http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/media This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Media en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100017 On KSFO's <em>The Lee Rodgers Show</em>, Jerome Corsi asserted regarding his detention and departure from Kenya: "I think the story here is really the suppression of the press. ... I hate to think of what the First Amendment is going to mean. If you write a negative book or criticize [Sen. Barack] Obama, I think you're now going to have to risk being thrown in jail or killed." Rodgers said, "I'll tell you what's scary about this, to make the connection here. These are friends of Barack Obama in Kenya, who are trying to intimidate a journalist." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100017 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:53:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100005 <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> criticized <em>Newsweek</em> for publishing an unaltered cover photo of Gov. Sarah Palin, three months after airing altered photos to smear <em>New York Times</em> journalists for an article about the "ominous trend" in Fox News' ratings. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100005 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:31:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090022 Sean Hannity defended the presence of Andy Martin on the October 5 edition of <em>Hannity's America</em> by saying, "I'm a journalist who interviews people who I disagree with all the time, that give their opinion. Fox has all points of view." But Hannity told the New York <em>Daily News </em>that he "doesn't call himself a journalist, but rather a talk show host." And in 2004, Hannity said: "I'm not a journalist. I am an outspoken, compassionate, thoughtful, independent-thinking conservative. ... Unlike these other guys that claim to be fair." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090022 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:45:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080029 On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Sean Hannity defended his report featuring Andy Martin -- who has called a judge a "crooked, slimy Jew" and accused African-American public officials of corruption -- by saying: "I'm a journalist who interviews people who I disagree with all the time, that give their opinion. Fox has all points of view." However, during the report, Hannity did not challenge any assertion or statement by Martin, nor did he mention any of Martin's anti-Semitic and racially charged statements. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080029 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:49:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080023 On <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em> and in a FoxNews.com article, Bill Sammon suggested that Rep. Barney Frank allowed his relationship in the 1990s with Herb Moses, a Fannie Mae official at the time, to improperly influence his conduct as a member of the House Financial Services Committee. However, in his article, Sammon cited only an anonymous Republican congressional staffer and a member of the conservative Media Research Center. Sammon also misrepresented Frank's record by reporting that Frank "spent years blocking GOP lawmakers from imposing tougher regulations" on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without noting that during the period in question, Frank supported legislation to <em>increase</em> regulation of Fannie Mae and create a government regulatory agency that would oversee some aspects of the company. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080023 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:25:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070013 On Fox News' <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Sean Hannity repeatedly cited Sen. Barack Obama's 2007 remark that "[w]e've got to get the job done there [in Afghanistan] and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there," calling the statement a "lie." Hannity did not note that Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently offered Afghans "sincere condolences and personal regrets for the recent loss of innocent life as a result of coalition airstrikes" and that news outlets have repeatedly reported that U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan have resulted in civilian casualties. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070013 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:59:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060015 Michael Savage again falsely claimed that Rep. Barney Frank "ran a house of ill-repute for male prostitutes out of his apartment in Washington." In fact, the House ethics committee determined in 1990 that Frank "did not have either prior or concomitant knowledge of prostitution activities involving third parties alleged to have taken place in his apartment." Also, after noting that Beau Biden, son of Sen. Joe Biden, would be serving in Iraq as a prosecutor in the National Guard, Savage said, "[T]hey're going to see if they can burn any of the military men over there, and they'll use Biden's son to see if they can put them in jail. ... What would you expect from a Democrat going to Iraq?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060015 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:29:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030021 On his Cincinnati talk radio show, Bill Cunningham falsely claimed that Rep. Barney Frank "ran a house of prostitution in Washington, D.C., for gay men." In fact, the House Ethics Committee determined that Frank "did not have either prior or concomitant knowledge of prostitution activities involving third parties alleged to have taken place in his apartment," and it also did not conclusively determine that any "prostitution activities" took place there. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030021 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:28:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030016 On two recent editions of <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Sean Hannity claimed that Franklin Raines is an "economic adviser" to Sen. Barack Obama, in one case citing "<em>The Washington Post</em>" as a source for his claim. However, both Raines and the Obama campaign have denied that Raines advises Obama in any way, and a washingtonpost.com Fact Checker item examined several <em>Post</em> items cited in a McCain ad that makes the same claim and concluded that the ad "exaggerat[ed] wildly" in its claim that Raines "advises" Obama. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030016 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:58:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810020015 MSNBC's Chris Matthews and <em>The New York Times'</em> 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 http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010009 On <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>, after guest Tonya Reiman claimed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's body language during a recent speech suggested she "practices the speech too much," Bill O'Reilly responded: "You know who used to do that, who practiced for hours before making a speech? And I'm not making any comparison here. So, don't -- you crazy left-wing websites out there, it's not a comparison. Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler practiced for hours, all of his ... gestures and everything else before he went out there." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010009 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:18:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300025 The<em> New York Post</em> reported that "Barack Obama apparently broke his promise to the family of a fallen Wisconsin soldier when he mentioned the slain sergeant's name in his Friday debate with Sen. John McCain." The article added that "Brian Jopek, the father of the late Ryan David Jopek, told National Public Radio in March that the family asked Obama to stop wearing his son's bracelet, but the Illinois senator continued to do so." However, the <em>Post</em> provided no evidence that Obama ever "promise[d]" the Jopek family that he would "stop wearing" Ryan Jopek's bracelet. In fact, during the March 20 interview, Brian Jopek made no such claim. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300025 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:03:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300023 The <em>Los Angeles Times </em>reported that "Republican leaders said they lost 12 votes at the last minute" for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 because of a "partisan speech" given by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and quoted House Minority Leader John Boehner asserting that "we could have gotten there today had it not been for this partisan speech that the speaker gave." However, the <em>Times</em> did not note statements by members of Congress, including Republicans, that Republicans did not have the votes to pass the legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300023 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:35:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300018 Michael Savage said of Rep. Barney Frank's role in proposed federal financial bailout legislation: "Barney Frank should be in the gallows for this. Barney Frank should be in jail for doing this." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300018 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:24:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290015 On<em> MSNBC Live</em>, Andrea Mitchell followed Contessa Brewer in airing a heavily cropped version of former President Bill Clinton's remarks on <em>Meet the Press</em> in which Clinton seemingly declined to respond in the affirmative when asked by <em>Meet the Press </em>host Tom Brokaw if he would say he "admire[s]" Sen. Barack Obama and "think[s] he's a ... great man." Mitchell called Clinton's comments "hardly an endorsement" of Obama and "not as effusive as you would expect." But Mitchell did not air or otherwise note Clinton's statements moments later that he "certainly admire[s]" Obama and that Obama's "greatness will ... become apparent" when he is elected president. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290015 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:59:43 EST