http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/mike_allen This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Mike Allen en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290002 Reporting on a speech by Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor,<em> Politico</em>'s Mike Allen misrepresented Obama's April 16 debate response on "disown[ing]" Wright's controversial remarks by writing, "Obama referred to Wright as 'somebody who is associated with me that I have disowned,' then clarified that to say he had disowned the comments." Allen left out the first part of Obama's sentence: "[T]he notion that somehow that the American people are going to be distracted once again by comments not made by me but somebody who is associated with me that I have disowned, I think doesn't give the American people enough credit." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290002 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:33:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803260008 <em>Politico</em>'s Mike Allen wrote, "It looks like Senator [John] McCain will resist pandering when he speaks later today on the housing crisis." Allen cited prepared remarks in which McCain said: "Let's start with some straight talk. I will not play election year politics with the housing crisis," and claimed that he has "always been committed to the principle that it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers." But Allen has yet to note that McCain said he does not think the Federal Reserve acted improperly by extending a $30 billion line of credit to facilitate the acquisition of the near-bankrupt investment bank Bear Stearns by JP Morgan Chase. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803260008 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:54:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802200005 On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Mike Allen uncritically quoted an assertion by Sen. John McCain's campaign manager that Sen. Barack Obama "is the most liberal senator in the United States Senate" -- presumably a reference to <em><em>National Journal</em></em>'s 2007 vote ratings. By repeating the McCain campaign's invocation of the <em>National Journal</em> vote ratings, Allen joined Karl Rove, Pat Buchanan, and other conservative media figures in promoting the ratings, as <em>National Journal</em> anticipated the media would. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802200005 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:45:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230005 In a recent blog entry, <em>Politico</em> chief political writer Mike Allen posted a passage from <em>Women's Wear Daily </em>that misrepresented a statement by <em><em>Vogue</em></em> editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in her February "letter from the editor," in which she addressed Sen. Hillary Clinton's cancellation of a scheduled cover shoot. The <em>WWD</em> cropped Wintour's comments in which she critiqued the media, and neither Allen nor <em>WWD</em> indicated through ellipses or otherwise that words had been omitted. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230005 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:43:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711140011 Discussing a campaign event at which a questioner asked Sen. John McCain, "How do we beat the bitch?" -- presumably referring to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton --<em> Politico</em> chief political correspondent Mike Allen said, "[W]hat Republican voter hasn't thought that? What voter in general hasn't thought that?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200711140011 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:32:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711130003 Despite the <em>Politico</em>'s correction of its claim that Democrats were "Zero for 40" on legislation "limiting President Bush's war policy" -- though the <em>Politico</em> did not acknowledge that it had made a mistake in the corrected article -- several in the media, including the <em>Politico</em>'s own Mike Allen, Matt Drudge, and ABC's The Note, highlighted the false statistic without noting that it is inaccurate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711130003 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:33:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711070005 Politico.com called Pat Robertson endorsement of Rudy Giuliani a "blessing" and said that it gives Giuliani "momentum." Similarly, the <em>Politico</em>'s Mike Allen wrote that, with Robertson's announcement, Giuliani "has one of the most resonant imprimaturs with Christian voters." However, in claiming that Robertson's endorsement "gives Rudy Giuliani momentum" -- a questionable claim, given that the endorsement had been announced just that morning -- the <em>Politico</em> ignored Robertson's history of controversial statements. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711070005 Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:11:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 21:29:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130007 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:43:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707250011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707250011 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:18:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706220007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706220007 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:27:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706180003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706180003 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:00:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705180006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705180006 Fri, 18 May 2007 14:56:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704270008 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:38:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704250002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704250002 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:39:46 EST