http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/steve_thomma This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Steve Thomma en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807270003 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, Alex Witt aired an ad from Sen. John McCain asserting that Sen. Barack Obama "made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras." But in neither segment did Witt or her guests note that Obama reportedly previously visited wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center without the media, or that although Obama decided not to visit Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, he reportedly made phone calls to wounded soldiers there. Nor did they challenge any of the other misleading claims in the ad. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807270003 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:40:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803140012 On MSNBC, Steve Thomma asserted that Sen. John McCain's campaign is "not going to touch" controversial comments by the former pastor of Sen. Barack Obama's church. On <em>Morning Joe</em>, McCain adviser Charlie Black declined to comment on Wright's statements, saying that McCain has said that "these candidates cannot be held accountable for all the views of people who endorse them or people who befriend them." Later on MSNBC, Chuck Todd noted Black's comments. However, the McCain campaign had already circulated to reporters a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> op-ed in which Ronald Kessler wrote that "Obama's close association with Mr. Wright ... raises legitimate questions about Mr. Obama's fundamental beliefs about his country," which "deserve a clearer answer than Mr. Obama has provided so far." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803140012 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:15:12 EST