http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/2004_elections This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: 2004 Elections en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020013 Fox News' Molly Henneberg uncritically reported the assertion by Bud Day, a member of the then-named Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, that Wesley Clark "spent a month in Vietnam, got badly wounded, evacuated, and that was his Vietnam experience." In fact, according to documents posted on the website for Clark's 2004 presidential campaign, Clark served at least six months in Vietnam -- first as a 1st Infantry Division staff officer, then as an infantry company commander -- before he was wounded. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020013 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:07:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806230005 David Freddoso's upcoming book,<em> The Case Against Barack Obama</em>, will be published by Regnery, which reportedly "likens the goal of [the Obama] book to that of 'Unfit for Command,' " a widely discredited book containing numerous false and baseless attacks on John Kerry's military service. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806230005 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:22:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270007 In contrast with <em>The New York Times</em>' 2004 analysis of the benefit Teresa Heinz Kerry gained from the Bush tax cuts, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, the Associated Press, and <em>The New York Times</em> did not note, following the May 23 release of a summary of her 2006 tax returns, that Cindy McCain also benefited significantly from the tax cuts -- which Sen. John McCain has pledged to make permanent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270007 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:01:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310009 Several media outlets reported on Sen. John McCain's recent efforts to highlight his Vietnam War experience as part of his presidential campaign without noting that, in 2004, he reportedly told Sen. John Kerry that Kerry should not use his Vietnam war record during his campaign, or that McCain falsely asserted in 2004 that he "didn't talk about" his own service during his 2000 presidential campaign "because," he said, "I didn't need to." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310009 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:42:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090008 On his radio show, Limbaugh claimed that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth "were right on the money, and nobody has disproven anything they claimed in any of their ads, statements, written commentaries, or anything of the sort." In fact, most of the allegations the Swift Boat Veterans made about Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War service during the 2004 presidential campaign have been thoroughly discredited, often by official military records, but also by the Swift Boat accusers themselves, who struggled to keep their stories straight. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090008 Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:17:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280002 Rush Limbaugh's characterization of service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq as "phony soldiers" was not the first time that he has labeled a military service member a "phony." On his June 27 radio show, Limbaugh said of Sen. John Kerry, whose Vietnam record was the subject of a smear campaign by the discredited Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth: "The guy's a fraud! He's a total phony, and people were able to see it!" <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280002 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:19:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240001 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230009 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:23:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704180002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704180002 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:24:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703300008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703300008 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:38:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703100005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703100005 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 20:56:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090004 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:39:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090001 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:09:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702270006 NPR host Michele Norris asserted that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has "been less than direct in explaining" her 2002 vote to authorize the use of force against Iraq, and Dan Rather claimed that Clinton "wants to have one position for the primaries and the caucuses, and then ... in the general election campaign, be more middle of the road." In fact, Clinton has explained her vote, saying, "I've ... made it very clear that if we had known then what we know now, there would never have been a vote and I never would have voted for it. But from my perspective, you know, you don't get do-overs in life." She also said, "I take responsibility for my vote. ... I have to say, if the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that vote or said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200702270006 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:49:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610260013 ABC News political director Mark Halperin falsely suggested that while progressive 527 organizations with ties to the Democratic Party attacked President Bush during the 2004 election, there were no comparable groups on the right. But one of the most prominent 527 groups in the 2004 election cycle was the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth, a group with ties to both the GOP and the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign whose attacks on Democratic candidate John Kerry -- which included numerous false and discredited allegations -- received broad coverage in the media. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610260013 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:52:01 EST