Media Matters - Detainees/Abu Ghraib/Guantanamo Bay

Media Matters - Detainees/Abu Ghraib/Guantanamo Bay http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/detainees_abu_ghraib_guantanamo_bay This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Detainees/Abu Ghraib/Guantanamo Bay en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Conservative media attack Obama over reported intention to close Guantánamo Bay facility http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120012 Conservative media figures have baselessly asserted that President-elect Barack Obama's reported intention to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay would result in the release of terrorists and place the country at risk. In fact, news reports state that Obama is considering trials for some detainees and the potential release of others who have been cleared. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120012 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:52:37 EST O'Reilly falsely claimed "nobody died" at Abu Ghraib http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250009 On his radio show, Bill O'Reilly called prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib "pathetic," "awful," and said "[n]o one should justify that, ever," then added, "But nobody died." In fact, at least one detainee reportedly died at Abu Ghraib during an interrogation by CIA personnel. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250009 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:06:13 EST Kristol asserted that "anyone arrested in" the U.S. has habeas rights -- but not under law he supports http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170002 On Fox News Sunday, Bill Kristol criticized the Supreme Court's decision striking down portions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) and suggested that fears about that law's denial of the writ of habeas corpus were overblown because "American citizens ... and anyone arrested in this country [have] a right to habeas corpus." But contrary to Kristol's suggestion, the MCA explicitly denied habeas rights to noncitizens, regardless of where that person is detained. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806170002 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:38:10 EST MSNBC's Jansing did not challenge Snow on claim of al-Marri "trial," which detainee has not received http://mediamatters.org/items/200706130001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706130001 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:01:43 EST On MSNBC, Harwood said Giuliani has "claim to combat" experience from 9-11 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705170005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705170005 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:20:05 EST Broder's history of "wildly off target" claims and faulty predictions http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260005 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:15 EST CBS' Mitchell called Supreme Court decision on detainees "a victory ... in the war on terror" http://mediamatters.org/items/200704030011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704030011 Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:36:06 EST CNN's McIntyre baselessly suggested Stimson's attacks on detainee lawyers were inadvertent http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180015 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180015 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:01:23 EST Contradicting own reporting, Wash. Post asserted that U.S. "unwilling" to send detainees to countries that torture http://mediamatters.org/items/200612200002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612200002 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:46:09 EST CNN's Blitzer let slide Gonzales' dodge of question about wrongful detentions http://mediamatters.org/items/200612010009 In response to a question from Wolf Blitzer about why people have been wrongfully detained by the U.S. government, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claimed he didn't "know the specific cases" Blitzer was "referring to." Blitzer did not challenge Gonzales or point out any of several such detainments documented by human-rights groups and foreign governments. http://mediamatters.org/items/200612010009 Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:05:22 EST CNN and Fox let "straight-shooter" Tony Snow peddle false, misleading, and baseless GOP talking points http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040012 During Tony Snow's recent series of appearances on cable news channels, interviewers on CNN and Fox News left unchallenged a number of false, misleading, and baseless Republican talking points on a variety of issues. After allowing Snow to misrepresent the Democratic position on the surveillance and detention of suspected terrorists, CNN host Wolf Blitzer told Snow that he is "a straight shooter." http://mediamatters.org/items/200611040012 Sat, 4 Nov 2006 12:24:23 EST CNN's "Broken Government" special on executive power filled with broken claims of its own http://mediamatters.org/items/200610300006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610300006 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:21:29 EST Matthews didn't challenge McCain's pledge to go to Supreme Court if Bush indicated that he was "not going to abide" by an act of Congress http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200007 Chris Matthews did not challenge Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) assertion that he would "be one of the first to support going to the United States Supreme Court" if the president indicated through a signing statement that he was "not going to abide" by a law passed by Congress. In fact, while McCain initially rebuked President Bush over a signing statement to his detainee treatment bill and threatened close congressional oversight, he has since neither sought a ruling from the Supreme Court, nor even held hearings on the subject. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200007 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:14:00 EST Baier uncritically reported Bush administration's baseless contention that critics of detainee bill are "just flat wrong" http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200005 During a report on the Military Commissions Act of 2006, Fox News' Bret Baier uncritically reported the Bush administration's assertion that, under the bill, noncitizen detainees have a right to challenge their detention and designation as "unlawful enemy combatant[s]" and that critics of the bill who say otherwise are "just flat wrong." In fact, a detainee's ability to challenge his or her detention effectively depends on the government's willingness to provide an initial hearing, which the government can postpone indefinitely. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200005 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:19:41 EST Wash. Post, NY Times, Reuters provided uninformative coverage of detainee bill signing http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180019 Although Washington Post, New York Times, and Reuters reports on President Bush's signing of the Military Commissions Act included general criticism of the legislation, they were all silent on its most controversial provision: allowing the president to detain noncitizens in the United States or abroad for any reason, indefinitely. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180019 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:44:04 EST