Media Matters - Mary Matalin

Media Matters - Mary Matalin http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/mary_matalin This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Mary Matalin en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Channeling WSJ editorial, Hannity accused Clinton of "firing the Little Rock attorney" because he was "investigati[ng]" Whitewater http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703150010 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:17:58 EST Plan Matalin previously touted as "clear and hold" is now "clear and fold" http://mediamatters.org/items/200701120004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701120004 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:12:54 EST Fox News provided platform for Matalin, Boehner to claim that Americans don't support Iraq withdrawal http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110009 On Fox News, Republican strategist Mary Matalin asserted that "the message of [the 2006] election ... wasn't to withdraw" from Iraq, and Rep. John Boehner claimed that "bring[ing] the troops home" is not "what the American people want." In fact, the national exit poll conducted for the leading news organizations in 2006 found that a majority of "the American public" was in favor of withdrawing troops from Iraq, and recent polls demonstrate that most Americans favor some type of troop withdrawal from Iraq -- facts that Fox News hosts failed to mention in their discussions with Matalin and Boehner. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110009 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:09:58 EST Greenfield and now Matalin defend Obama-Middle East references as a joke http://mediamatters.org/items/200612150011 Mary Matalin said discussion about Sen. Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein, is "really about nothing" and responded that co-host Alan Colmes should "get a sense of humor" after Colmes requested that Matalin ask her "conservative friends to drop the 'Hussein.' " CNN's Jeff Greenfield had similarly claimed that he was joking when he likened the style of Obama's clothing to that of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612150011 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:01:52 EST Before midterms, media downplayed potential Dem gains in House and Senate, touting GOP's "formidable" and "stunning" get-out-the-vote campaign; will they revisit? http://mediamatters.org/items/200611090001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611090001 Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:00:05 EST MSNBC's O'Donnell failed to identify Matalin as Allen campaign adviser, misrepresented recent polls http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070014 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070014 Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:23:01 EST Blitzer failed to ID Matalin as Allen campaign adviser, even as she claimed that Democrats are "not going to win" Virginia Senate race http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040013 CNN's Wolf Blitzer again failed to identify a member of Sen. George Allen's campaign who spoke favorably of Allen; this time, Mary Matalin, who was identified as a "Republican Strategist," on-screen, while Blitzer called her an "informal adviser" to Dick Cheney and "close family friend" of the Cheneys. Blitzer also failed to challenge Matalin's repetition of the GOP smear that Nancy Pelosi has gone into hiding in the week before the midterm elections. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040013 Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:52:08 EST Matalin still spinning, issuing falsehoods on Plame case http://mediamatters.org/items/200607120003 On Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Republican strategist Mary Matalin falsely claimed that special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald said "that no crime was committed" in the alleged leak of former CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity and that former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV was "flat-out lying" in his 2003 New York Times op-ed. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607120003 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:36:05 EST Matalin, defending Coulter's attacks on 9-11 widows: "I take her larger point" http://mediamatters.org/items/200606090015 On MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, Republican strategist Mary Matalin joined other Republican strategists and media figures in defending Ann Coulter's attacks on the widows of the 9-11 victims, expressing agreement with Coulter's "larger point." When Imus challenged Matalin to condemn Coulter for her "repugnant attacks," including "calling these women harpies," Matalin refused, saying: "That's completely not her point," and that such remarks are Coulter's "stock in trade." She added that she would not condemn Coulter because "I don't know her" and "I haven't read the book." http://mediamatters.org/items/200606090015 Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:57:13 EST With no mention of record projected deficit, CBS allowed Matalin to spin Bolten appointment http://mediamatters.org/items/200603310004 On CBS' The Early Show, co-host Harry Smith allowed Mary Matalin to tout new White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten's "extraordinary credentials, credibility and experience, and relationships on the Hill with his work" as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) without ever informing viewers that as OMB director, Bolten oversaw the 2006 budget, which the White House predicts will produce the largest deficit ever. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603310004 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:17:31 EST Lauer let stand Matalin's claim that "[w]e have taken out the Al Qaeda network" http://mediamatters.org/items/200603290009 NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer failed to challenge Republican strategist Mary Matalin's assertion that "[w]e have taken out the Al Qaeda network. We've decimated it." Matalin's claim was misleading at best; in fact, news reports indicate that the Al Qaeda network has continued to operate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603290009 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:26:52 EST Matalin: "I think these civil rights leaders are nothing more than racists. And they're keeping ... their African-American brothers enslaved" http://mediamatters.org/items/200602090003 Commenting on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes about the speakers at Coretta Scott King's funeral, Mary Matalin said, "I think these civil rights leaders are nothing more than racists" who are keeping "their African-American brothers enslaved." http://mediamatters.org/items/200602090003 Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:46:05 EST