Media Matters - Abramoff Scandal

Media Matters - Abramoff Scandal http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/abramoff_scandal This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Abramoff Scandal en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America CNN's Yellin failed to identify jailed lobbyist, disgraced members of Congress as Republicans http://mediamatters.org/items/200708090004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708090004 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:25:56 EST Wash. Post baselessly linked Abramoff to Democratic fundraisers http://mediamatters.org/items/200702260005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702260005 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:19:01 EST Suggested question for Mehlman: Do you really not recall whether you had Sabbath dinner at Jack Abramoff's house? http://mediamatters.org/items/200610170001 Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman has been inconsistent in his public statements about his relationship to disgraced GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In recent interviews, CNN's Wolf Blitzer and U.S. News & World Report staff writer Will Sullivan passed up the opportunity to challenge Mehlman about these inconsistencies. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610170001 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:02:10 EST AP, LA Times mentioned Rove's role in campaigns but failed to note Ralston's resignation amid alleged ties to Abramoff http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120004 Articles by the AP and the Los Angeles Times reported on White House senior adviser Karl Rove's trips to support Republican candidates in the upcoming congressional elections, but none of the articles mentioned that Susan Ralston, a "key aide" to Rove, had resigned after a congressional report disclosed Ralston's alleged connections to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120004 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:22:55 EST Network newscasts comply with White House declaration that "[n]othing more will come from" resignation of Susan Ralston, a Bush aide with ties to Abramoff http://mediamatters.org/items/200610110003 Despite front-page coverage in The Washington Post and The New York Times, the resignation of Susan Ralston, a key aide to White House senior adviser Karl Rove, soon after a congressional report disclosed Ralston's extensive connections with Jack Abramoff, has gone unreported on ABC, NBC, and CBS. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610110003 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:41:20 EST Russert falsely asserted Democrats have received one-third of money contributed by Abramoff http://mediamatters.org/items/200610020001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610020001 Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:48:21 EST CBS, NBC largely ignored new report showing hundreds of Abramoff/White House connections http://mediamatters.org/items/200609300003 CBS and NBC have almost completely ignored Roll Call's revelation that a House committee is preparing to release a bipartisan report documenting closer ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff than the Bush White House previously acknowledged. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609300003 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:42:33 EST Stephanopoulos falsely claimed 33 members of Congress who wrote to Interior Dept. "got campaign contributions from Jack Abramoff" http://mediamatters.org/items/200605250009 On ABC's World News Tonight, George Stephanopoulos falsely claimed that 33 members of Congress "got campaign contributions from [former lobbyist] Jack Abramoff" and "wrote letters to the interior secretary" that were helpful to Abramoff's clients. In addition, by not noting that all the members of Congress who received contributions from Abramoff were Republicans, Stephanopoulos misleadingly implied that Abramoff gave money to members of both parties. In fact, Democrats received contributions from Abramoff's clients and associates but none from Abramoff directly. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605250009 Thu, 25 May 2006 14:11:59 EST Based on incomplete visitor logs, Brooks falsely claimed Abramoff visited White House "twice" http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190005 New York Times columnist David Brooks claimed that Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff visited the White House only "twice, in 2001 and 2004," citing recently released Secret Service visitor logs. But as Media Matters for America previously noted, the White House has acknowledged several Abramoff visits not mentioned in the logs, and the White House and the Secret Service have both admitted that the records released "would not present a complete picture of Abramoff's" visits. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190005 Fri, 19 May 2006 11:49:09 EST Hume offered misleading report on Abramoff White House visits http://mediamatters.org/items/200605110014 Fox News' Brit Hume misleadingly reported that after "allegations" that "President Bush had closer ties with the discredited lobbyist Jack Abramoff than the White House had admitted, the Secret Service today released records showing only two White House visits by Abramoff in the past five years." In fact, the White House has already acknowledged several Abramoff visits not mentioned in the logs released by the Secret Service, and both the White House and the Secret Service have acknowledged that the records release "would not present a complete picture of Abramoff's" visits. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605110014 Thu, 11 May 2006 17:40:28 EST Liasson again falsely claimed Democrats took money from Abramoff http://mediamatters.org/items/200605080012 On Fox News Sunday, NPR's Mara Liasson again falsely claimed that Democrats received money from disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. As the weblog Think Progress first noted, she claimed on the May 7 show that "it's Democrats, not just Republicans, taking money from Abramoff." In fact, Democrats received contributions from Abramoff's clients and associates, but none from Abramoff directly. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605080012 Mon, 8 May 2006 17:16:03 EST Russert cited flawed AP report in linking Reid to Abramoff http://mediamatters.org/items/200605080005 On Meet the Press, Tim Russert cited a flawed AP article, which omitted key facts that undermined its suggested connection between Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, in order to link Reid to "money from Jack Abramoff." http://mediamatters.org/items/200605080005 Mon, 8 May 2006 13:23:02 EST NPR wrongly suggested Reid, Stabenow face "ethics allegations" over Abramoff contributions http://mediamatters.org/items/200605050002 NPR's Andrea Seabrook reported that one of Democrats' "big problems right now" is "convincing voters that the so-called 'culture of corruption' is a Republican thing." According to Seabrook, "there's a growing list of ethics allegations against Democrats in Congress," and as examples, she noted: "Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid [D-NV], Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, and others took campaign contributions from Indian tribes that were associated with [disgraced former lobbyist] Jack Abramoff." In fact, neither Reid nor Stabenow are facing allegations of ethical misconduct regarding Abramoff contributions, and the mere receipt of contributions from Abramoff clients is not an indication of corruption. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605050002 Fri, 5 May 2006 11:11:54 EST Pulitzer-winner Schmidt falsely claimed Abramoff gave "a lot of money to Democrats" http://mediamatters.org/items/200604200009 On C-SPAN's Q&A, Washington Post staff writer Susan Schmidt -- one of three Post reporters to be awarded a 2006 Pulitzer Prize for investigating the influence-peddling schemes of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- repeated the false claim that Abramoff gave "a lot of money to Democrats." In fact, as Media Matters has noted repeatedly, no Democrats received contributions from Abramoff directly. http://mediamatters.org/items/200604200009 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:38:33 EST Reuters ignored Abramoff's claim of ties to Bush, Rove, McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200603090005 A Reuters article on former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff's disclosure to Vanity Fair that he "worked closely with many top Republicans, despite their claims to the contrary" ignored Abramoff's claims, in the same magazine article, of close ties with President Bush, White House senior adviser Karl Rove, and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). http://mediamatters.org/items/200603090005 Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:25:08 EST