Media Matters - Propaganda/Noise Machine

Media Matters - Propaganda/Noise Machine http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/propaganda_noise_machine This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Propaganda/Noise Machine en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America Coulter compounds falsehoods in "point-by-point" response to Media Matters' fact-check of Guilty http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070016 In a Newsmax.com article, purporting to respond to Media Matters' recent analysis documenting falsehoods in her new book, Ann Coulter advanced new ones. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070016 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:44:16 EST During Today interview, Coulter falsely claimed "the Drudge Report has never had to retract a report" http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070005 During her January 7 interview on NBC's Today, Ann Coulter falsely claimed that "the Drudge Report has never had to retract a report." In fact, the Drudge Report has a track record of posting items that were false on their face or were subsequently exposed as false, and in 1997, issued a retraction regarding a false allegation he posted on his website. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070005 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:19:25 EST Ignoring his own reported standard for hosting Coulter, NBC's Lauer interviews Coulter on Today http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070001 Matt Lauer hosted Ann Coulter on NBC's Today despite having reportedly said previously that "if there's something in the news that she has a vital view on, then I think we would consider having her back on. In terms of having her back on just to be outrageous, that probably wouldn't happen." http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070001 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:17:14 EST 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 After penning book blasting "the way liberals use victimhood," Coulter portrayed herself as victim of an NBC "setup" http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060016 Following reports that her January 6 appearance on NBC's Today had been canceled, Ann Coulter -- who reportedly told CBS News her new book is "about the rewards and praise you get for being a victim and the way liberals use victimhood" -- complained during appearances on Sean Hannity's radio and television programs that "the Today show thing was a hoax from the beginning" and "a setup to block me from other TV shows." The next day, CBS' Harry Smith told Coulter: "[T]he more I listen to your complaints, the more I kept thinking, well, you're the whiner. You're the one who's claiming victimhood here. That you're the victim of this great left-wing conspiracy." http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060016 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:59:59 EST Dobbs on NM investigation: "Maybe [Richardson] messed with Senator Hillary Clinton one time too many" http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060011 On his radio show, Lou Dobbs baselessly suggested that Hillary Clinton and James Carville "ratcheted up" the federal investigation into business and government dealings in New Mexico: "What, an investigation into the New Mexico governor [Bill Richardson]? Maybe he messed with Senator Hillary Clinton one time too many. When James Carville calls you 'Judas,' look out -- things tend to happen. They ratcheted up an investigation." http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060011 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:40:43 EST On Hannity & Colmes, Coulter continues attack on single motherhood, calling it "a recipe to create criminals, strippers, rapists, murderers" http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060008 On Hannity & Colmes, Ann Coulter defended a statement in her new book, Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America -- that children whose parents divorce are "future strippers" -- as "something that needs to be said," later saying of her book's contention that the children of divorces would become strippers: "Yes, and they will be, and that is a fact." Coulter also referred to single motherhood as "a recipe to create criminals, strippers, rapists, murderers." http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060008 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:51:35 EST CBS' Smith: Coulter "says that I am certifiably insane. Perhaps I am, for having her on the program this morning" http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060003 On CBS' The Early Show, Harry Smith teased an interview with Ann Coulter by saying, "Ann Coulter is in the studio this morning. She has a brand new book ... and in it, she says that I am certifiably insane. Perhaps I am, for having her on the program this morning." http://mediamatters.org/items/200901060003 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:35:41 EST Coulter: Today cancels, but CBS' Early Show to host her http://mediamatters.org/items/200901050014 On her website, Ann Coulter announced that the appearances she was scheduled to make on the January 6 edition of Today had been canceled, but that she would be appearing that day on The Early Show. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901050014 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:35:00 EST IBD cited 1930s America, 1990s Japan as evidence that stimulus spending doesn't work, but economists disagree on both counts http://mediamatters.org/items/200901050007 In criticizing a large-scale economic stimulus plan favored by President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, an Investor's Business Daily editorial echoed other media by citing the New Deal and Japan's "lost decade" as purported evidence that stimulus spending is "the least effective way to give the economy a boost." However, according to prominent economists, economic conditions in 1930s America and 1990s Japan were improving following major increases in stimulus spending -- trends that were reversed only when the respective governments decided to cut spending and raise taxes in an attempt to reduce the deficit. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901050007 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:39:47 EST Is NBC going to help Coulter sell this book? http://mediamatters.org/items/200901040001 NBC has repeatedly provided Ann Coulter a platform to spew her inflammatory rhetoric even as NBC-affiliated hosts and anchors have expressed disapproval of her statements or criticized the media for promoting her. Coulter's latest book, Guilty, is rife with such inflammatory comments, including saying that the Democratic primaries were a contest of "Who's the Biggest Pussy?"; calling children whose parents divorce "future strippers" in a chapter titled "Victim of a Crime? Thank a Single Mother"; and calling former White House press secretary Scott McClellan "retarded." Nevertheless, Coulter has announced that she is scheduled to appear on Today on January 6. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901040001 Sun, 4 Jan 2009 11:43:26 EST MilitaryTimes.com article claiming poll respondents are "[w]ary about Obama" did not note poll was based on voluntary responses http://mediamatters.org/items/200901020001 MilitaryTimes.com reported: "When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey." But according to a separate MilitaryTimes.com article, the poll was based on voluntary responses by subscribers to Army Times Publishing Co. newspapers rather than a random statistical sample of service members. A report on the poll on Fox & Friends also omitted this information. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901020001 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:54:58 EST Media run with unsourced assertion by Sun-Times columnist of "rumbles" that Emanuel "is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations" http://mediamatters.org/items/200812230012 Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed asserted in a column that she "hears rumbles President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the feds -- dealing with his boss' vacant Senate seat!" Sneed added: "A lot of chit-chat? Hot air? Or trouble? To date, Rahm's been mum. Stay tuned." Despite the complete absence of sourcing, many in the media have run with Sneed's assertion, in some cases simply quoting Sneed, in others, paraphrasing the assertion, and in still others, actually expanding on it. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812230012 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:36:38 EST On Hannity & Colmes, Gingrich falsely claimed that Dennis Hastert "did not get a private plane" http://mediamatters.org/items/200812210004 On Hannity & Colmes, Newt Gingrich falsely asserted that following 9-11, Dennis Hastert "did not get a private plane," adding that "[t]here's no reason for anyone but the president and vice president of the United States to have that level of security." In fact, at the time, the House sergeant-at-arms, the Defense Department, and the White House agreed that military planes should be made available to the speaker of the House for national security reasons, and Hastert was the first speaker to use one. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812210004 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:25:04 EST MSNBC's Witt failed to challenge GOP strategist Baird's smears of Obama camp, Frank http://mediamatters.org/items/200812210003 MSNBC's Alex Witt failed to challenge Republican strategist Tripp Baird's claim that President-elect Barack Obama's team had "something to do with" a "corruption" scandal involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich, even though there are no allegations of wrongdoing against Obama or his staff contained in the criminal complaint against Blagojevich. Further, Witt did not challenge Baird's false claim that Rep. Barney Frank "ran a male prostitute ring out of his basement." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812210003 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:44:13 EST