Wash. Post reported GOP criticism of reconciliation, but not that GOP repeatedly used process
The Washington Post reported that Senate Republicans argued that use of the budget reconciliation process to pass President Obama's health, education and energy initiatives "would make bipartisan cooperation all but impossible on some of the most significant measures to come before the Senate in years," but not that Republicans used the reconciliation process to pass several major Bush administration initiatives. Read More
Despite declaring "I'm not so concerned in what gifts wealthy people are giving each other," Hannity repeatedly discussed iPod gift
Shortly after declaring, "I'm not so concerned in what gifts wealthy people are giving each other," Sean Hannity teased a segment of his show by saying, "You won't believe what Obama uploaded on the queen's iPod before he handed that over to her." Hannity also repeatedly discussed the iPod gift throughout the previous day's edition of his show. Read More
Fox News falsely claimed Obama budget "4x bigger than Bush's costliest plan"
On America's Newsroom, on-screen text falsely claimed that President Obama's $3.6 trillion FY 2010 budget is "4x bigger than Bush's costliest plan." In fact, President Bush submitted a $3.1 trillion budget for FY 2009 and a $2.9 trillion budget for FY 2008. Read More
Drudge Report deceptively advanced accusation that Biden wrongly "credit[ed] stimulus for fire station"
The Drudge Report linked to an article with the headline "Biden credits stimulus for fire station -- funded under Bush." But after facts emerged that undermined that claim, the Drudge Report removed any reference to the article and did not subsequently link to an updated version of the article or in any other way note the evidence undermining the accusation against Biden that it had forwarded. Read More
Interviewing Coleman, Fox & Friends repeatedly misinforms on Coleman-Franken race
During an interview with Norm Coleman, Fox & Friends co-hosts Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade advanced a slew of misinformation about the Minnesota Senate race. Read More
Fox Nation truncated Obama quote, omitted criticism of "anti-Americanism" in Europe
The Fox Nation featured the headline "Obama on Foreign Soil: 'America Has Shown Arrogance' " and omitted the president's criticism of "anti-Americanism" in Europe. Read More
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