Media Matters - The Drudge Report

Media Matters - The Drudge Report http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_drudge_report This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Drudge Report en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Drudge headline distorted Clinton comments to suggest she said "Obama Not Muslim 'As Far As I Know' ... " http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030004 A Drudge Report headline linking to a 60 Minutes interview of Sen. Hillary Clinton read, "Hillary: Obama Not Muslim 'As Far As I Know' ...," falsely suggesting that Clinton characterized the issue of Sen. Barack Obama's religion as unresolved. In fact, she did the opposite. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030004 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:33:57 EST Citing Drudge headline, MSNBC's Brewer suggested Latinos would react negatively to Clinton campaign change http://mediamatters.org/items/200802110007 While discussing the news that Sen. Hillary Clinton had replaced her campaign manager, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer asked Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: "[T]he Drudge Report has a headline that reads, quote, 'Adiós: Clinton's Top Latina Sidelined.' Are you concerned at all about the way Hispanic voters might interpret this shakeup heading into Texas?" Neither the Drudge Report nor MSNBC offered any reason why Solis Doyle's replacement as campaign manager might have anything to do with her being Latina or any reason why Latino voters might react in any way to the staff change. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802110007 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:03:50 EST Tapper falsely suggested Bill Clinton proposed "slow[ing] down our economy" to fight climate change http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310009 In a blog post, ABC News' Jake Tapper wrote: "In a long, and interesting speech, [Bill Clinton] characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: 'We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.' " But Clinton did not say that is what has to be done to combat global warming. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310009 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:24:43 EST Drudge headline baselessly implicated Clinton in closure of Niagara Falls children's psychiatric unit http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220010 A January 22 headline on the Drudge Report baselessly suggested that the children's psychiatric unit at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center closed because Sen. Hillary Clinton was "neglecting" New York. The Buffalo News article that the headline linked to contained no mention of Clinton; rather, it reported that hospital officials attributed the closure to problems surrounding the way Medicaid is administered by Niagara County. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220010 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:53:13 EST Hill article on McCain's response to "bitch" question ignored "excellent question" remark http://mediamatters.org/items/200711150004 In an article about a report from CNN's Out in the Open on Sen. John McCain's recent exchange with a supporter in Hilton Head, South Carolina, The Hill reported that McCain's "campaign laments that CNN portrayed the event as though McCain did not defend [Sen. Hillary] Clinton forcefully enough. The senator, in the short video clip, expressed his respect for the former first lady." But the article did not note that McCain described the question -- "How do we beat the bitch?" -- as "excellent." http://mediamatters.org/items/200711150004 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:24:50 EST ABC's The Note, NBC's First Read, Drudge Report, Politico's Mike Allen continue to highlight Politico's false assertion on Dem Iraq bills http://mediamatters.org/items/200711130003 Despite the Politico's correction of its claim that Democrats were "Zero for 40" on legislation "limiting President Bush's war policy" -- though the Politico did not acknowledge that it had made a mistake in the corrected article -- several in the media, including the Politico's own Mike Allen, Matt Drudge, and ABC's The Note, highlighted the false statistic without noting that it is inaccurate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711130003 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:33:50 EST Clinton criticized over relinquishment of Socks, but reports ignore Romney dog-roofing http://mediamatters.org/items/200710220005 Several media outlets seized on an article in The Atlantic that mentioned that former President Bill and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gave their family cat, Socks, to Betty Currie -- with one outlet questioning whether Currie's adoption of Socks reveals Hillary Clinton to be "cold and calculating." But these media outlets made no mention of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's reported treatment of his own family pet, Seamus, an Irish setter, whom Romney reportedly placed "in a dog carrier" that was "attached ... to the station wagon's roof rack" during the Romney family's "annual 12-hour family trek from Boston to Ontario." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710220005 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:15:37 EST Following Drudge, media outlets seize on Obama decision -- years ago -- to stop wearing flag pin http://mediamatters.org/items/200710060001 Several media outlets -- following the lead of Internet gossip Matt Drudge -- have presented Obama's comments on not wearing an American flag pin as a recent decision made by the candidate, and not an explanation of something he chose to do several years ago. CNN, ABC, and Fox News have reported on the "controversy," providing a platform for several conservatives to attack Obama's patriotism. As NBC News' Chuck Todd put it, "this was the media getting a classic case of the Drudges." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710060001 Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:01:14 EST From cleavage to "cackle"? Media find new focus in coverage of Hillary Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 21:29:04 EST Drudge Report, ABC highlight AP article that left out key data on Bush/Clinton "dynasty" issue http://mediamatters.org/items/200709290001 The Drudge Report and ABCNews.com both highlighted an Associated Press article that cited an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that, the article said, "found that fully one-quarter of all Americans said that the prospect of having at least 24 straight years of a President Clinton or Bush would be a consideration in their vote for president in 2008." But the AP left out the data on other responses to the question -- that a majority of respondents, 54 percent, said it would "not be a consideration at all." Nor did the AP report that the poll also found that 42 percent of respondents "feel positive" that former President Bill Clinton is Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) husband, while only 28 percent "feel negative" about it. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709290001 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:09:49 EST Drudge's false headline on Clinton health care plan: "HEALTH INSURANCE PROOF REQUIRED FOR WORK" http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180016 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180016 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:37:57 EST The Iraq news blackout: how the press spent its summer vacation http://mediamatters.org/items/200709050002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709050002 Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:34:12 EST Echoing misleading NY Post headline, Drudge reported that Clinton "supports national smoking ban" http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280014 Linking to a New York Post article, whose headline asserted, "Hill Eyes National Cig Curb," Matt Drudge wrote "Hillary Supports National Smoking Ban." In fact, as the Post article noted, "Asked whether the feds should impose a nationwide ban, Clinton deferred to local governments." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280014 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:35:26 EST MSNBC, NY Post, Drudge falsely claimed Clinton said "surge" is "working" http://mediamatters.org/items/200708210008 In articles on Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, several media outlets reported that Clinton said the Bush administration's so-called "surge" policy is "working." Clinton actually said: "We've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas -- particularly in Al Anbar Province -- it's working. We're just years too late changing our tactics." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708210008 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:29:40 EST Drudge, MSNBC "fact-checker" Warren detect Clinton contradiction in completely consistent statements http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240007 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:36:37 EST