Media Matters - Wendell Goler

Media Matters - Wendell Goler http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/wendell_goler This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Wendell Goler en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Fox's Goler falsely claimed FISA will expire February 15 http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140005 On Special Report, Wendell Goler falsely asserted that "the president is trying ... to get the House to pass a permanent extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA]" and that "[t]he president threw down the gauntlet, said he's not going to accept any more extensions, that this act must be permanently renewed before it expires in two days." In fact, FISA is not set to expire February 15; the Protect America Act's revisions to FISA are set to expire. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140005 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:23:42 EST O'Reilly: NBC News "jazzed" over "[d]ead Afghan kids killed in an American air strike" http://mediamatters.org/items/200706210001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706210001 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:06:52 EST Fox's Goler seemed to forget that troop tours are already extended -- and not by Congress http://mediamatters.org/items/200704190010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704190010 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:42:13 EST Fox's Goler left out Cheney aspect of Sheehan's explanation for declining "war czar" position http://mediamatters.org/items/200704140002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704140002 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:50:01 EST Fox's Goler falsely claimed Emanuel heads Dem campaign panel and serves on Judiciary Committee http://mediamatters.org/items/200703290006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703290006 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:09:54 EST Despite lack of timetable, media persist in calling Bush's troop increase a "surge" http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110013 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701110013 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:56:37 EST Ignoring Bush's actions to the contrary, Fox News sees possibility of "compromise" http://mediamatters.org/items/200701030013 On Special Report, Fox News' Wendell Goler reported that President Bush is willing to "compromise" with the Democrats when their party assumes control of Congress. But Bush has taken several actions recently suggesting he has no intention of meeting Democrats halfway. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701030013 Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:21:05 EST Goler, Allen, Kondracke praised Snow's misleading first televised press conference http://mediamatters.org/items/200605170010 Time White House correspondent Mike Allen, Fox News White House correspondent Wendell Goler, and Roll Call executive editor Morton M. Kondracke praised White House press secretary Tony Snow's handling of his first televised press conference. In fact, Snow gave numerous misleading and even false answers to reporters' questions regarding the National Security Agency's phone data collection controversy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605170010 Wed, 17 May 2006 17:30:47 EST Mission Accomplished: A look back at the media's fawning coverage of Bush's premature declaration of victory in Iraq http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270005 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:45:21 EST Media repeated GOP's false claim that Democrats are to blame for plan to make illegal immigrants felons http://mediamatters.org/items/200604170005 Several news outlets have uncritically reported GOP leaders' claim that Democrats voted in favor of the controversial felony provision in the Republican-sponsored House immigration bill. But while House Democrats rejected an amendment reducing the charge for unlawful presence in the United States from a felony to a misdemeanor, they made clear at the time that their votes were consistent with their opposition to any criminal penalties for illegal U.S. presence. http://mediamatters.org/items/200604170005 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:57:57 EST Fox's Goler falsely claimed Wash. Post "accused" Army Corps of using substandard materials to rebuild New Orleans levees http://mediamatters.org/items/200603090008 Fox News correspondent Wendell Goler falsely claimed that "[s]tories in The Washington Post ... accused the Army Corps of Engineers of using substandard soil to rebuild the levees" in New Orleans and suggested that the Post omitted the Corps' side of the story. In fact, the Post, in three news articles, merely reported the concerns of engineering experts who have monitored the levee rebuilding effort; and contrary to Goler's suggestion, the Post's reports all included statements from the Corps of Engineers denying the scientists' accusations that the Corps had used substandard materials. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603090008 Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:25:54 EST Fox's Goler falsely claimed that Bush has never issued a veto "because Congress has always stayed below his spending limit" http://mediamatters.org/items/200603080002 Fox News falsely reported the White House claim that President Bush has never vetoed a bill "because Congress has always stayed below his spending limit." In fact, Bush signed the 2005 transportation bill, which cost $286.4 billion, after initially threatening to reject any bill that cost more than $256 billion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603080002 Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:19:58 EST AP, Fox failed to note U.S. attorneys supporting Patriot Act renewal were appointed by Bush http://mediamatters.org/items/200601040010 Both the AP and Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume reported on a White House event in which U.S. attorneys appeared and spoke in favor of President Bush's efforts to renew controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act. However, both media outlets omitted the fact that all of the U.S. attorneys participating are Bush appointees. http://mediamatters.org/items/200601040010 Wed, 4 Jan 2006 18:12:19 EST