Media Matters - Campbell Brown

Media Matters - Campbell Brown http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/campbell_brown This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Campbell Brown en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America CNN Election Center yet to report McCain's claim that he "voted to condemn" the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terror group is false http://mediamatters.org/items/200807110006 On July 9, CNN Election Center uncritically aired Sen. John McCain's false claim that he "voted to condemn" the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization "when a amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate" -- the Kyl-Lieberman amendment. However, a July 10 CNN.com blog post reported that "McCain was in New York instead of being in the Senate chamber for the vote in question. The McCain campaign admits the error." But CNN Election Center has yet to report that the McCain campaign has admitted that McCain's assertion was false. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807110006 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:21:38 EST CNN aired McCain's false suggestion that Obama opposed designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100008 CNN anchors Kyra Phillips and Campbell Brown each uncritically aired Sen. John McCain's false suggestion that Sen. Barack Obama opposed designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization. In fact, Obama co-sponsored a bill in 2007 that would have designated the group a terrorist organization. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100008 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:32 EST CNN's Brown aired McCain's remarks about Clinton without noting he later reportedly claimed he never made them http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100008 CNN's Campbell Brown played a video clip of Sen. John McCain praising Sen. Hillary Clinton and then said, "[T]his has certainly got to reverberate with Clinton supporters, the die-hards," without noting that McCain reportedly denied having made the comments aired in the clip. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:30:32 EST NBC's Brown: "It's difficult to say that you're against the war and at the same time not say that you're against the troops" http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130011 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:33:13 EST Gender stereotypes and discussions of Armani suits dominate media's coverage of Speaker-elect Pelosi http://mediamatters.org/items/200611210002 Since the Democratic Party won control of both the House and the Senate, the media have focused on such issues as Pelosi's choice of attire and whether being female will affect her ability to lead. MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer wondered if Pelosi's "personal feelings [were] getting in the way of effective leadership" -- a problem she suggested would not surface in "men-run leadership posts" -- and whether men were "more capable of taking personality clashes." http://mediamatters.org/items/200611210002 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:12:02 EST