http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/special_report_with_brit_hume This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Special Report with Brit Hume en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020013 Fox News' Molly Henneberg uncritically reported the assertion by Bud Day, a member of the then-named Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, that Wesley Clark "spent a month in Vietnam, got badly wounded, evacuated, and that was his Vietnam experience." In fact, according to documents posted on the website for Clark's 2004 presidential campaign, Clark served at least six months in Vietnam -- first as a 1st Infantry Division staff officer, then as an infantry company commander -- before he was wounded. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020013 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:07:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260005 On <em>Special Report</em>, Brit Hume falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "contradicted what he wrote in his book" about town hall meetings and quoted from Obama's book <em>The Audacity of Hope</em>, in which Obama wrote: "One of my favorite tasks of being a senator is hosting town hall meetings." But contrary to Hume's assertion, Obama has hosted 18 town hall meetings in the past two months. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260005 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:50:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250011 Fox News' Major Garrett uncritically aired an audio clip of Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery asserting that in a June 2006 speech, Sen. Barack Obama was "diminishing the idea that people of Christian faith have anything to say." In fact, in that speech, Obama said: "[W]hat I am suggesting is this -- secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King -- the majority of the great reformers in American history -- were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250011 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:11:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250005 On <em>Special Report</em>, Brit Hume issued a correction following his false claim that Sen. Barack Obama's half brother had told <em>The Jerusalem Post</em> that Obama had a "Muslim background." But while Hume suggested that his only "error" was in repeating a flawed report in the <em>Post</em>, he did not acknowledge that he had falsely claimed Malik Obama had spoken with <em>The Jerusalem Post.</em> The <em>Post</em> did not claim that Malik Obama spoke to the newspaper; the article indicated that Malik Obama gave an interview to Israel's Army Radio, not the <em>Post</em>. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250005 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:16:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 On <em>Special Report</em>, citing purported findings by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Brit Hume claimed that Al Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent" since environmentally friendly renovations were completed on his home. Hume offered no response from Gore. Responding to the charge, a Gore spokeswoman stated that "[w]hen [the Gores] do use power, it's green power." According to the Tennessee Valley Authority, green power "create[s] less waste and pollution" than standard electricity. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:40:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180008 On <em>Special Report</em>, Brit Hume stated that Malik Obama, Sen. Barack Obama's half brother, "tells <em>The Jerusalem Post</em> that 'if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background.' " In fact, the article to which Hume was apparently referring indicated that Malik Obama did not speak directly with the <em>Post</em> but, rather, gave an interview to Israel's Army Radio. Moreover, nowhere in audio of the interview that ABC's Jake Tapper posted did Malik Obama assert that Obama "will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180008 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:42:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060002 CNN's Carol Costello and Ed Henry, and Fox News' Brit Hume falsely suggested that only the Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approved the committee's June 5 "Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information." In addition to the committee's Democrats, Republican Sens. Chuck Hagel and Olympia Snowe endorsed the report and stated that it "accomplished its primary objective." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060002 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:47:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300004 On <em>Special Report</em>, Charles Krauthammer said, "The Obama campaign and the Democrats will say that [Sen. John] McCain has his Reverend [John] Hagee, and Obama has his reverend, and they disavowed them, and they're sort of morally equivalent." Krauthammer continued, "The obvious counterargument, which the Democrats refuse to accept, is that presidential candidates are endorsed by hundreds of people, half of whom they don't know, some of whom are scoundrels and rogues whom they then dissociate themselves from." But McCain, by his own admission, actively sought Hagee's endorsement, despite Hagee's numerous controversial comments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300004 Fri, 30 May 2008 15:34:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805290002 CNN's Candy Crowley uncritically reported that Sen. John McCain is "continually suggesting Obama wants to surrender in Iraq without knowing what's happening there," and Fox News' James Rosen said, "Obama's absence from the war zone over the last two and a half years, McCain argued, has left the first-term senator divorced from the reality that now prevails on the ground in Iraq." However, neither Crowley nor Rosen mentioned any of the misstatements McCain has made that have raised questions about whether McCain himself "know[s] what's happening" in Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805290002 Thu, 29 May 2008 14:36:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200005 Fox News' Carl Cameron reported that Sen. John McCain "suggested [Sen. Barack] Obama is na&iuml;ve" for his position on negotiating with Iran, and aired a clip of McCain saying, "It could very well convince him [Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] that those policies are succeeding in strengthening his hold on power, and embolden him to continue his very dangerous behavior. The next president ought to understand such basic realities of international relations." But Cameron did not note that Defense Secretary Robert Gates also reportedly has said that the United States should "sit down and talk with" Iran. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200005 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:12:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003 In reports about televangelist John Hagee's apology for his anti-Catholic remarks, neither <em>The Washington Post</em>'s Michael D. Shear nor Fox News' Brit Hume mentioned that Hagee -- whose endorsement Sen. John McCain has acknowledged seeking -- also has made controversial statements about women, race, homosexuality, and Islam. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:20:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090011 On numerous May 8 programs, Fox News anchors and reporters promoted the notion that Sen. John McCain is reluctant to discuss his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. In fact, as Media <em>Matters for America</em> has documented, McCain has repeatedly highlighted that experience. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090011 Fri, 9 May 2008 19:36:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090010 Fox News' Bret Baier claimed that in an interview on NPR, "Former Vice President Al Gore says global warming is to blame for the cyclone in Myanmar." In fact, while Gore did discuss the cyclone in the context of global warming, he also stated -- just moments earlier -- that "any individual storm can't be linked singularly to global warming." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090010 Fri, 9 May 2008 18:44:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080010 On <em>Special Report</em>, Juan Williams cited Sen. John McCain's record on immigration as evidence of a willingness to "work[] across party lines," without noting that McCain has said he no longer supports his own bipartisan bill. Williams then claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "doesn't have a record" of "working across party lines." In fact, Obama has co-sponsored bills with Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Lugar that have been signed into law. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080010 Thu, 8 May 2008 18:55:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060003 On <em>Special Report</em>, Carl Cameron reported that on the issue of immigration, Sen. John McCain "announced that if elected, in January he'll begin finalizing border security, then immediately launch the guest worker program and path to citizenship that many in his party oppose." But Cameron did not note that McCain's current position that border security must be addressed first is at odds with his prior assertion that border security could not be disaggregated from other aspects of comprehensive immigration reform without being rendered ineffective. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060003 Tue, 6 May 2008 14:01:50 EST