Fox News' Gallagher repeated debunked seepage myth
On Fox News' The Live Desk, Trace Gallagher repeated a debunked oil drilling myth, claiming that "more oil seeps through the ground off the coast of California than is ever spilled out there. So you're going to have much more environmental damage." In fact, according to a County of Santa Barbara report, "The evidence is clear that, far from being invisible against a background of seeps, major spills can have far greater and qualitatively different impacts on the environment than do seeps." Read More
The Detroit News uncritically reported Republican claims that Obama would "raise taxes"
A Detroit News article quoted a McCain spokesman's claims that Obama would "raise taxes" without noting that Obama has proposed tax cuts for low- and middle-income families. Read More
Liddy again falsely claimed Obama does not "have a birth certificate to show that he was born in Hawaii"
On his radio show, G. Gordon Liddy again falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama does not "have a birth certificate to show that he was born in Hawaii." In fact, the Obama campaign has released Obama's birth certificate and reportedly provided the original to FactCheck.org, whose staff said that they "have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate" indicating that Obama was born in the United States. Read More
Dick Morris falsely suggested Hillary Clinton was "complain[ing]" of sexism when she became emotional in NH
On Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris suggested that Sen. Hillary Clinton was "complain[ing]" of sexism when she became emotional during a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In fact, Clinton's voice broke as she spoke about why she was seeking the presidency; nowhere in her remarks did Clinton touch on the subject of sexism on the campaign trail. Read More
Limbaugh: "Troopergate" investigation is "pure sexism," but Palin "didn't bend over and let" Alaska politicians "have their way"
Rush Limbaugh said of the investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's dismissal of Alaska public safety commissioner Walter Monegan: "This is pure sexism in Alaska on the part of these old boys trying to get rid of Sarah Palin, and she didn't put up with it, and she didn't bend over and let them have their way." Read More
Ignoring GOP vote for subpoena, AP reported McCain campaign claim that Dems "hijacked" "Troopergate" investigation
The AP reported that "[Sen. John] McCain's campaign insists the investigation" into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power by firing Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan "has been hijacked by Democrats." But three days earlier, the writer of the AP article reported that "Republican efforts to delay the probe until after the Nov. 4 election were thwarted" when a Republican state senator joined two Democrats on the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee to issue subpoenas in the case. Read More
Miami Herald leaves out McCain flip-flop, McClatchy critique of ad in reporting McCain's immigration-related attacks on Obama
The Miami Herald quoted Sen. John McCain criticizing Sen. Barack Obama for "propos[ing] amendments that would have killed" an immigration bill McCain co-sponsored in 2006, but the article did not report that McCain later said he would vote against his own proposal if it were to come up again for a Senate vote. Read More
Media advance claim -- not made by McCain -- that he can't use a computer or send email because of war injuries
Since the release of an Obama campaign ad asserting that Sen. John McCain "admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an email," several Fox News figures and talk-radio hosts have claimed that McCain doesn't use a computer or email because of injuries he sustained during his service in the Vietnam War. But the McCain campaign itself did not make this claim in response to the ad, reportedly responding that "John McCain travels with a laptop." Read More
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