Simon Maloy | Media Matters for America

Simon Maloy was a senior writer at Media Matters. Formerly a political writer for Salon.com, his writing on politics and media has also appeared in The Week, Rolling Stone, and The American Prospect.

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Return of the “rookie mistake”: Politico's Hearn blamed Obama for “flag flap”

11/09/07 2:38 PM EST
Citing NPR story, Wash. Post's Kornblut falsely claimed Obama was “unresponsive to a voter in a campaign stop”

11/08/07 4:49 PM EST
Politico: "[B]lessing" by Robertson -- who called for assassination of Hugo Chavez and spoke of Europe's “racial suicide” -- gives Giuliani “momentum”

11/07/07 2:11 PM EST
ABC News still ignoring O'Reilly's Obama/GMA falsehood

11/06/07 1:21 PM EST
Krauthammer falsely claimed Obama's Iran policy “takes all aggression, all threats, everything serious off the table”

11/05/07 2:03 PM EST
NRO's Goldberg falsely claimed Clinton said Republicans are “tougher on terrorism than Democrats”

11/02/07 2:56 PM EDT
After teasing story by saying “Obama makes a little girl cry,” Fox News' Kelly acknowledged it was not true

11/02/07 1:46 PM EDT
Hannity channels The Onion? Claims “liberal” Halloween “teach[es] kids to knock on other people's doors and ask for a handout”

11/01/07 3:14 PM EDT
Wash. Post quoted Rep. Putnam saying Bush “longs for” bipartisanship, ignored Putnam's false attacks on Democrats

11/01/07 12:45 PM EDT
One day after saying Obama “needs a new attack” against Clinton, Gibson criticized “NBC anchor” for offering advice to Obama

10/31/07 2:31 PM EDT
After saying Giuliani is “right to dismiss” polls, Cavuto let him tout his lead of “more than double digits”

10/31/07 11:57 AM EDT
MSNBC's Carlson falsely claimed he does not “touch” Bill Clinton's “sex life”

10/30/07 6:51 PM EDT