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2004 RNC Convention Coverage


Media Matters for America's coverage of the 2004 Republican National Convention

MMFA Convention Coverage
FOX News Primetime Convention Speech Coverage
Convention opening night comparison: FOX's live speech coverage of Republicans almost doubled that of Dems
On second night at RNC, FOX aired less than at DNC -- but still more overall
On third night at RNC, FOX aired 16 minutes more than at DNC; will FOX air only 33 minutes on night four?
FOX aired 48 minutes more (20 percent) of RNC speeches than of DNC speeches

Convention Reports
Discredited Republican pollster Frank Luntz made rounds on MSNBC convention coverage with flawed focus group; nobody pointed out his partisanship
Chris Matthews falsely claimed: "There are fewer Democrats compared to how many Republicans there are"
Party favor: Hannity narrated RNC welcome video, then issued his favorite lies and distortions in coverage of RNC's final night
FOX aired just four minutes of Kerry response to GOP attacks
CNN's one-voter RNC survey: Lothian claimed NH "could be bad" for Kerry
Liasson misreported Dems' reaction to Miller's speech; perpetuated distortion of Kerry's voting record
Novak: "[T]here was nothing non-factual" in Zell Miller's speech
While CNN and MSNBC challenged Miller's distortions, FOX cheered and repeated them
Limbaugh just wild about fellow zealot Zell
Bush's war-on-terror flip received far less coverage than Heinz Kerry's "shove it" comment
Zell's Meltdown: Miller to Matthews: "Get out of my face"
American Prospect: CNN booked Kerry adviser to respond to Cheney speech
Lucianne Goldberg bashed AIDS protesters
Wash. Post's Neal distorted Kerry's support for Bush's Iraq war policies
CNN rejected Log Cabin Republicans ad urging inclusiveness at RNC
Malkin claimed "we've never had" fiscal responsibility from Democrats; CBO disagrees
Backdating the Recession Redux: Hannity misled on job creation under Bush; repeated "Clinton-Gore recession" claim
FOX's Gallagher gushed over Schwarzenegger; claimed he's "balanced the budget"
Turn Ben Stein off: He cited misleading stat to boost Bush
MMFA's Poor Taste Watch: James Taranto
FOX's Gallagher gushed over Schwarzenegger; claimed he's "balanced the budget"
Tucker Carlson: "Lighten up" about racist Limbaugh statements
CNN host bolstered Bush's message on terror, ignored Bush flip-flop
MSNBC poll offered two "choices," both assuming support for Bush-Cheney
President Bush was a guest on his "good friend" Rush Limbaugh's show -- the day after Limbaugh smeared Kerry's Vietnam record and downplayed Abu Ghraib abuse
Gingrich: George Soros "wants to spend $75 million defeating George W. Bush because Soros wants to legalize heroin"
NY Post deemed it "nation's great loss" that networks chose not to air RNC speeches; where was the concern when networks went "dark" on DNC?
FOX adopted another GOP talking point: reporters claimed Kerry "deserved" false attacks on his war record
On FOX, Sabato called Swift Boat Vets' lies "true"
Gingrich said it would be "really silly" to say we could "win the war on terror"; Bush has said just that
FOX's Cameron qualified Bush's comment that "I don't think you can win" the war on terror; overstated Edwards's response
LA Times' Brownstein claimed Bush spoke the truth when he said war on terror is unwinnable; so what was the president speaking a month ago?
Brokaw accepted anti-Kerry vet's disputed claim as fact

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