http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/john_king This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: John King en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America 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/200808240006 On <em>Late Edition</em>, Wolf Blitzer and John King both cited an August 15-18 <em>Wall Street Journal</em>/NBC News poll in which 52 percent of Sen. Hillary Clinton's supporters said they will support Sen. Barack Obama, but neither noted <strong><strong>that</strong></strong> an August 19-22 <em>Washington Post</em>/ABC News poll found that 70 percent of Clinton supporters "back Obama," according to the <em>Post<em>.</em></em> http://mediamatters.org/items/200808240006 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:12:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210005 In a special report on Sen. Barack Obama, referring to Obama's challenges to signatures on his opponents' nominating petitions during his 1996 run for the Illinois state Senate, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux described Obama as "an avid student of Chicago-style politics" and aired remarks by a Chicago reporter calling the practice "cutthroat." But CNN's special on Sen. John McCain made no mention of McCain's reported petition challenges in at least two U.S. Senate races, aired no one labeling McCain "cutthroat" for those challenges, or at any point pronounced McCain an avid student of Arizona-style politics for those challenges. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210005 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:24:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803240008 CNN's John King said of campaign donations from the securities and investment industry, "It appears Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are getting the lion's share, but some wonder if that might make them too cozy with the financial services sector should either of them become president." Brian Todd asserted: "Senator Clinton got nearly $6.3 million from donors in the securities and investment industry. ... Senator Obama got just over $6 million. Both dwarf Senator John McCain's take of over $2.5 million." However, Todd ignored the fact that McCain's "take" from the securities and investment industry represents a larger portion of the total contributions he received than Clinton's or Obama's over the same time period. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803240008 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:21:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290009 After citing "illegal immigration" as "the issue with which John McCain is weakest among conservatives," CNN's John King said that members of McCain's presidential campaign "say they will not pander to the talk radio community and that if there is there's backlash from that community, maybe independents will say this guy truly is a maverick, he truly is independent." But King did not note that McCain has reversed his position on immigration to more closely conform to the views of the GOP base. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290009 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:57:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802280010 CNN's John King, reporting on the controversy created by radio host Bill Cunningham's comments about Barack Obama at a John McCain campaign event, again left out Cunningham's history of similar remarks. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802280010 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:43:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270012 NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and CNN's John King asserted that Sen. John McCain was surprised by conservative radio talk-show host Bill Cunningham's controversial remarks about Sen. Barack Obama at a February 26 McCain rally, failing to note that Cunningham has previously referred to Obama as "Barack Hussein Obama" and "Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama." Fox News' Molly Henneberg suggested McCain could not have expected Cunningham to refer to Obama's middle name, even though Cunningham did just that on Fox News a month ago. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270012 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:50:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220011 During the February 21 Democratic presidential debate, CNN's John King cited a report stating that Sen. Barack Obama was "responsible for $91 million in earmarks" in the 2008 fiscal year, and asked Obama: "And you have refused to say where the money went, what it's for. Why?" In fact, Obama disclosed his "earmarks" for the 2008 fiscal year in a June 2007 press release. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220011 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:37:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802130004 During CNN's coverage of the February 12 primaries, John King claimed that if Sen. Barack Obama is the Democratic presidential nominee, "Republicans will run a campaign that this is a liberal who ... does not understand that if the United States leaves Iraq or Afghanistan now ... that America loses, and that's a na&iuml;ve position." In fact, Obama has consistently called for <em>increasing</em> troop levels in Afghanistan while reducing the number of troops in Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802130004 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:52:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230013 CNN national correspondent John King uncritically reported that Sen. John McCain "says he opposed the Bush tax cuts because the plan did not also include spending cuts." The <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, Bloomberg, and the <em>Palm Beach Post</em> also similarly reported McCain's assertion. But in a floor statement during the Senate debate on the 2001 tax cut bill, McCain did not mention the absence of offsetting spending cuts; rather, he stated, "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230013 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:57:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220005 CNN's John King, Wolf Blitzer, and Jack Cafferty all mischaracterized Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign strategy in the early states, repeating the media myth that he chose not to compete in Iowa and New Hampshire. In fact, Giuliani himself has denied that his strategy was to skip the early states, telling NBC's Matt Lauer, "We've actually spent the most time in New Hampshire and then Florida is right behind that." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220005 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:58:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170011 CNN national correspondent John King falsely suggested that Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain "oppos[ed] the flying of the Confederate flag above the South Carolina State House" while seeking his party's nomination in 2000. In fact, during that race, he referred to the flag as "a symbol of heritage." McCain called for the flag's removal only after he had withdrawn from the race. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170011 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:07:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801100014 CNN's John King reported that Sen. John McCain "didn't vote for the Bush tax cuts because there weren't spending cuts." In fact, during the Senate debate on the conference committee version of the 2001 tax cut bill, McCain did not mention the absence of offsetting spending cuts; rather, he stated that, while he supported an earlier version of the bill "that provided more tax relief to middle income Americans," "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801100014 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:48:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709140005 CNN's John King reported that in his Iraq speech, President Bush would "say we can begin to bring troops home because of successes in Iraq." King earlier asserted that "critics say ... that the president is only doing this because he has to do it," since "the Pentagon doesn't have the troops to sustain the surge." In fact, it is not only "critics" who say this, but top officials at the Pentagon, including Gen. David Petraeus. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200709140005 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:05:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709060007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709060007 Thu, 6 Sep 2007 17:29:58 EST