http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/major_garrett This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Major Garrett en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250011 Fox News' Major Garrett uncritically aired an audio clip of Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery asserting that in a June 2006 speech, Sen. Barack Obama was "diminishing the idea that people of Christian faith have anything to say." In fact, in that speech, Obama said: "[W]hat I am suggesting is this -- secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King -- the majority of the great reformers in American history -- were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250011 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:11:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290004 Reporting on Sen. Barack Obama's answer to a question about his "favorite Scripture," Fox News' Major Garrett asserted that "Obama's answer [was] not exactly rooted in Scripture but [was] in the ballpark," and then aired a clip of Obama saying: "[T]he Golden Rule. It's very simple. I mean, it's a very simple concept. I think what he asks of me is that I treat my brother as -- and my sister -- as I would have them treat me." Contrary to Garrett's claim, Obama's answer is, in fact, "rooted in Scripture." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290004 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:54:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180001 Fox News' Major Garrett falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama's comments about Rev. Jeremiah Wright made during the April 16 Democratic presidential debate were "in conflict with his speech on that very subject." But in purporting to contrast Obama's reference during the debate to "comments not made by me but somebody who is associated with me that I have disowned" with Obama's assertion during his March 18 speech that "I can no more disown [Wright] than I can disown the black community," Garrett left out the next two sentences said in the debate exchange during which Obama made clear that he was not claiming to have "disowned" Wright, but to have disowned "[t]he comments" Wright made. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180001 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:43:03 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/200802290013 Fox News' Major Garrett asserted that, in a debate, Sen. Barack Obama "said he denounced [Nation of Islam leader Louis] Farrakhan's previous anti-Semitic remarks but would not reject them." But Garrett did not air or mention Obama's response to moderator Tim Russert's initial question about Farrakhan, in which he said, "I have been very clear in my denunciation of Minister Farrakhan's anti-Semitic comments. I think that they are unacceptable and reprehensible." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290013 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:11:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710260007 In reporting on the House's vote to pass a revised bill expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Fox News' Major Garrett asserted, "Congress' own accounting office said the new SCHIP bill would cover fewer children and at greater cost than the original bill." In fact, the Congressional Budget Office said that the revised bill would cover as many children in SCHIP and Medicaid as the original bill would have covered. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200710260007 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:02:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710030012 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710030012 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 17:34:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707280005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707280005 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:30:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706080007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706080007 Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:02:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705100007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705100007 Thu, 10 May 2007 14:31:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703220015 During a report on Al Gore's testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Fox News' Major Garrett reported that, in response to Sen. James Inhofe's question, "Are you ready to change the way you live?" a reference to Gore's documentary, Gore replied that "he didn't have to because he purchases a variety of environmental credits." In fact, Gore indicated in his response that he had changed his lifestyle and is continuing to do so. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200703220015 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:43:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702280002 While other media outlets, in their coverage of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, have addressed the longtime evangelical hostility to Romney's Mormon faith, Fox News has largely avoided the subject and has responded to other media coverage of the issue by alleging media bias or, in the case of one guest, accusing liberals of anti-Mormon bigotry. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200702280002 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:50:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130005 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:12:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702100006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702100006 Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:48:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702070003 The Associated Press, Fox News' Major Garrett, ABC's Jake Tapper, and <em>The</em> <em>Washington Post</em>'s Peter Baker all reported or suggested that Senate Democrats wanted to limit debate on an Iraq resolution to two proposals and not include a third proposal by Republican Sen. Judd Gregg. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said during debate on the Senate floor that he had offered to schedule an up-or-down vote on all three resolutions but "was turned down" by the Republican leadership. http://mediamatters.org/items/200702070003 Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:36:32 EST