Media Matters - Reliable Sources

Media Matters - Reliable Sources http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/reliable_sources This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Reliable Sources en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America On Reliable Sources, Kurtz said "press is cutting [Obama] a break" over public finance decision, but Kurtz has yet to discuss McCain's loan on the show http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260003 On CNN's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz asserted that "the press is cutting" Sen. Barack Obama "a break" on his decision to forgo public financing for the general election. But at no point during the show did Kurtz question whether Sen. John McCain has received "a break" from the press regarding the loan agreement McCain signed during the primary, which could have forced him to remain in the race -- even if he had no chance of winning -- in order to be eligible for public matching funds to repay the loan. Further, a Media Matters for America review found that Kurtz has never mentioned McCain's loan on Reliable Sources. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260003 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:55:28 EST Kurtz continues to cover Wright comments while giving short shrift to Hagee, Parsley comments http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250005 On CNN's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz has devoted a total of approximately 18 minutes to the controversy surrounding remarks made by Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In contrast, Kurtz has led only brief discussions on two religious figures who have endorsed Sen. John McCain and who have made controversial comments -- a single two-minute discussion on Rev. John Hagee and only seven seconds on Rev. Rod Parsley. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250005 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:55:53 EST Kurtz misrepresented Obama's 2004 remark on Iraq war stance http://mediamatters.org/items/200801140002 On Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz claimed that in a 2004 Chicago Tribune article, Sen. Barack Obama "said there wasn't much difference between his position and George Bush's position on the [Iraq] war." But Kurtz left out three key words from Obama's quote in the Tribune -- "at this stage" -- as well as the context of the remarks, both of which indicate that Obama was discussing how best to stabilize Iraq from mid-2004 onward, not claiming agreement with Bush on the war itself. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801140002 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:49:06 EST Washington Post's Milbank on Hillary Clinton: "The press will savage her no matter what" http://mediamatters.org/items/200712310001 On CNN's Reliable Sources, The Washington Post's Dana Milbank said of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that "[t]he press will savage her no matter what." Indeed, Milbank himself has smeared Clinton or propagated misinformation about her. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712310001 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:19:55 EST Kurtz asserted little media attention to Wash. Post report on Obama's PAC, but he omitted reported problem with article http://mediamatters.org/items/200712200001 Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz asserted that Obama's "fundraising receives far less press attention than Clinton's," citing as evidence a November 30 Post article claiming that "Obama's Hopefund Inc. distributed more than $180,000 in donations to political groups and candidates in the early presidential voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina." But Kurtz did not note that the retired Federal Election Commission chief counsel quoted in the article said he was quoted "out of context" and that the "facts as played out in the Washington Post piece are not exactly what I was told. ... I was assuming there was more." http://mediamatters.org/items/200712200001 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:05:10 EST Reliable Sources guest dismissed criticism of Russert debate questions, but Kurtz still hasn't noted questions based on false information http://mediamatters.org/items/200711190003 On CNN's Reliable Sources, while discussing the November 15 Democratic presidential debate, Howard Kurtz did not challenge university professor Steve Roberts' dismissal of criticism of Tim Russert's questions to Sen. Hillary Clinton at the October 30 debate, even though at least two of the questions Russert posed included falsehoods. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711190003 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:56:53 EST On Reliable Sources, Saunders repeated Plame leak distortions http://mediamatters.org/items/200710230003 On CNN, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders claimed that former CIA operative Valerie Plame "was not outed as part of a vendetta," adding: "It was gossip. We know where this came from, from Richard Armitage." However, Armitage was just one of several administration officials who disclosed Plame's identity to the press, and special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who investigated the leak, asserted that "multiple people in the White House" engaged in a "concerted action" to "discredit, punish, or seek revenge against" Wilson. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710230003 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:50:26 EST Reliable Sources panel dismissed Rather claims, but left out other times when CBS allegedly placated White House http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250012 During a discussion of Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS, CNN's Howard Kurtz asked if it was "plausible" that CBS made Rather "a scapegoat to placate the Bush administration" over the controversial 60 Minutes II report about President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, as Rather alleges. Kurtz's guests -- conservative radio host Laura Ingraham and former CBS Evening News executive producer Rome Hartman -- disputed Rather's assertion. But neither Kurtz nor his guests mentioned two other instances in which CBS allegedly acted to placate the White House in 2004. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250012 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:22:10 EST Kurtz on Giuliani: "Is there any possibility that he's being kind of Swiftboated here?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200709200003 On CNN's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz repeated a pattern in which he suggests that the media skew coverage against Republicans by asking -- regarding scrutiny of Rudy Giuliani's actions related to 9-11 -- "Why all the press scrutiny of the mayor's performance that day?" and "Is there any possibility that he's being kind of Swiftboated here?" He also asserted: "[M]y impression is that these stories are being driven by New York Fire Department officials and others in the city who just don't like Rudy." But scrutiny of Giuliani has not been confined to "the mayor's performance that day," and it is not just "Fire Department officials" and others "who just don't like" him who have said that his actions have been inadequately scrutinized. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709200003 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:26:34 EST Kurtz allowed political appointee Cullum to compare Bush U.S. attorney firings to Clinton's without challenge* http://mediamatters.org/items/200707300001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707300001 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:54:34 EST Kurtz failed to challenge claim by Townhall's Ham that Gore "uses 300 times" the energy "the rest of us use" http://mediamatters.org/items/200707170001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707170001 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:23:26 EST Kurtz claimed "a lot of journalists" are giving to Dems -- but number giving at all is tiny percentage of whole http://mediamatters.org/items/200706240002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706240002 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:48:48 EST Kurtz, AP differ on Matthews' objectivity, but both agree he doesn't favor Republicans http://mediamatters.org/items/200705080001 On CNN, Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz asked: "Republicans were willing to participate in an MSNBC debate with a guy [Chris Matthews] who used to work for Jimmy Carter and Tip O'Neill. Should Democrats be refusing to debate on Fox News?" Similarly, an Associated Press article implicitly contrasted Matthews, presented as not overtly partisan, with MSNBC colleague Keith Olbermann. Neither Kurtz nor the AP mentioned the numerous instances in which Matthews has showered praise on several of the Republican presidential hopefuls. http://mediamatters.org/items/200705080001 Mon, 7 May 2007 20:18:12 EST Kurtz on U.S. attorneys scandal: "[A]re the media openly siding with the Democrats?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200703260004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703260004 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:17:12 EST Beck on his new role at ABC: "How do you tone down honesty? You just are who you are" http://mediamatters.org/items/200703190005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703190005 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:57:35 EST