Media Matters - Dan Abrams

Media Matters - Dan Abrams http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/dan_abrams This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Dan Abrams en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Media outlets -- but not Fox News -- weigh in on doctored photos http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030002 MSNBC and Editor & Publisher have noted that Fox & Friends featured photos of New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered. But Fox News has yet to address the controversy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030002 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:31:19 EST MSNBC's Olbermann, Abrams take on E.D. Hill's fist bump comments http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100006 MSNBC's Dan Abrams and Keith Olbermann took issue with Fox News host E.D. Hill's suggestion that a fist bump by Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, might be "interpret[ed]" as a "terrorist first jab," with Abrams saying, "[O]ver at Fox News, if it's Obama, it must be something far more sinister." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100006 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:02:48 EST Some MSNBC journalists identify a media double standard in coverage of McCain gaffe; others demonstrate it http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200011 After Chuck Todd acknowledged a media double standard in coverage of Sen. John McCain's Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe, CNBC's John Harwood asserted on Morning Joe: "I think that at the end of the day, John McCain has got sufficient credibility on that issue that people are not going to look at that and say, 'Oh, John McCain is confused' or 'John McCain's too old' or 'John McCain doesn't get it.' ... But he obviously can't do that too many times or he's got a problem." Harwood was not alone in misrepresenting or excusing McCain's false claim on MSNBC; several MSNBC reporters and anchors have ignored or excused McCain's false claim. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200011 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:01:40 EST Abrams: NY Times article on Obama's youth is "the ultimate in media arrogance" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120008 On his MSNBC program, Dan Abrams labeled as a "non-story" a New York Times article that suggested that Obama may have exaggerated his account of his past drug use "to make the challenges he overcame seem more dramatic." Abrams stated: "Any article about his drug use is bad news for Obama. But for the Times to claim deceitful motives just because they couldn't find anyone to corroborate his [Obama's] youthful indiscretion is the ultimate in media arrogance. And sadly, I predict this story will be just the first in a series of non-stories about his drug use." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120008 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:15:48 EST Radio host John DePetro: White people go to Harlem for "either" drugs or prostitutes http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010003 On MSNBC Live with Dan Abrams, discussing Bill O'Reilly's recent controversial comments about his visit to Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem, Rhode Island radio host John DePetro stated: "It was a discussion on race and we're talking about Harlem. And by and large -- I lived in New York for years -- white people don't go to Harlem." He continued: "If Dan Abrams and John DePetro, Bill O'Reilly, some white guys are sitting around a table, and Dan Abrams said, 'Yeah, I was up in Harlem last night.' We would think you were either, a) looking for drugs, or, b) looking for a prostitute." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710010003 Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:52:00 EST Media blasted Edwards for speech fee but omitted Giuliani speeches, Edwards' explanation http://mediamatters.org/items/200705230010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705230010 Wed, 23 May 2007 19:41:45 EST Abrams failed to challenge disputed assertion that domestic spy program is "very targeted" http://mediamatters.org/items/200602080005 MSNBC host Dan Abrams failed to challenge the assertion of Kris W. Kobach, a constitutional law professor and former counsel to former Attorney General John Ashcroft, that President Bush's controversial domestic spying program dealt only with "very targeted" calls. In fact, recent media reports indicate that the program has cast a broad net, monitoring thousands of people with no relationship to Al Qaeda. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602080005 Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:34:37 EST Media largely ignored Fitzgerald revelation that White House may have destroyed emails http://mediamatters.org/items/200602020012 Few major news outlets have covered the fact -- first reported by the New York Daily News -- that in a letter to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's defense attorneys, special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald said that numerous emails from 2003 are missing from the White House computer archives. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602020012 Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:34:38 EST