Media Matters - The Note

Media Matters - The Note http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_note This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Note en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Ignoring polling, The Note blamed Reid for ensuring "the return of polarized Iraq politics" http://mediamatters.org/items/200709190011 ABC News' The Note claimed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in favoring legislation calling for troop withdrawal timelines, "virtually ensured the return of polarized Iraq politics -- and is giving the left the showdown (take two) it craves." But polling repeatedly shows that a significant majority of the country supports withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in -- at most -- a timeframe that comports with what Reid has suggested. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709190011 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:17:41 EST ABC's The Note concluded from Wash. Post profile that Clinton inner circle is "sometimes vicious" http://mediamatters.org/items/200706210003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706210003 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:35:14 EST Media heaped praise on Huckabee's "sexual dig" at Edwards http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160005 Media figures and outlets heaped praise on Mike Huckabee's comment, during the May 15 Republican presidential debate, that "[w]e've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop," a reference to reports that former Sen. John Edwards spent $800 of campaign money (which Edwards said was reimbursed) on two haircuts. ABC News' The Note, as well as The Politico's Mike Allen called the line an "instant classic," while The Politico's Jonathan Martin predicted that it "will dominate the news coverage in the days ahead." http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160005 Wed, 16 May 2007 14:22:28 EST Meet the new Note, same as the old Note http://mediamatters.org/items/200705020011 In ABC's The Note, senior political reporter Rick Klein wrote that "Democrats will still need to move toward the Republican position, unless they want to shut down [Iraq] war funding." In doing so, Klein suggested that unless congressional Democrats compromise and send President Bush a bill he finds acceptable, they will be responsible for cutting off funding to the troops, rather than Bush being responsible. http://mediamatters.org/items/200705020011 Wed, 2 May 2007 19:47:06 EST Can The Note save itself? http://mediamatters.org/items/200704030007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704030007 Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:19:34 EST MSNBC, ABC's The Note hyped NY Times Obama "scandal," despite no evidence of ethical impropriety http://mediamatters.org/items/200703070008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703070008 Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:04:22 EST ABC's The Note baselessly suggested double standard in media's treatment of Pelosi and Gingrich http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240007 ABC News' The Note predicted that prior to the midterm elections, the "(liberal) Old Media" will "[g]lowingly profile" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi but "fail to describe her as 'ultra liberal' or 'an extreme liberal,' which would mirror the way [former House Speaker Newt] Gingrich was painted twelve years ago." But a Media Matters examination of coverage found that in 1994, Gingrich was treated in a similar manner to the way Pelosi is treated now. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240007 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:26:42 EST ABC's The Note reported Hastert's plan of action to protect congressional pages -- without noting it includes no Democrats http://mediamatters.org/items/200610020003 The Note, ABC News' political newsletter, reported that Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert would meet with Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the House Page Board, and his staff to "review ways to protect pages while they are serving in the nation's Capitol" in the wake of the revelations of former Rep. Mark Foley's allegedly inappropriate email communications with a congressional page, but it did not note the absence of Democrats in Hastert's plans. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610020003 Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:07:10 EST Buyer's remorse: The Bush story the press won't tell http://mediamatters.org/items/200609190002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200609190002 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:43:22 EST Why are the media depicting GOP support for unpopular war as a political winner? http://mediamatters.org/items/200606210005 As Senate Democrats debate two proposals regarding U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, news outlets have gone out of their way to frame the Democratic differences over how soon to redeploy forces as politically favorable for the Republicans while not reporting that the Democrats' position is shared by a majority of Americans, that the war supported by Republicans is deeply unpopular with the American public, and that the GOP's alternative plan appears to involve remaining in Iraq indefinitely. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606210005 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:15:05 EST Flawed Wash. Post/ABC News poll suggested no link between NSA data collection and warrantless spying -- despite Post's own contrary report http://mediamatters.org/items/200605120005 A Washington Post/ABC News poll on the National Security Agency program to collect phone call records of tens of millions of United States residents found that 63 percent of respondents found the program acceptable. The poll question claimed that the NSA is not "listening to or recording the conversations" captured by the data collection program, but a Post article reported that the program is related to NSA's warrantless domestic eavesdropping program. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605120005 Fri, 12 May 2006 13:17:45 EST When criticizing the use of "selective facts," The Note should have some facts of its own http://mediamatters.org/items/200603130012 ABCNews.com's The Note criticized New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for using "selective facts" to say that John McCain "is not a maverick, a moderate, nor a straight talker." However, The Note offered no facts to counter Krugman's argument. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603130012 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:20:47 EST ABC's Gibson used polls renounced by ABC's polling director to speculate that Bush might get a "pretty good size boost" in polls due to SOTU http://mediamatters.org/items/200602010005 ABC's Charles Gibson said that President Bush may get a "pretty good size boost in his polls" after the State of the Union address, even though ABC News polling director Gary Langer had dismissed such polls as a highly unreliable indicator of the entire country's view of the speech because those who listen or watch the speech, by and large, support the president already. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602010005 Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:00:54 EST