Media Matters - Jake Tapper

Media Matters - Jake Tapper http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jake_tapper This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jake Tapper en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America ABC's Tapper claimed that McCain has "work[ed] in a bipartisan way" on immigration, did not note reversal http://mediamatters.org/items/200806050007 ABC News' Jake Tapper asserted that Sen. John McCain has a "[r]ecord of actually working in a bipartisan way and taking risks to do so," and offered immigration reform as an example. But Tapper did not note that in the race for the Republican nomination, McCain reversed himself on a key aspect of immigration reform and said that he "would not" support his own bill if it came up for a vote in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806050007 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:43:47 EST If Tapper had put down his chicken sandwich and rented The War Room, he'd know that Mickey Kantor did not call Indiana voters "shit" http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020008 Referring to the false allegation that in the 1993 movie The War Room, Clinton campaign adviser Mickey Kantor called Indiana voters "shit," Jake Tapper wrote on his blog: "Were I not currently eating a chicken sandwich at Liberty East Restaurant in Charlotte, NC, while working on a World News piece about the economy and the candidates, I would go to Blockbuster, rent a copy of The War Room and settle this matter as much as possible." Media Matters for America did obtain a copy of the film and does indeed "settle" the matter; Kantor did not call anyone "shit," and he was not referring to Hoosiers when he said, "Those people are shitting." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020008 Fri, 2 May 2008 19:38:16 EST ABC's Tapper distorted Clinton's comments on NAFTA http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310003 In a blog post, ABC's Jake Tapper wrote, "Campaigning in Indiana on Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, claimed to have been a 16-year vocal opponent of NAFTA." But in the very comments Tapper cited, Clinton did not assert that she had "been a 16-year vocal opponent of NAFTA"; rather, she said she "spoke out" against NAFTA starting in 1992. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310003 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:24 EST Media run with anonymous claim that Clinton win "will require exercising the 'Tonya Harding' option" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803280013 After ABC's Jake Tapper quoted "an anonymous Democratic Party official" saying that Hillary Clinton's "securing the nomination is certainly possible -- but it will require exercising the 'Tonya Harding option,' " numerous media figures have repeated the "Tonya Harding option" analogy in reference to the Clinton campaign -- some going so far as to assert that it is a specific strategy adopted by the campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803280013 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:22:01 EST Memo to the media: McCain's Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe not his first http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180007 Some in the media have echoed the McCain campaign's assertion that he simply "misspoke" when he said at a March 18 press conference that Iranian operatives are "taking al-Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back." In fact, McCain made the misstatement twice during the press conference, and also made it the day before on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180007 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:47:13 EST ABC's Tapper, Limbaugh touted Weekly Standard characterization of Obama that is based on false assumption http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120012 Citing Dean Barnett's Weekly Standard piece about a recent speech by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, radio host Rush Limbaugh and ABC's Jake Tapper promoted Barnett's claim that without a teleprompter, Obama is, in Limbaugh's words, "a different guy." However, in claiming that Obama "improvised" or "ad-libbed" and that the audience "saw a different Obama," Barnett provided several quotes that have been part of Obama's standard stump speech since as early as November 2007. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120012 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:11:06 EST Tapper falsely suggested Bill Clinton proposed "slow[ing] down our economy" to fight climate change http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310009 In a blog post, ABC News' Jake Tapper wrote: "In a long, and interesting speech, [Bill Clinton] characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: 'We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.' " But Clinton did not say that is what has to be done to combat global warming. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310009 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:24:43 EST Tapper noted criticism of Kerrey for using Obama's middle name, but not own unprompted usage http://mediamatters.org/items/200712180001 In a blog post, ABC's Jake Tapper wrote: "Some Obama supporters have asked why former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., who endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., today, mentioned her opponent Sen. Barack Hussein Obama's middle name in remarks published in The Washington Post." Tapper's headline read: "Why Did Bob Kerrey Mention Obama's Middle Name -- 'Hussein.' " While the question is justified, Tapper himself has made unprompted references to Obama's middle name in two prior blog posts and a Nightline report. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712180001 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:50:33 EST Tapper did not challenge Giuliani's claim that he did not "get[] the information" about Kerik http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090013 In an interview with Rudy Giuliani, ABC News' Jake Tapper let Giuliani claim, without challenge, that "[t]he mistake" he made in "appointing [Bernard Kerik] police commissioner [and] Department of Corrections chair," "was not getting the information" that Kerik had ties to Interstate Industrial, a company with suspected connections to organized crime. However, in April 2006, Giuliani reportedly "acknowledged" in "testimony to a state grand jury" that "the city investigations commissioner ... had told him that he had been briefed at least once" about Kerik's connections to the company. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090013 Fri, 9 Nov 2007 16:25:30 EST Reporting on Reid exchange, ABC's Tapper suggested without evidence that Sen. Graham wants "a new direction in Iraq" http://mediamatters.org/items/200707130011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707130011 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:52:02 EST ABC's Tapper, Stephanopoulos call Bloomberg a "liberal Democrat," despite endorsement of Bush in 2004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706250010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706250010 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:10:04 EST The media's assault on reason http://mediamatters.org/items/200706120005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706120005 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:19:35 EST ABC's Tapper left out Pelosi's actions in 2006 stripping Jefferson of committee post http://mediamatters.org/items/200706050009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706050009 Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:29:01 EST Media advanced McCain's false "flak" attack on Obama http://mediamatters.org/items/200705290008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705290008 Tue, 29 May 2007 18:30:06 EST ABC's Tapper misrepresented Clinton's vote for Iraq resolution and her explanation http://mediamatters.org/items/200705010006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705010006 Tue, 1 May 2007 16:10:38 EST