Media Matters - The Early Show

Media Matters - The Early Show http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_early_show This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Early Show en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Today, Early Show covered Wright interview, but didn't ask McCain about Hagee http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250006 NBC's Today and CBS' The Early Show both aired interviews with Sen. John McCain while the candidate was in New Orleans, but in neither case asked McCain about controversial comments that one of his endorsers, Pastor John Hagee, recently made about Hurricane Katrina, though both programs discussed controversial comments made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250006 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:54 EST CBS' Smith failed to challenge claim by McCain's campaign manager -- a former lobbyist -- that McCain "is probably most feared by every lobbyist" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210013 While discussing a New York Times article about Sen. John McCain's relationship with a telecommunications lobbyist, CBS Early Show host Harry Smith did not challenge McCain campaign manager Rick Davis when Davis asserted that McCain "is probably most feared by every lobbyist in this town of Washington"; he did not note that Davis is a registered lobbyist who, the Times reported, "represented companies" before McCain's committee. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210013 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:09:37 EST Major newspapers, network news still silent on Romney-Blackwater connection http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260015 On September 22, the Politico reported that Mitt Romney "has remained mum on the alleged killing of 11 Iraqis by a company where one of his top advisers serves as vice chairman, even as the case has led to an uproar in Baghdad and Washington. ... The top counterterrorism and national security adviser to Romney's presidential campaign is Cofer Black, vice chairman of Blackwater USA." But despite prominent reports by the five major newspapers and the three networks on the Iraqi Interior Ministry revoking Blackwater USA's license, none of those outlets has reported on Romney's connection to Blackwater or his refusal to comment on the matter. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260015 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:37:59 EST CBS' Storm, Schieffer cropped Michelle Obama quote, claimed "it may be up to the wives to criticize" Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220016 On CBS' The Early Show, Hannah Storm told Bob Schieffer that "[a] lot of people ... took" Michelle Obama's statement "as a slam at [Sen.] Hillary Clinton," adding: "She and her husband both said, 'Not so,' but there is a school of thought that says with a woman running for the Democratic presidential nominee that it may be up to the wives to criticize her because the men can't." At no point did either Storm or Schieffer provide Mrs. Obama's full comments, in which she talked about her own family and did not refer generally or specifically to any other candidates. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220016 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:19:07 EST Media ignore Rove's leak, White House falsehoods, Bush's promise to fire leaker http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130005 Media outlets reporting on Karl Rove's resignation omitted key facts in their discussion of Rove's involvement in the leak of Valerie Plame's identity -- that Rove in fact leaked Plame's identity to columnist Robert Novak and another reporter, that then-White House spokesman Scott McClellan initially denied that Rove was involved in the leak, and that Rove would not have been able to leave "on his own terms" had the White House fulfilled a pledge to fire anyone "involved" in the Plame leak. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130005 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:25:38 EST Media repeated Rove's assessment of 2008 election without noting he was wrong in 2006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130004 In reports about Karl Rove's announcement that he is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff, numerous news reports uncritically repeated Rove's assessments that President Bush "will move back up in the polls" and that Republicans have "a very good chance" of winning the White House in 2008. However, these outlets did not mention Rove's recent track record: Before the November 2006 midterm elections, he predicted that Republicans would "keep" their majorities in the U.S. House and Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130004 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:12:24 EST With O'Hanlon and Pollack, media once again neglect to ask about military protection and control of Iraq itinerary http://mediamatters.org/items/200708010013 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708010013 Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:06:28 EST Uncritically airing Giuliani's attack, media ignored context of Clinton's remarks on taxes http://mediamatters.org/items/200705210001 In reporting on Rudy Giuliani's Republican debate performance, several media outlets uncritically repeated his attack on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, that "with regard to taxes," she "said ... that we have to take money from you in order to give it to the common good." But these outlets did not provide any context for Clinton's remarks, which she reportedly made at a fundraiser in front of an audience that consisted of people she described as "well enough off that ... the [Bush administration] tax cuts may have helped" them. http://mediamatters.org/items/200705210001 Mon, 21 May 2007 12:10:25 EST Media failed to explore possible reason for Congress' transcription demand -- administration's record of falsehoods http://mediamatters.org/items/200703290010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703290010 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:35:37 EST Numerous media outlets attribute "slow bleed" rhetoric to Democrats http://mediamatters.org/items/200702200009 CNN and MSNBC are among the latest media outlets to suggest that the term "slow bleed" was the Democrats' description of Rep. John Murtha's strategy in dealing with the administration on Iraq. In fact, the term has been embraced by Republicans to attack Democrats after it appeared in a Politico article. http://mediamatters.org/items/200702200009 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:57:52 EST Who are Sen. Clinton's "evil men"? Media mind-readers can't agree http://mediamatters.org/items/200702010001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702010001 Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:41:12 EST Despite lack of timetable, media persist in calling Bush's troop increase a "surge" http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110013 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110013 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:56:37 EST Leaked Giuliani document lays out his potential political troubles -- and still the media look away http://mediamatters.org/items/200701040004 Major papers and the broadcast news networks have either ignored or downplayed the "personal and political baggage" identified by the staff of former New York City mayor and presumptive 2008 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani in a document that lays out his plan for a "bid for the White House." http://mediamatters.org/items/200701040004 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:38:12 EST What the media aren't telling you about the Iraq Study Group report http://mediamatters.org/items/200612080004 Media Matters for America has identified six findings in the Iraq Study Group's report that major news outlets have largely overlooked. They include: that the Pentagon has significantly underreported the extent of violence in Iraq, that U.S. officials possess little knowledge about the sources of the ongoing attacks, and that the situation in Afghanistan has grown so dire that U.S. troops may need to be diverted there from Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612080004 Thu, 7 Dec 2006 19:35:51 EST Media stressed that Clinton had avoided Vietnam service when he visited there, but ignored Bush's military service in reporting on his first visit http://mediamatters.org/items/200611180005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611180005 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:57:43 EST