http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/bob_schieffer This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Bob Schieffer en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070008 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer stated that Sen. Barack Obama "seemed to have a slightly different take" on withdrawing troops from Iraq in July 3 remarks, as compared with a speech he made on March 19. But Schieffer omitted Obama's statement in the March 19 speech that he would set Iraq policy in consultation with military commanders. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070008 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:27:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708260001 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer claimed that Sen. Hillary Clinton is "saying it looks like ... maybe the surge is working in the sense that there is less violence there." But as <em>Media Matters for America</em> has repeatedly noted, Clinton actually said: "We've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas, particularly in Al Anbar province, it's working. ... We're just years too late changing our tactics. We can't ever let that happen again." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708260001 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:00:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220016 On CBS' <em>The Early Show</em>, Hannah Storm told Bob Schieffer that "[a] lot of people ... took" Michelle Obama's statement "as a slam at [Sen.] Hillary Clinton," adding: "She and her husband both said, 'Not so,' but there is a school of thought that says with a woman running for the Democratic presidential nominee that it may be up to the wives to criticize her because the men can't." At no point did either Storm or Schieffer provide Mrs. Obama's full comments, in which she talked about her own family and did not refer generally or specifically to any other candidates. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220016 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:19:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 In appearances by Karl Rove on Sunday morning talk shows on Fox, CBS, and NBC, not one interviewer asked whether an August 19 <em>Washington Post</em> article was accurate in stating that, according to White House officials, one of Rove's "two basic rules" in putting together briefings for political appointees was "to make sure they complied with the Hatch Act," a federal law that limits political activities by federal employees. As the article noted, "the Office of the Special Counsel ... has concluded that the Hatch Act was violated" during a briefing that was conducted by a Rove aide for political appointees in the General Services Administration. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:33:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140001 Mon, 14 May 2007 10:22:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170007 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer did not challenge Vice President Dick Cheney's false claim that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "now has said he's adamantly opposed to any funding for the troops." In fact, Reid voted for the supplemental funding bill that the Senate passed March 29. http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170007 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:14:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704020007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704020007 Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:52:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703030003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703030003 Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:52:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611200007 CBS' Bob Schieffer baselessly claimed that many of the freshman Democratic House members are "conservative"; Tucker Carlson called newly elected Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler "more conservative than most Republicans in the House." In fact, the Democratic candidates who won Republican-held seats in the November 7 midterm elections, including Shuler, have said they support central issues in the Democratic platform. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611200007 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:34:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611080009 Media figures have attributed Democratic gains in the House and Senate in the midterm elections to the number of wins by conservative or moderate Democratic challengers and have suggested that because the party's victory in the House was purportedly "built on the back of more centrist candidates," the incoming Democratic majority will be sharply divided. However, a <em>Media Matters for America</em> survey of the policy positions of 27 victorious House candidates found that they all agree on a core set of issues, including raising the minimum wage and protecting Social Security. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611080009 Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:52:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070006 On November 6, all three major network evening news broadcasts pointed to "new polling" to assert that the midterm elections are "tightening." In doing so, these outlets ignored several polls released during the same period that indicate the gap between Democrats and Republicans is stable or widening. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070006 Mon, 6 Nov 2006 21:35:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611020009 Despite the significance of President Bush's November 1 pronouncement that Donald Rumsfeld will remain defense secretary until the end of his presidency, multiple media outlets have devoted much greater attention to the controversy over Sen. John Kerry's "botched joke." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611020009 Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:55:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610030011 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer failed to correct Dan Bartlett's false claim that Bob Woodward, in his latest book, <em>State of Denial</em>, asserts that insurgents in Iraq conduct "900 attacks daily" on U.S. and coalition forces. In fact, Woodward wrote that attacks on coalition forces in Iraq are "exceeding 3,500 a month" (or around 875 per week, not per day, as Bartlett stated). http://mediamatters.org/items/200610030011 Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:56:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609260003 <em>Face the Nation</em>'s Bob Schieffer baselessly asserted that the September 22 deal struck by Republican senators and President Bush on the detention, interrogation, and trial of detainees "shows how we do things in a democracy -- out in the open, and in accordance with the law, even when dealing with the worst of the worst." In fact, the details of the agreement are largely unknown. Schieffer also allowed Sen. John McCain to suggest that Democrats are the reason, in Schieffer's words, that Congress "can't seem to get anything done," even though Republicans control both houses of Congress and the presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609260003 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:51:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609150004 In their reporting on incumbent Sen. Lincoln Chafee's (R-RI) win in the September 12 Republican primary, ABC, CBS, and Fox News reported Chafee's win as making the state more challenging for Democrats to win the seat, while failing to note that Chafee's victory by no means assures his re-election and that Chafee's Democratic challenger got more votes in the primary than Chafee and his Republican primary challenger combined. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609150004 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:30:01 EST