Media Matters - Los Angeles Times

Media Matters - Los Angeles Times http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/los_angeles_times This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Los Angeles Times en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Jonah Goldberg the latest to falsely claim McCain called for Rumsfeld's resignation http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230002 In his Los Angeles Times column, Jonah Goldberg falsely claimed that "[w]ithin months of the [Iraq] invasion, [Sen. John] McCain was calling for more troops and the head of then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld." In fact, McCain did not call for Rumsfeld to be fired, or for his resignation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230002 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:49:30 EST LA Times did not report that Maliki statement came only after Bush administration contacted his office "to express concern" over comments in Der Spiegel http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210002 In a story on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's assertion to a German magazine that Sen. Barack Obama's 16-month timeline "would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal," the Los Angeles Times reported that "a Maliki spokesman said the magazine, Der Spiegel, had misinterpreted the prime minister's comments." But the Los Angeles Times did not note that the Maliki office's statement was issued only after the U.S. embassy reportedly contacted Maliki "to express concern." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210002 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:53:50 EST Several print outlets noted that McCain proposed sending three brigades of troops to Afghanistan, but not that McCain's tally would reportedly include NATO forces http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170009 The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Wall Street Journal reported that Sen. John McCain, in the words of the Journal, "said he would send at least three additional brigades to Afghanistan." But none noted that McCain reportedly stated following his speech that his proposal to deploy three additional brigades to Afghanistan would require "greater participation on the part of our NATO allies," or that McCain spokeswoman Nicolle Wallace reportedly said the three brigades he mentioned would include non-American troops. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170009 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:13:23 EST LA Times echoed McCain's reported spin of Social Security "disgrace" comment http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150010 The Los Angeles Times asserted as fact that in recent comments about Social Security, Sen. John McCain used the word "disgrace" to refer to how "younger workers are forced to pay for a plan that, in his view, is unlikely to benefit them when they retire." But the Times ignored an assertion by McCain on CNN on July 8 in which he again appeared to be denouncing the Social Security system itself and not, as the Times reported, the fact that absent legislative change, the system faces insolvency in the future. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150010 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:44:04 EST Wash. Post, LA Times failed to note Energy Department's assessment of effect of offshore drilling on oil prices http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150007 The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times each reported that "Democrats and environmental groups" say that allowing new offshore drilling would not have an effect on oil and gas prices in the next several years. They did not note that it is not just Democrats and environmental groups that say this: The Bush Energy Department has determined that production from offshore drilling "would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030" and that such production is expected to have an "insignificant" effect on "average wellhead prices." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150007 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:35:47 EST Wash. Post baselessly suggested preferential treatment in home loan interest rate Obama received http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020003 The Washington Post baselessly suggested that Sen. Barack Obama was given preferential treatment in the interest rate he received on his $1.32 million mortgage from Northern Trust for the purchase of his Chicago home in June 2005. But the article did not cite any evidence that the interest rate Obama received was in any way out of the ordinary or in any way the result of preferential treatment. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020003 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:48:55 EST Ignoring Clark's praise, LA Times uncritically reported McCain camp's assertion that Clark "didn't pay proper homage" to his POW service http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020001 In an article about Wesley Clark's June 29 comments, the Los Angeles Times reported the McCain campaign's assertion that "Clark didn't pay proper homage" to Sen. John McCain's service as a POW in Vietnam, but did not report that, in fact, Clark said: "I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands of millions of others in the Armed Forces as a prisoner of war." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020001 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:18:01 EST LA Times, Wash. Times uncritically repeated McCain camp's false assertion that Obama "propos[es] to raise taxes on millions of small businesses" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240002 The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Times uncritically repeated the McCain campaign's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "propos[es] to raise taxes on millions of small businesses." In fact, Obama has proposed rolling back President Bush's tax cuts only on "people who are making 250,000 dollars a year or more," and according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, 481,000 -- not "millions of" -- small businesses fall into the tax brackets that would be affected by those increases. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240002 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:49:42 EST Numerous media outlets reported McCain's attack on Obama over public financing without noting McCain's loan http://mediamatters.org/items/200806200011 Numerous media outlets have reported all or part of Sen. John McCain's statement rebuking Sen. Barack Obama for his decision to forgo public financing in the general election without mentioning that during the primary, McCain signed a loan that could have forced him to remain in the race -- even if he had no chance of winning -- in order to be eligible for public matching funds to repay the loan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806200011 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:46:17 EST Reporting on efforts to woo Clinton voters, LA Times, CNN quoted McCain flack praising Clinton -- but not his prior smears http://mediamatters.org/items/200806110011 Los Angeles Times blogger Andrew Malcolm and CNN.com's Rebecca Sinderbrand quoted statements in a blog post by McCain deputy communications director Michael Goldfarb, in which Goldfarb wrote that "there is a genuine affection for her here at McCain HQ" and that Clinton is an "impressive candidate" who "inspired a generation of women." But neither noted that before joining the McCain campaign, in his prior capacity as online editor of The Weekly Standard, Goldfarb regularly engaged in the kind of personal smears that McCain has denounced. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806110011 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:08:25 EST LA Times editorial falsely claimed "unusually centrist" McCain "oppose[s] a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080004 In an editorial, the Los Angeles Times falsely asserted that Sen. John McCain "oppose[s] a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage." According to remarks he made in March, McCain supports amendments to state constitutions to ban same-sex marriage and would also support under certain circumstances an amendment to the federal Constitution banning same-sex marriage. The Times also called McCain "an unusually centrist candidate"; however, McCain has said that he has "the record of a mainstream conservative." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080004 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:11:19 EST LA Times ignored McCain's immigration reversal while writing about his electoral prospects with Latinos http://mediamatters.org/items/200806050008 A Los Angeles Times article reported that Sen. John McCain "hopes that his support for legalizing many undocumented immigrants, and the political price he paid for it within his party, will keep him competitive with Latinos." Yet the article did not note that during the race for the Republican nomination McCain reversed himself on the issue of immigration; he now says that "we've got to secure the borders first" and that he "would not" support the comprehensive immigration reform legislation he once sponsored. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806050008 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:31:05 EST Ignoring McCain's own votes against troop funding, AP, LA Times uncritically quoted his attacks on Obama http://mediamatters.org/items/200806040002 The AP and the Los Angeles Times quoted Sen. John McCain's assertion that Sen. Barack Obama voted "to deny funds to the soldiers who have done a brilliant and brave job" in Iraq, without noting that McCain himself voted against bills that would have provided "funds to the soldiers" serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806040002 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:47:20 EST LA Times ignored McCain's alleged role in Keating Five scandal http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300005 In an article about Sen. John McCain's early political career, the Los Angeles Times' Richard A. Serrano described Charles H. Keating Jr. as "[a]nother influential friend" who "raised more than $100,000 for McCain." Serrano noted that Keating eventually went to prison for his role in a savings and loan scandal, but did not mention McCain's own alleged involvement in the scandal, or that Keating's relationship to McCain reportedly extended beyond simply raising money for his congressional campaigns. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300005 Fri, 30 May 2008 15:36:02 EST Print media noted Cindy McCain's limited financial release, but not how McCains benefit from tax cuts http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270007 In contrast with The New York Times' 2004 analysis of the benefit Teresa Heinz Kerry gained from the Bush tax cuts, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and The New York Times did not note, following the May 23 release of a summary of her 2006 tax returns, that Cindy McCain also benefited significantly from the tax cuts -- which Sen. John McCain has pledged to make permanent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270007 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:01:12 EST