For hours, Fox News reported GOP claims about American flags -- which Cameron called "the Stars and Bars" -- before providing Dem response
On September 6, Fox News' America's Election HQ aired numerous reports documenting claims by Republicans and the McCain campaign that they "rescued" American flags that were going to be "disposed of" by the Democrats after their convention at Invesco Field. But during the reports, Fox News gave no indication that it had sought to contact a Democratic Party official or Obama campaign spokesperson for comment, and only reported a Democratic response hours after it began reporting the Republican claims. Read More
Brokaw falsely suggested Oprah hosted Obama as a presidential candidate
On Meet the Press, citing a New York Post article reporting that Oprah Winfrey will not host Gov. Sarah Palin on her show before the presidential election, Tom Brokaw falsely suggested that Winfrey has hosted Sen. Barack Obama on her show during Obama's campaign for president. However, the Post article Brokaw cited itself reported that Winfrey has not hosted Obama since he began his presidential campaign and that Winfrey said she decided when she endorsed Obama not to use her show "as a platform for any of the candidates." Read More
Citing no evidence, Matthews dubbed Palin "a conservative version" of "Norma Rae"
During the September 7 edition of his NBC-syndicated television show, Chris Matthews played a clip from Gov. Sarah Palin's September 3 acceptance speech as the vice-presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention and asserted that Palin is "a conservative version you think perhaps of some movie heroes like Norma Rae, the factory worker fed up with minimum wage, who did whatever it took, even jail time, to get the union organized." Matthews then played a clip from the 1979 film, Norma Rae (20th Century Fox). Matthews also said of Palin: "[B]eing mayor of little Wasilla got her ready for some big fights, a strong female up against the odds fighting for justice. It's a familiar theme." Matthews did not provide any evidence of Palin being "up against the odds fighting for justice." Read More
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