http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/tony_blankley This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Tony Blankley en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200702020010 A <em>Washington</em><em> Times</em> editorial criticized the media's coverage of recent remarks by Sen. Joe Biden, saying they were "the focus of the media's racial-insensitivity microscope." But less than two days earlier, <em>Times</em> editorial page editor Tony Blankley had asserted that Biden was "getting, more or less, a pass from the mainstream media" on his comments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200702020010 Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:58:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702020004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702020004 Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:16:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050008 On <em>Hardball</em>, Tony Blankley falsely claimed that Republicans had considered the entire "Contract with America" under "open rules." In fact, several bills related to the Contract with America were considered under rules that limited the amendments that could be offered. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050008 Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:13:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612220002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612220002 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:27:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612190010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612190010 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:50:57 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612150008 On MSNBC, Tony Blankley claimed that President Bush "doesn't have much of a political view" of Iraq. "He is now looking at the policy ... and he's going to decide what to decide on a policy basis." Republican strategist Cheri Jacobus repeated the claim by Bush supporters that he "has always been pretty good [at] not conducting his job based on the polls, even if a lot of the people around him wanted to." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200612150008 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:49:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612070001 <em>The Washington Times</em>' Tony Blankley claimed that an investigation into Newt Gingrich's possible tax violations was the result of the Clintons' "policy of personal destruction." In fact, months before the Internal Revenue Service audit was reported, the House ethics committee voted unanimously to launch an investigation. The ethics committee ultimately voted 7-1 to recommend that the House impose a fine of $300,000 on Gingrich and reprimand him. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612070001 Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:09:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611210002 Since the Democratic Party won control of both the House and the Senate, the media have focused on such issues as Pelosi's choice of attire and whether being female will affect her ability to lead. MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer wondered if Pelosi's "personal feelings [were] getting in the way of effective leadership" -- a problem she suggested would not surface in "men-run leadership posts" -- and whether men were "more capable of taking personality clashes." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611210002 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:12:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608250001 On <em>Hardball</em>, <em>The Washington Times</em>' Tony Blankley stated that the word "macaca," "[i]n Italian, I'm told, it means a clown." The term was twice used by Sen. George Allen to refer to S.R. Sidarth, a volunteer with the campaign of Allen's Democratic Senate challenger Jim Webb. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608250001 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:48:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200606060003 Tony Blankley said that the reporting of the alleged massacre by U.S. troops of civilians in Haditha "is already being used by the opponents of the president" as a "blood libel," a term that has most frequently been used to accuse Jews of murdering non-Jews, especially children, and using their blood to make Passover matzoh, and that "the over-reporting of it by a gleeful media is more damaging to the country than any other single fact." http://mediamatters.org/items/200606060003 Tue, 6 Jun 2006 12:17:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200604180006 In his <em>Washington Times</em> column, Tony Blankley stated that there is "strong evidence" of a secret agreement between active-duty generals to retire in succession and then speak out against Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. In fact, Blankley's only evidence is a <em>Washington Post</em> column by former Clinton ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke, who wrote that he expected more generals to speak out. According to Blankley: "Mr. Holbrook [sic] is at the least very well informed if he is not himself part of this military cabal intended to 'consume ... Donald Rumsfeld.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200604180006 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:28:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200603150007 In a <em>Washington Times</em> column, Tony Blankley claimed that Democrats are using "the old Chinese water torture" on President Bush over his authorization of warrantless domestic surveillance by "dragging out" the issue for "months and months," even as those "same senators ... oppose similar water-related interrogation techniques when used on captured enemy terrorists." He added: "But then I suppose the president is not covered by what [right-wing radio host] Michael Savage calls the Democratic Party's 'Terrorist Bill of Rights.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200603150007 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:55:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200602020005 After admitting he had not seen any polls on public support for the impeachment of President Bush, <em>The Washington Times</em>' Tony Blankley nonetheless suggested that "something less than 10 percent of the American voting public would look forward to seeing" impeachment proceedings brought against Bush. In fact, two recent Zogby polls have found that a majority of Americans think Congress should consider impeaching the president. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602020005 Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:59:39 EST