http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/david_shuster This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: David Shuster en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140008 In a<em> Hardball</em> report on Sen. John McCain's position on the environment, MSNBC's David Shuster pointed to "taxes" and "immigration" as evidence that McCain has "tangled with conservatives before." But Shuster did not report that McCain has since embraced conservative positions on both of those issues, now supporting the permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts and saying that he would no longer support his own immigration bill if it came up for a vote in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140008 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:57:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280006 Despite the availability of expenditure reports showing that Sen. John McCain's campaign used a corporate jet owned by his wife's company over a seven-month period beginning in the summer of 2007, several members of the media asserted earlier this year that McCain flew coach when the campaign was low on funds. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280006 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:59:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220008 On<em> MSNBC Live</em>, David Shuster presented to Tucker Carlson "a Hillary laughing pen" -- a pen shaped in the likeness of Hillary Clinton's head with a mouth that moves as the pen makes a laughing noise. In response, Carlson stated: "I can't tell you, David, how much I appreciate this, how much I appreciate your going through Chris' mail while he's gone and how much I'm really going to miss that cackle. I hope it goes on forever. It's brought light to my life." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220008 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:27:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170002 MSNBC's David Shuster asserted that "[Sen. John] McCain also made clear he will continue to insist that Barack Obama stay in the public financing system for the general election as he promised," adding that the issue "could help McCain tarnish the image of Obama's political purity." But Shuster did not mention that McCain may be violating campaign finance laws by surpassing spending limits under the public financing system for the primary period. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170002 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:48:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110004 On <em>Hardball</em>, while remarking on Sen. Barack Obama's reported request for orange juice after being offered coffee at an Indiana diner, David Shuster asserted: "[I]t's just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, 'Here, have some coffee,' you say, 'Yes, thank you,' and, 'Oh, can I also please have some orange juice, in addition to this?' You don't just say, 'No, I'll take orange juice,' and then turn away and start shaking hands." Host Chris Matthews agreed, "You don't ask for a substitute on the menu." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110004 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:52:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802170001 Discussing both David Shuster's "inappropriate" comments about Chelsea Clinton and their place as part of a broader pattern of sexist remarks by MSNBC commentators, WNYC's Bob Garfield asserted: "It seems that what's happened here has more to do with history than it has to do with the particulars of Shuster's remarks." The Huffington Post's Rachael Sklar asserted, "<em>Media Matters</em>, which gets its teeth into these things and really shakes its head furiously, generated post after post about things that Chris Matthews had said, things that other people on MSNBC had said." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802170001 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:14:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080003 Addressing a remark he made about Chelsea Clinton's work on her mother's campaign -- "doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way" -- MSNBC's David Shuster stated that "last night, I used a phrase -- some slang about her efforts. ... [T]o the extent that people feel I was being pejorative, I apologize for that. I should have seen that people might view it that way, and for that, then I'm sorry." However, Shuster never mentioned the specific "slang" he used in reference to Chelsea Clinton's campaign work, and he falsely claimed that, during the same segment in which he referred to her "being pimped out," he said "Americans should be proud of [Chelsea]" and that "everybody, all of us, love" her. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080003 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:20:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802070002 On MSNBC's <em>Morning Joe</em>, David Shuster asked Clinton campaign chief strategist Mark Penn if it was a "mistake" when he "brought up a word and reminded people of [Sen.] Barack Obama's past drug use" on <em>Hardball</em> in December 2007. But, Penn was not the one to bring up Obama's past drug use; it was Chris Matthews. Matthews, as well as Norah O'Donnell, have falsely asserted that Penn brought up the issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802070002 Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:31:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801200006 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, David Shuster responded to Craig Crawford's assertion that the media "tend to gang up on the Clintons" and are "actually a little unfair to them," asserting: "Well, I think some people are certainly unfair. There was another cable-news organization that rhymes with 'clocks' that said that Bill Clinton had completely lost his cool and blown up at a reporter there from Oakland, when, in fact, when you see the clip of Bill Clinton reacting to that reporter, he's just being very firm." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801200006 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:07:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170023 MSNBC repeatedly aired a campaign advertisement from Sen. John McCain's campaign attacking Sen. Hillary Clinton's support for a $1 million earmark for a museum at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival in New York, and other media outlets noted the ad. But none of these outlets reported that McCain had skipped the vote on removing the earmark. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170023 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:48:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801110006 During an appearance on MSNBC's <em>Morning Joe</em>, NBC News' David Shuster mocked co-host Joy Behar of ABC's <em>The View</em> for her criticism of MSNBC host Chris Matthews' recent comments about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in which Matthews attributed Clinton's political success to her husband's "mess[ing] around." Shuster stated, "Yeah, you know, Joy Behar is well known for her political analysis" and then rolled his eyes, before purporting to "impersonat[e]" Behar. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801110006 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:42:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 21:29:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250003 While discussing what he suggested might be "hypocrisy when it comes to political attacks" with regard to a MoveOn.org ad headlined "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" and comments by Rush Limbaugh about "Senator Betrayus, new name for Senator Hagel," MSNBC's David Shuster asked Rep. Marsha Blackburn, "Where was the outrage when Rush Limbaugh said this about Republican Senator Chuck Hagel over one of the senator's stances on Iraq?" <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250003 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:51:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220008 On <em>Hardball</em>, David Shuster falsely suggested that in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton overlooked local Sunni leaders' cooperation with coalition forces in Al Anbar Province and instead attributed the progress there to President Bush's escalation strategy. However, in the speech, Clinton linked the improvements in Al Anbar to new "tactics" -- not Bush's escalation of the war. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220008 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:12:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707090003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707090003 Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:09:34 EST