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Media Matters - Los Angeles Times http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/los_angeles_times This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Los Angeles Times en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Media again quote debate attack that Obama "voted against funding the troops" while omitting Dem response http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times both reported Gov. Sarah Palin's attack during the vice-presidential debate that Sen. "Barack Obama voted against funding troops" without noting, as Sen. Joe Biden pointed out in response, that "[Sen.] John McCain voted the exact same way. John McCain voted against funding the troops because of an amendment he voted against had a timeline in it to draw down American troops." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:53:49 EST LA Times cited Palin's "reject[ion]" of Biden for "blame game" response without noting Ifill's question eliciting it http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030015 The Los Angeles Times asserted that, during the vice-presidential debate, Sen. Joe Biden called President Bush's policies toward Israel "an abject failure" and that Gov. Sarah Palin "reject[ed] the way Biden depicted Bush's policies with her line about the 'blame game.' " But the Times did not note that Biden was responding to moderator Gwen Ifill's question specifically asking the candidates to assess the Bush administration: "What has this administration done right or wrong -- this is the great, lingering, unresolved issue, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- what have they done?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030015 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:38:06 EST LA Times reported Vets for Freedom ad attacking Obama over troop funding vote, but ignored Obama's response and McCain's own record http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 The Los Angeles Times quoted a new Vets for Freedom ad that claims, "Barack Obama skipped 45% of Senate votes but did manage to show up to vote against emergency funding for our troops," but the Times failed to note that Sen. John McCain has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- a point Obama made during the first presidential debate when McCain accused him of voting against troop funding. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:02:54 EST LA Times repeated GOP claims blaming Pelosi's speech for bailout failure without noting contrary evidence http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300023 The Los Angeles Times reported that "Republican leaders said they lost 12 votes at the last minute" for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 because of a "partisan speech" given by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and quoted House Minority Leader John Boehner asserting that "we could have gotten there today had it not been for this partisan speech that the speaker gave." However, the Times did not note statements by members of Congress, including Republicans, that Republicans did not have the votes to pass the legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300023 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:35:23 EST Reuters, AP, LA Times reported McCain ad attacking Obama over troop funding vote, but ignored McCain's own record http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280002 In articles reporting that a McCain campaign ad criticizes Sen. Barack Obama for voting against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Reuters, the Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times did not mention, as Obama pointed out during the first presidential debate, that Sen. John McCain has also voted against troop funding legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280002 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:42:43 EST LA Times reported that McCain "backed" AIG bailout, but not that McCain said he opposed it one day earlier http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190015 The Los Angeles Times reported, "[Sen. Barack] Obama has not taken a position on AIG's rescue, unlike [Sen. John] McCain, who has backed it." But the Times did not point out that the day before the bailout was announced, McCain indicated that he opposed a federal government bailout of AIG, asserting that "we cannot have the taxpayers bail out AIG or anybody else." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190015 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:48:16 EST 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 Media ignore "bridge to nowhere" falsehood in Palin speech, despite having previously flagged it http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040019 The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post have previously challenged Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that she "told the Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere," but they did not report that she repeated the false claim in her September 3 vice-presidential acceptance speech. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040019 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:47:41 EST Media report Palin's claim that Obama has not "authored ... a single major law or reform" without noting laws he has passed http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040007 Numerous print media outlets uncritically reported Gov. Sarah Palin's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform -- not even in the state senate," without noting that Obama has played key roles in the passage of reform legislation at both the federal and state levels, including a bill that McCain co-sponsored and thanked Obama for his work on. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040007 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:05:01 EST Print media reported McCain ad congratulating Obama, ignored McCain attacks on the same day http://mediamatters.org/items/200808290014 Articles in several print media outlets reported on an ad by Sen. John McCain congratulating Sen. Barack Obama on accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. But none of these articles pointed out that, notwithstanding the ad's suggestion that McCain was taking the day off from attacking Obama, the McCain campaign ran attack ads the night of Obama's speech and issued a web video and accompanying press release criticizing Obama earlier in the day. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808290014 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:59:15 EST Media outlets reported allegations Biden plagiarized Kinnock, but not that he had previously credited him http://mediamatters.org/items/200808230003 The Los Angeles Times reported that when Sen. Joe Biden ran for president in 1987, he "was accused of plagiarism when he did not credit Neil Kinnock, then leader of the British Labor Party, for much of his stump speech." The New York Times and the Associated Press made similar reports. But they did not note that Biden reportedly had credited Kinnock, as The Washington Post reported at the time: "John Quinlan, a reporter for the Sioux City Journal, said his notes showed Biden said he was quoting Kinnock when he used the same passage in a speech Aug. 14. Stories in The [New York] Times, The Boston Globe and other newspapers also said Biden had used the rhetoric and credited Kinnock for it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808230003 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:04:11 EST LA Times asserted Obama "probably can't erase the God gap," but ignored findings that he leads among Catholics and black Protestants http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190008 The Los Angeles Times asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "probably can't erase the God gap," but cited as evidence Pew poll results for white voters. In fact, the same Pew poll found that Obama leads McCain 88 percent to 6 percent among "Black Protestant[s]." Moreover, Barabak asserted that Obama "trail[ed] McCain among ... non-Hispanic Catholics," but Barabak did not note that Obama leads McCain among all Catholic voters, 47 percent to 42 percent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:59:23 EST LA Times suggested Casey did not speak at 1992 convention because he was an "outspoken abortion opponent" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180007 The Los Angeles Times suggested that then-Pennsylvania governor Robert Casey was denied a speaking role at the 1992 Democratic convention because he opposed abortion rights. In fact, other Democrats who opposed abortion rights spoke at the 1992 convention and at every convention since then, so Casey's opposition to abortion rights could not have been the sole reason he was not given a speaking role. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180007 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:57:41 EST LA Times uncritically quoted McCain falsely claiming that Obama will "raise your taxes" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080004 The Los Angeles Times uncritically quoted Sen. John McCain asserting of Sen. Barack Obama, "[H]is plan is to raise your taxes and spend more of your money," without noting that the claim is false. Obama has proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families, and McCain's own chief economic adviser has reportedly said it is inaccurate to say that "Barack Obama raises taxes." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080004 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:52:10 EST LA Times missed its own reporting, didn't note McCain's absence from Congress http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060004 Two Los Angeles Times articles quoted Sen. John McCain criticizing Congress for going into recess without voting on energy legislation, but both failed to mention that McCain has not cast a vote in the Senate since April 8, according to the Times' own reporting. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060004 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:36:00 EST