http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jonah_goldberg This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jonah Goldberg en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200812030015 Several media figures are promoting the notion of division among Obama supporters, asserting that "the left" is or should be disappointed with the president-elect's Cabinet selections. But the idea of significant disappointment with Obama runs counter to a <em>USA Today</em>/Gallup poll finding that 94 percent of Democrats "approve of the way Obama is handling his presidential transition." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812030015 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:45:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811260002 In recent weeks, several conservative media figures, echoed by Republican lawmakers, have responded to comparisons in the media of President-elect Barack Obama to FDR, or assertions in the media that a New Deal-level of government intervention will be necessary to resolve the current economic crisis, by asserting that the New Deal was a dismal failure, plunging the 1930s economy into a depression, an assertion that prominent progressive economists flatly reject. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811260002 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:07:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150010 In a column comparing former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton to fictional horror movie characters Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Dracula, Jonah Goldberg wrote of the Clintons' scheduled appearances at the Democratic National Convention: "Bill and Hillary are back. And forever more, Barack Obama won't be able to take a shower without fear of that curtain snapping back, as a woman -- or is that a man? -- prepares to plunge the knife into his back." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150010 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:37:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230002 In his <em>Los Angeles Times</em> column, Jonah Goldberg falsely claimed that "[w]ithin months of the [Iraq] invasion, [Sen. John] McCain was calling for more troops and the head of then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld." In fact, McCain did not call for Rumsfeld to be fired, or for his resignation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230002 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:49:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200007 In his <em>Los Angeles Times</em> column, Jonah Goldberg asserted that in an NPR interview, Al Gore "chuckled" at the idea that Hurricane Katrina "was God's wrath for New Orleans' sexual depravity," then "went on to blame Katrina on man's energy sinfulness." In fact, Gore stated during the interview that "any individual storm can't be linked singularly to global warming." Goldberg also claimed that the numbers of polar bears "have quadrupled in the last 50 years"; in fact, data to support estimates of the polar bear population 50 years ago are reportedly nonexistent, recent growth in the polar bear population is believed to be linked to hunting bans, and the Department of Interior found that "the polar bear is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200007 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:32:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110010 Jonah Goldberg claimed that Democrats, and specifically Sen. Barack Obama, "cannot credibly talk of love of country while simultaneously dodging the word and concept of patriotism." In fact, Obama has not "dodg[ed] the word and concept of patriotism" -- invoking them in numerous speeches going back to at least 2002. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110010 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:39:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260013 Jonah Goldberg falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama's "campaign headquarters in Houston had a Che Guevara-emblazoned Cuban flag hanging on the wall." In fact, the office in question is not "Obama's campaign headquarters in Houston," nor is it an official campaign office controlled by the Obama campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260013 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:36:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802250008 On <em>Glenn Beck</em>, National Review Online editor-at-large Jonah Goldberg said: "I think one of the things that is decidedly fascistic, or at least just a bad idea, is looking for silver bullets. You know, when [Sen.] Barack Obama campaigns, he's basically saying, 'I'm a silver bullet. I'm going to solve all your problems just by electing me.' FDR, Hitler, all these guys, they basically said, 'All your problems can be solved.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200802250008 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:37:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140003 In an email to readers encouraging recipients to read the <em>National Journal</em> article on the magazine's 2007 vote ratings, the National Journal Group wrote: "In 2004, President Bush invoked Senator John Kerry's liberal Vote Ratings score repeatedly on the campaign trail and at their head-to-head debates. We anticipate similar attention for our Vote Ratings across the 2008 election cycle." Numerous media did follow suit and tout the <em>Journal</em>'s 2003 rating of Kerry. And once again, the media are giving the 2007 ratings the "similar attention" the National Journal Group anticipated -- despite the <em>Journal</em>'s acknowledgment that the methodology it used to rate Kerry was flawed. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140003 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:56:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170014 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, Jonah Goldberg stated: "Hillary Clinton is essentially like the agricultural minister from the Soviet Politburo in 1976. She's sort of, you know, the product of a sort of bureaucratic, Walter Mondale machine, 'check off the right constituencies' kind of thing." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170014 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:56:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801100016 Discussing his most recent book on MSNBC's <em>Morning Joe</em>, National Review Online editor-at-large Jonah Goldberg said that Benito Mussolini is tied to the American liberal movement because he "was a socialist." When co-host Joe Scarborough asked whether he was suggesting "you can draw a line from Mussolini" to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton or to Sen. Barack Obama, Goldberg replied, "Well, I'm saying you can draw a line, but it's not a straight one." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801100016 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:05:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710030006 On <em>The Big Story</em>, discussing Rush Limbaugh's recent "phony soldiers" comments, Jonah Goldberg asserted: "I've never heard actually a conservative basically flat-out deny the patriotism of the opposition." In fact, Limbaugh himself has done so. For instance, on his August 23, 2005, radio show, Limbaugh said, "It's time for somebody to tell the people on the left, you're damn right we're questioning your patriotism." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710030006 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:54:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160001 Tue, 15 May 2007 20:00:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130005 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:12:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701240004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701240004 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:27:24 EST