http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/mara_liasson This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Mara Liasson en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090010 NPR's Mara Liasson asserted that Sen. John McCain, "while never abandoning his commitment to legalization, has begun emphasizing the importance of securing the borders." In fact, McCain's current position -- that "we've got to secure the borders first" -- is not just a change of "emphasi[s]"; it is at odds with his prior position that border security could not be disaggregated from other aspects of comprehensive immigration reform without being rendered ineffective. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090010 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:40:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020008 NPR's Mara Liasson said that Sen. John McCain "has made a career of taking heat from his own party for working with liberal Democrats like ... Ted Kennedy on immigration." However, Liasson did not note that during his run for president, McCain reversed his position on a key component of comprehensive immigration reform, and stated that he would not vote for the bill he co-sponsored with Kennedy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020008 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:44:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806150001 On<em> Fox News Sunday</em>, Mara Liasson falsely asserted that a Tax Policy Center analysis of Sens. McCain's and Obama's tax plans "said that Obama might add more to the deficit -- because it's unclear how he's going to pay for these -- than McCain would add to the deficit." In fact, the Tax Policy Center found that Obama's tax proposals would raise $700 billion over the next 10 years, while McCain's tax proposals would lose $600 billion, when scored against a " 'current policy' baseline," which "assumes that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts would be extended and the AMT [Alternative Minimum Tax] patch made permanent." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806150001 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:42:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310012 In their coverage of the January 30 Republican presidential debate, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, ABC, and National Public Radio all reported Sen. John McCain's criticism of Mitt Romney over negative campaign ads. However, none of those media outlets noted that McCain has aired numerous ads attacking Romney, despite having said that "negative campaigns don't work." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310012 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:46:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711050005 During the October 30 Democratic presidential debate, Tim Russert falsely claimed that a 2002 letter written by President Clinton to the National Archives "specifically ask[ed] that any communication between [then-first lady Hillary Clinton] and the president not be made available to the public until 2012" before asking Sen. Clinton, "Would you lift that ban?" In fact, President Clinton's letter did not ask that such communications "not be made available," but rather listed them as documents to be "<em>considered</em> for withholding" [emphasis added]. Clinton Records representative Bruce Lindsey said that Clinton asked in the letter that such communications be designated as part of a "subset" of presidential records "that should be reviewed prior to release." http://mediamatters.org/items/200711050005 Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:15:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710100003 On <em>Special Report</em>, discussing the October 9 Republican presidential debate, Mara Liasson stated: "[O]ne thing about [Rudy] Giuliani, if this is the year for authenticity, I would say that so far, Giuliani has been the authentic candidate in the race. He's very much himself, he's in your face, he seems to be comfortable in his own skin." She also said Giuliani is "strong and tough, and he has this incredible experience behind him." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710100003 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:59:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707150005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707150005 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:53:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707080005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707080005 Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:15:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707080004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707080004 Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:00:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140005 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:42:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704110009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704110009 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:38:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040013 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040013 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:30:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150005 Mara Liasson falsely claimed that the Bush administration's "interim" U.S. attorney appointees "couldn't stay there" without Senate confirmation. In fact, a law enacted as part of the renewal of the USA Patriot Act <em>does</em> allow an "interim" U.S. attorney to serve indefinitely without Senate confirmation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150005 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:38:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150001 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:05:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050006 On Fox News, Mara Liasson claimed that President Bush is "trying to take control of his Iraq policy, and he's going to put his own imprint on it." But Bush is commander in chief of the armed forces and has famously declared that he is "the decider." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050006 Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:25:16 EST