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Media Matters - Meet the Press http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/meet_the_press This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Meet the Press en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Brokaw allowed McCain adviser to falsely claim McCain "called for the firing of Don Rumsfeld" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280007 On NBC's Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw did not challenge Steve Schmidt's false claim that Sen. John McCain "called for the firing of Don Rumsfeld." In fact, the McCain campaign itself reportedly admitted that McCain did not call for Rumsfeld to be fired, or for his resignation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280007 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:53:40 EST Brokaw falsely suggested Oprah hosted Obama as a presidential candidate http://mediamatters.org/items/200809070008 On Meet the Press, citing a New York Post article reporting that Oprah Winfrey will not host Gov. Sarah Palin on her show before the presidential election, Tom Brokaw falsely suggested that Winfrey has hosted Sen. Barack Obama on her show during Obama's campaign for president. However, the Post article Brokaw cited itself reported that Winfrey has not hosted Obama since he began his presidential campaign and that Winfrey said she decided when she endorsed Obama not to use her show "as a platform for any of the candidates." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809070008 Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:25:19 EST On Meet the Press, Brokaw attributed proposal for gas-tax holiday to Clinton, but not McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 On Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw asked Al Gore if, on the subject of renewable energy, "Hillary Clinton reset this debate when she said there should be a summer holiday on the federal gas tax." But Brokaw did not mention that Sen. John McCain also proposed a gas-tax holiday or that one of his top advisers still touts the plan as "the best stimulus package we can have right now." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:29:57 EST Brokaw didn't challenge Fiorina's assertion that "[t]he principal reason that [McCain] voted against the Bush tax cuts is that they were not accompanied by fiscal restraint" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130003 On Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw did not challenge Carly Fiorina's assertion that "[t]he principal reason that [Sen. John McCain] voted against the Bush tax cuts is that they were not accompanied by fiscal restraint." In fact, the reason McCain gave for voting against the tax cuts in a May 26, 2001, statement on the Senate floor was that "so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130003 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:53:20 EST On Meet the Press, Williams allowed Graham to crop Obama's questionnaire response on public funding http://mediamatters.org/items/200806220001 On Meet the Press, host Brian Williams allowed Sen. Lindsey Graham to crop an answer Sen. Barack Obama gave on a Midwest Democracy Network questionnaire about whether he would commit to public financing for the general election if his opponent did so. While Graham read the question and beginning of Obama's answer aloud, neither he nor Williams noted that Obama concluded his answer by saying he would "aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election," which the Obama campaign maintains he did before determining an agreement with the McCain campaign was unreachable. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806220001 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:45:02 EST Ignoring reversal, O'Donnell said McCain "believes he's stronger among Hispanic-Americans, especially because of his immigration stance" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080001 NBC's Kelly O'Donnell asserted that Sen. John McCain "believes he's stronger" than Sen. Barack Obama "among Hispanic-Americans, especially because of his immigration stance, which nearly killed him in the Republican Party." But O'Donnell did not note that McCain reversed himself on the issue of immigration; he now says that "we've got to secure the borders first" and that he "would not" support his own comprehensive immigration reform legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080001 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 14:14:54 EST Amid spate of high-profile stories, Russert continues to ignore "the story about Senator McCain and lobbyists and ethics and money" on Meet the Press http://mediamatters.org/items/200805280004 NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Russert, who in February stated that "the story about Senator [John] McCain and lobbyists and ethics and money -- that continues," again ignored the issue of "McCain and lobbyists and ethics and money" on the May 25 edition of Meet the Press, despite numerous recent, related developments bearing on that issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805280004 Wed, 28 May 2008 15:00:29 EST Russert: "[T]he story about Senator McCain and lobbyists and ethics and money -- that continues" -- but not on Meet the Press http://mediamatters.org/items/200805230005 On February 24, Tim Russert stated on NBC's Today that "the story about Senator [John] McCain and lobbyists and ethics and money -- that continues. It's been on the front page of several papers for the last three days. ... We have not heard the end of that discussion about Senator McCain." However, since that date, "the story" has not "continue[d]" on Meet the Press. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805230005 Fri, 23 May 2008 15:17:16 EST On Meet the Press, Russert allowed GOP strategist Murphy to falsely claim that "Rubin mischaracterized," "paraphrased" McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200805180002 On Meet the Press, Tim Russert failed to correct Mike Murphy's false claim that James Rubin "mischaracterized" Sen. John McCain in a Washington Post op-ed. Russert said, "And there is an interview with James Rubin, as you know, from Senator McCain where he said that in time, we would have to talk with Hamas." Murphy replied, "Right. Well, but I think if you look, like many of us did, at the full YouTube of that, Rubin mischaracterized him in his op-ed. ... McCain had a lot of qualifications, if you look at the full context of it, which is not what Rubin paraphrased in that op-ed." In fact, Rubin did not "mischaracterize[]" or "paraphrase[]" McCain's comments, as video posted on YouTube shows. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805180002 Sun, 18 May 2008 17:11:24 EST Will Russert offer Libertarian candidate Barr the same Meet the Press platform he gave Nader? http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130004 Now that former Republican congressman Bob Barr has announced his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination for president, will NBC host Tim Russert invite Barr to be interviewed on Meet the Press, giving Barr the same platform to discuss his candidacy that Russert gave Ralph Nader? http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130004 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:11 EST Russert suggested GOP would run ads against Obama featuring "Pledge of Allegiance" charge without noting it's false http://mediamatters.org/items/200804200001 On Meet the Press, Tim Russert asserted that "many Democrats fear Republicans in the fall will string together an ad which shows," among other things, "[Sen.] Barack Obama with his hands clasped in front of him rather than holding his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance." However, the photo to which Russert was apparently referring appeared in Time magazine with a caption indicating it was taken during the national anthem, not the Pledge of Allegiance. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804200001 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:12:41 EST Brooks, Broder praised McCain's rebuke of Bush-style unilateralism, but didn't mention McCain's past comments attacking allies who opposed Iraq war http://mediamatters.org/items/200803300003 The New York Times' David Brooks asserted that Sen. John McCain's March 26 foreign policy speech "was so important because he broke with Bush on several ways" and described one of those ways as, "Should the U.S. go it alone on certain issues? He said no, we are -- we need a strong America, but in the community of nations. And he detailed that." Similarly, The Washington Post's David Broder wrote that McCain "outlin[ed] a vastly different approach from President Bush's" in the speech, in part by offering a "repudiation of unilateralism." Yet neither Brooks nor Broder accounted for any of the statements McCain made during the run-up to the Iraq war about France, Germany, and Belgium, which revealed a very different attitude to U.S. allies. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803300003 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:03:56 EST After repeatedly asking Obama about Farrakhan during debate, Russert ignored guest's reference to Hagee's endorsement of McCain on Meet the Press http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030006 On Meet the Press, host Tim Russert ignored Republican strategist Mike Murphy's reference to Sen. John McCain's acceptance of an endorsement by evangelist John Hagee. Russert did not identify Hagee by name or mention Hagee's statements denouncing or disparaging homosexuality, Islam, Catholics, and women. By contrast, during the last Democratic debate, Russert persisted with questions to Sen. Barack Obama about Louis Farrakhan's support of Obama, despite Obama's repeated denunciations of Farrakhan's statements. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030006 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:51:25 EST Russert misquoted Clinton one day, falsely stated Clinton's and Obama's positions on NAFTA the next http://mediamatters.org/items/200803020004 On The Tim Russert Show, Russert falsely claimed that Sen. Hillary Clinton said in 2004: "[O]n substance, NAFTA's been good for New York and America." In fact, what Clinton said in 2004 was: "I think on balance NAFTA has been good for New York and America, but I also think that there are a number of areas where we're not dealt with in an upfront way." On Meet the Press, Russert claimed that a video clip showed Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama "coming out against NAFTA"; as the clips made clear, neither candidate "c[ame] out against NAFTA." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803020004 Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:07:06 EST On Meet the Press, Brooks suggested McCain "only wrote two letters" as Commerce chairman http://mediamatters.org/items/200802240003 On Meet the Press, discussing the New York Times article about Sen. John McCain's relationship with a lobbyist, David Brooks said he "do[esn't] really understand the case" involving McCain and the letters he wrote to the Federal Communications Commission about an issue involving Paxson Communications, then suggested that McCain "only wrote two letters" as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. But the Times reported that McCain sent a series of letters to the FCC in a separate case, including "an unusually blunt letter to the head of the Federal Communications Commission, warning that he would try to overhaul the agency if it closed a broadcast ownership loophole." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802240003 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:31:33 EST