http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/attacks_on_progressives This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Attacks on Progressives en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150003 Appearing on the syndicated radio show of Alex Jones -- who claims to be "considered by many to be the grandfather of what has come to be known as the 9/11 Truth Movement" -- Jerome Corsi baselessly claimed that as a child, "Obama got Islamic instruction, and it wasn't mainstream Islamic instruction." Jones asserted that "we should not have anybody as president who -- both their parents aren't Americans," saying "this allows infiltration," later saying of Obama: "He is a ringer, folks. He's meant to take a dive for John McCain. So this is nonpartisan. The facts are in. He will be destroyed in this election." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150003 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:23:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808140005 Echoing a longtime, much-repeated falsehood, <em>The Washington Post</em> asserted that former Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey Sr. "was denied a speaking slot at Bill Clinton's nominating convention in 1992 because of his opposition to abortion." In fact, others who opposed abortion rights were given speaking roles at the convention, so Casey's opposition to abortion rights alone could not have been the deciding factor in the decision not to give him a speaking role. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808140005 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:18:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130005 Two AP articles claimed that "the late Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey ... was not given a marquee speaking spot at the 1992 convention because of his anti-abortion views," an assertion echoed in posts on ABC News' Political Radar blog and Mark Halperin's The Page. Each advanced a modified version of the old falsehood, much repeated, that Casey was denied a speaking role at the convention because he opposed abortion rights. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130005 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:24:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070002 A <em>New York Times</em> article echoed the oft-repeated myth that Gov. Bob Casey Sr. was forbidden to speak at the 1992 Democratic convention because he opposed abortion rights. In fact, other Democrats who oppose abortion rights spoke at the 1992 convention and at every convention since then. Moreover, the <em>Times</em> itself reported in 1996 that White House officials "have always said that had [Casey] not declined to endorse Mr. [Bill] Clinton in 1992, he would have been allowed to speak to the convention." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070002 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:55:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808010001 On CNN, Lou Dobbs asserted that "[f]ormer Congressman Bill Janklow, a Democrat from South Dakota, was convicted of striking and killing a motorcyclist with his car in 2003. He was sentenced to 100 days in prison." In fact, Janklow was a Republican member of the House of Representatives. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808010001 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:14:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310004 While guest-hosting <em>The Lee Rodgers Show</em>, Brian Sussman said: "If Barack Obama were on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence for a jury of his peers to pronounce him guilty? I doubt it. I think Obama would walk." Sussman had previously said of Obama's speech in Berlin, "I could have sworn he was running for Antichrist." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310004 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:16:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290004 KSFO's Brian Sussman said of Sen. Barack Obama's Berlin speech: "As I was watching that speech, I could have sworn he was running for Antichrist." Sussman later added, "He's giving this speech in Europe -- he's talking about us being citizens of the world. I got news for you, dude. I'm not a citizen of the world. I live on this planet, but I'm a citizen of the United States of America." However, in his speech, Obama characterized himself as "a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290004 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:46:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250005 Bill O'Reilly used both his radio and TV programs to attack former Vice President Al Gore for delivering a July 19 speech at the Netroots Nation conference, calling Gore an "evil enabler" and repeatedly comparing the event to gatherings by the Ku Klux Klan, Nazi Party, and David Duke. O'Reilly made his attacks on Gore and the Netroots conference after asserting that the blog Daily Kos posted "hateful e-mails" about the Tony Snow. But while O'Reilly repeatedly linked Netroots Nation to Daily Kos, Daily Kos was not an official organizer or sponsor of the Netroots convention. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250005 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:07:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807240007 On his Fox News television program, Bill O'Reilly said, "[Sen. Barack] Obama must condemn organizations like MoveOn and the Daily Kos if he truly wants to run without a race component. These are the people that are dividing Americans along racial lines. It is not a stretch to say MoveOn is the new Klan." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807240007 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:58:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160003 On <em>The 700 Club</em>, Pat Robertson falsely claimed that Rep. Barney Frank "was caught running a group of male prostitutes out of his D.C. residence." In fact, a House ethics committee investigation cleared Frank of such allegations in 1990. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160003 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:17:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100013 On his CNN program, Lou Dobbs referred to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as a "little darling" three times and as a "precious darling" and a "precious fraud" while criticizing him over San Francisco's policy regarding undocumented immigrants. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100013 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:21:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100010 In a <em>Washington Post</em> analysis of Sen. Barack Obama, Dan Balz wrote that "[t]he National Journal rated [Obama] the most liberal member of the Senate last year," but that "[h]is advisers say the rating system is faulty." Balz did not explain why the Obama campaign has described the ratings as "faulty," or note that it is not just people associated with the Obama campaign who have criticized the <em>Journal</em>'s ratings. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100010 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:50:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100005 During an interview with Sen. John McCain aired on ABC's <em>World News</em>, Charles Gibson asked McCain whether he "see[s]" Sen. Barack Obama "shifting positions." Gibson also asked McCain, "You're not ready, yet, to call him a flip-flopper?" But at no during the interview <em>World News</em> aired did Gibson ask McCain about the multiple instances in which McCain has "flip-floppe[d]." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100005 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:06:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070004 While discussing reports of a shortage of one type of IP addresses, Gretchen Carlson stated: "I was wondering if we should call up Al Gore. Because maybe he would have a solution for this, since he invented the Internet." In fact, Gore never said that he "invented the Internet." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070004 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:00:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070003 On <em>Reliable Sources</em>, Howard Kurtz again falsely claimed that, as Kurtz worded it this time, Sen. John McCain got "strafed by [retired Gen.] Wes Clark over his Vietnam service" during Clark's appearance on <em><em>Face the Nation</em></em>, and also said: "I would have bet a sizable sum of money that of all the possible attacks against John McCain, the Democrats would not have gone after his Vietnam War record, which, of course, includes his capture and torture in Hanoi. Well, I was wrong." But Clark neither "strafed" McCain's Vietnam service, nor went "after his Vietnam War record." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070003 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:50:42 EST