Media Matters - Newt Gingrich

Media Matters - Newt Gingrich http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/newt_gingrich This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Newt Gingrich en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Fox's Hannity again falsely suggested that Obama referred to "invading Pakistan"; Gingrich doesn't acknowledge he's advocated similar position http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210004 In a discussion with Newt Gingrich on Fox News, Sean Hannity mischaracterized Sen. Barack Obama's comments about taking unilateral action against terrorism targets in Pakistan, if necessary, suggesting that Obama advocated "invading Pakistan." Rather, in an August 2007 speech, Obama said: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets [in Pakistan] and President [Pervez] Musharraf won't act, we will." Further, just two days earlier on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Gingrich himself spoke in favor of taking action against terrorists in Pakistan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210004 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:51:05 EST Gingrich, Hume criticize Obama for invoking his grandmother in the context of Wright http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180006 Responding to Barack Obama's noting, in addressing controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, that his white grandmother had "uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes," Newt Gingrich said on Fox News: To reduce a 20-year relationship with a public figure to his grandmother is just wrong. It's emotionally powerful, but it's just wrong." Separately, Fox News' Brit Hume said of Obama's statement: "[S]ome may find it deceptive, but ... it was pretty clever." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180006 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:17:30 EST Olbermann gave Coulter "gold" in "Worst Person" segment for "faggot" comment; Limbaugh came in second http://mediamatters.org/items/200703060014 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703060014 Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:07:09 EST Gingrich, Barnes falsely suggested media have ignored Reid land deal http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240016 Newt Gingrich and Fred Barnes both falsely suggested that the media have ignored allegations that Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid improperly reported a land deal and have focused exclusively on Republican scandals. In fact, Time, CNN and Fox News have devoted significantly more coverage to the Reid deal than to a controversial land deal that benefited Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240016 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:31:19 EST Gingrich repeated falsehood that Rangel promised to raise taxes if Dems take control of House http://mediamatters.org/items/200610110004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610110004 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:48:38 EST In Foley scandal, conservatives find plenty of excuses and plenty of people to blame (other than the GOP) http://mediamatters.org/items/200610040010 Seeking to minimize the extent to which the House Republican leadership can be blamed for the scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley, several congressional Republicans, media figures, and conservatives have posited various conspiracy theories and placed blame on just about everyone and everything else -- including liberals, Democrats, the media, "politically correct culture," gays in Congress, and congressional pages. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610040010 Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:47:28 EST Gingrich: House GOP would have "been accused of gay bashing" if it "overly aggressively reacted" to Foley's emails in 2005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610010003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610010003 Sun, 1 Oct 2006 14:33:39 EST Olbermann named Gingrich "Worst Person" for declaring that "appeasers" label is "not an insult" http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060004 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:27:30 EST Gingrich: "It's not an insult[ ]" to compare Bush administration critics "to those who enabled Hitler" http://mediamatters.org/items/200609050002 On Hannity & Colmes, Newt Gingrich stated that Donald Rumsfeld's likening of Iraq war critics to Nazi appeasers was "not an insulting comment." Gingrich also repeated the misleading claim that the United States "found over 700 chemical warheads and weapons in Iraq, which supposedly had none, according to our friends on the left." http://mediamatters.org/items/200609050002 Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:29:36 EST On Fox, Gingrich advanced false claim that Dingell said "there's no moral difference" between Hezbollah and Israel http://mediamatters.org/items/200608070003 On the heels of several conservative media outlets cropping a quote from Rep. John Dingell to suggest that he had refused to condemn Hezbollah's actions in the ongoing conflict with Israel, Newt Gingrich announced on Fox News Sunday that Dingell had said "there's no moral difference" between Hezbollah and Israel. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608070003 Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:53:45 EST Conservative pundits made wildly wrong claims about how Iraq would turn out -- what are they saying now about the Middle East? http://mediamatters.org/items/200607270007 Numerous conservative pundits offered highly optimistic predictions about the U.S. invasion of Iraq regarding the conflict's duration, difficulty, and human and financial costs -- nearly all of which have proven to be wrong. But rather than hold these "Pollyanna pundits" accountable for their past misjudgments, the media have again provided a platform for their views about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. And echoing their rhetoric on Iraq, these conservative pundits have advocated further military action by the United States and its allies. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607270007 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:36:38 EST On Meet the Press, Gingrich cited nonoperational terror plots as evidence of "World War III" http://mediamatters.org/items/200607170008 On NBC's Meet the Press, Newt Gingrich declared that "we are in the early stages of what I would describe as the Third World War." As evidence of "World War III," Gingrich cited -- among other events -- two purported terror plots that involved alleged conspirators who intended to attack U.S. targets but had no apparent means to do so. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607170008 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:21:13 EST Despite blasting NY Times for bank monitoring story, conservative media figures mum on unwanted media exposure of alleged NYC terror plot http://mediamatters.org/items/200607110001 Many of the same media conservatives who continually attacked The New York Times for publishing details of the Treasury Department's bank-tracking program have remained silent about the New York Daily News' decision to report that FBI officials thwarted an alleged terrorist plot in New York City, despite apparent objections from intelligence and law enforcement officials that the disclosure impeded further arrests. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607110001 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:32:10 EST UPDATE: O'Reilly apologizes for Murtha misquote http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290008 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:53:15 EST Top falsehoods about NY Times and Bush bank-tracking program http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290003 In response to the reports describing a Treasury Department program designed to monitor international financial transactions for terrorist activity, President Bush and other White House officials lashed out at the media -- and The New York Times in particular -- for purportedly undermining the government's antiterrorism efforts. But as with the disclosure of the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance and domestic call-tracking programs, the administration and its supporters in the media have relied on numerous false and misleading claims to support their arguments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290003 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:53:30 EST