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O'Donnell left unchallenged Shays's claim that "[s]ince January ... you did not see progress" in Iraq -- but Shays has repeatedly touted purported “progress” since then

08/30/06 11:40 AM EDT
Special Report misled on the alleged roles of Armitage, Rove, and Libby in CIA leak case

08/29/06 5:37 PM EDT
NBC, L.A. Times, Gannett labeled House report “bipartisan,” but most of it was written by Republicans

08/25/06 3:49 PM EDT
Media amnesia: News outlets omitted key facts in coverage of Bush press conference

08/23/06 1:21 PM EDT
CNN's Blitzer, Dobbs, Arena baselessly characterized federal judge's ruling against warrantless wiretapping as “damaging blow” to “key” program

08/18/06 7:20 PM EDT
Media uncritically aired false and misleading ads attacking Sen. Clinton

08/17/06 9:10 PM EDT
Media outlets uncritically reported Chertoff, Gonzales's push for greater detention authority; ignored administration's previous claims that it already has such power

08/17/06 8:51 PM EDT
Limbaugh: "[O]ne of my staff is Spanish and informs me" that Allen simply called Sidarth a “clown”

08/17/06 8:09 PM EDT
Perspectives on Bush's latest “cut and run” Iraq speech: AP said free of “partisan politics,” NY Times, took “kinder, gentler approach” than Cheney's *

08/17/06 3:28 PM EDT
Fox31 noted that Beauprez “stepped down” as bank's chairman but not that he still has a “controlling interest”

08/16/06 8:12 PM EDT
GOP strategists christen “Democrat [sic] Party” -- and the media comply

08/16/06 7:41 PM EDT
Post neglected to identify “political strategist” Wadhams as national Republican operative

08/16/06 12:19 PM EDT
New Republic baselessly asserted Dem “problem”: "[L]iberal elites are disproportionately powerful in primaries ... have nominated a succession of losers"

08/15/06 12:58 PM EDT
NBC's Today, New York Times repeated GOP claim that arrests benefit Republicans in elections, when polling shows Democrats have erased GOP advantage on the issue

08/11/06 5:40 PM EDT
Media uncritically repeated false GOP attacks on Lamont, Democrats

08/10/06 4:36 PM EDT
Ignoring recent CNN poll, Blitzer left uncontested Buchanan's assertion that Americans won't support timetable for Iraq withdrawal

08/10/06 3:25 PM EDT
CNN's Bash uncritically repeated GOP spin on Lamont victory, casting Democrats as “defeatist,” “weak on security”

08/09/06 5:11 PM EDT
Ignoring his own attack on liberals, O'Reilly accused liberal columnists of “labeling people” with whom they may disagree as “bigots”

08/09/06 2:47 PM EDT

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O'Donnell left unchallenged Shays's claim that "[s]ince January ... you did not see progress" in Iraq -- but Shays has repeatedly touted purported “progress” since then

Special Report misled on the alleged roles of Armitage, Rove, and Libby in CIA leak case

NBC, L.A. Times, Gannett labeled House report “bipartisan,” but most of it was written by Republicans

Media amnesia: News outlets omitted key facts in coverage of Bush press conference

CNN's Blitzer, Dobbs, Arena baselessly characterized federal judge's ruling against warrantless wiretapping as “damaging blow” to “key” program

Media uncritically aired false and misleading ads attacking Sen. Clinton

Media outlets uncritically reported Chertoff, Gonzales's push for greater detention authority; ignored administration's previous claims that it already has such power

Limbaugh: "[O]ne of my staff is Spanish and informs me" that Allen simply called Sidarth a “clown”

Perspectives on Bush's latest “cut and run” Iraq speech: AP said free of “partisan politics,” NY Times, took “kinder, gentler approach” than Cheney's *

Fox31 noted that Beauprez “stepped down” as bank's chairman but not that he still has a “controlling interest”

GOP strategists christen “Democrat [sic] Party” -- and the media comply

Post neglected to identify “political strategist” Wadhams as national Republican operative

New Republic baselessly asserted Dem “problem”: "[L]iberal elites are disproportionately powerful in primaries ... have nominated a succession of losers"

NBC's Today, New York Times repeated GOP claim that arrests benefit Republicans in elections, when polling shows Democrats have erased GOP advantage on the issue

Media uncritically repeated false GOP attacks on Lamont, Democrats

Ignoring recent CNN poll, Blitzer left uncontested Buchanan's assertion that Americans won't support timetable for Iraq withdrawal

CNN's Bash uncritically repeated GOP spin on Lamont victory, casting Democrats as “defeatist,” “weak on security”

Ignoring his own attack on liberals, O'Reilly accused liberal columnists of “labeling people” with whom they may disagree as “bigots”

Media Matters weekly email, August 29

Right-wing media endorse a potential Supreme Court challenge to same-sex marriage

Fox helps Kennedy Jr. spin the CDC purge

Trump's immigration raids are largely catching noncriminals. Fox's coverage suggests the opposite.

Mary Holland suggests to Steve Bannon that there could be an acting director of the CDC or “Kennedy's team will simply be sort of overshadowing things”