Media Matters - This Week in Politics

Media Matters - This Week in Politics http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/this_week_in_politics This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: This Week in Politics en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America CNN again aired McCain's false suggestion that Obama opposed designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150003 On This Week in Politics, Tom Foreman aired without challenging Sen. John McCain's false suggestion that Sen. Barack Obama opposed designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) a terrorist organization. Foreman did not note that Obama co-sponsored a bill in 2007 that would have designated the IRG a terrorist organization, nor did he note that Obama said he opposed the bill McCain referenced because it "state[d] that our military presence in Iraq should be used to counter Iran." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150003 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:57:52 EST Wash. Post's Cillizza asserted that Swift Boaters "raise[d] questions about" Kerry's military credentials, did not note accusations were false and baseless smears http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130005 Discussing on CNN the 2004 presidential election and noting that Democrats believed Sen. John Kerry had "unassailable military credentials," Chris Cillizza asserted, "Well, lo and behold, a group called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth raises questions about it, John Kerry is presented as a flip-flopper, and that conventional wisdom goes out the window." But Cillizza failed to note that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth's "questions" were false and baseless smears about Kerry's service in the Vietnam War. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130005 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:33:48 EST CNN's Foreman let Cliff May falsely accuse Dems of trying to prevent government from "bug[ging] terrorists and terrorist suspects abroad" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803100003 On CNN's This Week in Politics, Cliff May falsely asserted, unchallenged, that Nancy Pelosi "is not letting a vote come on" a "bipartisan bill passed by the Senate that would restore to intelligence agencies the authority they used to have to ... surveil, to bug terrorists and terrorist suspects abroad." May further claimed, falsely, that Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama "have said they're against this bill that would restore intelligence authority." In fact, the U.S. government currently has the authority to eavesdrop on the communications of suspected terrorists through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803100003 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:21:08 EST