Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Continued distortions of explosives story

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 10/28/04 2:32 PM EDT


Limbaugh, Morris, and Charen falsely claimed that only three tons of explosives were missing from Al Qaqaa

Conservative pundits forwarded discredited Wash. Times article blaming Russians for missing explosives in Iraq

FOX's Special Report tag team made false claims about missing explosives

Conservatives launch baseless verbal attacks on U.S. troops

Conservatives seized on NBC report for bogus defense of Bush



Grasping for defense of Bush, conservatives erroneously claim missing explosives prove Iraq had WMD

NBC network hosts not watching their colleagues's coverage

Conservative hosts echoed RNC claim that Kerry blamed troops for missing explosives

Hannity, Blitzer, and The Note mischaracterized NBC report on NYT missing-explosives article

The Latest

  1. Right-wing media are calling for ICE to “surround the polls” in midterms

    Research/Study 03/27/26 9:50 AM EDT

  2. Even Fox personalities are struggling to defend the Trump administration's move to lift sanctions on Iranian oil

    Research/Study 03/27/26 9:33 AM EDT

  3. Newsmax host: “I know it stinks, but please bear with the $10 to $20 more for a tank of gas for another week or two”

    Video & Audio 03/27/26 9:20 AM EDT

  4. Sean Hannity’s 180 on ground forces in Iran: from “no boots on the ground” to “I can see two scenarios where there might be a necessity”

    Research/Study 03/27/26 9:07 AM EDT

  5. Divisions emerge in right-wing media as Iran war stirs anxiety about food production, fertilizer

    Article 03/27/26 9:05 AM EDT

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 57
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • War in Iraq

    War in Iraq

Related

  1. Right-wing media's last ditch defense of Trump's Iran war: Blame the press

    Article 04/28/26 9:04 AM EDT

  2. Fox News embeds with feds bringing the war on terror to Trump’s invasion of Chicago

    Article 09/17/25 10:04 AM EDT

  3. Ari Fleischer on Fox News: “We need to militarily strike Iran”

    Video & Audio 10/25/23 1:10 PM EDT

Media Matters for America

Sign Up for Email Updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2026 Media Matters for America

RSS