Lowlights of media reports and commentary from the 2006 election season
Written by Media Matters Staff
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Many of the falsehoods, dubious claims, and other media misinformation that Colorado Media Matters has identified since its launch in July have revolved around the November 7 election. Colorado Media Matters has compiled some notable examples, in no particular order, of conservative misinformation from the Colorado media during the election season.
Caldara delivers a smear and a falsehood on Colorado Public Television
UPDATE: CBS4 still silent on O'Donnell trip reportedly given by CBS4 and paid for by CBS network
Fox 31 lets GOP off on “agricultural trespass,” misleads on Ritter's record
CBS4 “Reality Check” omitted key aspects of Perlmutter's Iraq plan
Rocky uncritically repeated Romney's suggestion that Beauprez is “not tied to any special interest”
AP claims "[r]ecent polls have shown" Beauprez “gaining some ground”
Rocky, others misleadingly attributed O'Donnell's “personal lockbox” proposal to Gore
Post suggested support for same-sex marriage ban is “pro-marriage”
Post's Knight distorted governors' arguments against judicial term limits
Caldara repeated dubious claim that Beauprez “really helped” extradite Gomez-Garcia