http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jonathan_alter This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jonathan Alter en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America 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/200801210001 Referencing an interview former President Bill Clinton gave on PBS' <em>The Charlie Rose Show</em>, <em>Newsweek</em>'s Jonathan Alter wrote, "During a December taping with PBS's Charlie Rose, a frustrated Clinton called [Sen. Barack] Obama 'a roll of the dice,' as aides tried to end the interview." However, Alter omitted Rose's on-air comments in which he indicated why Clinton's aides wanted to "end the interview." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801210001 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:12:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801180014 On <em>Countdown with Keith Olbermann</em>, Jonathan Alter falsely asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton's "chief strategist" was among the "Clinton surrogates" who have "raised these drug issues" about Sen. Barack Obama. In fact, during a December 13 appearance on <em>Hardball</em>, Clinton chief strategist Mark Penn did not bring up Obama's drug use -- the entire segment was devoted to controversial comments about Obama's past drug use by then-Clinton campaign co-chair Billy Shaheen. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801180014 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:14:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610170011 NBC's Jonathan Alter falsely suggested that Republican Peter Roskam and Democrat Tammy Duckworth, candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois' 6th District, have "a similar view of the war" in Iraq. But Chicago newspapers have reported that Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran who lost both her legs in combat, and Roskam, who recently accused Duckworth of favoring a "cut and run" strategy in Iraq, are "worlds apart" on Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610170011 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:12:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608040002 On <em>Hardball</em>, Chris Matthews stated that if Democratic critics recognize that President Bush made a "smart decision" to invade Iraq, then Bush "deserves to have a place in history" because "[y]ou can't say he did the right thing but he didn't quite do it right." http://mediamatters.org/items/200608040002 Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:38:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200607240009 On MSNBC's <em>Imus in the Morning</em>, <em>Newsweek</em> senior editor Jonathan Alter said that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is not "the frontrunner" because she has "more baggage than Paris Hilton in the Riviera." Alter instead touted two potential Republican candidates -- former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607240009 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:35:53 EST