WSJ echoed McCain's dubious defense of vote against Bush tax cuts
In an article on Sen. John McCain's economic proposals, The Wall Street Journal reported that McCain "famously opposed President Bush's tax cuts a few years ago, saying they would irresponsibly swell the budget deficit." But, while that is the reason McCain now gives for having previously opposed the tax cuts, it was not the reason he gave in a 2001 floor statement explaining his opposition, in which he criticized the tax cuts for disproportionately benefiting the wealthy. Read More
ABC's Gibson aired McCain's criticism of Obama, but did not mention Obama's response
On World News, Charles Gibson aired a clip of Sen. John McCain's remarks at the April 14 Associated Press Annual Meeting and Luncheon -- during which McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama for comments Obama made on April 6 -- but did not note that Obama responded to McCain's comments later that day at the same event. Read More
LA Times, NPR omitted FEC chair's assertion that McCain cannot withdraw from public funding without approval
Reporting on the DNC's lawsuit seeking to force the Federal Election Commission to rule on Sen. John McCain's withdrawal from the public financing system for the presidential primary, neither the Los Angeles Times nor NPR noted that FEC chairman David Mason has taken the position that McCain cannot opt out of public financing in the primary without FEC approval. Read More
CNN allowed Romney to "plug[]" McCain's "credentials on fiscal issues" without noting Romney's own previous attacks
Reports on CNN's American Morning and its Political Ticker blog quoted former Gov. Mitt Romney praising Sen. John McCain's "credentials on fiscal issues," but neither report noted that "questioning McCain's economic credentials was the centerpiece" of Romney's campaign during the Republican presidential primary in Florida. Read More
McCain: "I'm very pleased with the relationship that I've had with the media over many years"
On the April 16 edition of MSNBC Live, Andrea Mitchell asked Sen. John McCain, "What question would you like to see asked" of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at that night's Democratic presidential debate. McCain replied: "I'll leave that up to the media. And, frankly, I'm very pleased with the relationship that I've had with the media over many years." Read More
On MSNBC, A.B. Stoddard asserted that if McCain "did something even nakedly partisan now, we'd all have trouble seeing it that way"
The Hill's A.B. Stoddard asserted of Sen. John McCain: "[H]e is seen as so nonpartisan, someone who has bucked his party so many times, if he did something even nakedly partisan now, we'd all have trouble seeing it that way." In fact, McCain has reversed his positions on numerous issues to align himself more closely with his party's base. Read More
MSNBC "apologize[d]" for false claim that McCain's proposed gas tax holiday would mean a "20-percent cut" in prices
On the April 16 edition of MSNBC Live, host Contessa Brewer said, "We want to clarify something that we first told you about yesterday on MSNBC about [Sen.] John McCain's proposal to suspend federal gas taxes for the summer. That move would mean a nearly 20 cent cut in prices. Yesterday, someone mistakenly said 20-percent cut. We apologize for the confusion." Read More
Despite noting "flak" McCain got "for sort of flip-flopping and trying to court the right," John Harwood asserted that "maverick brand is intact"
On Morning Joe, John Harwood asserted that Sen. John McCain's speech on the economy "trying to go after ... corporate greed" demonstrated that his "maverick brand is intact," and that "this is a guy who has established a brand for himself that has endured ... despite that phase in 2007 when he was getting a lot of flak for sort of flip-flopping and trying to court the right." However, The Washington Post reported that "tax cuts, mostly for corporations and wealthy individuals, remain the centerpiece of McCain's economic agenda." Read More
Matthews: Jewish voters "have one key concern," Israel; "[I]f you're African-American ... [y]ou care about certain programs of the federal government"
Discussing "the Catholic vote" on Hardball, Chris Matthews said: "It isn't like a vote like, for example, if you're a Jewish voter probably you care about Israel, that's a safe bet. You have one key concern. ... But clearly, if you're African-American, you care about civil rights. You care about certain programs of the federal government. That's a generalization, but probably true." Read More
NBC's O'Donnell uncritically aired McCain's misleading claim that Clinton and Obama are "going to raise your taxes by thousands of dollars a year"
In a report on Sen. John McCain's economic speech, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell aired a clip of McCain saying of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama: "They're going to raise your taxes by thousands of dollars a year." However, O'Donnell did not note that Clinton and Obama have proposed tax cuts for middle- and low-income Americans. Read More
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