http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/face_the_nation This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Face the Nation en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070008 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer stated that Sen. Barack Obama "seemed to have a slightly different take" on withdrawing troops from Iraq in July 3 remarks, as compared with a speech he made on March 19. But Schieffer omitted Obama's statement in the March 19 speech that he would set Iraq policy in consultation with military commanders. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070008 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:27:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708260001 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer claimed that Sen. Hillary Clinton is "saying it looks like ... maybe the surge is working in the sense that there is less violence there." But as <em>Media Matters for America</em> has repeatedly noted, Clinton actually said: "We've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas, particularly in Al Anbar province, it's working. ... We're just years too late changing our tactics. We can't ever let that happen again." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708260001 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:00:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 In appearances by Karl Rove on Sunday morning talk shows on Fox, CBS, and NBC, not one interviewer asked whether an August 19 <em>Washington Post</em> article was accurate in stating that, according to White House officials, one of Rove's "two basic rules" in putting together briefings for political appointees was "to make sure they complied with the Hatch Act," a federal law that limits political activities by federal employees. As the article noted, "the Office of the Special Counsel ... has concluded that the Hatch Act was violated" during a briefing that was conducted by a Rove aide for political appointees in the General Services Administration. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:33:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140001 Mon, 14 May 2007 10:22:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170007 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer did not challenge Vice President Dick Cheney's false claim that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "now has said he's adamantly opposed to any funding for the troops." In fact, Reid voted for the supplemental funding bill that the Senate passed March 29. http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170007 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:14:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704020007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704020007 Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:52:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150007 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:14:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610030011 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer failed to correct Dan Bartlett's false claim that Bob Woodward, in his latest book, <em>State of Denial</em>, asserts that insurgents in Iraq conduct "900 attacks daily" on U.S. and coalition forces. In fact, Woodward wrote that attacks on coalition forces in Iraq are "exceeding 3,500 a month" (or around 875 per week, not per day, as Bartlett stated). http://mediamatters.org/items/200610030011 Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:56:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609260003 <em>Face the Nation</em>'s Bob Schieffer baselessly asserted that the September 22 deal struck by Republican senators and President Bush on the detention, interrogation, and trial of detainees "shows how we do things in a democracy -- out in the open, and in accordance with the law, even when dealing with the worst of the worst." In fact, the details of the agreement are largely unknown. Schieffer also allowed Sen. John McCain to suggest that Democrats are the reason, in Schieffer's words, that Congress "can't seem to get anything done," even though Republicans control both houses of Congress and the presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609260003 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:51:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609250008 A <em>Media Matters</em> review of major media outlets found that only <em>The Washington Post</em> highlighted the major differences between remarks by Republican Sens. John McCain and Bill Frist on separate Sunday morning news shows on August 24. While McCain stated that "waterboarding and other extreme measures such as extreme deprivation -- sleep deprivation, hypothermia, and others" could be illegal under new rules for U.S. interrogations of terrorism suspects, Frist asserted that "no responsible person" is going to "comment on individual techniques" that would or would not be permitted under the new law, because doing so "helps the terrorists." http://mediamatters.org/items/200609250008 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:20:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609130011 Both <em>Face the Nation</em> host Bob Schieffer and <em>Fox News Sunday</em> host Chris Wallace allowed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to justify the Iraq war by falsely suggesting that the 9-11 Commission report supports her claim that Saddam Hussein's Iraq had "contacts" with Al Qaeda before the U.S.-led invasion of that country in March 2003. Also, after Rice said she couldn't think of any specific "failures" in the Bush administration's fight against terrorism when asked by Wallace to identify one, Wallace failed to press her on the fact that Osama bin Laden is still at large and his trail has reportedly gone "stone cold." http://mediamatters.org/items/200609130011 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:03:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609050003 Several media figures and news outlets have uncritically repeated or lent credence to the false Republican talking point that Democrats, for all their criticism of the Bush administration's Iraq war policy, have no plan of their own to deal with Iraq, terrorism, and national security in general. In fact, Democrats have offered several plans for addressing various issues related to U.S. involvement in Iraq and national security. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609050003 Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:32:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608220002 On CBS' <em>Face the Nation</em>, host Bob Schieffer let Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (CT) claim that he does "not [] play partisan politics" and that his opponent, businessman Ned Lamont, is engaged in a "smear partisan political game." Schieffer made no mention of Lieberman's own claim -- in the wake of arrests made over an alleged terror plot in London -- that Lamont's proposed Iraq exit-strategy "would strengthen [terrorists]" and allow them to "strike again." http://mediamatters.org/items/200608220002 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:21:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608140005 In the wake of Ned Lamont's victory over Sen. Joe Lieberman and the news that British authorities had arrested several suspects in the foiled British terror plot, a number of media figures have linked the Iraq war with the effort to combat terrorism -- echoing the Republican talking point that Iraq is the "central front" in the fight against terrorism. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608140005 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:50:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200607200006 In <em>Media Matters</em>' third examination of guest appearances on ABC's <em>This Week</em>, CBS' <em>Face the Nation</em>, and NBC's <em>Meet the Press</em>, research demonstrated that Republicans and conservatives outnumbered Democrats and progressives from April to June of 2006. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607200006 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:58:06 EST