Matthews says Obama's six-point lead is "almost ... negligible" after suggesting a six-point lead for McCain among suburban white women is significant
Discussing a Washington Post/ABC News poll, Chris Matthews characterized Sen. Barack Obama's six-point lead over Sen. John McCain as "almost ... negligible" a day after he falsely suggested -- for the second time -- that McCain's six-point lead over Obama among white suburban women in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll was statistically significant. Read More
USA Today uncritically quoted McCain campaign saying that decision not to opt out of public financing was about "keeping his word to the American people"
A USA Today article quoted Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for Sen. John McCain, who said, "Unlike Barack Obama, John McCain believes in keeping his word to the American people, and he will undergo public financing for the general election." But the article did not note that while the McCain campaign, through Bounds, now says McCain will not opt out of public financing because he is "keeping his word to the American people," McCain himself previously indicated that his decision over whether to take public financing if Obama opted out would depend not on "keeping his word" but on whether it would be financially prudent to do so. Indeed, McCain senior adviser Charlie Black reportedly said, "We could sit down in July or August and say, 'Hey, we're raising a lot of money and maybe we should forgo it.' ... We don't have enough data." Read More
Wash. Post ignored attack ads on Obama, asserting, "To date, no conservative 527 groups have materialized"
In a June 20 article, The Washington Post reported that "[t]o date, no conservative 527 groups have materialized" to oppose Sen. Barack Obama. The day before, washingtonpost.com's Chris Cillizza had similarly asserted: "[N]o ... national 527 with an eye on the presidential election has emerged yet on the Republican side, and there doesn't appear to be significant impetus to form one given [Sen. John] McCain's commitment to campaign finance reform." In fact, both 527s and other outside conservative groups have attacked Obama, and McCain has not limited his denunciations to the activities of 527s. Read More
NPR quoted McCain saying Giuliani's 9-11 experience made him "qualified" to attack Obama on national security, but not his prior assertion to the contrary
NPR's Scott Horsley reported on the attacks on Sen. Barack Obama's national security credentials by Sen. John McCain's campaign, including allies such as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and played an audio clip of McCain saying, "And I think Mayor Giuliani, who is very well qualified on this issue, having been mayor of New York City at an incredible time in American history, has put it very well." However, Horsley did not note that McCain had previously said that "having been mayor of New York City" on 9-11 did not constitute foreign policy or national security experience. Read More
Monica Crowley falsely claimed Obama's half brother "went on the record to The Jerusalem Post" and said "Obama's got a really solid Muslim background"
On The Laura Ingraham Show, Monica Crowley falsely asserted that Malik Obama, Sen. Barack Obama's half brother, "went on the record to The Jerusalem Post, of all places, and said, 'Oh yeah, Obama's got a really solid Muslim background.' " Crowley also aired a clip of Brit Hume asserting that Malik Obama "tells The Jerusalem Post that 'if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background.' " But as ABC News' Jake Tapper noted, "Malik did not say that or come close to saying that." Read More
Alleging a "flip-flop," Fox News' Cameron cropped Obama's statements on public campaign financing
In describing as a "flip-flop" Sen. Barack Obama's decision to forgo public financing in the general election, Fox News' chief political correspondent Carl Cameron truncated two of Obama's statements and failed to note the Obama campaign's assertion that representatives met with Sen. John McCain in an attempt to pursue an agreement on public financing for the election. Read More
AP said McCain "suffered because of his stance" on immigration, but did not report that he abandoned it
The Associated Press reported that Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign "suffered because of his stance" on comprehensive immigration reform, without noting that McCain subsequently reversed himself on the issue. McCain now says he no longer supports the immigration bill he co-sponsored. Read More
Ben Smith ignored Politico's own reporting in claiming "the only outside attack ads to run this cycle have been financed by Obama allies"
The Politico's Ben Smith reported that Sen. Barack Obama "has complained that [Sen. John] McCain said he couldn't control attack ads from outside groups -- though the only outside attack ads to run this cycle have been financed by Obama allies and directed at McCain." In fact, the Vets for Freedom political action committee launched two Internet ads in May attacking Obama over issues related to the Iraq war, and the independent group Freedom's Watch ran television ads attacking Obama and two Democratic congressional candidates. Read More
Numerous media outlets reported McCain's attack on Obama over public financing without noting McCain's loan
Numerous media outlets have reported all or part of Sen. John McCain's statement rebuking Sen. Barack Obama for his decision to forgo public financing in the general election without mentioning that during the primary, McCain signed a loan that could have forced him to remain in the race -- even if he had no chance of winning -- in order to be eligible for public matching funds to repay the loan. Read More
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