Media Matters - Good Morning America

Media Matters - Good Morning America http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/good_morning_america This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Good Morning America en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Media uncritically repeat McCain claim that Obama "will raise" taxes http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050006 In reports on Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech at the RNC, several media outlets uncritically reported McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "will raise" taxes, without pointing out that McCain's own chief economic adviser has reportedly said the accusation is inaccurate or that Obama has in fact proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families and raising them only on households earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050006 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:00:26 EST ABC's Sawyer did not challenge McCain spokesman's claim that "Democratic-leaning blogs" dictated timing of Palin pregnancy disclosure http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020012 Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer did not challenge an assertion by McCain campaign senior adviser Nicolle Wallace that the "fervor with which the Democratic-leaning blogs and a few in the mainstream media pursued" questions about Gov. Sarah Palin's pregnancy " forced the Palin family ... maybe ahead of a schedule that worked best for the family, to make this news yesterday about their daughter." But contrary to Wallace's claim, according to The New York Times, the McCain campaign released the information about Palin's daughter's pregnancy on Labor Day because that was when the media were focused on Hurricane Gustav and because "the nation was busy with family and social activities." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020012 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:49:47 EST ABC reports that Republicans are mocking Democrats' columned stage, not that 2004 GOP convention stage also had columns http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280015 Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer echoed Republican talking points mocking the stage at Invesco Field in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama plans to give his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for president, for including a structure with columns. But Roberts and Sawyer failed to mention that the stage at the Republican National Convention in 2004 also included columns. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280015 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:31:07 EST On GMA, Sawyer didn't challenge McCain's false claim that Obama said he would "attack Pakistan" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210001 On Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer failed to challenge Sen. John McCain's false claim that Sen. Barack Obama has said that as president, he would "attack Pakistan." Nor did Sawyer challenge McCain's reference to "the Iraq-Pakistan border," which does not exist. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210001 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:16:43 EST ABC anchors asked Obama and McCain about Obama's alleged "shifting positions," but not McCain's http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100012 On the July 9 edition of Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer introduced a question to Sen. Barack Obama about Iraq by stating, "[S]ome of your core supporters have been saying that they sense that you are shifting positions, and you've gotten quite a drubbing on a couple of fronts." However, Sawyer did not ask Obama about any of Sen. John McCain's "shifting positions." In an interview that aired later that day on World News, Charles Gibson asked McCain about McCain's criticism of Obama for what Gibson characterized as "changing position on a number of ... issues" and whether McCain is "ready, yet, to call him [Obama] a flip-flopper," but did not ask McCain about McCain's reversals. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100012 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:21:01 EST GMA's Roberts did not challenge McCain's denial that he has said he lacks expertise on the economy http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030004 ABC's Robin Roberts said to Sen. John McCain, "You have admitted that you're not exactly an expert when it comes to the economy and many have said that they," at which point, McCain said repeatedly, "I have not." Roberts did not challenge McCain's denial, even though McCain has made repeated remarks acknowledging his weakness on economic issues. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030004 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:05:45 EST Despite having to correct Ross' false claim that McCain has released tax returns, ABC still ignored McCain in report musing about Clinton tax returns http://mediamatters.org/items/200804030004 On ABC's Good Morning America, Brian Ross asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton's "delay" in releasing tax returns "has raised a lot of questions," including "whether they paid their taxes like average Americans, or like the super-rich they have become." At no point during the segment did anyone, including Ross, who has falsely asserted that Sen. John McCain released his tax returns, question McCain's "delay." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804030004 Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:22:14 EST Media outlets falsely claim Obama contradicted himself regarding Wright statements http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200004 Several media figures have falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama contradicted previous statements when he said during a March 18 speech on race: "Did I ever hear him [Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former pastor] make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in the church? Yes." In fact, Obama previously asserted he had not been present for particular statements Wright made that were repeated by various media outlets and that spurred the recent controversy. He did not claim to have never heard Wright make "remarks that could be considered controversial." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200004 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:42:33 EST ABC repeatedly noted controversial comments by Obama's "allies," but has yet to report comments by McCain endorsers http://mediamatters.org/items/200803140013 During recent editions of Good Morning America and World News, ABC discussed and aired reports on the "explosive statements" of Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, but ABC has yet to report on controversial comments by two "allies" of Sen. John McCain. For example, evangelist John Hagee has said that "Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans," and pastor Rod Parsley reportedly wrote that "America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion [of Islam] destroyed." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803140013 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:38:40 EST ABC's Ross reported Wright's 9-11 remarks -- but not that Obama disavowed them http://mediamatters.org/items/200803130008 On Good Morning America, ABC's Brian Ross reported on a 2001 sermon by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of Sen. Barack Obama's church, in which Wright made controversial remarks regarding the 9-11 terrorist attacks. While Ross noted that Obama has said that Wright is "like an old uncle, who sometimes says things I don't agree with," at no point did Ross report that Obama has specifically disagreed with Wright's 9-11 remarks. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803130008 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:29:45 EST Media once again uncritically report McCain's criticism of Romney's negative ads without mentioning McCain's numerous ads attacking Romney http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310012 In their coverage of the January 30 Republican presidential debate, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, ABC, and National Public Radio all reported Sen. John McCain's criticism of Mitt Romney over negative campaign ads. However, none of those media outlets noted that McCain has aired numerous ads attacking Romney, despite having said that "negative campaigns don't work." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310012 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:46:45 EST On GMA, Sawyer allowed McCain to tout his "positive" New Hampshire campaign http://mediamatters.org/items/200801090003 ABC's Diane Sawyer did not challenge Sen. John McCain's claim that he "ran a positive campaign" in New Hampshire. In fact, McCain ran a negative TV ad in the state and negative Web ads about one of his opponents, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801090003 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:46:15 EST From cleavage to "cackle"? Media find new focus in coverage of Hillary Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 21:29:04 EST ABC's Greenburg cast Anita Hill's allegations as charge that Thomas simply "pressured her to date him" http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020001 In a report on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, ABC News' Jan Crawford Greenburg stated simply that Anita Hill "told the FBI that, 10 years before, Thomas pressured her to date him." However, Hill has said she told the FBI agents who interviewed her "about Thomas' descriptions of pornography, the pressure for dates, [and] the discussions of his sexual activities." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020001 Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:11:35 EST Major newspapers, network news still silent on Romney-Blackwater connection http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260015 On September 22, the Politico reported that Mitt Romney "has remained mum on the alleged killing of 11 Iraqis by a company where one of his top advisers serves as vice chairman, even as the case has led to an uproar in Baghdad and Washington. ... The top counterterrorism and national security adviser to Romney's presidential campaign is Cofer Black, vice chairman of Blackwater USA." But despite prominent reports by the five major newspapers and the three networks on the Iraqi Interior Ministry revoking Blackwater USA's license, none of those outlets has reported on Romney's connection to Blackwater or his refusal to comment on the matter. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260015 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:37:59 EST