Media Matters - CNN Live

Media Matters - CNN Live http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/cnn_live This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: CNN Live en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America NBC's Mitchell falsely suggested Obama was discussing abortion when he made "punished with a baby" comment http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310013 On MSNBC Live, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama was discussing abortion when he said of his two daughters at a March 29 campaign event: "I don't want them punished with a baby." In fact, as CNN reported, Obama's comments were in response to "a question about how his administration, if he's elected, would deal with the issue of HIV and AIDS and also sexually transmitted diseases with young girls." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310013 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:10:32 EST NBC, L.A. Times, Gannett labeled House report "bipartisan," but most of it was written by Republicans http://mediamatters.org/items/200608250006 Various print and television news outlets discussing a House report of U.S. intelligence on Iran characterized the report as "bipartisan" without noting that it was primarily written by Republican staff members and came under criticism from House Democrats. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608250006 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:49:43 EST CNN's Crowley suggests anti-war Dems want to leave Iraq "before the job is done" http://mediamatters.org/items/200608080006 CNN's Candy Crowley reported that Sen. Joe Lieberman is "opposed to leaving [Iraq] before the job is done." But Crowley's description of Lieberman's stance on the Iraq war falsely suggested that those calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces want to abandon "the job" of establishing a stable, secure, and democratic Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608080006 Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:28:06 EST CNN's King, Kagan echoed Republican falsehoods on Wilson's trip to Niger http://mediamatters.org/items/200607150003 CNN's Daryn Kagan and John King repeated two falsehoods frequently advanced by conservatives to attack former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV and his wife, former CIA operative Valerie Plame: that Wilson "did say in one television interview, and ... intimated in some others, that the vice president had sent him to Niger" to investigate reports that Iraq had sought to purchase yellowcake uranium from that country, and that the Senate Intelligence Committee found that Plame "sent" Wilson on the trip to Niger. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607150003 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:22:29 EST CNN and other outlets ignored Hagel's denunciation of GOP "focus group-tested buzz words like 'cut and run' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200606220010 While CNN continued to hype the divisions among Democrats on the issue of U.S. redeployment from Iraq, stemming from the debate over two Senate proposals on the issue, the network entirely ignored a recent display of dissention within the Republican Party, as did Fox News and MSNBC. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606220010 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:25:24 EST Why are the media depicting GOP support for unpopular war as a political winner? http://mediamatters.org/items/200606210005 As Senate Democrats debate two proposals regarding U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, news outlets have gone out of their way to frame the Democratic differences over how soon to redeploy forces as politically favorable for the Republicans while not reporting that the Democrats' position is shared by a majority of Americans, that the war supported by Republicans is deeply unpopular with the American public, and that the GOP's alternative plan appears to involve remaining in Iraq indefinitely. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606210005 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:15:05 EST CNN falsely reported climate change skeptic Gray "predicted last year's hurricane season better than the National Hurricane Center" http://mediamatters.org/items/200606090011 On CNN Live Today, CNN reporter Mary Snow falsely claimed that "renowned forecaster" William Gray "accurately predicted last year's hurricane season better than the National Hurricane Center." Gray is a scientist from Colorado State University who has spoken against the notion that human beings are responsible for global warming. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606090011 Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:41:42 EST Will media report facts undermining Bush administration's "reasonable basis" defense of spy program's legality? http://mediamatters.org/items/200601250001 Numerous media outlets have cited Gen. Michael V. Hayden's defense of the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program while ignoring a Justice Department statement from June 2002 that contradicted Hayden's claims. Now that the statement has surfaced, will those media outlets now report the facts undermining Hayden's defense? http://mediamatters.org/items/200601250001 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:23:57 EST