http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/andrea_mitchell This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Andrea Mitchell en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200804240002 Reporting on an ad from the North Carolina Republican Party that attacks Sen. Barack Obama for his relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell asserted that Sen. John McCain "is taking a very strong stand," telling the party "that he does not want them to run this ad." She later said that "John McCain immediately demanded that the North Carolina Republicans kill the ad." By simply reporting McCain's condemnation of the North Carolina ad, Mitchell was repeating a pattern in the media of allowing McCain, as Slate.com's Melinda Henneberger noted, to "take the high road," while his supporters engage in smears for his benefit. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804240002 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:21:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160007 On the April 16 edition of <em>MSNBC Live</em>, Andrea Mitchell asked Sen. John McCain, "What question would you like to see asked" of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at that night's Democratic presidential debate. McCain replied: "I'll leave that up to the media. And, frankly, I'm very pleased with the relationship that I've had with the media over many years." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160007 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:37:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090004 On <em>Today</em>, Matt Lauer, Tim Russert, and Andrea Mitchell discussed Bill and Hillary Clinton's tax returns, speculating about, in Lauer's words, the "actual impact" the returns will have on "those so-called blue-collar workers that are so much a part of her base." They did not mention that Sen. John McCain has yet to release his tax returns, nor did they speculate as to what impact McCain's family's wealth would have on his ability to connect with "blue-collar workers." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090004 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:27:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804070008 After noting the title of Dee Dee Myers' book <em>Why Women Should Rule the World </em>while discussing with Myers the resignation of Mark Penn as Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell asserted: "I don't know -- this campaign, right now, is not the greatest example of why women should rule the world." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804070008 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:17:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310013 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama was discussing abortion when he said of his two daughters at a March 29 campaign event: "I don't want them punished with a baby." In fact, as CNN reported, Obama's comments were in response to "a question about how his administration, if he's elected, would deal with the issue of HIV and AIDS and also sexually transmitted diseases with young girls." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310013 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:10:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270010 On MSNBC, Tucker Carlson described statements on the "pastor's pages" section of Sen. Barack Obama's church's newsletter as "wild," "anti-Israeli statements" and asserted: "I think Obama will feel the need to address that directly fairly soon." Later, Andrea Mitchell asked <em>Chicago Sun-Times </em>Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet: "Does he [Obama] have to do more explaining? Does he have to meet perhaps once again with Jewish leaders to try to reassure them that these are not his views as well?" Sweet responded: "Andrea, yes, yes, yes, and yes on everything you're saying." But no one mentioned Obama's prior condemnation of his pastor's "views on Israel" and the church's republication of an op-ed by a Hamas official. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270010 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:31:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010013 As evidence that "some of [Bill Clinton's] connections could create ethical and diplomatic conflicts for his wife," Andrea Mitchell reported on Clinton's September 2005 trip to Kazakhstan with Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra, followed by his hosting "the head of Kazakhstan's uranium agency at their Chappaqua [New York] home." But Mitchell didn't report, as stated by <em>The New York Times</em>, that the Kazakh official failed to obtain Clinton's help in "lobby[ing]" in support of Kazakhstan's intention to buy a stake in a U.S. firm. Further, Mitchell reported Giustra's claim that "the uranium deal ... was substantially completed before" he and Bill Clinton "arrived in Kazakhstan without noting that Giustra has reportedly been involved in Kazakh mining deals at least as far back as the mid-1990s. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010013 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:47:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010009 NBC's Andrea Mitchell falsely claimed that during the January 31 Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "really misstated her vote on the Levin amendment" -- referring to an amendment offered by Sen. Carl Levin to the 2002 resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq. In fact, during the debate Clinton acknowledged her vote against the Levin amendment and provided an explanation for her vote that is consistent with the way she explained her position on the day of the vote. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010009 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:00:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801280014 Apparently referring to Rudy Giuliani, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell asked: "[H]ypothetically, if you were a former New York mayor, a Republican who decided to skip all of the early primaries and just stay and wait for Florida, is that a good strategy?" In fact, Giuliani spent considerable time and money competing in New Hampshire and also had a campaign operation in Iowa. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801280014 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:58:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801030007 On January 2, despite numerous references on NBC's <em>Nightly News</em> to Mike Huckabee's appearance later that night on <em>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</em>, no one noted that Huckabee would be crossing a picket line in making the appearance. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801030007 Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:27:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180015 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180015 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:23:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708060006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708060006 Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:39:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707120002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707120002 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:34:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270001 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:31:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703130010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703130010 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:59:32 EST