Wash. Post reported McCain touting work on immigration bill, but not that he no longer supports it
The Washington Post quoted Sen. John McCain asserting, "I helped author with Senator [Edward M.] Kennedy comprehensive immigration reform, and fought for its passage," but did not note that McCain has since said he would not support that immigration reform bill if it came to a vote on the Senate floor. Read More
CNN again aired McCain's false suggestion that Obama opposed designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group
On This Week in Politics, Tom Foreman aired without challenging Sen. John McCain's false suggestion that Sen. Barack Obama opposed designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) a terrorist organization. Foreman did not note that Obama co-sponsored a bill in 2007 that would have designated the IRG a terrorist organization, nor did he note that Obama said he opposed the bill McCain referenced because it "state[d] that our military presence in Iraq should be used to counter Iran." Read More
Despite prior advice to reporters to avoid "fuzzy language," Fournier offered only "breezy" response to news he told Rove to "[k]eep up the fight"
The AP's Ron Fournier asserted in a 2007 essay that reporters must "[w]rite with authority" and that "[t]he AP's hard-earned reputation for fairness and nonpartisanship must not be used as an excuse for fuzzy language when a clear voice is demanded." But Fournier apparently did not follow his own prescription for clarity and candor in responding to a report that he told Karl Rove to "[k]eep up the fight" following the death of Pat Tillman in 2004. Read More
Whose "place for politics"? MSNBC devoted four segments to GOP strategists and conservatives debating how to attack Obama
On July 14, MSNBC aired four segments on MSNBC Live, between 9 a.m. and noon ET, during which Republican strategists and conservatives debated, without the presence of a Democrat, how to best attack Sen. Barack Obama. At no point during the day did MSNBC host Democratic strategists, without the presence of a Republican, to discuss how to attack Sen. John McCain. Read More
Wash. Post, LA Times failed to note Energy Department's assessment of effect of offshore drilling on oil prices
The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times each reported that "Democrats and environmental groups" say that allowing new offshore drilling would not have an effect on oil and gas prices in the next several years. They did not note that it is not just Democrats and environmental groups that say this: The Bush Energy Department has determined that production from offshore drilling "would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030" and that such production is expected to have an "insignificant" effect on "average wellhead prices." Read More
Sowell claimed it's a "well-documented fact" that cap gains tax cuts raise revenue, but numerous economists disagree
In a column criticizing Sen. Barack Obama's tax proposals, Thomas Sowell wrote that it is a "well-documented fact" that "lower tax rates on capital gains had produced more actual revenue collected from that tax than the higher tax rates had." In fact, numerous economists have challenged the assertion that cuts in the capital gains tax raise revenue in the long term. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the 2006 extension of the 2003 cuts on capital gains taxes would result in decreased revenues of $20 billion over 10 years. Read More
Wash. Times' Curl misrepresented Obama's NY Times op-ed
The Washington Times' Joseph Curl suggested that Sen. Barack Obama's acknowledgement in a New York Times op-ed that "new tactics have protected the Iraqi population, and the Sunni tribes have rejected Al Qaeda -- greatly weakening its effectiveness" represented a departure from Obama's opposition to President Bush's troop surge policy. But Curl did not note that Obama also wrote that "the same factors that led me to oppose the surge still hold true." Read More
LA Times echoed McCain's reported spin of Social Security "disgrace" comment
The Los Angeles Times asserted as fact that in recent comments about Social Security, Sen. John McCain used the word "disgrace" to refer to how "younger workers are forced to pay for a plan that, in his view, is unlikely to benefit them when they retire." But the Times ignored an assertion by McCain on CNN on July 8 in which he again appeared to be denouncing the Social Security system itself and not, as the Times reported, the fact that absent legislative change, the system faces insolvency in the future. Read More
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