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Media, others dredge up discredited smear piece in reporting on Sotomayor nomination

05/27/09 8:27 PM EDT
Some media reject claims that Sotomayor is a liberal activist

05/27/09 7:48 PM EDT
Hour 1: Broken Record: Limbaugh Again Calls Sotomayor “A Bigot” And “A Racist”

05/27/09 1:34 PM EDT
NOW's Gandy “pleased” previous conservative guest “didn't do like Glenn Beck and say 'Hey, Hispanic chick lady!' ”

05/26/09 8:10 PM EDT
NRO's Geraghty misleads to declare Sotomayor "[s]oft" on "[c]orruption"

05/26/09 6:21 PM EDT
Media Matters Minute (05/26/2009)

05/26/09 5:10 PM EDT
Politico ignores history of conservatives' citing importance of empathy in a judge

05/26/09 3:14 PM EDT
CNN, Fox News, MSNBC misrepresent Sotomayor remark on role of appeals court justices

05/26/09 2:36 PM EDT
CNN's Borger, Schneider baselessly conflate judicial “activist[s]” with liberal judges

05/26/09 2:04 PM EDT
NBC's Todd falsely claimed Sotomayor said “we legislate from the bench”

05/26/09 12:54 PM EDT
Echo chamber: Fox News runs with Rosen's anonymously sourced claims that Sotomayor is “domineering”

05/26/09 12:26 PM EDT
CBS fails to note political basis for GOP Supreme Court opposition

05/26/09 11:29 AM EDT
Williams says “some conservatives” defended Sotomayor's comments on policy coming from bench as “stating the obvious”

05/26/09 10:51 AM EDT
Note to media: The Supreme Court deals with more than abortion and affirmative action

05/26/09 10:28 AM EDT
Fox's Hemmer responds to Sotomayor nomination with sexism: “She is reportedly domineering in oral arguments”

05/26/09 10:23 AM EDT
Assumptions

05/26/09 10:21 AM EDT
Napolitano reacts to reported Sotomayor pick: “not a consensus-builder,” but “an ideologue”

05/26/09 10:20 AM EDT
Bush econ. adviser Mankiw on Sotomayor: “SCOTUS appointee is a spender”

05/26/09 10:14 AM EDT

Media, others dredge up discredited smear piece in reporting on Sotomayor nomination

Some media reject claims that Sotomayor is a liberal activist

Hour 1: Broken Record: Limbaugh Again Calls Sotomayor “A Bigot” And “A Racist”

NOW's Gandy “pleased” previous conservative guest “didn't do like Glenn Beck and say 'Hey, Hispanic chick lady!' ”

NRO's Geraghty misleads to declare Sotomayor "[s]oft" on "[c]orruption"

Media Matters Minute (05/26/2009)

Politico ignores history of conservatives' citing importance of empathy in a judge

CNN, Fox News, MSNBC misrepresent Sotomayor remark on role of appeals court justices

CNN's Borger, Schneider baselessly conflate judicial “activist[s]” with liberal judges

NBC's Todd falsely claimed Sotomayor said “we legislate from the bench”

Echo chamber: Fox News runs with Rosen's anonymously sourced claims that Sotomayor is “domineering”

CBS fails to note political basis for GOP Supreme Court opposition

Williams says “some conservatives” defended Sotomayor's comments on policy coming from bench as “stating the obvious”

Note to media: The Supreme Court deals with more than abortion and affirmative action

Fox's Hemmer responds to Sotomayor nomination with sexism: “She is reportedly domineering in oral arguments”

Assumptions

Napolitano reacts to reported Sotomayor pick: “not a consensus-builder,” but “an ideologue”

Bush econ. adviser Mankiw on Sotomayor: “SCOTUS appointee is a spender”

Therapist discusses the effects of Utah's recent ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth with MSNBC

The GOP rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union address was indistinguishable from a Fox News monologue

Fox News host defends Republican Sen. Rick Scott's plan that would sunset Medicare and Social Security

CNN begins State of the Union coverage with a Republican strategist urging Biden to announce he won’t run for re-election

Fox News host says “people who financed it” deserve credit for American infrastructure built by slaves