http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_live_desk This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Live Desk en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100003 On <em>Live Desk</em>, Griff Jenkins said of a recent photo of Sen. Barack Obama taking a bicycle ride: "Where is he going? And I was thinking, maybe to get a pocket protector for his nerd pencils. What is that?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100003 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:21:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060008 On his radio show, Mark Levin falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "lied to" the American Israel Public Affairs Committee when he "told them today that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards should be designated a terrorist group after voting against a bill designating them a terrorist group a year ago." Similarly, Fox News' Martha MacCallum asserted that Obama "seems to be changing his tune on the significant issue." In fact, Obama has consistently supported designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, having co-sponsored a bill in 2007 to do that. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060008 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:59:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080007 On <em>The Live Desk</em>, Martha MacCallum did not challenge the false assertion by Christine O'Donnell, 2008 GOP Senate candidate in Delaware, that Sen. Barack Obama "and my opponent [Sen. Joe] Biden are pushing for this global tax that would require America to pay tax to the U.N." In fact, the Global Poverty Act, a bill introduced by Obama, would not "require America to pay tax to the U.N.," and it would not commit the United States to any targeted level of spending. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805080007 Thu, 8 May 2008 15:59:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310017 Fox News' Steve Doocy asserted that Sen. John McCain "has not really talked much about his time in the Hanoi Hilton for five years, and what happened to him, and they are including some of that archival stuff in a [campaign] video. And now, Howard Dean says that that is 'blatant opportunism.' " In fact, Dean said: "John McCain can try to reintroduce himself to the country, but he can't change the fact that he cast aside his principles to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with President Bush for the last seven years. While we honor McCain's military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn't understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310017 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:46:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310015 On Fox News' <em>The Live Desk</em>, Martha MacCallum, discussing with correspondent Major Garrett a report about Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, Maggie Williams, stated that Williams "sat on the board of one of the nation's once-largest and now bankrupt mortgage lenders, Delta Financial." However, neither Garrett nor MacCallum mentioned Sen. John McCain's reported ties to the mortgage industry. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310015 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:18:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803240006 While discussing on Fox News' <em>The Live Desk</em> New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama, Philadelphia radio host Dom Giordano said of Richardson's beard: "I don't know if it's playing into the ethnic card, or whatever." Host Martha MacCallum stated, "[Richardson] said, you know, 'It's hard for me,' he said to me once, 'people don't even know I'm Hispanic,' " and then asked, "So is that part of what he is ... cultivating here?" Giordano replied, "I think so." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803240006 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:19:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803040010 On <em>The Live Desk</em>, Steve Brown and Greta Van Susteren both baselessly asserted that Sen. Barack Obama purchased land adjoining his Chicago home from Antoin Rezko at a "discounted price." In fact, Obama paid $104,500 for the land, substantially more than what an Obama spokesman reportedly said was the land's appraised value. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803040010 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:43:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801070007 On Fox News' <em>The Live Desk</em>, Republican strategist Christine O'Donnell responded to host Martha MacCallum's question about whether Republicans would prefer to run against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama by asserting, "I would prefer Barack Obama because he is so liberal, that -- he's anti-American." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801070007 Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:14:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706060006 On <em>The Live Desk</em>, Fox News showed footage of Rep. John Conyers while Brian Wilson reported on the expected indictment of Rep. William Jefferson. This is not the first time Fox News has shown footage of one African-American elected official while discussing another -- in the previous case, airing footage of Harold Ford Jr. while talking about Sen. Barack Obama. http://mediamatters.org/items/200706060006 Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:20:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704090011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704090011 Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:22:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703200002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703200002 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:31:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703070002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703070002 Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:33:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070018 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070018 Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:43:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200609260001 In the Fox News premiere of her new show, <em>The Live Desk</em>, host Martha MacCallum advanced several falsehoods regarding the respective anti-terrorism efforts of Presidents Clinton and Bush, while discussing Chris Wallace's recent interview with Clinton. MacCallum falsely claimed that Richard Clarke was demoted by the Bush administration after 9-11 and that the Clinton administration abandoned opportunities to take out Osama bin Laden, despite having him "in their scope." http://mediamatters.org/items/200609260001 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:13:16 EST