http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jim_vandehei This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jim VandeHei en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200803190010 The<em> Politico</em>'s Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris claimed in an article that "[w]hen pressed on a voting record that the National Journal called the most liberal in the Senate, [Sen. Barack] Obama dismissed ideological labels as 'old politics.' " However, when Harris asked Obama about the <em>National Journal</em>'s vote ratings in a previous interview, Obama initially responded by criticizing the <em>Journal's</em> methodology; Obama referred to "old politics" moments later in response to Harris' question about whether he is "comfortable with the liberal label." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803190010 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:59:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712050001 The <em>Politico</em>'s Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei wrote that unnamed "Bush advisers are considering ways to call attention to scientists' announcement, which the White House believes was lost in Thanksgiving week, about discoveries that could lead to the creation of stem cells without embryos -- a vindication, in the view of Bush's aides, of his reservations about approving broader federal funding of embryonic stem cell research." But Allen and VandeHei did not note that the senior author of the paper that announced that discovery, James Thomson, wrote in a <em>Washington</em><em> Post</em> op-ed that the research "[f]ar from vindicat[es] the current U.S. policy of withholding federal funds." http://mediamatters.org/items/200712050001 Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:34:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160009 Several media figures mischaracterized a response that Rep. Ron Paul gave at the Republican debate, with some asserting that Paul had "blamed" the United States for the 9-11 terrorist attacks and others simply accepting Rudy Giuliani's misrepresentation of Paul's statement -- that the United States had "invited the attack." In fact, Paul did not blame the United States for the 9-11 attacks or say that the United States had "invited" them. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160009 Wed, 16 May 2007 17:25:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160005 Media figures and outlets heaped praise on Mike Huckabee's comment, during the May 15 Republican presidential debate, that "[w]e've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop," a reference to reports that former Sen. John Edwards spent $800 of campaign money (which Edwards said was reimbursed) on two haircuts. ABC News' The Note, as well as <em>The Politico</em>'s Mike Allen called the line an "instant classic," while <em>The Politico</em>'s Jonathan Martin predicted that it "will dominate the news coverage in the days ahead." http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160005 Wed, 16 May 2007 14:22:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702280001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702280001 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:32:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611080009 Media figures have attributed Democratic gains in the House and Senate in the midterm elections to the number of wins by conservative or moderate Democratic challengers and have suggested that because the party's victory in the House was purportedly "built on the back of more centrist candidates," the incoming Democratic majority will be sharply divided. However, a <em>Media Matters for America</em> survey of the policy positions of 27 victorious House candidates found that they all agree on a core set of issues, including raising the minimum wage and protecting Social Security. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611080009 Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:52:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130008 <em>The Washington Post</em> reported in an article by Jim VandeHei that "Democrats are targeting the personal lives of Republicans in numerous key House races as part of a campaign to capitalize on voter disgust" stemming from the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley. But it made no mention of the numerous GOP-produced negative ads currently in circulation -- despite the fact that VandeHei co-wrote a <em>Post</em> article a month earlier about Republicans' pre-election strategy of "attacking Democratic House and Senate candidates over personal issues and local controversies." http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130008 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:45:46 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/200604270013 <em>Washington Post</em> staff writers Jim VandeHei and Michael A. Fletcher quoted several White House aides who characterized the appointment of Tony Snow as press secretary as "proof that he [Bush] is open to dissenting opinions," recognition on the part of the president that "he needs to do a better job communicating," and an effort to "wipe the slate clean." But despite the chorus of criticism from Democrats and others in response to Bush's choice, VandeHei and Fletcher presented no contrasting opinions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270013 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:25:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200602100017 A <em>Washington Post</em> article about the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program falsely claimed that the program's critics are "some Democrats." In fact, many Republicans, including Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter, also disagree with the administration's legal justifications for the program. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602100017 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:14:29 EST