Media Matters - The Washington Times

Media Matters - The Washington Times http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_washington_times This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Washington Times en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America LA Times, Wash. Times uncritically repeated McCain camp's false assertion that Obama "propos[es] to raise taxes on millions of small businesses" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240002 The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Times uncritically repeated the McCain campaign's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "propos[es] to raise taxes on millions of small businesses." In fact, Obama has proposed rolling back President Bush's tax cuts only on "people who are making 250,000 dollars a year or more," and according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, 481,000 -- not "millions of" -- small businesses fall into the tax brackets that would be affected by those increases. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240002 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:49:42 EST Wash. Times' Pruden falsely claimed that "the earth has been measurably cooling for the last decade" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180002 In a Washington Times column, Wesley Pruden falsely claimed that "the earth has been measurably cooling for the last decade, despite everything [former Vice President] Al [Gore] and his followers have done about it." In fact, the United Kingdom's Met (Meteorological) Office lists as a "fact" that "[t]emperatures are continuing to rise" and states that "temperature change over the latest decade (1998-2007) alone shows a continued warming of 0.1° C per decade." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180002 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:43:21 EST Wash. Times' Pruden mocks "hysterics," including those who warned of AIDS epidemic http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170010 In his latest column, The Washington Times' Wes Pruden wrote: "We were all supposed to be dead now, done in by AIDS, the gift of the gays. After that it was SARS, bequeathed to the world by China. Then it was avian flu, which, to be fair to the alarmists, did in fact result in the deaths of millions. The millions were all chickens, true, but chickens have feelings, too." According to the United Nations, at least 1 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses every year since 1997 and at least 2 million every year since 2003. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170010 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:24:22 EST Despite own reporting on flip-flop, Wash. Times asserts "Maverick" McCain's support of bill "to overhaul immigration" "could help more than harm" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806160005 The Washington Times' Joseph Curl wrote that Sen. John McCain "bucked his party" when he "joined forces with a liberal leader, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, via the McCain-Kennedy bill to overhaul immigration," but Curl failed to note that McCain now says he would no longer support that bill if it came to a vote on the Senate floor. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806160005 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:44:41 EST Wash. Times article ignored Gates' Iran comments, reports that Bush was referring to Obama in Knesset speech http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210006 The Washington Times ignored reports that President Bush was referring to Sen. Barack Obama when he said, "Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals," and uncritically quoted a memo from presidential counselor Ed Gillespie, who called the controversy a "media-manufactured story line." The Times also quoted Gillespie saying Bush was "reiterat[ing] a long-standing policy" regarding Iran, but did not note that Robert Gates has, like Obama, reportedly said that the United States needs to be willing to meet with Iran. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210006 Wed, 21 May 2008 16:21:44 EST Wash. Times ignores McCain's flip-flops on immigration, taxes http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210004 The Washington Times reported that conservatives "have clashed" with Sen. John McCain "on issues such as his support for strict limits on campaign finance, his teaming with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ... on immigration and his votes against President Bush's two major tax-cut packages." However, the article did not mention that McCain now says he would not support his own immigration bill if it came to a vote on the Senate floor, or that he now supports extending Bush's tax cuts. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210004 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:31:03 EST Wash. Times quoted Indiana man saying Obama is "a Muslim" without noting the assertion is false http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070001 A Washington Times article uncritically quoted an Indiana man saying of Sen. Barack Obama, "I can't stand him. ... He's a Muslim. He's not even pro-American as far as I'm concerned." By contrast, after quoting the same man in its own article, the Chicago Sun-Times wrote that "Obama has never been a Muslim, but bogus e-mails accuse him of being a Muslim who put his hand on a copy of the Quran to be sworn into the U.S. Senate and refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070001 Wed, 7 May 2008 11:42:36 EST Wash. Post, WSJ editorial pages urged release of tax returns by Teresa Heinz Kerry, but have yet to call for Cindy McCain's http://mediamatters.org/items/200805050001 In 2004, the editorial pages of The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal called on Teresa Heinz Kerry to release her tax returns. But both have yet to call on Sen. John McCain's campaign to release Cindy McCain's tax returns or even note that the campaign has refused to do so. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805050001 Mon, 5 May 2008 14:52:39 EST Wash. Times asserted McCain "doesn't intend to make" Wright "a political issue," but aides have reportedly distributed materials about Wright http://mediamatters.org/items/200804140005 The Washington Times' Andrea Billups wrote that Sen. John McCain's "low profile during the Wright flap suggests he doesn't intend to make it a political issue, even if others in his party do." But Billups did not report that a McCain campaign aide reportedly distributed a video that "splices together the most inflammatory language of Jeremiah Wright with a series of other issues that have arisen in the campaign." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804140005 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:40:42 EST Reporting on Dems' "condemn[ation]" of McCain comment, Wash. Times left out McCain's inconsistency http://mediamatters.org/items/200804080005 Reporting on Sen. John McCain's speech about the Iraq war, The Washington Times asserted that "Democrats have condemned Mr. McCain for his 100-year comment, though Mr. McCain was saying Iraq could become a nation like South Korea, where U.S. forces have been stationed for more than 50 years." But the Times did not mention that McCain has been inconsistent on whether U.S. troop's future presence in Iraq would be analogous to that in South Korea. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804080005 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:50:51 EST Wash. Times' McCaslin misrepresented FEC spokesman, advisory opinions, to raise questions about Clinton's Elton John concert http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270011 In a column about an Elton John concert on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign, The Washington Times' John McCaslin questioned whether the concert violates federal election law and wrote that FEC spokesman Bob Biersack "said he doesn't know whether the Elton John performance would be considered unlawful by FEC standards." While McCaslin later updated his column, he did not note that, according to the Clinton campaign, Biersack said: "I did not intend to convey ... that there is anything unlawful" about the concert. McCaslin also falsely asserted that a 1981 FEC advisory opinion "prohibited a foreign national artist from donating his services in connection with fundraising for a U.S. Senate campaign." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270011 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:35:38 EST Wash. Times' Lambro asserted McCain "burnish[ed] his defense and foreign policy credentials" on trip, ignored Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250007 The Washington Times' Donald Lambro asserted that Sen. John McCain's "fact-finding foreign policy trip" "burnish[ed] his defense and foreign policy credentials." Lambro wrote this despite McCain's admittedly false claim during the trip that "it's common knowledge and has been reported in the media that ... Al Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250007 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:14:18 EST Despite reporting to the contrary, Wash. Times claimed Obama received "a discount" on his house http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030005 A Washington Times article asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "received a discount for purchasing [his] home, and Mr. [Antoin] Rezko bought the lot next door." The article did not cite any evidence that Obama "received a discount," and Bloomberg News has reported that "[t]he couple who sold Barack Obama his Chicago home said the Illinois senator's $1.65 million bid 'was the best offer' and they didn't cut their asking price because a campaign donor bought their adjacent land, according to e-mails between Obama's presidential campaign and the seller." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030005 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:16:12 EST Wash. Times falsely claimed Obama "urg[ed] the Bush administration to conduct air strikes against terrorist targets in Pakistan without its approval" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802280014 A Washington Times article distorted Sen. Barack Obama's comments about targeting terrorists in Pakistan, falsely claiming that Obama "urg[ed] the Bush administration to conduct air strikes against terrorist targets in Pakistan without its approval." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802280014 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:25:38 EST Media advance myth of McCain as lobbyist foe http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260009 Various media figures and reports have helped perpetuate the myth of Sen. John McCain as a straight-talking maverick who is feared by lobbyists and representatives of special interests. But McCain's campaign reportedly has more current and former lobbyists on staff or as advisers and more current and former lobbyist fundraising bundlers than any other candidate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260009 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:59:17 EST