http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/cbs This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: CBS en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200805160009 While discussing President Bush's speech to the Israeli Knesset, in which Bush stated that "some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals," Jeff Greenfield stated that "the number one fear in Israel and among some American Jews is Iran -- that's who Obama wants to talk to." However, Greenfield did not note that Defense Secretary Robert Gates reportedly stated that the United States should "sit down and talk with" Iran. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805160009 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:35:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130001 A <em><em>New York Times</em></em> article detailed the connection between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries, reporting that "the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform" media military analysts "into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks." A <em>Media Matters </em>review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in the <em>Times</em> article -- many identified as having ties to the defense industry -- collectively appeared or were quoted as experts more than 4,500 times on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130001 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:25:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020010 ABC, CBS, and NBC have still not reported on any of their news programs <em>The New York Times</em>' revelations about the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon. Further, the major broadcast networks and cable news networks all reportedly declined to discuss the issue for an NPR report; the networks similarly reportedly declined to participate in an April 24 PBS <em><em>NewsHour</em></em> segment on the issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020010 Fri, 2 May 2008 20:51:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290009 Despite having reported the allegation by Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign that supporters of Ned Lamont had "hacked" Lieberman's campaign website, ABC, CNN, and CBS have yet to report that an FBI investigation reportedly found "no evidence of (an) attack." <em>The Advocate</em> of Stamford, Connecticut, reported on April 9 that an October 2006 FBI email indicated that the FBI had found Lieberman's website "crashed because Lieberman officials continually exceeded a configured limit of 100 e-mails per hour the night before the primary." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290009 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:12:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290005 Since <em>The New York Times</em> reported on the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon on April 20, ABC, CBS, and NBC have still not mentioned the report. By contrast, during their April 28 evening news broadcasts, all three networks reported on the <em>Vanity Fair</em> photo of Miley Cyrus. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290005 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:44:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250006 NBC's <em>Today</em> and CBS' <em>The Early Show</em> both aired interviews with Sen. John McCain while the candidate was in New Orleans, but in neither case asked McCain about controversial comments that one of his endorsers, Pastor John Hagee, recently made about Hurricane Katrina, though both programs discussed controversial comments made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250006 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804230011 On April 22, <em>The Daily Show</em>'s Jon Stewart highlighted two recent reports concerning national security that have been largely ignored by most television news outlets and NPR: a <em>New York Times</em> article reporting that "the Bush administration has used" media military analysts, many of whom have clients with or seeking Pentagon contracts, "into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks"; and a Government Accountability Office report that found that the "United States has not met its national security goals to destroy terrorist threats and close the safe haven in Pakistan's FATA." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804230011 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:44:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804040010 During a CBS report purporting to discuss what "leads a candidate to exaggerate or be hyperbolic about his or her record," <em>Time </em>magazine's Joe Klein was quoted stating: "John McCain doesn't need to exaggerate his biography. It's a spectacular biography. But he does exaggerate the threat of Al Qaeda in Iraq." In fact, McCain's campaign has reportedly admitted McCain made at least one false claim about his "record," when he stated that "I'm the only one that said that Rumsfeld had to go." In reality, McCain never called for Rumsfeld's resignation. Further, he has admitted to making a false statement regarding Iran's involvement in training members of Al Qaeda and has repeatedly distorted the positions of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804040010 Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:16:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804030012 Blogs on MSNBC.com and CBSNews.com noted that Sen. John McCain planned to honor Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, the 40th anniversary of King's death. However, neither reported that in 1983, McCain voted against establishing a holiday honoring King. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804030012 Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:16:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804030008 A <em>CBS Evening News </em>report on the national debt, the current level of which both anchor Katie Couric and correspondent Anthony Mason described as "mind-numbing," failed to quote a single Democrat and did not point out the extent to which deficit spending by Republican-led Congresses has contributed to the debt. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804030008 Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:46:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803120005 In a report on "powerful men who cheat and the women who stand stoically by them," CBS News' Nancy Cordes aired a clip of <em>The Washington Post</em>'s Sally Quinn saying, "I can only think that ambition, their own personal ambition, is part of why they stick by these men, because they are accomplished women in their own right. And so, why would a Hillary Clinton or a Silda [Wall Spitzer] stand by her man and allow herself to be humiliated unless there was something in it for her?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803120005 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:00:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220013 Both the <em>CBS Evening News</em> and NBC's <em>Nightly News</em> repeated accusations by Sen. John McCain regarding Sen. Barack Obama's statements on Pakistan and his commitment to use public financing in the general election, without offering a response from Obama or assessing the accuracy of McCain's allegations. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220013 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:54:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210013 While discussing a <em>New York Times</em> article about Sen. John McCain's relationship with a telecommunications lobbyist, CBS <em>Early Show</em> host Harry Smith did not challenge McCain campaign manager Rick Davis when Davis asserted that McCain "is probably most feared by every lobbyist in this town of Washington"; he did not note that Davis is a registered lobbyist who, the <em>Times </em>reported, "represented companies" before McCain's committee. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210013 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:09:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801300005 Reporting on Republican presidential candidates' final days of campaigning before the Florida primary, Kelly Cobiella of CBS and John Berman of ABC both noted that John McCain criticized Mitt Romney for attacking opponents who "are moving up and succeeding." Neither, however, reported that McCain has been airing attack ads against Romney even while denouncing negative campaigning. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801300005 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:19:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220011 CBS' Nancy Cordes reported that Republican presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney aired Spanish-language campaign ads in Florida, but at no point did Cordes note that Giuliani has said that English proficiency should be a requirement for citizenship, or that Romney has said that "English needs to be the language that is spoken in America." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220011 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:06:55 EST