Media Matters - Dana Bash

Media Matters - Dana Bash http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/dana_bash This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Dana Bash en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America CNN's Bash falsely suggested Obama proposed only one joint appearance with McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170006 On The Situation Room, CNN's Dana Bash twice falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama responded to Sen. John McCain's proposal for 10 joint town hall appearances by offering to "just have one," failing to note that McCain rejected Obama's proposal for five joint appearances: three traditional debates, a town hall meeting on the economy, and an in-depth debate on foreign policy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170006 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:39:20 EST CNN, First Read repeated McCain adviser's false claims about campaign manager's lobbying history http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200006 CNN and MSNBC.com's First Read blog uncritically repeated McCain campaign adviser Charlie Black's claim that campaign manager "Rick Davis and nobody else at his firm [Davis Manafort] either has been a registered lobbyist in five years." In fact, public disclosure reports filed with Congress show that Davis was registered to lobby in 2005 for Davis Manafort -- three years ago, not five. In addition, in 2006, while no longer registered as a lobbyist, Davis reportedly helped arrange a meeting with McCain on behalf of a Russian aluminum magnate with whom he was "seeking to do business." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200006 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:14:08 EST On Meet the Press, Russert allowed GOP strategist Murphy to falsely claim that "Rubin mischaracterized," "paraphrased" McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200805180002 On Meet the Press, Tim Russert failed to correct Mike Murphy's false claim that James Rubin "mischaracterized" Sen. John McCain in a Washington Post op-ed. Russert said, "And there is an interview with James Rubin, as you know, from Senator McCain where he said that in time, we would have to talk with Hamas." Murphy replied, "Right. Well, but I think if you look, like many of us did, at the full YouTube of that, Rubin mischaracterized him in his op-ed. ... McCain had a lot of qualifications, if you look at the full context of it, which is not what Rubin paraphrased in that op-ed." In fact, Rubin did not "mischaracterize[]" or "paraphrase[]" McCain's comments, as video posted on YouTube shows. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805180002 Sun, 18 May 2008 17:11:24 EST CNN's Bash again airs clip of McCain falsely attacking Dems for health care proposals http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300008 On The Situation Room, Dana Bash uncritically aired a clip of Sen. John McCain saying of health care plans put forward by Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama: "This will accomplish one thing only. We will replace the inefficiency, irrationality, and uncontrolled costs of the current system with the inefficiency, irrationality, and uncontrolled costs of a government monopoly." In fact, neither Clinton nor Obama has proposed a "government monopoly" on insurance coverage; rather, both have called for individuals to choose their own insurance. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:27:13 EST CNN continues trend of uncritically airing McCain's false attacks on Dems' health care plans http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290008 CNN's Dana Bash, Wolf Blitzer, and Kyra Phillips all uncritically aired video of Sen. John McCain's false attacks on Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton regarding health care, in which McCain suggested that the Democratic candidates favor a "one-size-fits-all, big-government takeover of health care," and that "[t]hey want the government to make the decisions." In fact, neither Obama nor Clinton has proposed a "big-government takeover of health care"; both have called for individuals to choose their own insurance. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:40:49 EST CNN's Bash, Roberts, and Phillips ignored Hagee's comments linking Hurricane Katrina to gay pride parade http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280010 Reporting on a New Orleans campaign event at which Sen. John McCain's "carefully scripted imagery was interrupted by a voter's question about Pastor John Hagee," CNN's Dana Bash aired a clip of Hagee -- who has endorsed McCain -- saying of Hurricane Katrina, "What happened in New Orleans looked like the curse of God." But Bash did not air the portion of Hagee's comments in which he reaffirmed his previous assertion that Hurricane Katrina was at least in part the result of "sin" that Hagee identified as "a massive homosexual rally." CNN's John Roberts and Kyra Phillips similarly noted that Hagee said that "Katrina was God's punishment for sinful behavior in New Orleans" without mentioning that among the "sinful behavior" Hagee referenced was the gay pride parade. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280010 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:44:59 EST CNN, WSJ reported on McCain's Al Qaeda question without noting error http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090003 CNN's The Situation Room and a Wall Street Journal article both noted that, during a Senate hearing, Sen. John McCain asked Gen. David H. Petraeus about whether Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQ-I) is a "major threat," without also noting that McCain went on to ask of Al Qaeda in Iraq: "Certainly not an obscure sect of -- of the Shiites all -- overall?" In fact, AQ-I is a Sunni Muslim, not Shiite, group. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090003 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 13:56:20 EST CNN's Situation Room misinformed on McCain's overseas trip http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210011 CNN's Dana Bash uncritically reported the assertion by Sen. John McCain's campaign that he simply "misspoke" when he falsely claimed Iranian operatives are training members of Al Qaeda. In fact, McCain has made that error more than once. Also, Wolf Blitzer adopted the McCain campaign talking point that McCain -- in Blitzer's words -- "usually takes pride in" his "straight talk," despite McCain's repeated falsehoods and his stark inconsistencies on numerous issues. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210011 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:04:58 EST CNN report on McCain trip to Middle East ignored misleading claims from previous trip http://mediamatters.org/items/200803120009 Reporting about John McCain's upcoming trip to Iraq, CNN's Dana Bash read from a statement in which McCain said: "Had I not traveled to Iraq, I doubt I would have been informed enough to understand what we were doing wrong and what we should do to correct our mistakes." But Bash and host Wolf Blitzer did not report that just before and during a previous fact-finding trip to Iraq, McCain made claims about the safety of Baghdad neighborhoods that were widely criticized as misleading and that McCain later admitted he had "missp[oken]." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803120009 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:27:44 EST Even after McCain retracts Iraq war statement, Blitzer calls it "straight talk" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260011 On CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer and correspondent Dana Bash both characterized as "straight talk" Sen. John McCain's assertion that he will "lose" the presidential election if, as Bash reported, "he doesn't convince voters that the U.S. policy in Iraq is succeeding" -- even though they acknowledged McCain immediately retracted the statement. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802260011 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:38:59 EST CNN's Bash falsely claimed McCain filled out public financing questionnaire http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220014 During a report on Sen. John McCain's criticism of Sen. Barack Obama for allegedly "reneging on a pledge" to accept public financing that would limit his campaign spending in the 2008 general election, CNN's Dana Bash falsely claimed that McCain filled out a "survey from a watchdog group" and that he and Obama "both said yes, they'd accept public financing." But according to the Midwest Democracy Network, McCain has "yet to answer a single question from the questionnaire." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802220014 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:16:53 EST Reporting McCain attack on Obama, CNN's Bash did not note McCain loan agreement using future public campaign funding as "additional collateral" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210012 Reporting on Sen. John McCain's "most direct assault yet" against Sen. Barack Obama over "whether Obama would agree to limit campaign spending by accepting public funding for the general election" should he become the Democratic presidential nominee, CNN's Dana Bash noted a "survey from a watchdog group" in which McCain and Obama "both said yes, they'd accept public financing." Bash, however, failed to mention a November 2007 loan agreement and its amendment that could have required McCain to remain an active candidate and apply for federal matching funds in order to repay the loan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210012 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:03:29 EST CNN's Bash uncritically aired McCain's false attacks on Democrats on taxes and health care http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140012 CNN's Dana Bash uncritically aired a video clip from Republican Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) making a comparison between "the Democrats who want to raise your taxes, or me, I want to lower your taxes. Whether it will be a health care system run by the federal government, or whether families in America will make their choices about health care." In fact, neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama has proposed "a health care system run by the federal government," and both have proposed tax cuts for the poor and the middle class. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140012 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:10:55 EST CNN's Bash noted McCain said he'd oppose his own immigration bill -- but not his remark days earlier that as president, he'd sign it into law http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310007 On American Morning, Dana Bash asserted that Sen. John McCain made "a concession" to "conservatives" on the issue of "illegal immigration" during CNN's January 30 Republican presidential debate, when McCain said he would not, in Bash's words, "vote for his own legislation allowing citizenship" for undocumented immigrants if it came to a vote on the Senate floor. But Bash failed to note that just days earlier on Meet the Press, McCain had said he would sign that very legislation into law. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310007 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:37:40 EST CNN's Bash and Snow omitted McCain "shift" on immigration when airing McCain quote that Romney "flip-flopped" http://mediamatters.org/items/200801290010 In separate reports, Dana Bash and Mary Snow aired a clip of Sen. John McCain saying of Mitt Romney, "He's consistently taken both sides of any major issue. He has consistently flip-flopped on every issue." However, neither noted that McCain himself has changed his position on immigration. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801290010 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:49:46 EST