Media Matters - Hannity & Colmes

Media Matters - Hannity & Colmes http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/hannity__amp__colmes This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Hannity & Colmes en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Fox's Hannity again falsely suggested that Obama referred to "invading Pakistan"; Gingrich doesn't acknowledge he's advocated similar position http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210004 In a discussion with Newt Gingrich on Fox News, Sean Hannity mischaracterized Sen. Barack Obama's comments about taking unilateral action against terrorism targets in Pakistan, if necessary, suggesting that Obama advocated "invading Pakistan." Rather, in an August 2007 speech, Obama said: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets [in Pakistan] and President [Pervez] Musharraf won't act, we will." Further, just two days earlier on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Gingrich himself spoke in favor of taking action against terrorists in Pakistan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210004 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:51:05 EST Hannity falsely suggested no oil in areas already available to oil companies for drilling http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180012 Sean Hannity falsely suggested that federal areas legally available for leasing by oil companies contain no oil. In fact, federal agencies have estimated that more oil exists on the tens of millions of acres of federal areas currently legally available for drilling than there is in the areas currently off limits to drilling. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180012 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:48:02 EST Hannity distorted Clinton's remarks about Mandela, falsely cited it as part of "a series of attacks" on McCain's "military record" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100002 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity aired a deceptively cropped statement from Bill Clinton's remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival in asserting that Clinton was "obviously taking a shot at Senator [John] McCain," omitting the context showing that Clinton was discussing what Nelson Mandela means to him. Hannity also falsely asserted that Clinton's statement and recent comments by Wesley Clark were part of "a series of attacks on Senator McCain's military record." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807100002 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:58:41 EST Hannity compared carbon offsets to "cheat[ing] on your wife," ignored Murdoch's efforts to make News Corp. carbon neutral http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250009 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity criticized the purchase of credits to offset one's "carbon footprint," asserting, "Those offsets -- that is the biggest hoax in the world. ... You know what it's like? You go cheat on your wife, and then say, 'Honey, but don't worry. I bought an offset.' Good luck." Hannity has yet to address the pledge by News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch "to be carbon neutral, across all our businesses" -- which includes Fox News -- "by 2010." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250009 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:13:28 EST Dick Morris repeated false and misleading claims about Obama's tax proposals on Hannity & Colmes and Today http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250003 On Fox News, Dick Morris asserted that as president, Sen. Barack Obama "would double the capital gains tax. That means that you get far less when you sell your home, or your 401(k) or your stock plan," and added, "[H]e would increase the limit on Social Security taxes, which means instead of paying 12 1/2 percent of the first $100,000, you pay it on everything that you're making." Morris' claims are false or highly misleading. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250003 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:40:45 EST Hasselbeck on Obama: "[H]e seemed for a while more willing to give the fist bump to Ahmadinejad than our own General Petraeus" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190007 On Hannity & Colmes, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of ABC's The View, asserted of Sen. Barack Obama: "[I]t bothered me that he seemed for a while more willing to give the fist bump to [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad than our own General [David] Petraeus." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190007 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:33:08 EST Hannity twice referred to Obama as the "No. 1 radical liberal in the Senate" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130007 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity twice called Sen. Barack Obama the "No. 1 radical liberal in the Senate," failing to note that the National Journal vote ranking to which he was referring -- which said nothing about Obama being "radical" -- was based on a subjective selection of Senate votes by the magazine's staff, or that a more comprehensive examination of Senate votes produced a different result. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806130007 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:44:36 EST Botching the basic facts of the transaction, Morris again suggested the Obamas got a discount on the price of their house http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100017 On Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris again suggested that Sen. Barack Obama and his wife got a discount on the price of their house and botched several basic facts of the real estate transaction. Morris suggested that "Obama got $300,000 off market price" of the house because former Obama contributor Tony Rezko "pa[id] the full market price" for an adjacent property -- an assertion that has been refuted by both Obama and the seller. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100017 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:08:35 EST Claiming he would not "add to the public record," Rove "add[ed]" to the misinformation in "the public record" on Plame case http://mediamatters.org/items/200805280011 During a discussion of Scott McClellan's new book on Hannity & Colmes, Karl Rove said that McClellan's "questions to me were: Did I leak Valerie Plame's name? And the answer is no. In fact, we know today that the name of Valerie Plame was leaked to Robert Novak by Richard Armitage, the number two guy at the State Department, and not by me." In fact, Novak identified both Rove and Armitage as the sources for his column that revealed Plame's employment with the CIA. And former Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper named Rove as his source who identified former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife as a CIA agent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805280011 Wed, 28 May 2008 19:59:16 EST Hannity, Rove again mischaracterized Obama's Pakistan comments http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220002 On Hannity & Colmes, discussing issues that purportedly "have totally changed the narrative on Senator [Barack] Obama," Sean Hannity repeated a falsehood that he has promoted numerous times before, that Obama would advocate "possibly invading an ally, Pakistan." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220002 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:03:07 EST On Hannity & Colmes, Conway falsely suggested McCain has been consistent on voting for war funding http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210008 On Hannity & Colmes, Kellyanne Conway falsely suggested that Sen. John McCain has been consistent in voting for funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Purporting to contrast McCain with Sen. John Kerry, Conway asserted: "John McCain never voted against and then voted for, and then voted against and for." In fact, in March 2007, McCain himself voted against an emergency spending bill that would have funded both wars. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210008 Wed, 21 May 2008 16:54:27 EST Hannity, Rove revive false claims about Obama statement concerning Pakistan http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140009 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said he would "maybe invade an ally like Pakistan." In fact, during an August 2007 speech, Obama did not say he would "invade an ally like Pakistan"; rather, Obama stated: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and [Pakistani] President [Pervez] Musharraf won't act, we will." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140009 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:11:03 EST Cable news nets run ad attacking Obama over and over -- even as pundits note win-win for McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200804240010 Beginning on the afternoon of April 23, MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN aired a controversial ad by the North Carolina Republican Party attacking Sen. Barack Obama and two Democratic gubernatorial candidates at least 22 times combined, in most cases also noting that Sen. John McCain denounced the ad. As media figures on MSNBC and CNN pointed out, the repeated broadcasts benefit the North Carolina Republican Party, which does not have to pay for them, and they presumably benefit McCain, even as he is credited with taking the high road for criticizing the ad. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804240010 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:13:42 EST Colmes rebutted Morris' false and contradictory attacks against Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220004 On Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris repeated his false assertion that Sen. Hillary Clinton "sat on the board of the New World Foundation that gave a grant to the Palestine Liberation Organization, headed by [Yassir] Arafat, which, back then, was identified as a terrorist group." However, as co-host Alan Colmes pointed out, in 1999, the Jewish daily Forward reported that the New World Foundation "granted funds to Grassroots International, which in turn funneled the money to two PLO-affiliated groups." Colmes stated: "If money was diverted, she didn't know anything about it. ... You're drawing a parallel line here which does not exist." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220004 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:50:10 EST Right-wing radio hosts suggested "damn good" Ayers question to Stephanopoulos day before Dem debate http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170010 During the April 16 debate, George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Barack Obama to explain his "relationship" with former Weather Underground Organization member William Ayers and to "explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem." The previous day, Stephanopoulos appeared on The Sean Hannity Show and New York radio station WOR's The Steve Malzberg Show, where both Hannity and Malzberg suggested to Stephanopoulos that he ask Obama about Ayers. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170010 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:13:31 EST