Media Matters - Jim Lehrer

Media Matters - Jim Lehrer http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jim_lehrer This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jim Lehrer en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Did PBS' Lehrer and CBS' Pelley agree not to challenge Bush with follow-up questions? http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180017 In recent interviews with President Bush, Jim Lehrer and Scott Pelley did not challenge several false or misleading claims that President Bush made about Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180017 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:24:01 EST Will media acknowledge they were too credulous in touting Rove's pre-election optimism? http://mediamatters.org/items/200611100003 Contrary to Karl Rove's pre-election assertions -- which the media accorded significance despited his presumable responsibility to express optimism -- Democrats won control of both houses of Congress. This raises the question of whether the media were wrong in treating Rove's optimistic predictions as anything more than a job requirement. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611100003 Thu, 9 Nov 2006 20:10:41 EST PBS' Lehrer, MSNBC's Shuster reported Rove's optimism about GOP chances in midterms, failed to note that's his job http://mediamatters.org/items/200610190008 PBS NewsHour host Jim Lehrer reported without challenge or rebuttal that White House senior political adviser Karl Rove "dismissed Democrats' chances of winning control of Congress." MSNBC's David Shuster similarly reported without challenge that Rove "remain[s] very calm and optimistic about the election." But as CNN's Wolf Blitzer noted, Rove "ha[s] to say that." http://mediamatters.org/items/200610190008 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:54:28 EST On NewsHour, Lehrer failed to challenge Frist's misleading anti-terror bill claims and misrepresentations of Reid http://mediamatters.org/items/200609180008 PBS' NewsHour host Jim Lehrer allowed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to mischaracterize a letter to Congress by five top uniformed military lawyers. Frist suggested that the letter supports the Bush administration's proposed legislation regarding the interrogation and trial of terrorism suspects. However, Lehrer did not mention that the letter addresses only certain provisions of Bush's plan, not the entire bill, and that the military lawyers reportedly refused to sign a letter endorsing Bush's entire bill. Lehrer also allowed Frist to misrepresent comments Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid made in a NewsHour interview the previous night. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609180008 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:43:00 EST