http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/this_week This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: This Week en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030008 On <em>This Week</em>, Hugh Hewitt claimed that a comment he made during the June 25 edition of his show -- that the September 13 Ohio State-USC football game will "probably [be] the last football game we'll ever get to see before the United States gets blown up by the Islamists under Obama" -- was distorted by Arianna Huffington. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030008 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:13:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080002 On <em>This Week</em>, George Stephanopoulos did not challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham's false suggestion that Sen. Barack Obama "borrow[ed] money" from Antoin "Tony" Rezko "to build his house." In fact, the Obamas established a land trust to purchase the property and took out a $1.32 million mortgage on the home, financed through the Northern Trust Co. And the Obamas did not "build" the house -- they purchased an existing home. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080002 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 15:14:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210007 <em>Newsweek</em> has corrected George Will's false assertion in his <em>Newsweek</em> column that Social Security taxes are levied based on household income. Will made the same assertion on ABC's <em>This Week</em>, but ABC has yet to issue a correction on the show. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210007 Wed, 21 May 2008 16:32:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020007 In his <em>Newsweek</em> column, George Will falsely claimed that Social Security taxes are levied on household income. He had similarly falsely asserted on ABC's <em>This Week </em>that Sen. Barack Obama "wants to raise taxes on a lot of people, beginning with those earning about $100,000 a year, a household." In fact, Social Security taxes are levied based on individual income, and contrary to his assertion in <em>Newsweek</em>, a married couple with each spouse making less than $102,000 would not face a payroll tax increase if the income cap was raised, even if combined they made more than the current cap. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020007 Fri, 2 May 2008 19:09:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220005 <em>This Week</em>'s George Stephanopoulos did not challenge Sen. John McCain's assertion that "history shows every time you have cut capital gains taxes, revenues have increased -- going back to Jack Kennedy." Stephanopoulos did not note that, notwithstanding a potential short-term revenue increase, many economists have challenged the claim that revenue goes up over the long term as a result of capital gains tax rates being cut. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220005 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:17:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220001 On <em>This Week</em>, Sen. John McCain asserted that Sen. Barack Obama's reference to Sen. Tom Coburn when Obama was asked about William Ayers was an "incredible statement" that "borders on outrageous." However, at no point during the exchange did George Stephanopoulos point out the actual comments Coburn made that elicited Obama's reference to Coburn, much less confront McCain with the issue of whether he agreed with Coburn's comments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220001 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:34:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804130001 Discussing on ABC's <em>This Week</em> former President Jimmy Carter's planned meeting with a Hamas leader and the "two schools of thought about how America should deal in the world," <em><em>Time</em></em> magazine senior political analyst Mark Halperin -- citing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- said of Sen. Barack Obama: "Obama's position: Talk to your enemies." But Halperin did not mention that Obama has repeatedly said his willingness to meet with international adversaries "does not include Hamas." <strong><br /> </strong> http://mediamatters.org/items/200804130001 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:34:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804070009 On ABC's <em>This Week</em>, while discussing the latest <em>New York Times</em>/CBS News poll, Cokie Roberts asserted that Sen. John McCain is "even or winning in the polls." On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, Reuters' Jon Decker similarly stated that McCain is "running either ahead of both" Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama "or running even with both of them." But neither Roberts nor Decker mentioned that in that same poll, both Clinton and Obama beat McCain in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804070009 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:26:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803300001 On ABC's <em>This Week,</em> Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman claimed that Sen. John McCain "actually stepped out and was much more forward-leaning on immigration reform than Barack Obama was -- Senator Clinton wasn't involved in those negotiations." Host George Stephanopoulos did not point out that McCain abandoned his previous support for comprehensive immigration legislation during his campaign for the Republican nomination. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803300001 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:01:57 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230003 <em>The Washington Post</em>'s George Will asserted that Sen. John McCain's admittedly false claim that Iran is training Al Qaeda is "[n]ot damaging at all" to McCain, "because people say it's a given that this man knows what he's talking about." Similarly, <em>The Chicago Tribune</em>'s Jill Zuckman asserted that "I don't think many people believe" "the argument that McCain doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to foreign policy." But neither Will nor Zuckman noted that McCain has made that error more than once. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230003 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:42:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802190010 On ABC's <em>This Week, </em>George Will falsely asserted that "in the primaries," Sen. John McCain "has achieved more independent voters than [Sen. Barack] Obama." In fact, in calculations based on exit polls, in each of the nine states that have held open or semi-open primaries contested by both Obama and McCain, Obama received more votes from voters who identified themselves as "independent" than McCain. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802190010 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:20:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802050002 <em>Media Matters for America</em> has identified numerous media outlets or figures who reported that the <em>National Journal</em> has rated Sen. Barack Obama "the most liberal senator in 2007," but did not report that the same <em>National Journal </em>feature stated that Sen. John McCain "did not vote frequently enough in 2007 to draw a composite score. He missed more than half of the votes in both the economic and foreign-policy categories." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802050002 Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:46:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711190007 In an interview on <em>This Week</em>, George Stephanopoulos did not challenge Fred Thompson's assertions that "I think ... that <em>Roe versus Wade</em> should be overturned" and that "I've had a pro-life voting record my entire career on every conceivable issue that came up before us for almost a decade." Similarly the <em>Politico</em> reported that Thompson "trumpeted his own anti-abortion credentials after receiving the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee." Neither Stephanopoulos nor the <em>Politico</em> noted that Thompson has reportedly expressed support for abortion rights, as well as for <em>Roe v. Wade</em>. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711190007 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:57:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710170003 On <em>This Week</em>, George F. Will suggested that developing countries are "not interested" in climate change. In fact, during the recent United Nations General Assembly, numerous leaders from so-called developing nations said that their countries are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change and requested international cooperation to help mitigate its impact. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710170003 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:17:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710140004 On ABC's <em>This Week</em>, <em>The Washington Post</em>'s George Will asserted "What they [Republican primary voters] have learned about Giuliani is that he doesn't flip-flop. ... [H]e's taken exactly the un-Romney approach to his problem, which was to say, 'Look, this is me. Take it or leave it.' " But as NPR senior news analyst Cokie Roberts said, "[H]e equivocated on guns. He equivocated on abortion." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710140004 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:42:26 EST