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• CNN's Blitzer, on-screen text misled on cost of housing bill
  Friday, May 9, 2008
• Fox News' Cavuto, on-air graphic misrepresented projected cost of housing bill
  Thursday, May 8, 2008
• CNN again uncritically aired McCain's false suggestion that Dems are proposing a "nationalized health-care system"
  Monday, May 5, 2008
• CNN's Bash again airs clip of McCain falsely attacking Dems for health care proposals
  Wednesday, April 30, 2008
• CNN continues trend of uncritically airing McCain's false attacks on Dems' health care plans
  Tuesday, April 29, 2008
• Stephanopoulos left unchallenged McCain's assertion that "every time you have cut capital gains taxes, revenues have increased"
  Tuesday, April 22, 2008
• Gibson's capital-gains tax assertion during debate disputed by economists
  Friday, April 18, 2008
• NY Post's Hurt falsely claimed "most people believe the federal government is the only thing that could actually make health care worse"
  Tuesday, April 15, 2008
• Sammon falsely attributed the term "nuclear option" to Senate Democrats
  Friday, April 11, 2008
• WSJ misled on "maverick" McCain's popularity among Hispanics, independents
  Tuesday, April 8, 2008
• WSJ reported McCain criticism of execs' pay without mentioning his approval of Bear Stearns aid
  Monday, April 7, 2008
• CQ's Allen baselessly claimed that McCain is "good for Democrats on ... deficit reduction perhaps, also on ethics issues"*
  Thursday, April 3, 2008
• CBS report on "mind-numbing" national debt made no mention of Republican-led Congress' years of deficit spending on Bush tax cuts, Iraq
  Thursday, April 3, 2008
• Following pattern in the media, CNN's King uncritically repeated McCain campaign's false attacks on Democrats
  Thursday, April 3, 2008
• NY Times reported McCain's "reluctan[ce]" to support "bailout for greedy lenders and reckless buyers" -- but he reportedly approved of Bear Stearns aid
  Monday, March 31, 2008
• Dobbs claimed there "isn't much difference" among the three candidates, except on Iraq
  Monday, March 31, 2008
• CNN, LA Times uncritically reported McCain's false claim that Obama and Clinton proposed "a multibillion-dollar bailout for big banks and speculators"
  Friday, March 28, 2008
• NPR's Naylor suggested McCain is opposed to government "bail[] out," did not note his approval of Bear Stearns deal
  Friday, March 28, 2008
• Wash. Post claimed McCain "most aggressive" of the three major candidates in "identifying ways to reduce spending," ignoring cost of Iraq policy
  Friday, March 28, 2008
• Morning Joe allowed McCain adviser to falsely assert Clinton and Obama are "talking about raising taxes across the board"
  Friday, March 28, 2008

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