Media Matters - Joe Biden

Media Matters - Joe Biden http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/joe_biden This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Joe Biden en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America Wash. Post uncritically quoted McCain misrepresenting Biden's proposal for Iraq http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160006 The Washington Post uncritically quoted Sen. John McCain's claim during the final presidential debate that Sen. Joe Biden had "this cockamamie idea about dividing Iraq into three countries." In fact, Biden introduced a plan to "[m]aintain a unified Iraq by decentralizing it and giving Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis breathing room in their own regions." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160006 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:32:00 EST Politico's Smith uncritically quoted McCain misrepresenting Biden proposal for Iraq http://mediamatters.org/items/200810150021 The Politico's Ben Smith uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false claim during the third presidential debate that Sen. Joe Biden has proposed "dividing Iraq into three countries.' " In fact, Biden introduced a plan to "[m]aintain a unified Iraq by decentralizing it and giving Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis breathing room in their own regions." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810150021 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:25:48 EST Despite most polls finding Biden won VP debate, Brzezinski asserted, "I think people overwhelmingly thought [Palin] won" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080024 On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski asserted that "people overwhelmingly thought [Gov. Sarah Palin] won her debate," while Willie Geist suggested that Palin won by a smaller margin than Brzezinski claimed. However, most polls conducted on the days following the vice presidential debate found that Sen. Joe Biden won. In fact, a Media Matters review of polling sites did not find any national polls that found Palin won the debate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080024 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:14:28 EST Wash. Post's Balz wrote that Palin "did not stumble over names of foreign leaders," but not that she misstated name of top U.S. commander in Afghanistan http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030017 In his Washington Post analysis, Dan Balz wrote that, during the vice presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin "did not stumble over names of foreign leaders." But Balz did not note that Palin misstated the name of Gen. David McKiernan, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, twice referring to him as "McClellan." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030017 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:10:36 EST MSNBC's Matthews, NY Times' Seelye pondered whether Biden will "help" Palin "with her chair" at debate http://mediamatters.org/items/200810020015 MSNBC's Chris Matthews and The New York Times' Katharine Q. Seelye asked whether Sen. Joe Biden will "help" Gov. Sarah Palin "with her chair" at the beginning of the vice-presidential debate. The question is one that presumably would not be asked if the two candidates were the same gender, and the premise of the question itself is false, as the debate format rules state that Biden and Palin will be "standing at podiums" -- a fact Seelye later acknowledged. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810020015 Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:58:10 EST Applebee's and green tea redux: Reuters' Decker said Biden's "French cuffs" could cause problems for him "connect[ing] with voters" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150015 On MSNBC Live, while assessing a speech on the economy by Sen. Joe Biden, Jon Decker said that Biden does not "help[] his case when he's making the argument on economic issues wearing French cuffs and dressed to the nines. I think that he's really got to connect with these voters." Contrary to the notion that wearing French cuffs may interfere with Biden's ability to "connect with these voters," French cuff shirts can be found for $37.50 on the website of J.C. Penney, a national department-store chain that many voters can presumably "connect" with. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150015 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:18:38 EST Fox News repeatedly aired new McCain ad without noting its falsehoods http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120019 Fox & Friends and America's Newsroom both aired a new ad by Sen. John McCain's campaign that accuses Sen. Barack Obama's campaign of being "disrespectful" to Gov. Sarah Palin. However, none of the hosts on either show gave any indication that the ad contains several distortions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120019 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:29:33 EST After NBC political director discredited it, MSNBC uncritically ran McCain campaign ad attacking Obama http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120014 After Alex Witt aired a new McCain campaign ad on MSNBC Live that suggests the Obama campaign is being "disrespectful" to Gov. Sarah Palin, neither Witt nor NBC News deputy political director Mark Murray gave any indication that the ad contains several distortions or that, an hour earlier, Chuck Todd had said that the ad "takes some words out of context." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120014 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:18:36 EST MSNBC's Brewer aired McCain attack ad without noting its falsehoods http://mediamatters.org/items/200809100032 Contessa Brewer aired a clip of a McCain campaign ad without noting that the clip falsely suggests that Sen. Barack Obama was behind "attacks on Governor [Sarah] Palin" that have been called "completely false" and "misleading" by FactCheck.org. In fact, while FactCheck.org stated that many "dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages" about Palin are "completely false, or misleading," it made no reference to the Obama campaign. Further, Brewer did not note that the Obama campaign has reportedly denied the ad's second claim, that "Obama airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators, and opposition researchers into Alaska to dig dirt on Governor Palin." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809100032 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:28:42 EST Brokaw falsely suggested Oprah hosted Obama as a presidential candidate http://mediamatters.org/items/200809070008 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." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809070008 Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:25:19 EST AP doesn't challenge Huckabee's claim that Palin "got more votes" than Biden, despite having previously called it a "whopper" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040018 The Associated Press reported Mike Huckabee's claim that Gov. Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States." The AP did not challenge the claim despite its characterization of the claim in a separate "fact check" as a "whopper" because, according to the AP, Palin received a total 1,525 votes during her two runs for mayor while Biden received 76,165 votes in the 2008 Democratic primaries. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040018 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:35:00 EST Media continue to promote sexist notion that Biden must soften behavior during debate with Palin http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010011 Several media figures have echoed the sexist notion that Sen. Joe Biden will have to soften his tone and manner in a debate against Gov. Sarah Palin, in contrast with the tougher tone he could take if the Republican vice-presidential nominee were male. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010011 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:31:35 EST With Obama's VP selection, Kristol now concerned with Democratic Party's "gender equity" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808250020 Bill Kristol characterized Sen. Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate as "Obama's imposition of a glass ceiling." But Kristol showed little concern for "gender equity" in the Democratic Party when he said during the primary that "[w]hite women are a problem" and attributed Sen. Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire primary victory to her "pretend[ing] to cry." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808250020 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:11:36 EST Couric didn't challenge McCain's false claim that Biden proposed "break[ing] Iraq up into three different countries" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808240008 During an interview with Sen. John McCain, Katie Couric did not challenge McCain's false claim that Sen. Joe Biden "said you had to break Iraq up into three different countries" as part of his Iraq plan. On America's Election HQ, Karl Rove falsely asserted that Biden's proposal for Iraq involved "unilaterally splitting up a sovereign nation," a statement that Chris Wallace echoed. In fact, Biden introduced a "five-point plan" to "[m]aintain a unified Iraq by decentralizing it and giving Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis breathing room in their own regions." Further, Biden has made clear that he was not proposing that his plan be imposed on Iraq "unilaterally." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808240008 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:57:31 EST Media continue to repeat plagiarism accusation without noting that Biden had previously credited Kinnock http://mediamatters.org/items/200808240005 Media outlets continue to report that Sen. Joe Biden was accused in 1987 of plagiarizing then-British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock without noting that while Biden did paraphrase from a Kinnock speech without attribution on at least two occasions in August 1987, he had reportedly credited Kinnock when previously using the same language. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808240005 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:31:26 EST