http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jim_angle This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jim Angle en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070010 Reports have claimed that former CIA official John Brennan "withdrew from consideration" as President-elect Barack Obama's choice for CIA director because of criticism from "liberal groups" that "his tenure coincided with controversial Bush administration programs" -- or, in the words of Fox News' Jim Angle, "the left ... torpedoed" Brennan "because he was part of the war on terror over the last decade." But these outlets did not mention that Brennan was not simply at the CIA at the same time as the interrogation and rendition policies were instituted or carried out but, in fact, has publicly supported them. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070010 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:10:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811260003 Fox News hosts, reporters, and contributors have repeatedly provided or echoed the claims of only opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would give workers the right to form or join a union if a majority of workers sign a card stating they want to unionize. Absent from numerous reports and discussions on Fox News is the argument made by proponents of EFCA that under the current system, employers often fire union supporters and pressure employees to vote against unionizing. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811260003 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:08:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811150003 Discussing reports that President-elect Barack Obama is considering naming Sen. Hillary Clinton secretary of state, several media figures have responded with smears, including speculation that Clinton would pursue her own agenda as secretary of state and not Obama's, references to Clinton as Obama's "enem[y]," and speculation that Obama is considering the nomination because if Clinton remains in the Senate, she poses a threat of challenging him for the Democratic nomination in 2012 and can "mak[e] trouble" for him in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811150003 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:20:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100011 On<em> Special Report</em>, Jim Angle reported that during debate on the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, "Senator Orrin Hatch dismissed the idea that the intelligence agencies were trying to listen to anyone other than those with terrorist connections" and aired a clip of Hatch stating, "I don't want to bruise anyone's ego, but if Al Qaeda is not on your speed dial, the government is probably not interested in you." Angle did not note that several news articles have reported that surveillance under the government's warrantless eavesdropping program was not limited to those with "Al Qaeda on [their] speed dial," but also included thousands of Americans with no ties to any terrorist group. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100011 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:57:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712190004 In describing the Senate debate over granting retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications companies that allegedly cooperated with the government's program of warrantless domestic eavesdropping, Fox News' Jim Angle stated that the debate "is over whether or not to give immunity to the telecom companies who were told by the administration that they were acting lawfully and asked their cooperation, and they gave it." But Angle did not mention that, in a case challenging the legality of AT&amp;T's alleged cooperation with the wiretapping program, a judge found that AT&amp;T "cannot seriously contend that a reasonable entity in its position could have believed" that it would be lawful for the company to cooperate with the government. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200712190004 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:08:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710120010 On <em>Special Report</em>, Jim Angle falsely claimed that proposed revisions to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) would, for the first time, require the federal government to obtain a court order to intercept the communications of terrorism suspects abroad when they call the United States. Angle asserted that "even requiring warrants for terrorists calling the U.S. from abroad is a major departure, something the law has never required since it was passed some 30 years ago." In fact, with few exceptions, FISA, as originally enacted in 1978, required the government to obtain a court order to conduct "electronic surveillance," which FISA defines in part as "the acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance device of the contents of any wire communication to or from a person in the United States, without the consent of any party thereto, if such acquisition occurs in the United States." It was only in August that Congress categorically excluded from the warrant requirement any "surveillance directed at a person reasonably believed to be located outside of the United States." That exclusion is due to expire in February 2008. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710120010 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:59:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710030002 On <em>Fox News Live</em>, Jim Angle repeatedly misrepresented both Rush Limbaugh's "phony soldiers" comment and the arguments of "Limbaugh's critics," falsely reinforcing Limbaugh's claim that he was referring to actual military imposters, rather than service members or former service members with whom he disagrees. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710030002 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:24:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708170004 Fox News' Jim Angle asserted that the upcoming report to Congress on the Iraq war will be "General David Petraeus' report." In fact, the bill mandating the report requires that President Bush submit the report to Congress and that Petraeus "be made available to testify in open and closed sessions before the relevant committees of the Congress." Similarly, a <em>Washington Post</em> editorial contradicted its own paper's reporting in asserting that Petraeus is "expected to elaborate" on his claims of progress in Iraq "in a report to Congress in September." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708170004 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:20:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708120001 On <em>Special Report</em>, Jim Angle reported that NASA was forced "to admit it was wrong when it said that 1998 was the hottest year on record" and that NASA "now says 1934 was the hottest year, followed by 1998, then 1921." But Angle did not inform viewers that NASA's revision affected annual temperature rankings for the United States only; it had no effect on the annual global temperature rankings. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708120001 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:49:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708020002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708020002 Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:20:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707250001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707250001 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:49:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704250011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704250011 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:09:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704200001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704200001 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:00:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704060015 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704060015 Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:10:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704060012 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704060012 Fri, 6 Apr 2007 17:30:30 EST