http://mediamatters.org This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: 2008 Elections en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/research/200909030032 Washington Times editorial invoked Ayers while criticizing the administration's suggestions for student activities related to the speech, calling it "troubling in light of Mr. Obama's history of radical activism in schools," while Michelle Malkin claimed the speech amounted to "[a]busing and exploiting children" and said "[i]t all goes back to Bill Ayers in Chicago."]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200909030032 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:51:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200904290011 http://mediamatters.org/research/200904290011 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:13:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200904060003 National Journal repeatedly referred to how Sen. John McCain "buck[ed] his party on immigration" prior to 2008, but did not address McCain's flip-flop on immigration reform during the 2008 presidential campaign.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200904060003 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:13:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200904010016 The Hill advanced the baseless charge by the National Republican Congressional Committee that Democrats are attempting to "steal" the New York congressional and Minnesota Senate elections.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200904010016 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:53:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200903270004 Los Angeles Times dubbed Sen. John McCain a "key Republican[]" in the immigration debate, but ignored his flip-flop on immigration during the 2008 presidential campaign.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200903270004 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:25:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200903230021 New York Times article, Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote that President Obama "never served in the military and campaigned as an antiwar candidate." In fact, Obama did not campaign as "an antiwar candidate"; Obama has repeatedly said that he doesn't "oppose all wars" but is opposed to "a dumb war" or "a rash war."]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200903230021 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:06:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200903170016 Hill article asserted that "[s]mall businesses are also worried about an Obama healthcare proposal that could require small firms to provide health insurance to their workers." However, during the presidential campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama proposed requiring large businesses that do not provide employer-sponsored health coverage to pay a percentage of their payroll into a National Health Insurance Exchange but stated that small businesses would be exempt.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200903170016 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:28:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200903040017 The New York Times' Maureen Dowd falsely claimed that President Obama is not "liv[ing] up to his own no-earmark pledge from the campaign," echoing a Times article false claim that Obama made "campaign promises to put an end to the practice" of earmarks and Sen. John McCain's accusation that Obama has gone back on a promise to "work to eliminate ... earmarks." In fact, Obama promised to reform the earmark process and cut wasteful spending.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200903040017 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:01:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/columns/200903040016 In 1994 when Republicans regained power in the House of Representatives after 40 years of Democratic control, the freshly minted majority knew just who to thank: radio host Rush Limbaugh. With great fanfare they bestowed upon their spokesman the unique title of honorary member of Congress.

]]> http://mediamatters.org/columns/200903040016 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:50:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200902260001 The Radio Factor and then called you because we had said that." In fact, Obama opposed Proposition 8.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200902260001 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:58:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/blog/200902230015 http://mediamatters.org/blog/200902230015 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:02:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/columns/200901280014 This review of Bernard Goldberg's A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media (Regnery Publishing - January 26, 2009) originally appeared on the Dayton Daily News Book Nook blog. It was also featured on The Huffington Post and printed in the Utah Standard.

]]> http://mediamatters.org/columns/200901280014 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:31:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200901230017 A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (and Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media, Bernard Goldberg offers an example of the media's purported "pro-Obama bias" that collapses on minimal review. In Chapter One, Goldberg cites as evidence the fact that The Early Show ran a segment called "Five Things You Should Know About Barack Obama" that featured trivia about Obama. But five days later, the show ran a segment called "Five Things You Should Know" about Sen. John McCain.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200901230017 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:09:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200901230012 The New York Times of trafficking in "innuendo [and] rumor" about Sen. John McCain's personal life.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200901230012 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:15:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200901220006 http://mediamatters.org/research/200901220006 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:39:21 EST