Media Matters - Pat Buchanan

Media Matters - Pat Buchanan http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/pat_buchanan This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Pat Buchanan en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America On Hardball, Buchanan said Reid doesn't want Burris seated "[b]ecause he's an African-American" http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060019 On Hardball, Pat Buchanan said of Roland Burris' appointment to the Senate and the Senate leadership's refusal to seat him: "[W]hy does [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid not want this guy? Why can't he get elected? Because he's an African-American." However, neither Matthews nor Buchanan mentioned that Reid stated -- well before Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris -- that the Senate would consider rejecting anyone appointed by Blagojevich. Nor did they mention that Reid previously denied that his opposition to Burris was based on race. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060019 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:04:46 EST Media cite Japan's "lost decade" to criticize Obama's economic stimulus plan, but economists disagree 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. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812220005 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:03:11 EST Scarborough's explanation for repeatedly saying Franken "can steal" votes: "I'm like a scientist. This is a theory that I'm trying out" http://mediamatters.org/items/200812190003 On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough again claimed that Al Franken "can steal" enough votes in the Minnesota Senate race to emerge victorious, marking at least the sixth time Scarborough has invoked "steal[ing]" votes since the recount began. Scarborough later denied that he was "saying Al Franken's stealing votes" but was instead "just saying how easy would it be for Al Franken to steal 150 [votes]." He added: "I'm like a scientist. This is a theory that I'm trying out there." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812190003 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:01:04 EST Morning Joe continues obsession over "steal[ing]" votes in Minnesota http://mediamatters.org/items/200812160014 Previously having stated that Democrat Al Franken "only needs to steal 130 more votes to win" his race against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough again raised the subject of "steal[ing]" votes on the December 16 edition of Morning Joe -- at least the fifth time he has made such comments since the recount began on November 19. After co-host Mika Brzezinski reported that Franken is behind Coleman by 188 votes, Scarborough asked Pat Buchanan, "Buchanan, can you steal 188 out of 1,500? That's easy, right?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200812160014 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:49:20 EST Heads still in the "clouds": Media continue to use term to baselessly link Obama to Blagojevich scandal http://mediamatters.org/items/200812150008 In the absence of any allegations of wrongdoing by President-elect Barack Obama or his staff in connection with the scandal involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich, media figures continue to warn that a "cloud" hangs over Obama or assert that the scandal threatens to cast a "cloud" over Obama's presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812150008 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:41:21 EST Buchanan overstates Democratic support for Alito and Roberts on Supreme Court confirmation votes http://mediamatters.org/items/200810200014 On Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan misrepresented Senate votes by Democrats on the confirmations of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito, saying, "Roberts probably got 25 Democrats, Alito probably got a dozen." In fact, four Democrats voted to confirm Alito, while Roberts received 22 votes from Democrats. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810200014 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:55:18 EST Media have repeatedly asserted Palin faces "low" or "lowered" expectations in debate, despite praise of her debate skills http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010015 Several media figures have asserted that Gov. Sarah Palin faces "low" or "lowered" expectations in the upcoming vice-presidential debate and that she therefore faces a lower bar for victory than Sen. Joe Biden. They have made these assertions despite criticism by at least one member of the media over the media's setting of a lower bar for Palin and despite praise of her performance in the Alaska gubernatorial debate by others in the media and by McCain campaign surrogate Mitt Romney. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010015 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:49:52 EST Scarborough falsely asserted that Obama "wants" "higher taxes" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290007 On Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "wants" "higher taxes." In fact, the Tax Policy Center concluded that, compared to Sen. John McCain, "Obama would give larger tax cuts to low- and moderate-income households and pay some of the cost by raising taxes on high-income taxpayers" -- those households earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290007 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:38:16 EST MSNBC's Buchanan didn't hear any DNC speakers say "the word 'Guantánamo' " -- but Kerry did, just as MSNBC cut to commercial http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280006 During MSNBC's coverage of the Democratic convention, Pat Buchanan asked, "Has anybody heard the word 'Guantánamo' mentioned this entire convention?" In fact, in his speech, Sen. John Kerry said, "President [Barack] Obama and Vice President [Joe] Biden will shut down Guantánamo," but MSNBC cut to commercial break a fraction of a second before Kerry said the word "Guantánamo." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280006 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:15:08 EST Does MSNBC approve of Pat Buchanan's appearances on a "pro-White" radio show? http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190010 MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan appeared on the June 29, 2008, and September 14, 2006, editions of The Political Cesspool Radio Show, a program whose "Statement of Principles" asserts that it "represent[s] a philosophy that is pro-White." Buchanan's June 29 interview was streamed "Live" on the self-described "White Nationalist" and "White Pride" website Stormfront.org. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190010 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:08:09 EST Buchanan again falsely suggested Obama did not visit wounded troops while abroad http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050006 In his column, Pat Buchanan falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama did not visit wounded troops during his recent trip abroad. Buchanan asserted: "While the first half of his foreign trip, to Afghanistan and Iraq, was official, the European tour was campaign related. Yet, it was on this leg that a visit to wounded U.S. soldiers had been scheduled. As campaigning in a military hospital is prohibited, the visit was canceled." In fact, according to Buchanan's colleague, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, Obama did visit with wounded troops during the "official" part of his tour. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050006 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:28:17 EST Buchanan still asking of Obama: "Who does this guy think he is?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808040002 On Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan praised an attack ad by the McCain campaign that refers to Sen. Barack Obama as "The One" and said the ad "goes right to an enormous vulnerability that Barack has created for himself with his grandiosity." Echoing a comment he made last week, Buchanan said: "The question's now becoming, 'Who does this guy think he is?' ... I think that is the real question." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808040002 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:58:28 EST MSNBC's Buchanan adopts "hubris" theme from Milbank's falsehood-laden column, says of Obama: "[W]ho ... the heck does this guy think he is" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310008 Pat Buchanan criticized the McCain campaign attack ad that refers to Sen. Barack Obama's "celebrity," but said "there is a truth behind all this." Touting Dana Milbank's falsehood-laden Washington Post column as "credible," Buchanan said, "[W]ho is he and who ... the heck does this guy think he is, is becoming a real issue for Barack Obama." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310008 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:17:33 EST MSNBC's Buchanan falsely suggested Obama did not visit wounded troops, repeated smears of Obama's patriotism http://mediamatters.org/items/200807280005 On Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan asserted that an ad by Sen. John McCain attacking Sen. Barack Obama for not visiting the U.S. military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany played into "the sense that, you know, Barack is not one of us. He's just not a normal guy who would go see the wounded troops." In fact, Andrea Mitchell reported that, while in Iraq, Obama "visited a casualty unit in the Green Zone, without photographers, as part of the congressional delegation." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807280005 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:02:17 EST Media figures continue to cite National Journal ranking of Obama as "most liberal" senator in '07 without noting subjectivity http://mediamatters.org/items/200806270010 NPR's Renée Montagne, MSNBC's Pat Buchanan, and CNN's Bill Bennett all referred to the National Journal's 2007 Vote Ratings, which ranked Sen. Barack Obama the most liberal senator that year, without noting the subjectivity of the ratings. The National Journal based its rankings not on all votes cast by senators in 2007, but on "99 key Senate votes, selected by NJ reporters and editors, to place every senator on a liberal-to-conservative scale." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806270010 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:21:07 EST