ABC's Ross falsely claimed that McCain has already released his tax returns
SUMMARY: Noting the National Archives' release of Sen. Hillary Clinton's daily schedule during her time as first lady, ABC's Brian Ross stated, "Senator Clinton, unlike Senators [Barack] Obama and [John] McCain, has still not released any of her tax returns." In fact, McCain reportedly has not released any of his tax returns.
On the March 19 edition of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, ABC News chief investigative reporter Brian Ross, noting the National Archives' release of Sen. Hillary Clinton's daily schedule during her time as first lady, stated, "The Clinton campaign says today's document release shows great transparency and openness. But more than a year into the campaign, Senator Clinton, unlike Senators [Barack] Obama and [John] McCain, has still not released any of her tax returns." In fact, McCain reportedly has not released any of his tax returns. As a March 18 McClatchy Newspapers article reported, Clinton "isn't the only presidential candidate who hasn't made tax records public. Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, hasn't either. His campaign says that he'll make his records public in the next month or so." The same article also reported that "McCain has never made his tax returns public, but Clinton has." Similarly, on March 11, the Associated Press reported that McCain "pledged to release" recent medical "test results before the end of April, the same timeframe for releasing his income tax returns." More recently, in a March 17 blog post on TheAtlantic.com, Marc Ambinder reported, "He [McCain] will make them available to reporters after he files on April 15, according to his campaign."
Media Matters for America has documented numerous examples of media outlets noting that Clinton has not released her tax returns without mentioning that McCain also has not done so.
From the March 19 edition of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson:
ROSS: The Clinton campaign says today's document release shows great transparency and openness. But more than a year into the campaign, Senator Clinton, unlike Senators Obama and McCain, has still not released any of her tax returns. The campaign says those are coming too by April 15th. But there's been no explanation, Charlie, about why the delay for those.
CHARLES GIBSON (anchor): Brian Ross reporting tonight, thanks.
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by wzwriter
(March 20, 2008 4:46 pm ET)
Is Brian Ross taking journalism lessons from John Stossel????Reply Report Abuse-
by Old_Benjamin
(March 20, 2008 5:07 pm ET)
The lying part yes. He's got quite a ways to go on the moustache front though.Reply Report Abuse
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by wolf kotenberg
(March 20, 2008 5:13 pm ET)
that is what happens when you have single source and it gets passed around, in nanoseconds in the internet. Somebody give him a password to tap into Media Matters for America site.Reply Report Abuse-
by anotheramerican
(March 21, 2008 11:38 am ET)
Funny! Thanks for the laugh.Reply Report Abuse
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by 1st Republic 14th Star
(March 20, 2008 5:15 pm ET)
No doubt Ross couldn't be bothered getting the facts of a current story correct because he was too busy looking into a 10 year old story that has no current impact, and about which we already know more than we should.Reply Report Abuse-
by Col. Harlan Sanders
(March 20, 2008 5:59 pm ET)
Ha! 1st Republic, I heard Rush slobbering over this yesterday (your link) that Hillary may have even been in the White House! Like the White house is a 2 room bungalow.Rush also thought it was an amazing detail that Hillary spent the night there that night. Where do these sheltered pervy busybodys like Rush think most cheating husbands spend the night? In the woods? They go home and sleep with their wife.Reply Report Abuse
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