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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 GOP Turns To News Corp. To Sell Ryan's Budget Plan
In recent days, News Corp. has been a welcome host for the GOP to roll out Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan, with Fox News Sunday hosting Ryan to tout his proposal; The Wall Street Journal publishing an op-ed by Ryan hyping his "GOP Path to Prosperity"; and Sean Hannity hosting Ryan to discuss his plan to "save America," among other Fox News appearances.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 CRUISE SHIP CONFESSION: Top Fox News Executive Admits Lying On-Air About Obama (1 comments)
Speaking in 2009 onboard a pricey Mediterranean cruise sponsored by a right-wing college, Fox Washington managing editor Bill Sammon described his attempts the previous year to link Obama to "socialism" as "mischievous speculation." Sammon, who is also a Fox News vice president, acknowledged that "privately" he had believed that the socialism allegation was "rather far-fetched."
Sunday, March 27, 2011 Brit Hume Resurrects Myths About Health Care Reform's Passage
While discussing the first anniversary of the passage of the health care reform law, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume claimed that the legislation had been "rammed through" by the Democrats and did not incorporate "Republican ideas." In reality, Congress debated health care reform for more than a year and included numerous Republican proposals.
Friday, March 18, 2011 Right-Wing Media Livid Over Obama's Economic Growth Trip To Latin America
The right-wing media have continuously attacked President Obama for proceeding with his long-planned trip to Latin America in the wake of the crises in Japan and Libya, often mocking his trip as a "vacation." In fact, the President's trip will be "focused on economic opportunities for the United States and the trade relationship" with Latin American nations.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim That Americans Do Not Support Unions
As rallies supportive of Wisconsin's public employees continue around the country, right-wing media have reacted by falsely suggesting that Americans support Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker over the state's public employee union members.
Friday, February 18, 2011 Right-Wing Media Freak Out Over Union Protests In Wisconsin (2 comments)
Responding to Wisconsin state workers' protests against Gov. Scott Walker's (R) proposed legislation that would strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights, right-wing media have characterized the protests as "riots" and "uprisings" and attacked the protesters as "thugs" who could "get violent."
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Fear Machine Redux: Right-Wing Media Use Overseas Turmoil To Stoke Fears Of U.S. Revolution (2 comments)
Led by Glenn Beck, right-wing media have used the ongoing protests in Egypt to suggest that a similar revolution could take place in America, claiming, "This isn't about Egypt -- this is about your hometown," and suggesting "Egyptian-style crisis, unrest and revolt" could "hit America." Conservative media routinely stoke fears of riots or revolution in the U.S.
Friday, December 17, 2010 Right-wing Media Continue To Cheer For Government Shutdown
Right-wing media figures used bills currently under consideration in Congress to continue to cheer for a government shutdown. Conservative media had previously welcomed the possibility of winning a Republican majority in Congress in order to shut down the government, "just like in '95 and '96."
Thursday, November 18, 2010 Fox's Obama "socialism" smear comes straight from the top (1 comments)
"The president has not been very successful," Fox News chairman Roger Ailes said. "He just got kicked from Mumbai to South Korea, and he came home and attacked Republicans for it. He had to be told by the French and the Germans that his socialism was too far left for them to deal with. He just has a different belief system than most Americans."
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Cantor Recants
Cantor's pledge of allegiance to a foreign leader would be remarkable, and deeply offensive, even if the foreign country in question was a close ally. It is one thing to oppose particular US policies; it is quite another to tell a foreign leader, "I'm with you, not my president."
Monday, November 15, 2010 Still lapdogs: Media figures host Bush's rehabilitation tour
Numerous media figures have interviewed former President George W. Bush following the November 9 release of his book, Decision Points. Bush and his interviewers used these interviews as an opportunity to rewrite his presidency by promoting false claims and misinformation about Bush's tenure.
Sunday, October 24, 2010 Wishing for Obama's assassination won't get you fired from Fox News (3 comments)
Fox News has made noise about having editorial standards. Last year, it promised to implement a "zero tolerance" policy regarding errors - then appeared to throw the policy overboard when subsequent errors were found. Why the lack of standards? Perhaps it's that Fox News has long defined itself by being the opposite of their competition.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Action Alert: Fox's "Progressive Hunt" Has to Stop
Businesses that pay to broadcast commercials on Fox News are subsidizing Glenn Beck's show by continuing to pump money into the network.It has become clear that the only way to stop supporting Beck is to stop supporting Fox News.That is why, along with People For the American Way,we're launching a new campaign to get Fox's major advertisers to stop supporting the network's promotion of a climate of fear and suspicion
Thursday, October 14, 2010 "The next, most important step": Right-wing media push Obama impeachment (4 comments)
The New Republic's Jonathan Chait predicts that the if the Republicans retake the House of Representatives this November, Fox News and the conservative media will drive them to impeach President Obama. Indeed, the conservative media has been banging the impeachment drum since as early as March of 2009.
Thursday, September 23, 2010 Limbaugh: "If you voted for Obama, you deserve to be unemployed" and "in misery" (5 comments)
Some conservatives have also derided the Republican plan, with David Frum calling it "a pledge to nowhere." But Rush enthusiastically promoted it time and again as a "basic, common-sense" plan that will put a halt to the Democrats' "wrecking ball of destruction."
Monday, September 6, 2010 Conservatives celebrate Labor Day by attacking organized labor (1 comments)
Following Fox News' lead, conservative media outlets celebrated Labor Day by attacking labor unions, often smearing them as "socialist" and violent. Andrew Breitbart's website Breitbart.tv posted several anti-union videos depicting union members as "thugs" who engage in acts of violence or intimidation against those with which they disagree.
Thursday, September 2, 2010 Where are they now? Serial Iraq misinformers find home at Fox
During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then. Take a look at the track record of wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the war in Iraq by many of Fox News' contributors and analysts.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Right-wing "cannot wait" for gov't shutdown, "just like in '95 and '96"
Then-speaker Gingrich was criticized for orchestrating two government shutdowns in FY 1996, which cost the government at least $800 million. Gingrich "told a room full of reporters that he forced the shutdown because Clinton had rudely made him...sit at the back of Air Force One."
Thursday, August 26, 2010 Beck's "non-political" 8-28 rally steeped in politics
Beck rally non-political? Tea Party Patriots, National Rifle Association, FreedomWorks are deeply involved, and billionnaire David Koch is bussing activists to it. Sarah Palin, who "understands duty and honor," will be featured speaker.
Monday, August 23, 2010 What Fox has wrought: Anti-Park51 protests full of right-wing hate (5 comments)
Fox and the right-wing media have led the opposition to Park51, often using inflammatory, anti-Muslim rhetoric, and comparing Muslims to Nazis, among other things. Recent anti-Park51 protestors have echoed the right-wing media's rhetoric and imagery, invoking Nazis and anti-Muslim smears.
Saturday, September 26, 2009 Hannity, Breitbart lead conservative media fundraising for activist videographers sued by ACORN (4 comments)
On the heels of ACORN filing a lawsuit against conservative activists Hannah Giles, James O'Keefe, and Breitbart.com LLC, Sean Hannity, Andrew Breitbart, HotAir.com's Allahpundit, and NewsBusters have offered to -- in the words of Hannity -- "put out the word" to "help" Giles and O'Keefe raise money for their legal defense.
Friday, September 11, 2009 Rove advances "glaring misstatements" and "distortions" in criticizing Obama speech (2 comments)
Karl Rove claimed that while discussing "the so-called lies and misstatements about his proposal," Obama "made a series of very glaring misstatements or distortions." In fact, it was Rove who was advancing falsehoods and distortions.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 McCaughey returns to CNBC with another false health care attack (1 comments)
Betsy McCaughey again advanced a falsehood about health care reform, claiming that the "legislation that's now in Congress will force everyone under age 65 to buy the same one-size-fits-all government plan" and that "Page 16" of the House bill "says you must be enrolled in a qualified plan." This is; the provision she referred to does not require anyone to give up their their private individual health insurance plan.
Saturday, August 15, 2009 Please give a warm welcome to our death panelists
The role of rationality in our republic was again called into question this week, as the newest conservative lines of attack against health care reform embraced an equally new level of madness.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Out of touch: Conservative media argue insured don't need health care reform (2 comments)
Conservative media figures have echoed John Boehner's statement that "93% of the American people have access to high-quality, affordable health insurance." They ignore the fact that tens of millions of Americans are underinsured and that the reform bills contain several provisions intended to benefit those currently insured.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 CNN president emails Dobbs pronouncing birther story "dead," but Lou won't let it go (3 comments)
After CNN President Jon Klein reportedly emailed information to the staff of Lou Dobbs Tonight that Klein said shows the "story" about President Obama's birth certificate "is dead," Lou Dobbs noted that evidence on air, but then asked Roland Martin: "When this could be dispelled so quickly, and -- and simply by producing [the birth certificate], why not do it?"
Saturday, July 11, 2009 Media Matters: Did you hear the one about the sleazy Obama photo? Don't buy it (5 comments)
Had the mainstream media done their job -- you know, checking the video to get the context from which the photo was taken -- they would have clearly seen that Obama was attempting to navigate high steps, while reaching back to help someone behind him do so as well.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters (3 comments)
Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's hair moved further back on his head.
Monday, September 10, 2007 Myths and Falsehoods About "Progress"- in Iraq
Supporters of the Iraq war -- rather than waiting for testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker on the effect of President Bush's troop increase in Iraq -- have engaged in a campaign to convince the media and public that progress is being made in Iraq and that the "surge" is "working."
Some of the most pervasive myths and falsehoods advanced by opponents of withdrawal are discussed here.
