http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/cnn This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: CNN en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100018 On <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, Roger Hedgecock claimed that the Department of Housing and Urban Development "was talking about 5 million illegal alien home mortgage loans that have gone bad." But Hedgecock did not cite a source for the purported HUD statistic. In fact, an article published more than an hour before <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em> aired reported that HUD "says there is no basis to news reports that more than 5 million bad mortgages are held by illegal immigrants" and that "a HUD spokesman said his agency has no data showing the number of illegal immigrants holding foreclosed or bad mortgages." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100018 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:10:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080011 On CNN's <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, correspondent Louise Schiavone aired a video clip of <em>Chicago Tribune</em> columnist Steve Chapman criticizing Sen. Barack Obama for his association with Bill Ayers, but neither Schiavone nor Lou Dobbs noted that Chapman has also repeatedly criticized Sen. John McCain for his association with G. Gordon Liddy, whom Chapman has called McCain's "own Bill Ayers." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080011 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:33:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060008 CNN's Kiran Chetry failed to challenge a McCain campaign adviser's criticism of Sen. Barack Obama for "claim[ing] that the American military was just air-raiding villages and bombing civilians" in Afghanistan, even though Chetry herself has reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has offered "personal regret[s]" to Afghanistan over air strikes that killed civilians. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060008 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:32:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040003 On <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, Michael Goodwin and Lou Dobbs falsely claimed that Sen. Joe Biden was wrong when he said during the vice-presidential debate that Sen. John McCain "voted against funding the troops" in a 2007 bill making supplemental appropriations for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, McCain voted against a supplemental appropriations bill on March 29, 2007, saying at the time that he was opposing it, in part, because it "would establish a timeline" for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040003 Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:00:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010019 Media figures have recently accused Democrats of attempting to direct millions of dollars in government money to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in the financial bailout bill. The accusation is false. Neither the draft proposal nor the version of the bill that was voted down in the House contained any language mentioning ACORN. Those making the false claim were misrepresenting a provision -- since removed -- that would have directed 20 percent of any profits realized on troubled assets purchased under the plan into the Housing Trust Fund* and the Capital Magnet Fund. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010019 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:15:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010015 Several media figures have asserted that Gov. Sarah Palin faces "low" or "lowered" expectations in the upcoming vice-presidential debate and that she therefore faces a lower bar for victory than Sen. Joe Biden. They have made these assertions despite criticism by at least one member of the media over the media's setting of a lower bar for Palin and despite praise of her performance in the Alaska gubernatorial debate by others in the media and by McCain campaign surrogate Mitt Romney. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010015 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:49:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290017 CNN's Tom Foreman falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain "has always said" allowing young people to set up private Social Security accounts "is not instead of Social Security; this should be in addition to Social Security." In fact, McCain supported President Bush's 2005 Social Security proposal, which would have allowed workers to divert up to 4 percent of their wages into a private account, thereby removing it from the money available to pay Social Security benefits for current retirees. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290017 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:07:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290004 On CNN's <em>Late Edition</em>, Gloria Borger claimed that "the bar is ... on the floor for Sarah Palin" in her upcoming debate with Sen. Joe Biden. Jeffrey Toobin replied, in part: "[W]ho are we to say where the bar is?" He later said that "we sort of create these expectations" that "it's not our job to do." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290004 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:37:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280008 Days after CNN's Jeffrey Toobin asserted that the media are "being kind of gullible in falling for" Sen. John McCain's announcement that he was going to suspend his campaign, and noting that McCain "didn't suspend his campaign," Wolf Blitzer asserted as fact, not for the first time, that McCain "temporarily suspend[ed] his campaign."<br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280008 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:55:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270011 CNN aired clips of what correspondent Jim Acosta called a "new ad from John McCain" that "makes one of the most explosive charges of the campaign, accusing Barack Obama of endangering American soldiers by voting to cut off funds for the war." Despite mentioning that Obama said in the September 26 presidential debate that "he opposed that bill because it lacked a timeline for troop withdrawal," Acosta failed to note Obama also pointed out that McCain himself has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270011 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:32:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270003 In a post on CNN.com's Political Ticker blog, CNN associate political editor Rebecca Sinderbrand wrote: "Before John McCain walked off the stage, his campaign already had a new Web video up featuring footage of the first debate -- clips of Barack Obama agreeing with his Republican rival." However, Sinderbrand did not note that the ad omitted Obama's criticisms of McCain moments later on the subjects which Obama purportedly "agree[d] with his Republican rival." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270003 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:14:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270002 On CNN, John King read a statement issued by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in response to Sen. Barack Obama's citation during the presidential debate of Kissinger's support for direct negotiation with Iran without preconditions. The statement read: "Senator [John] McCain is right. I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level." But King did not point out that, contrary to Kissinger's suggestion, at no point during the debate that night did Obama suggest that Kissinger had previously endorsed presidential-level talks between the United States and Iran. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270002 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:56:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809260011 On CNN's <em>The Situation Room</em>, Jeffrey Toobin asserted that the media are "being kind of gullible in falling for" Sen. John McCain's announcement that he was going to suspend his campaign. Minutes earlier, however, Wolf Blitzer and correspondent Brian Todd had repeatedly asserted as fact that McCain "suspend[ed]" his campaign, without noting, as Toobin did, that McCain ads were running; that his surrogates repeatedly attacked Sen. Barack Obama on cable networks; or that McCain gave interviews with the three broadcast networks following his "suspension." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809260011 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:46:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250020 Fox News and CNN news anchors continue to assert that Sen. John McCain has "suspended" his campaign, even though McCain campaign surrogates continue to appear on cable news networks attacking Sen. Barack Obama. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250020 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:56:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809220011 On CNN, Diana West claimed that former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines was among Sen. Barack Obama's "most trusted campaign advisers ... deeply implicated in the mess at Fannie and Freddie [Mac]." However, both Raines and the Obama campaign have denied that Raines is an adviser. Further, West did not note that Sen. John McCain's own "most trusted campaign advisers" have served as lobbyists for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or both. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809220011 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:13:17 EST