Media Matters - John McCain

Media Matters - John McCain http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/john_mccain This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: John McCain en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Ignoring its own reporting, LA Times didn't note McCain's shifting time frame for balancing budget http://mediamatters.org/items/200810120003 The Los Angeles Times reported that Sen. John McCain "advocated for his tax cuts and his plan to balance the budget by 'the end of my term in office.' " But the Times did not note, as it has previously reported, that McCain has repeatedly shifted on his time frame for balancing the budget, originally claiming he would balance the budget in four years, then pledging to do so in eight years, before reversing himself again to return to the four-year pledge. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810120003 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:48:38 EST McClatchy's Thomma misrepresented Obama's tax plan http://mediamatters.org/items/200810110006 On MSNBC Live, McClatchy's Steven Thomma asserted that Sen. John McCain will likely attack Sen. Barack Obama "as a tax-raiser, someone who'll take money out of your pocket at the very moment you don't want it to happen." Neither Thomma nor Politico's David Mark, who agreed with Thomma's assessment, noted that claims that Obama will raise taxes and "take money out of your pocket" misrepresent Obama's tax plan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810110006 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:40:39 EST Brewer falsely portrayed McCain as denouncing voter disenfranchisement in clip she aired http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100021 On MSNBC Live, after citing a New York Times article reporting that voters are being removed from rolls or being blocked from registering, Contessa Brewer asserted that at a campaign stop, Sen. John McCain "was talking about the importance of making sure that voters who register get a chance to go vote." But in the clip she aired, McCain was not talking about alleged voter disenfranchisement or allegations that people were being illegally barred from voting; rather, he was criticizing alleged efforts to register people who are not eligible to vote. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100021 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:45:37 EST NY Times, AP repeat McCain falsehood that Obama said Ayers was "just" a guy in his neighborhood http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100010 The New York Times and the AP uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false claim that Sen. Barack Obama said that William Ayers was "just" a guy in his neighborhood. In fact, when questioned about Ayers in an April Democratic primary debate, Obama did not use the word "just" when describing Ayers as "a guy who lives in my neighborhood." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100010 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:46:18 EST O'Reilly falsely claimed Obama did not vote to condemn attacks on Petraeus and Kerry http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090021 On his radio show, Bill O'Reilly falsely stated that Sen. Barack Obama did not cast a vote on a Senate amendment denouncing both an ad by MoveOn.org that targeted Gen. David Petraeus and "Swift Boat" attacks on Sen. John Kerry (D-MA). In fact, Obama voted in favor of an amendment sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) that denounced the MoveOn.org ad and character attacks on Kerry, former Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA), and other veterans. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090021 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:32:24 EST MSNBC.com's First Read again falsely claimed McCain "did not vote" against troop funding http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090011 MSNBC.com's First Read again falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain "opposed, but did not vote," on a 2007 troop-funding appropriations bill. In fact, while McCain did not vote on a later version of the appropriations bill, he voted against the measure on March 29, 2007, and said 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/200810090011 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:11:53 EST Media repeat Cindy McCain's attack on Obama troop-funding vote, ignore John McCain's troop-funding vote http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090004 The CBS Evening News, Fox News' The Live Desk, and the Politico's Jonathan Martin noted Cindy McCain's attack on Sen. Barack Obama that his "vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, none of their reports pointed out that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090004 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:34:48 EST Ambinder reported Judy Black's PowerPoint linking Dems and Fannie and Freddie, but not her husband's link http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080022 The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reported that Judy Black, whom he identified as "a policy director (read: lead lobbyist) for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck's DC arm" and "the wife of McCain strategist Charlie Black," forwarded a PowerPoint presentation on the "campaign contributions that Fannie and Freddie provided to leading Democratic members of Congress." But Ambinder did not point out that Charlie Black has lobbied for Freddie Mac. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080022 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:04:33 EST LA Times debate analysis rehashes gendered notion of Dems as "Mommy Party" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080015 The Los Angeles Times' Doyle McManus recycled a standard gender cliché by asserting that Sen. Barack Obama "seemed to prove" conservative economist Jude Wanniski's theory that Republicans are the "Daddy Party" and Democrats are the "Mommy Party." McManus also uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false claim that Obama "would raise taxes" as president. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080015 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:23:29 EST CNN's Schiavone aired Chapman's criticism of Obama for Ayers association, ignored his denunciation of McCain's association with Liddy http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080011 On CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, correspondent Louise Schiavone aired a video clip of Chicago Tribune 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 Chicago Tribune uncritically reported false McCain claim that Obama "will fine" small business owners who don't insure employees http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080009 The Chicago Tribune uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false assertion during the second presidential debate that Sen. Barack Obama "will fine" small business owners who don't insure employees. In fact, Obama's health care plan states that small businesses are "exempt" from its requirement that "[l]arge employers" either "offer meaningful coverage or make a meaningful contribution to the cost of quality health coverage for their employees" or "contribute a percentage of payroll toward the costs of the national plan." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080009 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:38:46 EST MSNBC's Gregory reported Palin quote on Obama "palling around with terrorists" -- but not her distortion of the NY Times article she cited to make that claim http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070016 MSNBC's David Gregory reported Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that Sen. Barack Obama has been "palling around with terrorists" without noting Palin's distortion of The New York Times article she used to make her claim, or that the Obama campaign issued a statement rebutting the claim. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070016 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:29:21 EST Vieira suggested Obama ad calling McCain "erratic" is attack on McCain's age, but her colleagues have made similar comments http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070009 Today's Meredith Vieira twice suggested that an Obama campaign ad describing Sen. John McCain as "erratic in crisis" is a reference to McCain's age. She did not note that the "erratic" characterization, in fact, comes from a USA Today editorial cited in the ad, which referred to McCain's response to the economic crisis on Wall Street as "erratic." Further, at least two of Vieira's colleagues at MSNBC, Joe Scarborough and Chris Matthews, also said McCain's actions could be perceived as erratic. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070009 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:31:38 EST MSNBC's Hall said McCain was "cleared by a Senate committee" in Keating Five scandal, but not that the committee said he exercised "poor judgment" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060014 MSNBC's Tamron Hall asserted that Sen. John McCain "was accused of corruption, although he was later cleared by a Senate committee" in the Keating Five scandal. But Hall did not note that the Senate ethics committee concluded that McCain's conduct "reflected poor judgment." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060014 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:15:07 EST NPR, Reuters reported Palin's claim that Obama has been "palling around with terrorists" -- but not her distortion of NY Times article she cited http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060013 An NPR news brief and a Reuters article noted Gov. Sarah Palin's recent comment that Sen. Barack Obama has been "palling around with terrorists," a reference to his acquaintance with Bill Ayers. But neither noted that The New York Times, in the article Palin cited for her claim, reported that "the two men do not appear to have been close." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060013 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:50:18 EST