Media Matters - The New Republic

Media Matters - The New Republic http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_new_republic This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The New Republic en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America In Politico, TNR's Kirchick falsely claimed Clark's comments were part of a "pattern of attacks" on McCain as "psychologically unfit for presidential office" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030011 In a Politico op-ed, The New Republic's James Kirchick cited Wesley Clark's comments about Sen. John McCain on CBS' Face the Nation as part of a "pattern of attacks meant to insinuate that McCain's Vietnam experience not only shouldn't count as meaningful 'experience,' but rendered him psychologically unfit for presidential office." In fact, Clark did not "attack[]" McCain's Vietnam experience or suggest that it "rendered him psychologically unfit for presidential office." Kirchick also asserted that "one would be foolish not to at least consider the possibility they [the "attacks"] were coordinated by the Obama campaign." But Clark has been saying for months that McCain's military service alone does not make him qualified to be president, including while he was speaking on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030011 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:08:23 EST The New Republic's odd new owner http://mediamatters.org/items/200703010014 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703010014 Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:29:15 EST TNR's Peretz cropped transcript to support his smear of Soros as "a young cog in the Hitlerite wheel" http://mediamatters.org/items/200702050005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702050005 Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:22:20 EST New Republic baselessly asserted Dem "problem": "[L]iberal elites are disproportionately powerful in primaries ... have nominated a succession of losers" http://mediamatters.org/items/200608150004 New Republic special correspondent Thomas B. Edsall claimed that "the wing of the [Democratic] party that saw no strategic error in nominating McGovern, Dukakis, and Kerry still controls the primaries." In fact, exit polling from the 2000 and 2004 New Hampshire primaries and entrance polling from the 2000 and 2004 Iowa caucuses do not indicate that John Kerry and Al Gore performed better among "liberal elites." http://mediamatters.org/items/200608150004 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:58:01 EST New Republic's Peretz: Bill Clinton's appearance "began Lieberman's decline" http://mediamatters.org/items/200608090009 In a post on The New Republic's weblog The Plank, editor-in-chief Martin Peretz blamed Bill Clinton for Sen. Joseph Lieberman's defeat in the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary. Peretz wrote: "Lieberman and [Ned] Lamont were running dead even in the polls, more or less. Clinton's appearance began Lieberman's decline. Within two or three days, Lieberman was down by ten points." http://mediamatters.org/items/200608090009 Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:16:40 EST