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Lowlights of media reports and commentary from the 2006 election season

11/09/06 6:48 PM EST
On Hannity & Colmes, DeLay falsely claimed House ethics committee never called for him to stop House violating rules

11/09/06 5:52 PM EST
NY Post op-ed cherry-picks polling to suggest McCain and Giuliani would “trounc[e] Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton” in 2008

11/09/06 5:49 PM EST
“Closing in”: The life and death of a Beauprez media myth

11/09/06 5:09 PM EST
Gibson on Rumsfeld's resignation: Are bin Laden and Saddam “dancing”?

11/09/06 12:09 PM EST
Before midterms, media downplayed potential Dem gains in House and Senate, touting GOP's “formidable” and “stunning” get-out-the-vote campaign; will they revisit?

11/08/06 7:00 PM EST
Media respond to Colorado Media Matters' election coverage

11/08/06 4:35 PM EST
Citing no specific polls, Fox 31 claimed Beauprez “has been able to narrow” Ritter's lead in “most” polls; 9News reported “Republican candidates gaining strength”

11/07/06 7:09 PM EST
Ingraham encourages listeners to jam phone lines of Democratic voter assistance hotline

11/07/06 5:26 PM EST
Fox's MacCallum said, "[L]ook at ... Barack Obama ... he looks young, he looks healthy, he looks strong," over footage of Harold Ford Jr.

11/07/06 4:43 PM EST
MSNBC's O'Donnell failed to identify Matalin as Allen campaign adviser, misrepresented recent polls

11/07/06 2:23 PM EST
Rupert Murdoch -- who once predicted Iraq war could lead to $20/barrel oil -- described war casualties as “minute”

11/07/06 1:52 PM EST
Network evening newscasts selectively cited polls to claim GOP is “closing the gap”

11/06/06 9:35 PM EST
On Today, Matthews touted market as “up around 13,000,” misleadingly suggested Bush is popular in most Western states

11/06/06 8:24 PM EST
Fox & Friends crew ignored Cheney, Bush unpopularity as reasons they're not appearing with candidates

11/06/06 8:20 PM EST
Mark Halperin's flip-flop at ABC News

11/06/06 5:40 PM EST
Media repeat GOP attacks on Pelosi as “extreme,” “out of touch,” ignoring House Dems' widely supported legislative agenda

11/06/06 4:50 PM EST
Fox News correspondent on his on-air “waterboarding”: “a pretty efficient mechanism to get someone to talk and then still have them alive and healthy within minutes”

11/06/06 2:44 PM EST

Lowlights of media reports and commentary from the 2006 election season

On Hannity & Colmes, DeLay falsely claimed House ethics committee never called for him to stop House violating rules

NY Post op-ed cherry-picks polling to suggest McCain and Giuliani would “trounc[e] Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton” in 2008

“Closing in”: The life and death of a Beauprez media myth

Gibson on Rumsfeld's resignation: Are bin Laden and Saddam “dancing”?

Before midterms, media downplayed potential Dem gains in House and Senate, touting GOP's “formidable” and “stunning” get-out-the-vote campaign; will they revisit?

Media respond to Colorado Media Matters' election coverage

Citing no specific polls, Fox 31 claimed Beauprez “has been able to narrow” Ritter's lead in “most” polls; 9News reported “Republican candidates gaining strength”

Ingraham encourages listeners to jam phone lines of Democratic voter assistance hotline

Fox's MacCallum said, "[L]ook at ... Barack Obama ... he looks young, he looks healthy, he looks strong," over footage of Harold Ford Jr.

MSNBC's O'Donnell failed to identify Matalin as Allen campaign adviser, misrepresented recent polls

Rupert Murdoch -- who once predicted Iraq war could lead to $20/barrel oil -- described war casualties as “minute”

Network evening newscasts selectively cited polls to claim GOP is “closing the gap”

On Today, Matthews touted market as “up around 13,000,” misleadingly suggested Bush is popular in most Western states

Fox & Friends crew ignored Cheney, Bush unpopularity as reasons they're not appearing with candidates

Mark Halperin's flip-flop at ABC News

Media repeat GOP attacks on Pelosi as “extreme,” “out of touch,” ignoring House Dems' widely supported legislative agenda

Fox News correspondent on his on-air “waterboarding”: “a pretty efficient mechanism to get someone to talk and then still have them alive and healthy within minutes”

Right-wing media praise St. Louis couple who pointed guns at peaceful protesters

Barstool's David Portnoy under fire for racist remarks

Ben Shapiro: “The sound was off on his computer” is the most likely explanation for Trump retweeting “white power” chant

The Supreme Court's recent abortion decision just exposed several right-wing media lies

Right-wing media are furious that the Supreme Court just struck down an anti-abortion law