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Media wield GOP's “welfare” attack on economic recovery plan

02/10/09 2:42 PM EST
Brzezinski persists with food stamp claim, despite economists' flat rejection

02/03/09 3:28 PM EST
Echoing her previous claim, Brzezinski said that food stamps don't stimulate economy, but economists disagree

02/02/09 4:33 PM EST
Brzezinski suggests “welfare” provisions in stimulus bill don't stimulate the economy -- economists disagree

01/30/09 5:20 PM EST
Conservative media figures falsely suggest that Reich proposed excluding white males from stimulus package

01/23/09 4:34 PM EST
NBC's Chuck Todd reports CBO criticism of stimulus, but not Democrats' response

01/22/09 8:28 PM EST
Hannity criticized gay Episcopal bishop for “partisan hatred,” but called partisan Rev. Falwell a “very dear friend”

01/14/09 8:15 PM EST
Conservative media peddle a raw deal

01/09/09 7:09 PM EST
Cunningham on the poor: “They're poor because they lack values, ethics, and morals”

01/05/09 3:03 PM EST
On Dateline, Curry acknowledges “many constitutional experts say” Warren claim on Prop 8 was “totally unfounded”

12/20/08 12:43 PM EST
Blitzer, Wash. Times' Wall ignored Warren's comparison of same-sex marriage to pedophilia, incest, polygamy

12/19/08 6:52 PM EST
Nothin' between the ground and my brains but a piece of government plastic ...

12/18/08 3:59 PM EST
Hannity falsely claimed that under Bush, “We created 10 million new jobs”

12/09/08 5:56 PM EST
Savage guest host Roberts: "[Y]ou may as well start an Obama savings account" so “welfare mom can have her new plasma TV as she pops kids out”

12/09/08 5:02 PM EST
Continuing his pattern of disparaging remarks about low-income Americans, Cunningham criticized “fat poor people”

12/05/08 2:38 PM EST
Augusta Chronicle forwarded false claim that taxpayers would get “their entire paycheck” under “Fair Tax”

11/19/08 1:35 PM EST
Responding to Media Matters item, Quinn defended comparison of welfare recipients to slaves

11/10/08 11:00 AM EST
Postelection poll results contradict media claims that U.S. is a “center-right” country

11/07/08 9:01 PM EST

Media wield GOP's “welfare” attack on economic recovery plan

Brzezinski persists with food stamp claim, despite economists' flat rejection

Echoing her previous claim, Brzezinski said that food stamps don't stimulate economy, but economists disagree

Brzezinski suggests “welfare” provisions in stimulus bill don't stimulate the economy -- economists disagree

Conservative media figures falsely suggest that Reich proposed excluding white males from stimulus package

NBC's Chuck Todd reports CBO criticism of stimulus, but not Democrats' response

Hannity criticized gay Episcopal bishop for “partisan hatred,” but called partisan Rev. Falwell a “very dear friend”

Conservative media peddle a raw deal

Cunningham on the poor: “They're poor because they lack values, ethics, and morals”

On Dateline, Curry acknowledges “many constitutional experts say” Warren claim on Prop 8 was “totally unfounded”

Blitzer, Wash. Times' Wall ignored Warren's comparison of same-sex marriage to pedophilia, incest, polygamy

Nothin' between the ground and my brains but a piece of government plastic ...

Hannity falsely claimed that under Bush, “We created 10 million new jobs”

Savage guest host Roberts: "[Y]ou may as well start an Obama savings account" so “welfare mom can have her new plasma TV as she pops kids out”

Continuing his pattern of disparaging remarks about low-income Americans, Cunningham criticized “fat poor people”

Augusta Chronicle forwarded false claim that taxpayers would get “their entire paycheck” under “Fair Tax”

Responding to Media Matters item, Quinn defended comparison of welfare recipients to slaves

Postelection poll results contradict media claims that U.S. is a “center-right” country

Fox Business guest: Student visa holders “shouldn't have any rights”

Fox host rebuffs co-host's concerns over erosion of free speech rights: “I want chills to run down the spines”

Media Matters weekly newsletter, March 28

Newsmax attacks Fox's Jennifer Griffin for reporting that what Pete Hegseth shared may have been far more sensitive than war plans

On PBS NewsHour, Angelo Carusone discusses how right-wing media asymmetry contributed to Project 2025's unpopular policies