Ignoring McCain's own votes, media again air McCain campaign attacks on Obama over funding for war, veterans
Fox News and the Los Angeles Times uncritically reported attacks by Sen. John McCain's campaign on Sen. Barack Obama for voting against an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which also included provisions for veterans, without noting that McCain also voted against legislation that would have funded troops in the field and care for veterans. Read More
Wash. Post, Special Report reported Hagee's apology to Catholics, without noting his other smears
In reports about televangelist John Hagee's apology for his anti-Catholic remarks, neither The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear nor Fox News' Brit Hume mentioned that Hagee -- whose endorsement Sen. John McCain has acknowledged seeking -- also has made controversial statements about women, race, homosexuality, and Islam. Read More
CNN political contributor and reported McCain campaign adviser Castellanos suggested Clinton would poison Obama
A week after echoing the myth invoked by the Bush administration that there was a link between the September 11 attacks and Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Republican media consultant and CNN political contributor Alex Castellanos stated that if Sen. Hillary Clinton were Sen. Barack Obama's vice president, "I think Barack Obama would have to hire a food tester." Read More
On MSNBC Live, Brewer did not note that McCain acknowledged soliciting Hagee's endorsement
While discussing John Hagee's apology for his controversial remarks concerning the Catholic Church, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer stated that Sen. John McCain "has pointed out" that Hagee was not his personal pastor for 20 years, "and says, 'Look, I'm not going to repudiate the endorsement of this man. I don't like the comments that he made, but I'll take his endorsement if he wants to give it.' " However, Brewer did not mention that McCain has admitted that he sought Hagee's endorsement. Read More
Fox News' Kelly left unchallenged Lieberman's assertion that McCain "accepted" Hagee's endorsement -- he actively sought it
On America's Election HQ, Megyn Kelly hosted Sen. Joe Lieberman in a discussion about the apology made by Rev. John Hagee, a supporter of Sen. John McCain, over controversial comments he made concerning the Catholic Church. But Kelly did not challenge Lieberman's suggestion that McCain merely accepted Hagee's endorsement, and Kelly made no mention of McCain's acknowledgment that he actually sought Hagee's endorsement.
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Matthews on Obama shooting pool: "[I]t's not what most people play. People with money play pool these days"
On Hardball, Chris Matthews said of Sen. Barack Obama: "I think, being an African-American, it's all the more important to get in there and show who you are, introduce yourself as a person, not as an identity group, but as a human being, and connect with people. I think that's still going to be his challenge." Matthews then stated: "Playing pool, not a bad start, but it's not what most people play. People with money play pool these days." Matthews added: "The guys who have pool rooms in their house in the basement. You know what those tables cost?" Read More
Claiming McCain "tangled with conservatives before" on taxes and immigration, Shuster didn't note reversals
In a Hardball report on Sen. John McCain's position on the environment, MSNBC's David Shuster pointed to "taxes" and "immigration" as evidence that McCain has "tangled with conservatives before." But Shuster did not report that McCain has since embraced conservative positions on both of those issues, now supporting the permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts and saying that he would no longer support his own immigration bill if it came up for a vote in the Senate. Read More
Hannity, Rove revive false claims about Obama statement concerning Pakistan
On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said he would "maybe invade an ally like Pakistan." In fact, during an August 2007 speech, Obama did not say he would "invade an ally like Pakistan"; rather, Obama stated: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and [Pakistani] President [Pervez] Musharraf won't act, we will." Read More
Wash. Post's Weisman, Shear repeated GOP's false claim about Obama and Israel without providing context showing it was false
The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman and Michael D. Shear wrote that "Republican surrogates" trying to portray Sen. Barack Obama as "anti-Israel ... pluck[ed] one sentence out of an extended interview with the Atlantic Monthly to accuse him of calling Israel 'a constant sore' that infects U.S. foreign policy." However, Weisman and Shear did not provide the context of Obama's "constant sore" remark to show that the GOP's attack is false. Read More
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