Media Matters - New York Post

Media Matters - New York Post http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/new_york_post This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: New York Post en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America NY Post's Hurt baselessly asserted that Obama "is ranked the most liberal member of the Senate" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170003 The New York Post's Charles Hurt asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "is ranked the most liberal member of the Senate based on his votes on issues," citing no evidence for his assertion. Many conservatives and media figures have repeated the National Journal's ranking of Obama as the "most liberal senator" for 2007 without noting the ranking's subjectivity. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170003 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:17:36 EST NY Post, Politico uncritically reported misinformation by CNBC's Bartiromo about Obama's tax proposals http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100012 The New York Post reported CNBC host Maria Bartiromo's assertion that Sen. Barack Obama would "take the capital gains tax at 15 percent right now all the way up to 25 to 28 percent." The Post further quoted Bartiromo: "Sell anything, like a home or stocks, and make a profit ... [almost] 30 percent of the profit will go to the government instead of 15' " [brackets in original]. But Bartiromo's suggestion that the entire profit on the sale of a house is always subject to tax is false; single homeowners can exempt up to $250,000 in gains realized from the sale of an owner-occupied home from capital gains taxes, and married homeowners can in most cases exempt up to $500,000. Politico's Mike Allen uncritically reprinted the Post report of Bartiromo's comments in its entirety. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100012 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:52:37 EST NY Post's Hurt falsely claimed "most people believe the federal government is the only thing that could actually make health care worse" http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150010 The New York Post's Charles Hurt wrote that when Sen. Hillary Clinton proposed national health-care reform as first lady, "Americans revolted over her proposals," adding that "she still doesn't understand that most people believe the federal government is the only thing that could actually make health care worse." In fact, recent polling suggests that a majority of Americans support health-care reform proposals that expand the government's role. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150010 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:17:12 EST Ignoring repeated statements making her position clear, NY Post asserted "Clinton hedged on whether Obama is a Muslim" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803100001 A New York Post editorial characterized as "cheap shots and low blows" Sen. Hillary Clinton's recent comments made in response to a question about Sen. Barack Obama's religion and asserted that "Clinton hedged on whether Obama is a Muslim." In fact, during an interview on CBS' 60 Minutes, Clinton repeatedly made clear that she believes Obama is not a Muslim and likened the false rumors about Obama's religion to false rumors about her. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803100001 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:11:58 EST NY Post editorial falsely asserted that Kerry "borrow[ed]" money from his wife for presidential campaign http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080006 In an editorial on Sen. Hillary Clinton's recent $5 million loan to her presidential campaign, the New York Post falsely asserted that, in 2004, John Kerry "borrow[ed] millions from his wife" to finance his presidential candidacy. In fact, Kerry did not "borrow[] millions" from Teresa Heinz Kerry; doing so would have been a violation of federal law. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080006 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:25:05 EST Wash. Post, NY Post baselessly asserted that Clinton was referring to NH moment by saying "I said I would not tear up" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802050009 The Washington Post and the New York Post both baselessly asserted that Sen. Hillary Clinton referred to an emotional moment before last month's New Hampshire primary when she said during a February 4 visit to the Yale Child Study Center, "I said I would not tear up." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802050009 Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:05:49 EST NY Post, Wash. Post editorials distorted key facts regarding Clinton's Kazakhstan trip http://mediamatters.org/items/200802040005 A New York Post editorial about President Bill Clinton's September 2005 trip to Kazakhstan with Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra misleadingly characterized Giustra as "a newcomer to uranium mining" and suggested he was able to secure mining agreements because of his connection to Clinton; in fact, Giustra reportedly had been involved in other Kazakh mining deals at least as far back as 10 years ago. And a Washington Post editorial misrepresented a New York Times report of a quote by Moukhtar Dzhakishev, the president of the Kazakh company that reached the uranium mining deal with Giustra, falsely suggesting that Dzhakishev had acknowledged that Clinton's presence had played a role in Dzhakishev's willingness to reach a deal with Giustra. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802040005 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:38:59 EST NY Post column: Obama "is like a woman," Clinton "has long been accused of androgyny," Edwards is "a cute 8-year-old boy" http://mediamatters.org/items/200801080002 In a New York Post column titled "Bam: Our 1st Woman Prez?" Lucy Berrington and Jeff Onore claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "is like a woman: slim, good looking, with long elegant fingers, appealingly dressed -- all terms more typically ascribed to female candidates," adding, "By the end of this year we might indeed have our first woman president -- but not necessarily Hillary." Berrington and Onore also claimed that Sen. Hillary Clinton "has long been accused of androgyny -- trying to sound like a man, flexing her rhetorical muscle," and that Sen. John Edwards' "appeal to female voters is more as a cute 8-year-old boy." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801080002 Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:50:13 EST NY Post editorial omitted that Clinton Foundation growth reportedly connected to expanded philanthropy work http://mediamatters.org/items/200712210004 A New York Posteditorial claimed that a New York Times article reported that the William J. Clinton Foundation's "donations are up 70 percent since" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign "got under way." But the Post left out a link made by the Times between the increased contributions and expansion by the foundation into global issues. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712210004 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:11:35 EST NY Post falsely reported FISA bill would "leave[] in place" "legal hurdles" purportedly impeding search for kidnapped soldiers http://mediamatters.org/items/200710160012 A New York Post article reported that Congress plans to vote on "a bill that leaves in place the legal hurdles in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA] -- problems that were highlighted during the May search for a group of kidnapped U.S. soldiers." Hurt suggested that the "legal hurdle" was that "[t]he FISA law applies even to a cellphone conversation between two people in Iraq, because those communications zip along wires through U.S. hubs, which is where the taps are typically applied." In fact, the bill specifically provides that "a court order is not required for the acquisition of the contents of any communication between persons that are not United States persons and are not located within the United States," even if those communications are routed through U.S. hubs. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710160012 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:20:53 EST NY Post claimed Thompson said Clinton health-care plan "would require Americans to provide proof of insurance in order to get a job" http://mediamatters.org/items/200709200005 Echoing similar distortions previously made in the New York Post and on the Drudge Report, a September 20 Post article claimed that a statement on Fred Thompson's website says Sen. Hillary Clinton's health-care "proposal would require Americans to provide proof of insurance in order to get a job -- a job they would likely need in the first place in order to get health insurance." In fact, Clinton has not said that her health-care plan "would require Americans to provide proof of insurance" to potential employers. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709200005 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:19:50 EST NY Post contradicts itself, misrepresents what Clinton said about proof of health insurance http://mediamatters.org/items/200709190008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709190008 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:57:57 EST MoveOn.org and the media mess http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180005 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:31:46 EST WorldNetDaily repeated Willey's claim that "Clintons stole my manuscript," ignored her credibility problems http://mediamatters.org/items/200709080003 A WorldNetDaily.com article reported that "Kathleen Willey, the woman who says Bill Clinton groped her in the Oval Office, claims she was the target of an unusual house burglary over the weekend that nabbed a manuscript for her upcoming book. ... [S]he believes the Clintons were behind it." Special Report with Brit Hume, Rush Limbaugh, and the New York Post all repeated the allegation that the Clintons were behind the purported burglary, and Special Report and the Post repeated Willey's earlier accusation about having been "groped" in 1993 by Bill Clinton. But none of these reports noted that independent counsel Robert W. Ray discredited Willey's allegations regarding Clinton in a formal report released on March 6, 2002, citing her inconsistent testimony regarding the alleged incident. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709080003 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 22:06:08 EST NY Post noted Path producer's claims about stalled release of DVD, but not film's numerous fabrications and falsehoods http://mediamatters.org/items/200709070004 The New York Post asserted that "[t]he writer who penned the script for last year's controversial ABC miniseries 'The Path to 9/11' says pressure from powerful supporters of Bill and Hillary Clinton is delaying the mini's DVD release." But the Post article failed to address the inaccuracies in the film and the sharp discrepancies between the film's account of certain events and the findings laid out in the 9-11 Commission's report, upon which ABC said the miniseries was based. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709070004 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:24:18 EST