http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/bloomberg This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Bloomberg en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170011 <em>The Hill</em> and Bloomberg News uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false suggestion in a June 10 speech that Sen. Barack Obama plans to raise taxes on 21.6 million small businesses that file taxes under the individual income tax. However, Obama has proposed rolling back the Bush tax cuts only on "people who are making 250,000 dollars a year or more," and according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, only 481,000 small businesses fall into the tax brackets that would be affected by those increases. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170011 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:54:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130009 Bloomberg reported attacks by Sen. John McCain and a Republican strategist on Sen. Barack Obama on the issue of public financing in the general election. But while the headline asserted that Obama "Risks 'Pristine' Image" over public financing, and the article said that "Obama and McCain are vying to be seen as reformers," Bloomberg did not report other facts that detract from McCain's reported efforts "to be seen as" a "reformer[]." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130009 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:49:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110005 A Bloomberg article noted that Sen. John McCain "has pledged to take public financing [for the general election presidential campaign] if the Democrat does. His campaign noted that [Sen. Barack] Obama 'promised the American people' he would take public financing," then quoted a McCain adviser as saying, "Senator McCain isn't in the habit of breaking his word, and he hopes Senator Obama doesn't either." The article did not report that McCain could be breaking federal law for failing to abide by restrictions placed on candidates participating in the public financing system during their party's primary season. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110005 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:17:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803130004 Margaret Carlson falsely claimed of Sen. Hillary Clinton, "Everyone responsible for bringing peace to Northern Ireland is on the record saying her claim to involvement there is complete fiction." In fact, several figures involved in "bringing peace to Northern Ireland" -- including former Sen. George Mitchell, U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland and former Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume -- have reportedly stated that Clinton played a role in the peace process. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803130004 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:19:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220008 A Bloomberg News article about the indictment of Rep. Rick Renzi reported Sen. John McCain's reaction to the indictment, but did not report that McCain named Renzi a co-chairman of his presidential campaign in Arizona, months after it was reported that Renzi was under federal investigation. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220008 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:47:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701080008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701080008 Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:22:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609220001 In recent reports on President Bush's September 20 statement that he "[a]bsolutely" would order U.S. troops into Pakistan to capture Osama bin Laden, Bloomberg News and Reuters joined CNN in ignoring Bush's contradictory statement that the United States could send troops into Pakistan to hunt for bin Laden unless it was "invited" to do so, because Pakistan is a "sovereign nation." http://mediamatters.org/items/200609220001 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:11:10 EST