http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/david_asman This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: David Asman en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200710120001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710120001 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:16:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110009 On Fox News, Republican strategist Mary Matalin asserted that "the message of [the 2006] election ... wasn't to withdraw" from Iraq, and Rep. John Boehner claimed that "bring[ing] the troops home" is not "what the American people want." In fact,<strong> </strong>the national exit poll conducted for the leading news organizations in 2006 found that a majority of "the American public" <em>was</em> in favor of withdrawing troops from Iraq, and recent polls demonstrate that most Americans favor some type of troop withdrawal from Iraq -- facts that Fox News hosts failed to mention in their discussions with Matalin and Boehner. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110009 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:09:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612220008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612220008 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:27:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200607210006 On Fox News and his radio show, Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that, because of criticism <em>The New York Times</em> has received for publishing a "terror finance story," the newspaper "announced ... it was cutting 25 percent of its work force." Based on figures provided in a <em>Times</em> article, the announced reductions amount to just over 2 percent of the work force. Similarly, on <em>Your World</em>, guest host David Asman falsely suggested the <em>Times</em>' cutbacks were a result of the public's reaction to the paper's recent reporting. In fact, the <em>Times</em> announced a plan to cut half its production staff by 2017 in September 2004, well before it reported on warrantless wiretapping or the Bush administration's bank-monitoring program. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607210006 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:39:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200607070013 In their July 6 coverage of North Korea's missile tests, Fox News' <em>The Big Story with John Gibson</em> and <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto</em> featured segments on whether former President Bill Clinton is to blame for the current situation in North Korea. Neither program, however, hosted any Democrats or progressives to discuss Clinton's alleged culpability, nor did they examine the role the Bush administration's policies on North Korea have played in the situation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607070013 Fri, 7 Jul 2006 18:36:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200607070001 Though White House press secretary Tony Snow criticized "attempts to try to describe" North Korea's recent missile tests "in breathless World War III terms," Fox News hosts, analysts, and guests repeatedly suggested using force to prevent North Korea from conducting further missile tests and acquiring more nuclear weapons-grade material, with one military analyst even advocating the "nuclear" option. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607070001 Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:22:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290003 In response to the reports describing a Treasury Department program designed to monitor international financial transactions for terrorist activity, President Bush and other White House officials lashed out at the media -- and <em>The New York Times</em> in particular -- for purportedly undermining the government's antiterrorism efforts. But as with the disclosure of the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance and domestic call-tracking programs, the administration and its supporters in the media have relied on numerous false and misleading claims to support their arguments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290003 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:53:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200606270009 Several conservative media figures baselessly asserted that "a lot" of Democrats, including Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA), had asked <em>The New York Times</em> not to publish an article disclosing a secret counterterrorism program that involves tracking bank records. But <em>Times</em> executive editor Bill Keller named only three people outside the administration (two of whom were Democrats) who Keller said contacted the <em>Times</em> regarding the story; moreover, he did not say whether the two Democrats advocated against publishing the article. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606270009 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:34:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605230001 In his introduction for the May 21 Fox News special on global warming, host David Asman left viewers with the impression that there is a significant divide among scientists regarding the cause of global warming. "Today, almost all scientists agree that there is global warming," he said, "but there is no scientific consensus about what causes global warming or how it will affect our lives." But, while Asman went on to interview numerous experts skeptical of the threat posed by global warming or whether human activity causes it, he never informed viewers that those skeptics represent a small minority within the scientific community. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605230001 Mon, 22 May 2006 20:12:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190003 On May 21, Fox News will air a one-hour special, <em>Global Warming: The Debate Continues</em>, in which host David Asman will "speak with scientists who are skeptical of what they view as alarmist fears about climate change." Among the roster of contributors are several global warming skeptics with ties to the energy industry and records of misinformation on the issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190003 Fri, 19 May 2006 10:35:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605170013 On MSNBC's <em>Countdown</em>, host Keith Olbermann awarded third place in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" awards to Fox News host David Asman and <em>American Spectator</em> writer Mark Yost for comments they made on Fox News' <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto</em>. Asman stated that journalists covering the Iraq war are "not going to report on a lot of heroism." In response, Yost suggested that reporters are "somewhat embarrassed by people or feel lesser of themselves by people who do incredibly heroic things." Olbermann remarked: "That's right, boys. That's why the media covered up all the heroism on Flight 93." http://mediamatters.org/items/200605170013 Wed, 17 May 2006 18:31:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605170003 Fox News' David Asman falsely claimed that "the one poll we've seen" on the National Security Agency (NSA) program to collect phone call records of tens of millions of Americans "shows that over 60 percent, a big majority, believe this is not spying, that it is not violating Americans' rights." Asman was presumably referring to a flawed <em>Washington Post</em>/ABC News poll that indicated that 63 percent of respondents said the program is "acceptable." However, Asman ignored the fact that <em>USA Today</em>/Gallup and <em>Newsweek</em> have each released polls on the topic indicating that a majority of Americans disapprove of the reported data collection program. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605170003 Wed, 17 May 2006 11:52:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605160005 On Fox News' <em>Your World</em>, guest host David Asman stated that journalists covering the Iraq war are "not going to report on a lot of heroism." In response, <em>American Spectator</em> contributing writer Mark Yost claimed that he had been told that people are "somewhat embarrassed by people or feel lesser of themselves by people who do incredibly heroic things," and that "they don't make a big deal of it, because they themselves know that maybe, perhaps, in the same situation they wouldn't have done the same thing." http://mediamatters.org/items/200605160005 Tue, 16 May 2006 12:40:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605150012 In a segment of Fox News' <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto</em> titled "Porn to Run," guest host David Asman interviewed Steven Hirsch, co-founder and CEO of Vivid Entertainment Group, about the business of Internet pornography. Throughout the interview, the broadcast was split-screened with footage of scantily clad women pole-dancing and stripping in front of men. <em>Media Matters for America</em> has previously noted that <em>Your World</em>, ostensibly a business show, has often aired photographs and videos of scantily clad women and blurred images of nude women. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605150012 Mon, 15 May 2006 19:01:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200604250003 Fox News host David Asman claimed without basis that "getting to the 30,000 centrifuges" Iran needs to produce a significant amount of weapons-grade nuclear material "is going to be a cakewalk," adding: "Are we going to have to wait until there's a mushroom cloud over Jerusalem before we take a hit in Iran?" But <em>The New York Times</em> noted that Western nuclear analysts have determined that Iran "still lack[s] the parts and materials to make droves of the highly complex [centrifuges] which can spin uranium into fuel rich enough for use in nuclear reactors or atom bombs." http://mediamatters.org/items/200604250003 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:09:33 EST