http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/charlie_gibson This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Charlie Gibson en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180012 During the April 16 Democratic presidential debate, Charles Gibson asserted of capital-gains tax cuts that "in each instance, when the rate dropped, revenues from the tax increased. The government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down." In fact, economists dispute Gibson's assertion. Moreover, looking forward, the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the 2006 extension of the 2003 cuts on capital-gains taxes would result in decreased revenues over 10 years. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180012 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:41:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180005 During ABC's April 16 Democratic presidential debate, Charles Gibson claimed that the issue of whether Sen. Barack Obama wears a flag lapel pin "comes up again and again when we talk to voters" and "is all over the Internet." But McClatchy Newspapers reported that the woman who asked Obama about the flag lapel pin during the debate was "tracked ... down" by ABC "after she was quoted in a New York Times story about white voters in small-town Latrobe, Pa., revealing her as 52, out of work and against Obama." If, as Gibson claimed, the flag pin issue "comes up again and again when we talk to voters," why did ABC turn to the <em>one</em> voter from Pennsylvania quoted in <em>The New York Times</em> criticizing Obama over the issue? http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180005 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:50:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170007 Numerous media figures have criticized George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson, moderators of the Democratic presidential debate on ABC, or the subject matter of the event, in part or in whole, as "shoddy [and] despicable," "specious and gossipy," "cringe-worthy," "banal," consisting of "tabloid trivia," "flat-out repulsive," "embarrassing," "seem[ingly] slanted against [Sen. Barack] Obama," "shameful," and "an outrage." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170007 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:33:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160003 On <em><em>World News</em></em>, Charles Gibson aired a clip of Sen. John McCain's remarks at the April 14 Associated Press Annual Meeting and Luncheon -- during which McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama for comments Obama made on April 6 -- but did not note that Obama responded to McCain's comments later that day at the same event. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160003 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:17:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250004 Introducing a report on "surprising good news on sales of existing homes," ABC<a href="#note">*</a> News' Charles Gibson stated that "[a]fter falling for six straight months, sales rose almost 3 percent in February." But neither Gibson, nor correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi in the subsequent report, noted that home sales were still down nearly 24 percent from February 2007. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250004 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:30:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801080001 During the ABC News-Facebook Democratic debate, ABC News' Charlie Gibson said that Sen. Barack Obama's assertion that, as president, he would "press them [the Pakistani government] to do more to take on Al Qaeda in their territory," and that "if they could not or would not do so, and we had actionable intelligence, then I would strike," is "essentially the Bush doctrine: We can attack if we want to, no matter the sovereignty of the Pakistanis." But by asserting that Obama's policy on Pakistan is "essentially the Bush doctrine," Gibson was claiming that there is in fact a clear Bush doctrine on the question of whether the U.S. would strike Al Qaeda in Pakistan regardless of the sovereignty of Pakistan. Bush and administration officials have in fact made inconsistent statements on this issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801080001 Mon, 7 Jan 2008 19:38:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708290001 ABC's <em>World News</em>, <em>CBS</em> <em>Evening News</em>, and NBC's <em>Nightly News</em> reported that the death toll for U.S. service members in Iraq was down in July. But none of the programs noted at the time that U.S. troop death numbers for July, while lower than previous months, meant that this July was the deadliest July of the war. And none of the programs have reported the fact that the current number of troops killed in Iraq for the months of June, July, and August makes the summer of 2007 the bloodiest summer of the war for American soldiers. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708290001 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:20:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708170011 In reporting that Jose Padilla "was convicted ... of supporting terrorism," ABC's Charles Gibson stated that Padilla "was originally accused of plotting with Al Qaeda to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb, but that charge was dropped." In fact, Padilla was never "charge[d]" in relation to the alleged "dirty bomb" plot. Indeed, Padilla, a U.S. citizen, was held without charges for more than three years, a fact that Gibson did not mention. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200708170011 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:53:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706010010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706010010 Fri, 1 Jun 2007 19:34:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705090004 On ABC's <em>World News</em>, while introducing a report on the foiled Fort Dix plot, Charles Gibson uncritically repeated an FBI official's claim that "[t]oday, we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets." But neither Gibson nor ABC News' Brian Ross, in his subsequent report, noted that no attack was alleged to be imminent and that Fort Dix officials have reportedly claimed that the base was not, at any point, in immediate danger. http://mediamatters.org/items/200705090004 Wed, 9 May 2007 15:21:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705070007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705070007 Mon, 7 May 2007 17:41:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270010 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:54:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704200012 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704200012 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:37:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704110008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704110008 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:15:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040014 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040014 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 19:03:30 EST