Media Matters - John Fund

Media Matters - John Fund http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/john_fund This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: John Fund en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Recycling misinformation, WSJ's Fund accused Gore of "environmental exaggerations and hypocrisy" http://mediamatters.org/items/200703200003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703200003 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:39:15 EST On MSNBC, Fund falsely claimed "Bush's ratings are up" http://mediamatters.org/items/200610050017 John Fund disputed the assertion of a correlation between "the approval ratings of [President] Bush [and] the ratings of Fox News" by baselessly claiming that "Bush's ratings are up, and Fox [News]'s ratings are down." In fact, while Fox News ratings are indeed down, so are President Bush's. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610050017 Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:22:17 EST On MSBNC, Fund falsely suggested British, French, and German "intelligence agencies all agree[d]" that "Saddam Hussein was involved with 9-11" http://mediamatters.org/items/200609130005 On MSNBC's Hardball, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund falsely suggested that "the British, the French, the German, and the American intelligence agencies all agree[d]" that Saddam Hussein was involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; in fact, according to various news reports, British, French, and German intelligence all agreed that there was no link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609130005 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:37:30 EST WSJ's Fund claimed Berger and Albright "persuaded ABC to alter scenes involving them" -- but central falsehoods remain http://mediamatters.org/items/200609120001 Columnist John Fund claimed that Sandy Berger and Madeleine Albright "persuaded ABC to alter the scenes involving them" in the miniseries The Path to 9/11. But while the scenes were apparently edited from earlier versions, both still presented depictions contradicted by both Clinton officials and the 9-11 Commission report. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609120001 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:10:21 EST WSJ's Fund falsely claimed there are "about 16,000" U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, challenged Mark Green to "[l]ook it up" http://mediamatters.org/items/200608160004 On MSNBC's Hardball, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund falsely asserted that the United States has maintained "the same number of troops" in Saudi Arabia "that we had five years ago, about 16,000." In fact, the State Department reported that the United States withdrew its troops stationed in Saudi Arabia after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and a July report by the Congressional Research Service stated that about 300 U.S. military personnel remain there. Moreover, five years ago, there were reportedly about 5,000 troops in Saudi Arabia. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608160004 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:21:01 EST Fund, Krauthammer overstated capabilities of missile defense system http://mediamatters.org/items/200606260009 Charles Krauthammer dubiously suggested that the United States had successfully completed "seven out of eight" tests of a missile defense system capable of intercepting the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) North Korea is reportedly preparing to test-fire. But the system Krauthammer specifically referred to is not designed to intercept ICBMs. Additionally, John Fund dubiously claimed that if North Korea test-fires its ICBM, the United States has "a better than 50-50 chance" of shooting it down; in fact, the system Fund was apparently alluding to has been tested only under highly artificial conditions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606260009 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:00:58 EST WSJ's Fund claimed that economic -- not religious -- conservatives sank Miers nomination http://mediamatters.org/items/200603220002 On CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin asserted that "social, largely religious conservatives" forced the withdrawal of Harriet Miers's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund responded to Toobin by naming two conservative religious leaders who had been Miers's "biggest backers" and claiming, "It was economic conservatives, including The Wall Street Journal, that were skeptical" of her nomination. In fact, following the disclosure of a speech by Miers in which she said that "self-determination" should guide decisions about abortion and school prayer, numerous social conservative groups and leaders demanded that Miers's nomination be withdrawn. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603220002 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:48:35 EST Fund cryptically suggested that he "got a security briefing" on UAE anti-terror efforts that he "can't talk about" http://mediamatters.org/items/200602280005 Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund stated that he "got a security briefing" on United Arab Emirates actions to assist U.S. anti-terror efforts but suggested he "can't talk about" what he learned, leaving viewers to wonder what the "security briefing" consisted of, whether he was privy to classified information, and, if so, why. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602280005 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:35:37 EST