http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/michael_barone This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Michael Barone en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090014 On <em>Special Report</em>, <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em> senior writer Michael Barone asserted that an Oregon initiative that would have increased cigarette taxes to fund children's health care failed because Oregon voters did not want to pay higher taxes. Barone later claimed "the main reason" Utah voters rejected a statewide school voucher plan was "that there was a very big campaign put on against it by the National Education Association and other teacher unions." In fact, spending by an interest group also played a role in the Oregon vote -- tobacco companies reportedly spent $11.8 million in a campaign to defeat the Oregon initiative, nearly triple the $4.4 million reportedly spent by the "very big campaign" to defeat the Utah school voucher plan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090014 Fri, 9 Nov 2007 16:28:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708020011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708020011 Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:38:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703260011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703260011 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:51:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610300011 On <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, Michael Barone falsely claimed that Democrats would prefer to "hang up the phone and go to court," rather than "listening to what ... terrorists are plotting." In fact, Democrats -- and numerous Republicans and conservatives -- have said nothing of the sort, pointing to a provision in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which the Bush administration has apparently violated, that allows the government to undertake surveillance in emergency situations for up to 72 hours before obtaining a warrant. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610300011 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:28:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610090001 <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em> senior writer Michael Barone claimed that the <em>St. Petersburg Times</em> concluded that emails then-Rep. Mark Foley allegedly sent to a former page in 2005 "were so innocuous as to be unworthy of publication." Contrary to Barone's claim, the <em>Times</em> stated that it assigned two reporters to the story and decided not to publish the emails not because they were "innocuous" but because the family of the former page did not want the matter explored further. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610090001 Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:22:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200606270010 Numerous conservative media figures have lashed out at <em>The New York Times</em> and its executive editor, Bill Keller, over an article describing a secret Bush administration program designed to monitor international financial transactions, arguing that the publication of the article was a treasonous act and suggesting that the newspaper is "sid[ing] with al Qaeda" and "aiding and abetting the terrorist movement." http://mediamatters.org/items/200606270010 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:04:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200603070005 Michael Barone claimed that the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2004 report on prewar intelligence assessments of Iraq showed "that the CIA did obtain evidence of an al-Qaida-Saddam relationship from foreign intelligence and open sources." In fact, the report was critical of the U.S. intelligence community for using foreign sources too heavily, and it concluded that the CIA "reasonably assessed" that contacts between Saddam and Al Qaeda "did not add up to an established formal relationship." http://mediamatters.org/items/200603070005 Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:22:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200601310007 A column by <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em> senior writer Michael Barone mischaracterized the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program, dismissing the "hue and cry" from "the mainstream media and some Democrats" over its alleged illegality. However, numerous Republicans and conservatives have also criticized and expressed concern over the program. http://mediamatters.org/items/200601310007 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:14:50 EST