http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/lee_cowan This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Lee Cowan en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200005 In a report on the controversy surrounding Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, NBC's Lee Cowan uncritically aired clips from a YouTube video that Cowan said "hits not just on Obama's pastor and his faith ... but on the senator's patriotism, too." Cowan did not mention who was behind the video or comment on any of the video's content. However, the <em>Politico </em>reported that the video was created in part by Lee Habeeb, "a former producer of the <em>Laura Ingraham</em> Show" and currently "director of strategic content at Salem Radio Network, the conservative talk radio powerhouse." Cowan's uncritical airing of the video echoes similar reporting on Fox News, which has aired several YouTube videos smearing Democrats. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200005 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:26:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803140002 On MSNBC's <em>Morning Joe</em>, NBC correspondent Lee Cowan stated that "[n]obody that I know of has asked" Sen. Barack Obama about controversial comments his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, made just days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In fact, <em>The New York Times</em> asked Obama about Wright's remarks in a 2007 interview, and Obama reportedly replied, "The violence of 9/11 was inexcusable and without justification." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803140002 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:13:11 EST