in purporting to examine Clinton's role in Northern Ireland peace process, but not Mitchell's affirmation of Clinton's statements
A Time magazine article claimed that "several diplomatic sources" who worked on the Northern Ireland peace talks "say that the women's groups" with whom Hillary Clinton engaged during the process "were not nearly as pivotal to the process as Hillary's backers maintain" and that former Sen. George Mitchell was "much more involved in those efforts." But the article failed to mention that Mitchell has said that Clinton's statements regarding her role in the peace process "are generally accurate to the extent that they have been relayed to me." Read More
ABC's Ross reported Wright's 9-11 remarks -- but not that Obama disavowed them
On Good Morning America, ABC's Brian Ross reported on a 2001 sermon by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of Sen. Barack Obama's church, in which Wright made controversial remarks regarding the 9-11 terrorist attacks. While Ross noted that Obama has said that Wright is "like an old uncle, who sometimes says things I don't agree with," at no point did Ross report that Obama has specifically disagreed with Wright's 9-11 remarks. Read More
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