http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/mike_barnicle This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Mike Barnicle en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807140004 On a <em>Hardball </em>segment concerning the chances that Sen. Barack Obama would select Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) as a running mate, Ken Vogel said: "[L]et's not forget that Obama, too, was the subject of a story in <em>The Washington Post</em>, actually, suggesting that he got a good deal on his mortgage. So unless they want an all-sweetheart-mortgage ticket, I think this is probably not the way to go." In fact, the <em>Washington Post</em> article provided no evidence that Obama had received preferential treatment in obtaining his mortgage. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807140004 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:57:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010006 On <em>Hardball</em>, Mike Barnicle said of Sen. Barack Obama's reaction to Sen. John McCain's proposal for a summer gas-tax holiday: "[P]oliticians have got to be very, very careful when they tell people living right at the margin, right at the edge, that $30 a week isn't a whole lot of money." But what Obama has said of McCain's proposal is that "[i]t would save you a total of about $28 for the entire year" -- not "$30 a week" -- and several analyses support Obama's claim. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010006 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:44:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090015 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, John Harwood once again described Sen. John McCain as a "maverick," claiming that McCain's criticism of the media is in part "a way for John McCain, who has been such a maverick, to try to unify the Republican Party." Harwood has repeatedly referred to McCain as a "maverick" or having a "maverick brand." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090015 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:51:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806040008 Discussing in February a <em>New York Times</em> article about Sen. John McCain's ties to lobbyists, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Mike Barnicle, and Pat Buchanan criticized the <em>Times</em> for its use of anonymous sources. However, Scarborough, Barnicle, and Buchanan offered no such criticism in their discussions of a <em>Vanity Fair</em> article that also relied on anonymous sourcing in purporting to report on "post-presidential sexual indiscretions" by former President Bill Clinton. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806040008 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:47:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300012 During a May 29 campaign appearance, Sen. John McCain falsely stated that U.S. troops in Iraq "have [been] drawn down to pre-surge levels." As the Associated Press reported, "[T]here are 17 brigades in Iraq" right now, as opposed to the 15 brigades in place before the increase. In 2003, then-Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean was criticized in the media for his response to a question about the number of active-duty soldiers, with Tim Russert and others questioning his fitness to be commander in chief. In light of McCain's troop-surge falsehood and numerous national security gaffes, will the media similarly question his suitability to be commander in chief? http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300012 Fri, 30 May 2008 21:41:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220005 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, Mike Barnicle and Pat Buchanan discussed whether "sexism [will] play a key role in what went wrong" in Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, with Barnicle saying that "reality," not sexism, "will play a much larger role in what has happened," and Buchanan asserting that, while "there's resistance to a woman being the nominee," "the fact that she's a woman has helped her." But Barnicle has referred to Clinton as "looking like everyone's first wife standing outside a probate court." Buchanan has described Clinton's voice as "rising to the level that every husband in America at one time or another has heard." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220005 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:00:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170008 After claiming that non-Catholics Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp "come off as Catholics, in a way," Chris Matthews asked Mike Barnacle, "Is [Sen. John] McCain one of them?" Barnicle replied: "Absolutely. John McCain absolutely comes off as one of them, Irish Catholic working-class hero." According to the Associated Press, McCain "has long identified himself as an Episcopalian" but now says "he is a Baptist and has been for years." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170008 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120009 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, Mike Barnicle claimed that while in "most campaigns," "Republicans begin on the right for their campaign and come to the middle for the fall," John McCain is "in the middle and he has to swing right for the primaries." In fact, McCain has already shifted rightward on immigration and taxes, and McCain himself has asserted that he is a "mainstream conservative." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120009 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:40:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230004 Discussing the most recent Democratic presidential candidates debate on <em>Morning Joe</em>, political and social commentator Mike Barnicle said Sen. Hillary Clinton "look[ed] like everyone's first wife standing outside a probate court," eliciting laughter from the all-male panel that featured MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist, and David Shuster. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801230004 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:22:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701120002 On <em>Hardball</em>, Mike Barnicle falsely claimed that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "hasn't said a thing about [Iraq] in months." In fact, in the past two months, Clinton has issued several statements regarding the American mission in Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701120002 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:43:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611140006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611140006 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:20:34 EST