http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/john_mccain This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: John McCain en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090007 Reuters reported that Sen. John McCain's campaign "is preparing to take $84 million in public funding after the Republican Party convention in September and he is challenging [Sen. Barack] Obama to stick by last year's pledge to use public money and its accompanying spending limits," but did not note that Federal Election Commission chairman David Mason has taken the position that McCain cannot opt out of public financing in the primary without FEC approval, as McCain has attempted to do, or that McCain could be breaking federal laws by exceeding spending limits within the public financing system for the primary. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090007 Fri, 9 May 2008 15:50:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090004 A <em>Wall Street Journal</em> article reported that "Sen. [Barack] Obama suggested Sen. [John] McCain was 'losing his bearings,' " and noted the response of a McCain adviser, who "called it a 'not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age as an issue.' " But the <em>Journal</em> did not note the context of Obama's remark, which he made after accusing McCain of violating his pledge to avoid negative campaigning, and it did not report an Obama spokesman's denial that Obama was referring to McCain's age. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090004 Fri, 9 May 2008 14:41:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080011 During an interview, <em>Today</em> co-host Ann Curry asked Cindy McCain about her refusal to release her tax returns, but did not challenge McCain's refusal by noting that John McCain's campaign has benefited financially from her wealth, and without noting that McCain supports the permanent extension of President Bush's tax cuts, from which those with capital gains -- something that would be indicated on Cindy McCain's tax returns -- benefit significantly. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080011 Thu, 8 May 2008 19:50:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080010 On <em>Special Report</em>, Juan Williams cited Sen. John McCain's record on immigration as evidence of a willingness to "work[] across party lines," without noting that McCain has said he no longer supports his own bipartisan bill. Williams then claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "doesn't have a record" of "working across party lines." In fact, Obama has co-sponsored bills with Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Lugar that have been signed into law. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080010 Thu, 8 May 2008 18:55:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080008 On MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, Dan Abrams, and Rachel Maddow discussed how the media, in Matthews' words, "completely ignore [Sen.] John McCain's problems." But in purporting to explain "the way the media works," Matthews suggested that it is not possible for the media to cover both the Democratic primary and McCain adequately, asserting: "[A]s long as we focus on the fight between Hillary and Barack, and perhaps more recently just on Barack's problems, it blocks the sun -- the media, the public's attention -- from the problems that are obviously incipient and coming to be at some point with McCain." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080008 Thu, 8 May 2008 18:00:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080006 In an online article, the <em>Detroit Free Press</em> reported of Sen. John McCain's May 6 town hall meeting at Oakland University: "As usual, McCain was candid and said things like fuel efficiency standards have to increase and the way to make the domestic automotive industry more competitive is to get other costs, like health care for autoworkers, under control." While the media routinely refer to McCain as a straight-talker who resists pandering,<em> Media Matters for America</em> has identified numerous instances in which McCain has promulgated falsehoods about himself and his opponents. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080006 Thu, 8 May 2008 15:49:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080004 NBC's Ann Curry did not challenge Cindy McCain, Sen. John McCain's wife, when she claimed, "You won't see [negative stuff] come out of our side at all," and asserted, "My husband is absolutely opposed to any negative campaigning at all." In fact, John McCain has a history of negative campaigning and has promulgated numerous falsehoods about his opponents during the 2008 presidential campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080004 Thu, 8 May 2008 14:29:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070007 A<em> Las Vegas Review-Journal</em> editorial asserted that Sen. John McCain "did have a valid point" when he said, "The bridge in Minneapolis collapsed because so much money was spent on wasteful, unnecessary pork-barrel projects." The editorial praised McCain for issuing a "bold position ... with no immediate 'clarification' from the staff, explaining that the senator somehow 'misspoke.' How refreshing." But the AP reported that McCain "backed off his assertion that pork-barrel spending led to last year's deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis" a day after saying it. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070007 Wed, 7 May 2008 18:06:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070005 A Reuters article on President Bush's nominations for the Federal Election Commission did not note that President Bush withdrew the renomination of FEC chairman David Mason, who told Sen. John McCain that he needed the FEC's permission to opt out of the public financing system in the presidential primary. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070005 Wed, 7 May 2008 14:54:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070002 Discussing a column by Frank Rich about media coverage of controversial comments made by televangelist John Hagee, who has endorsed Sen. John McCain, and those made by Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, NBC Washington bureau chief Tim Russert said on <em>Imus in the Morning</em>: "I don't think -- the Hagee thing, McCain has not been questioned ... scrutinized about that." But Russert ignored his own role in the lack of scrutiny, not mentioning Hagee once on <em>Meet the Press</em> since his endorsement. Russert also said "You know, if there was video of Hagee, it makes all the difference in the world." But there is audio of Hagee stating that Hurricane Katrina was "the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans" for its "level of sin" and audio of his defending those comments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805070002 Wed, 7 May 2008 12:11:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060006 Reporting on Sen. John McCain's efforts to "attract" Hispanic voters, <em>The Hill</em>'s Klaus Marre wrote that McCain "has spent the past few years courting Hispanic voters by being the lead Republican sponsor of failed immigration legislation that would have granted a path to citizenship to most of the more than 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States." But Marre did not note that McCain has said he no longer supports that legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060006 Tue, 6 May 2008 17:37:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060004 The<em> Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>USA Today</em>, and <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> have yet to report on Sen. John McCain's statement that "I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East, that will -- that will then prevent us -- that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict <em>again</em> in the Middle East" [emphasis added]. <em>Media Matters</em> offers questions for these news outlets to ask McCain should they decide to cover the story. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060004 Tue, 6 May 2008 14:30:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060003 On <em>Special Report</em>, Carl Cameron reported that on the issue of immigration, Sen. John McCain "announced that if elected, in January he'll begin finalizing border security, then immediately launch the guest worker program and path to citizenship that many in his party oppose." But Cameron did not note that McCain's current position that border security must be addressed first is at odds with his prior assertion that border security could not be disaggregated from other aspects of comprehensive immigration reform without being rendered ineffective. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060003 Tue, 6 May 2008 14:01:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805050002 CNN's Jim Acosta uncritically aired video of Sen. John McCain asserting: "There are those who are convinced the solution is to move to a nationalized health-care system," echoing his repeated assertions that Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are proposing government-run health care. But, while McCain has routinely made such assertions, Acosta did not note that McCain's suggestion is false; neither Clinton nor Obama has proposed a "nationalized health-care system." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805050002 Mon, 5 May 2008 15:34:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805050001 In 2004, the editorial pages of <em>The Washington Post</em> and <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> called on Teresa Heinz Kerry to release her tax returns. But both have yet to call on Sen. John McCain's campaign to release Cindy McCain's tax returns or even note that the campaign has refused to do so. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805050001 Mon, 5 May 2008 14:52:39 EST