http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_washington_post This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Washington Post en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070010 Reports have claimed that former CIA official John Brennan "withdrew from consideration" as President-elect Barack Obama's choice for CIA director because of criticism from "liberal groups" that "his tenure coincided with controversial Bush administration programs" -- or, in the words of Fox News' Jim Angle, "the left ... torpedoed" Brennan "because he was part of the war on terror over the last decade." But these outlets did not mention that Brennan was not simply at the CIA at the same time as the interrogation and rendition policies were instituted or carried out but, in fact, has publicly supported them. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070010 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:10:40 EST 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/200812150010 In an article headlined "Bush's Sensitive Side is Showing," <em>Washington Post</em> reporter Dan Eggen quoted former Bush official John DiIulio saying, "Clinton talked, 'I feel your pain.' ... But as Bush showed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, he truly does feel deeply for others and loves this country with a passion." Despite quoting DiIulio's characterization of Bush's expressions of empathy as genuine and Clinton's not, at no point did Eggen mention Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina, for which he was widely criticized. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812150010 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:36:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812090004 <em>The Washington Post</em>'s Michael A. Fletcher quoted political strategist Mark McKinnon in an article criticizing the Employee Free Choice Act but failed to identify him as a spokesman for the Workforce Fairness Institute, which Fletcher described, elsewhere in the article, as "one of a growing number of business coalitions working to defeat the measure." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812090004 Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:32:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812080007 A <em>Washington Post</em> article about President-elect Barack Obama's potential federal judiciary appointments quoted Curt Levey, the executive director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), saying Republican senators should "play hardball" on Obama's judicial nominees, and then reported that "Senate Republicans, who retained enough seats in the November elections to filibuster judicial nominees, said they have not settled on a strategy." However, the <em>Post</em> did not point out that CFJ previously opposed efforts by Democratic senators to filibuster President Bush's judicial appointments, calling filibusters by a minority of senators to block judicial nominations "unconstitutional." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812080007 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:09:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812060003 Several media outlets touted President Bush's purported candor during an ABC interview with Charles Gibson in which Bush said the "biggest regret" of his presidency was the "intelligence failure" regarding the absence of WMD in Iraq and declined to "speculate" whether the administration would have invaded Iraq if the intelligence had shown no WMD. But none of these reports noted the substantial evidence that Bush had already decided to invade Iraq regardless of the available intelligence, or mentioned the substantial uncertainty about the evidence the administration cited in support of the war. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812060003 Sat, 6 Dec 2008 15:20:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812030018 Several media outlets have praised or uncritically reported praise of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. However, none of those outlets noted criticism of PEPFAR's requirement that starting in fiscal year 2006, 33 percent of funds set aside for prevention under the act that created PEPFAR be spent on abstinence-until-marriage education. According to many of the government officials responsible for managing PEPFAR abroad, as well as the Institute of Medicine, this requirement hindered PEPFAR's effectiveness in preventing the spread of AIDS until it was removed when Congress reauthorized PEPFAR in 2008. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812030018 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:24:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030006 <em>The Washington Post</em> distorted a quote by Sen. Barack Obama in reporting that Sen. John McCain "ma[de] fun of something Obama had told a reporter, 'The only thing I've said with respect to coal, I haven't been some coal booster.' " In fact, Obama said during a January 2008 interview: "The only thing that I've said, with a respect to coal -- I haven't been some coal booster -- what I have said is that, for us to take coal off the table as a ideological matter, as opposed to saying, if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it. You know, that I think is the right approach." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030006 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:05:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310021 A <em>Washington Times </em>article stated that Sen. John McCain "drew fresh attention this week to Mr. [Barack] Obama's friendship with Rashid Khalidi" regarding "a 2003 party in Chicago honoring Mr. Khalidi where Mr. Obama gives a speech." But it did not note McCain's own reported "connection to Khalidi": His role as chairman of an organization that awarded a $448,873 grant to an organization Khalidi co-founded. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310021 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:49:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300008 <em>The Washington Post</em>, <em>The Washington Times</em>, the Associated Press, and <em>The Hill</em> reported Sen. John McCain's claims that Sen. Barack Obama is "offering government-run health care" and "an energy plan guaranteed to work without drilling," without noting that both claims are false. Obama has not proposed "government-run health care" and Obama's energy plan calls domestic oil and natural gas production "critical to prevent global energy prices from climbing even higher." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300008 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:45:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270006 <em>The Washington Post</em> uncritically reported that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asserted: "As a result of being chosen by my colleagues to be the Republican leader, I've got people all over America who would love to see me lose, so there's money coming in from San Francisco and Chicago and New York trying to tear down your senator." The <em>Post </em>did not report that it is McConnell who is leading in out-of-state contributions, having received $5,721,759 from out-of-state individuals, 57 percent of his total from individual donors, while his opponent, Bruce Lunsford, has received $160,050 from out-of-state individuals, 31 percent of his total from individual donors. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270006 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:03:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230007 <em>The Washington Post </em>stated that Sen. Barack Obama "promised to deliver" Virginia "in the Democratic column for the first time since 1964" and then quoted Obama stating: "I feel like we've got a righteous wind at our backs." But as the rest of his remarks, which were omitted from the <em>Post</em> article, made clear, Obama was making a different point from the "promise to deliver" claim the <em>Post </em>made: that victory will come only if he and his supporters "fight for every one of the 13 days to move this country in a new direction." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230007 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:51:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170016 <em>The Washington Post</em> reported that Sen. John McCain "railed against [Sen. Barack] Obama for wanting to raise taxes" and uncritically quoted McCain's attack that Obama would raise taxes on Americans like "Joe the Plumber," a reference to Sam Joe Wurzelbacher. However, the <em>Post</em> did not point out that, according to Wurzelbacher himself, he would not be subject to a tax increase under Obama's proposal. Obama has proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families and raising taxes only on households earning more that $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170016 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:39:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170012 In reporting on Sen. John McCain's October 16 appearance on <em>The Late Show with David Letterman</em>, several media outlets noted McCain's response to a question about his association with Watergate break-in figure G. Gordon Liddy that Liddy "paid his debt, he went to prison." However, none of these outlets noted other controversial actions by Liddy, which McCain did not mention, let alone denounce, on Letterman's show, including multiple instances of reportedly advising his radio show audience on the best way to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents -- statements that were reportedly made long after Liddy left prison. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170012 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170010 <em>The Washington Post</em> reported that "[t]he Republican National Committee has also begun making automated phone calls in Virginia and in other battleground states that talk about Obama's connections to 'terrorists,' " but not that Sen. John McCain's campaign also paid for the calls. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170010 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:27:41 EST