Media Matters - Mark Foley Scandal

Media Matters - Mark Foley Scandal http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/mark_foley_scandal This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Mark Foley Scandal en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Wall Street Journal story on Hastert retirement left out his role in Mark Foley scandal http://mediamatters.org/items/200708150010 In reports about former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's announcement that he will not seek re-election in 2008, The Wall Street Journal did not mention the controversy over Hastert's handling of the House page scandal, in contrast with The Washington Post and The New York Times, which did note that Hastert was involved, but glossed over pertinent details. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708150010 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:41:20 EST CNN, Fox ignored DOJ report's vindication of CREW in controversy over Foley emails http://mediamatters.org/items/200701250002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701250002 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:31:51 EST NY Times uncritically reported Hastert statement about ethics committee report http://mediamatters.org/items/200612110005 A New York Times article uncritically reported Dennis Hastert's statement that the ethics committee's investigation into former Rep. Mark Foley's conduct toward congressional pages "found no evidence that anyone knew about the sexually charged instant messages that led to Mr. Foley's resignation." However, it did not report evidence found by the committee that, in 2001, a former page provided Rep. Jim Kolbe with sexually explicit IMs allegedly written by Foley. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612110005 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:17:41 EST On CNN, Falwell declared Foley scandal "minuscule in comparison" to having "lived through Bill Clinton"; no follow-up from Zahn http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040009 Fri, 3 Nov 2006 21:30:09 EST Blitzer let Reynolds baselessly take credit for Foley resignation http://mediamatters.org/items/200611030002 Wolf Blitzer failed to challenge Rep. Thomas Reynolds's claim that he forced then-Rep. Mark Foley's (R-FL) resignation after ABC News released sexually explicit Internet communications between Foley and underage, male congressional pages. In fact, House Speaker Dennis Hastert has denied that the House leadership was responsible for Foley's resignation, though he later claimed credit. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611030002 Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:27:55 EST Ignoring GOP handling of Foley scandal, Matthews suggested Republicans wouldn't "have put up with" a Republican version of Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200610310012 Chris Matthews declared that he didn't think Republicans "would have put up with" Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky because "I think a lot of Republicans were very tough on Richard Nixon." But Republicans apparently "put up with" former Rep. Mark Foley even after House leaders learned -- months and possibly years ago -- of potential misconduct on the part of Foley toward underage former House pages. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610310012 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:54:01 EST Hannity and Melanie Morgan cited "double standard" in media's attention on Foley while ignoring Cindy Sheehan's alleged participation in porn chat rooms http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180008 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity joined authors Melanie Morgan and Catherine Moy in comparing Cindy Sheehan's purported interest in online pornography to sexually explicit instant messages former Rep. Mark Foley allegedly sent to underage congressional pages. Morgan asserted that "[t]here's a double standard and hypocrisy at work" in the fact that there was far greater attention and criticism focused on the Foley scandal. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180008 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:31:55 EST Purporting to have learned from Capitol Police about House pages' "cavort[ing]" naked, Cal Thomas's claims very similar to NewsMax report of pre-1983 conduct http://mediamatters.org/items/200610160006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610160006 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:17:50 EST Olbermann awarded Dobson "Worst Person in the World" "first for saying the Foley scandal was a joke and again for lying about having said that" http://mediamatters.org/items/200610160003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610160003 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:40:01 EST Wash. Post uncritically reported Shays's phony excuse for bringing up Chappaquiddick http://mediamatters.org/items/200610150004 The Washington Post uncritically reported Rep. Chris Shays's (R-CT) purported explanation for his reference to Chappaquiddick, claiming that he made his comment in the context of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's appearance with Shays's opponent, Diane Farrell, whose calls for Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's resignation over the Mark Foley scandal, Shays said, were made before the evidence of Hastert's "serious mishandling" of the scandal had come out. But Shays himself was one of the first Republicans to comment on evidence that the House leadership knew of some of Foley's alleged communications with pages. He was quoted in The New York Times on October 1 -- two days after the scandal broke -- saying that if any House leaders "knew or should have known the extent of this problem, they should not serve in leadership." http://mediamatters.org/items/200610150004 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:55:40 EST In recent weeks, media outlets have misidentified as Democrats several Republicans facing scandal, poor poll numbers http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130010 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:36:49 EST CNN's Malveaux: Bush "lifeline" to Hastert followed Hastert's "taking responsibility" for Foley scandal http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130009 CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reported that President Bush "threw" Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) "a lifeline for the speakership" when Hastert "came out publicly, taking responsibility" for the scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley, but she ignored recent comments by Hastert that undermine his assertion that he is "taking responsibility" for the scandal. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130009 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:06:20 EST The press and Mark Foley, Part II http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120016 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120016 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:42:58 EST Dobson baselessly claimed Media Matters "spun" his Foleygate comments http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120007 Focus on the Family's James C. Dobson baselessly claimed that Media Matters for America engaged in "sp[i]n" by quoting his on-air remark that Republican former Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit instant messages to a male former House page "turned out to be what some people are now saying was a -- sort of a joke by the boy and some of the other pages." But Dobson did not explain what the purported spin was. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120007 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:37:18 EST A special Media Matters for America report: debunking the Foley myth machine http://mediamatters.org/items/200610110009 The scandal surrounding the sexually explicit electronic communications former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) allegedly sent to underage former congressional pages -- and the House Republican leadership's alleged cover-up of Foley's behavior -- have produced a wave of misinformation. To aid members of the media in covering the scandal, Media Matters for America has compiled a list of the top myths, falsehoods, and baseless assertions surrounding the controversy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610110009 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:59:30 EST