Gannett News Service reported that McCain's ad "characterized the Democrats as proposing to tax the country out of its economic woes," but not that that is false
A Gannett News Service analysis reported on Sen. John McCain's response to television ads by Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign that criticized McCain "for being AWOL on the nation's economic challenges," stating: "McCain immediately fired back in videos ... that characterized the Democrats as proposing to tax the country out of its economic woes." However, the piece did not mention that the key assertion in McCain's ad is false. Read More
CNN, WSJ reported on McCain's Al Qaeda question without noting error
CNN's The Situation Room and a Wall Street Journal article both noted that, during a Senate hearing, Sen. John McCain asked Gen. David H. Petraeus about whether Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQ-I) is a "major threat," without also noting that McCain went on to ask of Al Qaeda in Iraq: "Certainly not an obscure sect of -- of the Shiites all -- overall?" In fact, AQ-I is a Sunni Muslim, not Shiite, group. Read More
On Today, Russert, Mitchell, and Lauer highlight Clinton's tax returns, don't mention McCain's
On Today, Matt Lauer, Tim Russert, and Andrea Mitchell discussed Bill and Hillary Clinton's tax returns, speculating about, in Lauer's words, the "actual impact" the returns will have on "those so-called blue-collar workers that are so much a part of her base." They did not mention that Sen. John McCain has yet to release his tax returns, nor did they speculate as to what impact McCain's family's wealth would have on his ability to connect with "blue-collar workers." Read More
During all-GOP Fox News panel, Fleischer touted "stature gap," McCain as "look[ing] like he is best prepared to be commander in chief"
During a panel discussion on America's Election HQ that included two former Bush administration officials but no progressives or Democrats, Ari Fleischer said Sen. John McCain's questioning of Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker showed "he had the best intuitive understanding of the issues." But no participant in the discussion noted that during his questioning of Petraeus, McCain asked of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQ-I): "Certainly not an obscure sect of -- of the Shiites all -- overall?" In fact, AQ-I is a Sunni Muslim, not Shiite, group. Read More
Discussing poll, Dick Morris claimed "weak[]" Obama won "female" virtues while McCain won "male" virtues
Discussing the results of a USA Today/Gallup poll in a column posted on The Hill's website on April 8, Fox News contributor Dick Morris wrote: "So [Sen. Barack] Obama won the traditional Democratic (and female) virtues of understanding problems and caring about people. [Sen. John] McCain won the usual Republican (and male) virtues of strong leadership and efficient management." In the column, headlined "Obama's weakness is weakness," Morris noted that based on the results of the poll, a higher percentage of respondents thought Obama "[c]ares about the needs of people like you," "[s]hares your values," and "[u]nderstands the problems Americans face in their daily lives," while a higher percentage of respondents thought McCain "[i]s a strong, decisive leader," "[i]s honest and trustworthy," and "[c]an manage the government efficiently" (the poll uses the word "effectively"). Morris is therefore making the following assertions: the qualities of strength, decisiveness, and efficiency are male and Republican; the qualities in which Obama outpolls McCain are female and Democratic; Obama is "weak[]"; and women are weak. Read More
On Morning Joe, Bernard Goldberg falsely claimed Clinton and Obama "didn't condemn" MoveOn ad
Author and Fox News contributor Bernard Goldberg falsely claimed on MSNBC's Morning Joe that Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton "didn't condemn" an ad that referred to Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us." In fact, Obama and Clinton voted for an amendment that condemned the ad. Read More
Matthews on Obama's and Clinton's bowling: "Maybe that tells you something about the Democratic Party"
After playing a clip of Sen. Hillary Clinton bowling on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Chris Matthews asserted, "Well, it looks like bowlers won't have a champion in the race at all. I'm actually surprised by the fact that neither [Sen.] Barack [Obama] or Hillary have bowled much in their lives. Maybe that tells you something about the Democratic Party." Read More
Scarborough trots out the most-Americans-don't-know-the
-difference defense of McCain's Sunni-Shiite "confus[ion]'
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough defended Sen. John McCain's apparent conflation of Sunni and Shiite Muslims, saying: "The thing is, everybody is obsessing over the fact that he keeps confusing Sunni and Shia. The fact is, I -- you know what? I could start peppering people with questions about Sunnis and Shia and Kurds, and the relationships there, and 99 percent of Americans wouldn't know; 99 percent of Americans wouldn't give a damn." Read More
Time's Newton-Small purported to examine controversy over McCain's 100-years comment, but failed to mention his inconsistency
Referencing Sen. John McCain's comment that he would "be fine" with a Korea-like U.S. troop presence in Iraq, Time's Jay Newton-Small claimed the McCain campaign is "[f]earing a Kerry-esque I-actually-voted-for-it-before-I-voted-against-it moment." But Newton-Small did not note that McCain has, in fact, flip-flopped on the issue, having previously dismissed the idea of a Korea-like U.S. troop presence in Iraq in November 2007. Read More
700 Club's Robertson: "Islam is not a religion, it is a political system ... bent on world domination"
On The 700 Club, Pat Robertson said of Islam: "I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion, it is a political system meant on -- bent on world domination, not a religion. It masquerades as a religion, but the religion covers a worldwide attempt to exercise power and to subjugate the world to their way of thinking." Read More
CNN's Blitzer asserted Petraeus and Crocker are not "political appointees" -- but Bush appointed both to current positions
On The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer said: "General [David] Petraeus is a career military officer. Ambassador [Ryan] Crocker is a career diplomat, a foreign service officer. It's not as if they're political appointees by the Bush administration in which they can sort of, you know, roll up their sleeves and really go after them." In fact, both Petraeus and Crocker were nominated for their current positions by President Bush. Read More
Fox's E.D. Hill falsely claimed that "U.N. meteorologists" say "the planet may actually cool off for the 10th year in a row"
On America's Pulse, host E.D. Hill falsely claimed, in a teaser for an upcoming segment, that "the U.N. says the planet may actually cool off for the 10th year in a row." Hill later asserted: "U.N. meteorologists now saying that we could have, for the 10th year in a row, a colder year, temperatures ... decreasing, not warming, getting colder." In fact, global mean temperatures, as measured in two widely used data sets, have not decreased in each of the past 10 years; further, according to those data sets' producers, the data continue to show a long-term warming trend. Read More
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