Media Matters - Meredith Vieira

Media Matters - Meredith Vieira http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/meredith_vieira This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Meredith Vieira en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Today, Early Show covered Wright interview, but didn't ask McCain about Hagee http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250006 NBC's Today and CBS' The Early Show both aired interviews with Sen. John McCain while the candidate was in New Orleans, but in neither case asked McCain about controversial comments that one of his endorsers, Pastor John Hagee, recently made about Hurricane Katrina, though both programs discussed controversial comments made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250006 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:54 EST Matthews claimed McCain "has campaigned brilliantly against Bush" -- but not according to McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310011 On NBC's Today, Chris Matthews asserted that Sen. John McCain "has campaigned brilliantly against Bush," adding, "He won this by basically running against the Bush administration." But when President Bush endorsed him on March 5, McCain said, "All I can say is that on the fundamentals and the principles of our Republican Party and most of the specifics of our shared conservative philosophy, Bush and I are in agreement." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310011 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:03:50 EST Vieira falsely suggested Clinton didn't say Obama is not a Muslim http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050010 NBC's Meredith Vieira asked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: "On 60 Minutes over the weekend, you were asked about Senator Obama and whether you believed he was a Muslim, and you said, and I'm quoting now, 'I take him on the basis of what he says. There isn't any reason to doubt that, as far as I know.' Why not just say simply, 'No'?" In fact, Clinton's first three words in response to the question -- "You don't believe that Senator Obama is a Muslim?" -- were, "Of course not." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050010 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:18:41 EST NBC still promoting Coulter's books, despite Fox & Friends' claim to the contrary http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020015 Contrary to the assertion by Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy that NBC's Today "booked" Ann Coulter "to talk about her book, and they didn't talk about her book," Today host Meredith Vieira noted in her introduction of Coulter that she has a new book out, the book appeared on-screen at the beginning and end of the interview, and Vieira did bring it up during the interview. The Today appearance marks at least Coulter's 195th appearance on an NBC-operated channel. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710020015 Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:40:31 EST Today offered numerous instances of misinformation on Iraq war in marking its four-year anniversary http://mediamatters.org/items/200703190009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703190009 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:06:45 EST NBC's Vieira conflated GOP candidates' own extramarital activities with those of Clinton's spouse http://mediamatters.org/items/200703160001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703160001 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:31:07 EST Despite lack of timetable, media persist in calling Bush's troop increase a "surge" http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110013 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110013 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:56:37 EST On Today, Vieira failed to challenge Mehlman's false claims about Democrats http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200017 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200017 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:08:59 EST On Today debut, Vieira wondered whether Democrats have plan for "victory in Iraq without withdrawing," ignoring Marine intelligence report saying "no chance" for victory in parts of Iraq http://mediamatters.org/items/200609140008 In her Today debut, Meredith Vieira claimed that the Democrats have "argued against the Republican position for months now, but they really haven't come up with a plan of their own when it comes to victory in Iraq without withdrawing." But Vieira's assertion appeared to be based on an assumption that is now being called into question by the U.S. military -- that remaining in Iraq indefinitely constitutes a plan for "victory." http://mediamatters.org/items/200609140008 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:45:33 EST