Media Matters - Brit Hume

Media Matters - Brit Hume http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/brit_hume This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Brit Hume en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Hume falsely claimed Obama "contradicted what he wrote in his book" about town hall meetings http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260005 On Special Report, Brit Hume falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "contradicted what he wrote in his book" about town hall meetings and quoted from Obama's book The Audacity of Hope, in which Obama wrote: "One of my favorite tasks of being a senator is hosting town hall meetings." But contrary to Hume's assertion, Obama has hosted 18 town hall meetings in the past two months. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260005 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:50:35 EST Hume: "[W]e regret the error" in report of Jerusalem Post story about Obama's half brother http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250005 On Special Report, Brit Hume issued a correction following his false claim that Sen. Barack Obama's half brother had told The Jerusalem Post that Obama had a "Muslim background." But while Hume suggested that his only "error" was in repeating a flawed report in the Post, he did not acknowledge that he had falsely claimed Malik Obama had spoken with The Jerusalem Post. The Post did not claim that Malik Obama spoke to the newspaper; the article indicated that Malik Obama gave an interview to Israel's Army Radio, not the Post. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250005 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:16:49 EST Hume claimed Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent," ignored Gore's response that it's all "green power" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 On Special Report, citing purported findings by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Brit Hume claimed that Al Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent" since environmentally friendly renovations were completed on his home. Hume offered no response from Gore. Responding to the charge, a Gore spokeswoman stated that "[w]hen [the Gores] do use power, it's green power." According to the Tennessee Valley Authority, green power "create[s] less waste and pollution" than standard electricity. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:40:16 EST Hume falsely claimed Obama's half brother told The Jerusalem Post that Obama had a "Muslim background" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180008 On Special Report, Brit Hume stated that Malik Obama, Sen. Barack Obama's half brother, "tells The Jerusalem Post that 'if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background.' " In fact, the article to which Hume was apparently referring indicated that Malik Obama did not speak directly with the Post but, rather, gave an interview to Israel's Army Radio. Moreover, nowhere in audio of the interview that ABC's Jake Tapper posted did Malik Obama assert that Obama "will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180008 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:42:41 EST CNN, Fox News falsely suggested Senate report finding Bush administration "misled Americans" about Iraq-Al Qaeda link was approved only by Dems http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060002 CNN's Carol Costello and Ed Henry, and Fox News' Brit Hume falsely suggested that only the Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approved the committee's June 5 "Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information." In addition to the committee's Democrats, Republican Sens. Chuck Hagel and Olympia Snowe endorsed the report and stated that it "accomplished its primary objective." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060002 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:47:15 EST Wash. Post, Special Report reported Hagee's apology to Catholics, without noting his other smears http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003 In reports about televangelist John Hagee's apology for his anti-Catholic remarks, neither The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear nor Fox News' Brit Hume mentioned that Hagee -- whose endorsement Sen. John McCain has acknowledged seeking -- also has made controversial statements about women, race, homosexuality, and Islam. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:20:09 EST Olbermann named Kristol "Worst Person" "runner-up," McCain and Hume the "winners" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250009 On the March 24 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, Keith Olbermann named New York Times columnist William Kristol the "runner-up" and Sen. John McCain and Fox News' Brit Hume the "winners" in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250009 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:05:51 EST Citing his experience, This Week, Fox News Sunday panelists excuse McCain's Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230003 The Washington Post's George Will asserted that Sen. John McCain's admittedly false claim that Iran is training Al Qaeda is "[n]ot damaging at all" to McCain, "because people say it's a given that this man knows what he's talking about." Similarly, The Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman asserted that "I don't think many people believe" "the argument that McCain doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to foreign policy." But neither Will nor Zuckman noted that McCain has made that error more than once. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230003 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:42:10 EST Gingrich, Hume criticize Obama for invoking his grandmother in the context of Wright http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180006 Responding to Barack Obama's noting, in addressing controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, that his white grandmother had "uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes," Newt Gingrich said on Fox News: To reduce a 20-year relationship with a public figure to his grandmother is just wrong. It's emotionally powerful, but it's just wrong." Separately, Fox News' Brit Hume said of Obama's statement: "[S]ome may find it deceptive, but ... it was pretty clever." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180006 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:17:30 EST Hume joins other media in ignoring McCain's failure to commit to tax return release http://mediamatters.org/items/200803120003 On Special Report, Molly Henneberg reported that Sen. John McCain's "full medical records will be released around April 15th." Host Brit Hume then asked, "Along with Hillary [Clinton]'s tax records, right?" Henneberg responded: "Right." But neither Henneberg nor Hume noted that McCain reportedly "hasn't released his tax returns either. His campaign has said it won't decide whether to release the returns until after he is officially the nominee." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803120003 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:14:43 EST Baier falsely described Senate-passed FISA amendments bill as "surveillance reauthorization" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070010 Fox News' Bret Baier reported that "in recent days ... Republicans have tried to link surveillance reauthorization to almost every" piece of legislation House Democrats have tried to pass. In fact, the authority to conduct "surveillance" does not need "reauthorization"; the government currently has the authority to eavesdrop on the communications of suspected terrorists primarily through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070010 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 20:01:26 EST Fox News' Special Report touted McCain accomplishment in not losing his temper at Florida event http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070005 On Special Report, Brit Hume aired a report by Carl Cameron about Sen. John McCain keeping his temper in check when the microphone did not work during a donor's conference in Florida and later when he was hit on the head by a TV camera. At the end of the report, Cameron stated: "McCain makes no bones about blowing his stack occasionally and having a temper. A campaign has the capacity to test the temperament and character of a candidate. If today was a pop quiz, you got to say McCain passed." Hume replied: "Yeah, with flying colors I'd say, under the circumstances." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070005 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:59:55 EST On Fox News Sunday, Rove and Wallace failed to note Obama has answered questions about Farrakhan http://mediamatters.org/items/200803020003 On Fox News Sunday, Karl Rove asserted of Sen. Barack Obama facing questions about the Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan: "Now, having ties to Louis Farrakhan and his anti-Semitic comments, that's -- that's -- you know, people have a reason -- that's a reasonable question: Do you agree with him? Do you renounce him? Do you reject him?" In fact, Obama has denied that his campaign has "ties to" Farrakhan and has answered the questions posed by Rove, having repeatedly denounced Farrakhan's anti-Semitic statements. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803020003 Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:01:18 EST Media uncritically report McCain surprised by Cunningham's remarks despite Cunningham's history of using Obama's middle name http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270012 NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and CNN's John King asserted that Sen. John McCain was surprised by conservative radio talk-show host Bill Cunningham's controversial remarks about Sen. Barack Obama at a February 26 McCain rally, failing to note that Cunningham has previously referred to Obama as "Barack Hussein Obama" and "Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama." Fox News' Molly Henneberg suggested McCain could not have expected Cunningham to refer to Obama's middle name, even though Cunningham did just that on Fox News a month ago. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270012 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:50:43 EST Hume, discussing Michelle Obama comment: "[T]here is this feeling" that Dems "are kind of embarrassed by patriotism" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802190007 When Fox News' E.D. Hill asked Brit Hume to explain what Michelle Obama meant by her recent comments, Hume stated: "[I]t means that she is a liberal, and maybe an arch-liberal." He later stated, "But I think this was something that she kind of thinks," adding, "[T]here is this feeling, and it has affected Democratic politicians for a long time, that they are kind of embarrassed by patriotism." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802190007 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:25:34 EST