http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/juan_williams This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Juan Williams en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070009 On<em> Fox News Sunday</em>, Juan Williams asserted of a recent campaign ad from Sen. Barack Obama: "He makes himself out to be born in Kansas, Kansas values. He's in Hawaii." However, as <em>Media Matters for America </em>has noted, in the ad, Obama does not "make[] himself out to be born in Kansas"; rather, he makes clear he was "raised" by his mother and grandparents, who "grew up" in Kansas. Karl Rove made a similar claim in a <em>Wall Street Journal </em>op-ed. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070009 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:30:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200003 NPR's Juan Williams asserted that Sen. John McCain "has fought his own party, the GOP, on immigration." And Fox News' Dick Morris stated that McCain "really has moved to the left of the Republican Party" on "the immigration bill." However, neither Williams nor Morris mentioned that McCain has reversed his position on immigration and now asserts that "we've got to secure the borders first" -- a position 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/200805200003 Tue, 20 May 2008 16:45:47 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/200803230004 On <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, when Bill Kristol was asked whether "it's fair" to compare "[Sen. John] McCain's, quote, 'ministers,' " John Hagee and Rod Parsley, "to [Sen. Barack] Obama's pastor," Kristol replied: "No, because these are just individuals who've endorsed Senator McCain." However, McCain stated in a joint appearance with Hagee that he was "very proud to have Pastor Hagee's support" and reportedly called Parsley a "spiritual guide." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230004 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:18:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200004 Several media figures have falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama contradicted previous statements when he said during a March 18 speech on race: "Did I ever hear him [Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former pastor] make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in the church? Yes." In fact, Obama previously asserted he had not been present for particular statements Wright made that were repeated by various media outlets and that spurred the recent controversy. He did not claim to have never heard Wright make "remarks that could be considered controversial." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200004 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:42:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801090002 William Kristol attributed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary to "the tears," saying, "She pretended to cry; the women liked it." He added, "The women were sorry for her, and she won." Kristol is one of several media figures who described Clinton's actions as "calculated," reviving a characterization frequently made by the media that Clinton is "calculating." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801090002 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:22:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020005 Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:40:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703130013 On <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, while discussing John Edwards' decision not to participate in a Fox-sponsored Democratic debate in Nevada, panelists Bill Kristol, Juan Williams, Brit Hume, and Nina Easton all ignored Edwards' specific criticism of Fox News. http://mediamatters.org/items/200703130013 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:57:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701300010 <em>The New York Times</em> and National Public Radio's Juan Williams, during his interview with President Bush, failed to address the recurring pattern by Bush and other Republicans of employing the proper noun "Democrat" as an adjective -- an oft-used Republican slur. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701300010 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:42:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701220005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701220005 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:04:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701220002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701220002 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:26:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611050004 On <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, National Public Radio's Juan Williams acknowledged that "most people are telling pollsters that they trust the Democrats more on taxes than they do the Republicans," but then said, "To me, that's crazy." On <em>The Chris Matthews Show</em>, Chris Matthews again falsely suggested that the issue of taxes favors Republicans, even though recent polling shows otherwise. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611050004 Sun, 5 Nov 2006 15:11:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610310017 On <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>, Juan Williams baselessly asserted that it's "true" CNN is, in Bill O'Reilly's words, "in the tank for the Democrats." Williams added that CNN is "counter-programming Fox" and that "they are becoming more and more partisan, and they think that's what we do here at Fox." http://mediamatters.org/items/200610310017 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:13:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609070011 Fox News anchors and commentators seized upon a <em>Washington Post</em> editorial falsely asserting that the revelation that former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was the original source for syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak's column exposing CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity disproved the notion of a coordinated effort within the White House to discredit former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, using the occasion to repeat a host of false claims about the CIA leak case. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609070011 Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:41:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609050003 Several media figures and news outlets have uncritically repeated or lent credence to the false Republican talking point that Democrats, for all their criticism of the Bush administration's Iraq war policy, have no plan of their own to deal with Iraq, terrorism, and national security in general. In fact, Democrats have offered several plans for addressing various issues related to U.S. involvement in Iraq and national security. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609050003 Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:32:03 EST