http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/john_harwood This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: John Harwood en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090007 On<em> Morning Joe</em>, Joe Scarborough mocked Sen. Barack Obama's work as a community organizer, saying, "Most people are like, 'what's a -- what's a -- get a job -- what's a community organizer?' " and later asked <em>The New York Times</em>' John Harwood, "What did you do when you were a young man, John Harwood? Were you a community organizer?" Rather than note that two days earlier, his own newspaper had published a front-page article providing details that answered Scarborough's question about what Obama did as a community organizer, Hardwood responded that he "played Little League baseball" and "saw a Beatles concert." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090007 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:30:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806230006 In articles on Sen. John McCain's reversal on offshore drilling, <em>The New York Times</em> reported that McCain "cast" his position "switch" as a "bold action in response to gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon," while <em>The Washington Post</em> suggested that McCain's position is a response "to ease the crunch for consumers." Neither article pointed out that the Department of Energy has determined that offshore drilling would not impact gas prices for many years. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806230006 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:26:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090015 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, John Harwood once again described Sen. John McCain as a "maverick," claiming that McCain's criticism of the media is in part "a way for John McCain, who has been such a maverick, to try to unify the Republican Party." Harwood has repeatedly referred to McCain as a "maverick" or having a "maverick brand." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090015 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:51:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090003 The <em>New York Times</em>' John Harwood wrote that Sen. John McCain "prevailed over a field of Republicans who almost unanimously shared his support for the Iraq war, embrace of President Bush's tax cuts, skepticism toward government-run health care and opposition to abortion rights," while Sen. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton "both staked out opposite ground from Mr. McCain." But neither Obama nor Clinton has proposed "government-run health care"; the <em>Times</em> has previously pointed out that McCain has "inaccurately described Obama's and Clinton's health care proposals" by likening them to "government-run health care systems." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090003 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:11:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130011 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, John Harwood described Sen. John McCain as a "maverick" without noting any of the numerous actions McCain has taken that undermine that characterization. Harwood later asserted that McCain "voted against Bush's tax cuts" without noting that McCain reversed his position on the tax cuts and now calls for making them permanent, or that he has since offered a different explanation about why he voted against them than he gave at the time. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130011 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:08:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010005 On <em>Hardball</em>, John Harwood stated: "John McCain's brand ... has been pretty well-established since 2000. He's likable. He's a maverick. He's a war hero. All of that redounds to his benefit." But while citing McCain's purported "brand" as a "maverick," Harwood did not acknowledge his own role in promoting that "brand." Nor did he point out any of McCain's actions that challenge that "brand," such as McCain's rightward shift on high-profile issues such as immigration and taxes, and his growing list of falsehoods. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010005 Thu, 1 May 2008 15:34:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160010 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, John Harwood asserted that Sen. John McCain's speech on the economy "trying to go after ... corporate greed" demonstrated that his "maverick brand is intact," and that "this is a guy who has established a brand for himself that has endured ... despite that phase in 2007 when he was getting a lot of flak for sort of flip-flopping and trying to court the right." However, <em>The Washington Post</em> reported that "tax cuts, mostly for corporations and wealthy individuals, remain the centerpiece of McCain's economic agenda." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160010 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:08:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200011 After Chuck Todd acknowledged a media double standard in coverage of Sen. John McCain's Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe, CNBC's John Harwood asserted on <em>Morning Joe</em>: "I think that at the end of the day, John McCain has got sufficient credibility on that issue that people are not going to look at that and say, 'Oh, John McCain is confused' or 'John McCain's too old' or 'John McCain doesn't get it.' ... But he obviously can't do that too many times or he's got a problem." Harwood was not alone in misrepresenting or excusing McCain's false claim on MSNBC; several MSNBC reporters and anchors have ignored or excused McCain's false claim. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200011 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:01:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710300008 Chris Matthews, Wolf Blitzer, and Chris Jansing each uncritically aired or reported on a Rudy Giuliani radio ad in which Giuliani claims that when he had prostate cancer, his "chance of surviving ... in the United States, 82 percent" but that his "chance of surviving prostate cancer in England, only 44 percent under socialized medicine." However, a post on washingtonpost.com's Fact Checker blog noted that "the survivability figures tell us little about the differences in the quality of treatment received by prostate cancer patients in the United States and Britain" and that "the two countries are much closer" in terms of the "mortality rates from the disease." Neither Matthews nor Blitzer nor Jansing noted Giuliani's use of "meaningless" -- according to a cancer research expert -- statistics. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200710300008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:44:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709110001 On <em>Meet The Press</em>, Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody asserted: "At the end of the day ... this issue [terrorism] helps the Republicans more than the Democrats because they're going to be able to enforce this idea that the Democrats want to go at this with law enforcement and the Republicans don't." Neither Tim Russert nor his other guest, CNBC's John Harwood, challenged Brody's assertions; in fact, Democrats have offered<strong> </strong>strategies for fighting both Al Qaeda in Iraq and the main Al Qaeda terrorist organization. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709110001 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:56:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707290003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707290003 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:35:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705170005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705170005 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:20:05 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/200703260010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703260010 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:54:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703190010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703190010 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:55:13 EST