http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/tom_brokaw This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Tom Brokaw en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020026 During an interview with Sen. Richard Burr, Tom Brokaw did not challenge Burr's false claim that Sen. Barack Obama has proposed "increased taxes -- and that's taxes across the board on the American people without exception." Obama has in fact proposed raising taxes only on households earning more than $250,000, while also calling for tax cuts for low- and middle-income families. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020026 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 20:33:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280018 On MSNBC, Tom Brokaw aired an ad by Sen. John McCain in which McCain congratulates Sen. Barack Obama on the day of his acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination, calling it a "[p]retty smart ad." <em>Chicago Sun-Times</em> columnist Mary Mitchell added: "Well, people who may have been turned off by the negative ads and the negative conversations of late. He may have won them over with ad like that. It's classy. It is a classy ad." But neither Brokaw nor Mitchell noted that, notwithstanding the ad's suggestion that McCain was taking the day off from attacking Obama, the McCain campaign issued numerous attacks against Obama on August 28. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280018 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:29:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808270012 Misquoting and misrepresenting what he described as a "pretty provocative" remark by former President Bill Clinton, Tom Brokaw claimed that Clinton said, "[Y]ou've got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X, you agree with everything that he stands for, but you have some real doubts about his experience. Candidate Y only believes in half the things but you really trust his experience -- who you gonna vote for?" But Clinton did not raise the issue of "experience" in his remarks, and Brokaw did not mention -- as he did when discussing Clinton's remarks earlier on <em>MSNBC Live -- </em>that Clinton said the hypothetical he described "has nothing to do with what's going on now." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808270012 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:29:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 On <em>Meet the Press</em>, Tom Brokaw asked Al Gore if, on the subject of renewable energy, "Hillary Clinton reset this debate when she said there should be a summer holiday on the federal gas tax." But Brokaw did not mention that Sen. John McCain also proposed a gas-tax holiday or that one of his top advisers still touts the plan as "the best stimulus package we can have right now." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:29:57 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130003 On <em>Meet the Press</em>, Tom Brokaw did not challenge Carly Fiorina's assertion that "[t]he principal reason that [Sen. John McCain] voted against the Bush tax cuts is that they were not accompanied by fiscal restraint." In fact, the reason McCain gave for voting against the tax cuts in a May 26, 2001, statement on the Senate floor was that "so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130003 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:53:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801200004 On <em>Meet the Press</em>, Tom Brokaw claimed that Rudy Giuliani's television ads airing in Florida "don't mention terrorism." In fact, just two days earlier, the Giuliani campaign launched a new ad, airing in West Palm Beach, that contains video footage of New York City in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801200004 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:48:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612050007 On <em>Hardball</em>, Tom Brokaw asserted that what makes Sen. John McCain "appealing" is that "[i]t's hard to track him. He's there with his arm around the president one moment and standing back and lobbing grenades then at the next minute." Brokaw made no mention of the fact that, while McCain has taken highly publicized stands against President Bush, he has also eventually capitulated in several of those instances. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612050007 Tue, 5 Dec 2006 16:12:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070016 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070016 Tue, 7 Nov 2006 15:58:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070010 Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:15:43 EST