http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/karl_rove This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Karl Rove en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200812220005 Numerous media figures have cited Japanese fiscal policy during the "lost decade" of the 1990s to criticize President-elect Barack Obama's plan to undertake a large-scale stimulus program. These media figures ignore evidence that, according to prominent economists, economic conditions were improving in Japan before the Japanese government temporarily abandoned stimulus spending in an attempt to reduce the deficit. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200812220005 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:03:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812020017 Again downplaying President-elect Barack Obama's victory, Karl Rove claimed on <em>Today</em> that the "call for change gave Barack Obama the presidency of the United States with 2.1 percent more than Al Gore got." In fact, in 2000, Gore received 48.38 percent of the popular vote, and according to unofficial election results posted on National Public Radio's website, Obama has received 52.7 percent of the popular vote, which is a difference of 4.32 percentage points. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812020017 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:15:09 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/200811100013 Several conservative commentators claim America is ideologically a "center-right" country, citing as evidence general election exit polls showing that 22 percent of respondents identify themselves as "liberal," 44 percent as "moderate" and 34 percent as "conservative." But political scientists dispute the reliability of voters' identification with political ideologies, and other polling has found that a strong majority favored the more progressive position on a number of issues. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811100013 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:01:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070013 Several media figures have claimed that President-elect Barack Obama won the election because he ran as a conservative and that notwithstanding Obama's victory, the United States is a conservative country. However, a poll conducted November 4-5 showed strong support for the progressive positions that Obama has articulated on the issues, rebutting the claim that the United States is a conservative country. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070013 Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:01:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809140005 Karl Rove falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama's statement that "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig" "was a deliberate slap at Governor [Sarah] Palin." In fact, Obama did not mention or refer to Palin in the comments immediately preceding his "lipstick" comment. Rove also falsely asserted, "The only time this word has intruded in recent months in the campaign was in her [Palin's] you know, self-deprecating remark at the convention"; in fact, McCain himself used the phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" in a public appearance on May 2. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809140005 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:46:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120009 In his <em>Wall Street Journal</em> column, Karl Rove falsely asserted that, in contrast with Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. Barack Obama has "ratchet[ed] up his requests [for earmarks] each year he's been in the Senate." In fact, Obama has reportedly requested no earmarks in 2008, while Palin has reportedly requested at least $197 million in earmarks in 2008, which, according to <em>The Seattle Times</em>, amounts to "more, per person, than any other state." Indeed, on a per-capita basis, Palin has requested more than 10 times the amount of earmarks per year than Obama has. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120009 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:26:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808290016 Purporting to describe the response by Sen. Barack Obama's campaign to Sen. John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate, a Fox News graphic stated: "Obama Campaign Disses Palin for Small Town Origins." In fact, the Obama campaign challenged Palin's experience, not her "small town origins." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808290016 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:41:04 EST 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 <em><em>America's</em> Election HQ</em>, 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 http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070005 In a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> column, Karl Rove claimed that "[Sen. John McCain] opposes tax increases and [Sen. Barack] Obama favors them." In fact, Obama has proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families, and McCain's own chief economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, has reportedly said that it is inaccurate to say that "Barack Obama raises taxes." Moreover, McCain himself recently suggested he would be open to raising Social Security payroll taxes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070005 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:01:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250011 Karl Rove falsely asserted in his <em>Wall Street Journal </em>column that Sen. Barack Obama has "flip-flop[ped]" on his Iraq policy with regards to leaving a residual U.S. force in Iraq and its mission. In fact, Obama has not "changed" or "shifted" his position on the existence and purpose of residual U.S. forces in Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250011 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:18:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030007 In a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> op-ed, Karl Rove stated that an ad for Barack Obama "says he was raised with 'values straight from the Kansas heartland,' though he grew up in Hawaii." But Obama does not suggest in the ad that he was raised in Kansas; rather, he explicitly notes his mother and grandparents "grew up" there. Rove also asserted that Obama claims in the ad "to have passed three bills, but fails to mention that two were in the Illinois state Senate." However, Obama does not suggest that the bills referenced in the ad were passed by the U.S. Senate, and the ad displays the years in which the bills were passed. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030007 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:32:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260010 In a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> column, Karl Rove wrote, "After Rev. [Jeremiah] Wright repeated his anti-American slurs at the National Press Club, Mr. Obama said their relationship was forever changed -- but not because of what he'd said about America. Instead, Mr. Obama complained, 'I don't think he showed much concern for me.' " However, Rove cropped Obama's quote, excluding his next statement: "[M]ore importantly, I don't think he showed much concern for what we are trying to do in this campaign and what we're trying to do for the American people and with the American people." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260010 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:28:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805280011 During a discussion of Scott McClellan's new book on <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Karl Rove said that McClellan's "questions to me were: Did I leak Valerie Plame's name? And the answer is no. In fact, we know today that the name of Valerie Plame was leaked to Robert Novak by Richard Armitage, the number two guy at the State Department, and not by me." In fact, Novak identified both Rove and Armitage as the sources for his column that revealed Plame's employment with the CIA. And former <em>Time </em>magazine reporter Matthew Cooper named Rove as his source who identified former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife as a CIA agent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805280011 Wed, 28 May 2008 19:59:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220002 On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, discussing issues that purportedly "have totally changed the narrative on Senator [Barack] Obama," Sean Hannity repeated a falsehood that he has promoted numerous times before, that Obama would advocate "possibly invading an ally, Pakistan." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220002 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:03:07 EST