Media Matters - American Military Capability

Media Matters - American Military Capability http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/american_military_capability This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: American Military Capability en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Journal editorial claimed military met recruitment goals because "troops believe in mission," ignored lower aptitude requirements for new soldiers http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120006 A Wall Street Journal editorial asserted that the Army's achievement of exceeding its goal of recruiting or retaining 80,000 troops for fiscal 2006 demonstrates that "many troops believe in the mission." But the editorial omitted the fact that the Army exceeded its goal by "recruit[ing] more than 2,600 soldiers under new lower aptitude standards this year," according to an AP report. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120006 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:32:07 EST Limbaugh baselessly claimed media made "180s" on body armor after Woodruff, Vogt wounded http://mediamatters.org/items/200601310009 Rush Limbaugh claimed without evidence that "the media" had reversed their position on the condition of American troops' body armor in response to reports that ABC World News Tonight co-anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt survived a roadside bombing in Iraq because they were wearing body armor. http://mediamatters.org/items/200601310009 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:07:41 EST Schieffer reported Rumsfeld's rejection of Democratic study on military strain, omitted Pentagon-funded study with similar conclusion http://mediamatters.org/items/200601270004 CBS anchor Bob Schieffer reported that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld rejected a Democratic study that showed that the military has been strained by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Schieffer did not note that Rumsfeld also rejected a Pentagon-funded report that came to a similar conclusion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200601270004 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:04:27 EST Barnes: War in Iraq is "not intensifying"; U.S. troops "aren't the targets" http://mediamatters.org/items/200511210001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200511210001 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:18:26 EST <a href="http://www.operationtruth.com/honorthefallen">Operation Truth action to "Honor the Fallen" through more prominent newspaper coverage of troop casualties</a> http://mediamatters.org/items/200510250006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200510250006 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:26:44 EST News outlets repeated faulty administration claim that deployment of troops to Iraq did not affect Katrina relief effort http://mediamatters.org/items/200509070004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509070004 Wed, 7 Sep 2005 19:51:01 EST NY Post corrected its mistake, but Limbaugh persisted in citing faulty military recruitment numbers http://mediamatters.org/items/200508260001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200508260001 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:24:02 EST Wallace failed to challenge Rumsfeld's false claims about troop levels in Iraq, which Hume later echoed http://mediamatters.org/items/200506280010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200506280010 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:09:13 EST MSNBC and Fox covered for Bush over leaked Myers report on diminished military capability http://mediamatters.org/items/200505060003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200505060003 Fri, 6 May 2005 14:07:43 EST Media ignored Bush administration flip-flops on U.S. troop level increases in Iraq http://mediamatters.org/items/200412040001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200412040001 Fri, 3 Dec 2004 19:12:33 EST O'Reilly distorted court ruling on campus military recruiters, decried influence of "gay lobby" http://mediamatters.org/items/200412020009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200412020009 Thu, 2 Dec 2004 17:25:31 EST Wall Street Journal wrong on timing of Bremer's troop request http://mediamatters.org/items/200410060004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200410060004 Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:41:50 EST Barnes claimed Bush never called for withdrawing 12,000 troops from Korea http://mediamatters.org/items/200408200001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200408200001 Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:10:23 EST