Media Matters - L. Brent Bozell

Media Matters - L. Brent Bozell http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/l__brent_bozell This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: L. Brent Bozell en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Postelection poll results contradict media claims that U.S. is a "center-right" country http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070013 Several media figures have claimed that President-elect Barack Obama won the election because he ran as a conservative and that notwithstanding Obama's victory, the United States is a conservative country. However, a poll conducted November 4-5 showed strong support for the progressive positions that Obama has articulated on the issues, rebutting the claim that the United States is a conservative country. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070013 Fri, 7 Nov 2008 21:01:47 EST Bozell said Obama "ran as a Reaganite" and "a fiscal conservative" -- less than two weeks after claiming Obama was espousing "socialism" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070010 On America's Newsroom, Media Research Center president L. Brent Bozell III claimed that President-elect Barack Obama "ran as a Reaganite" and "won over ... the public as a fiscal conservative." But less than two weeks earlier, Bozell accused Obama of espousing "socialism" throughout the "entirety of the campaign." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070010 Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:54:59 EST On Hannity & Colmes, Bozell asserted -- despite complete lack of evidence -- that Hillary Clinton was "behind" obtaining confidential FBI files http://mediamatters.org/items/200711140004 On Hannity & Colmes, Media Research Center president L. Brent Bozell III asserted: "[W]e knew that she [Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton] was in the middle of things. We knew that she was behind the whole FBI-gates." However, in March 2000, independent counsel Robert Ray determined that: "[T]here was no substantial and credible evidence that any senior White House official, or First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, was involved in seeking confidential Federal Bureau of Investigation background reports of former White House staff from the administrations of President Bush and President Reagan." http://mediamatters.org/items/200711140004 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:39:53 EST Despite past discussion on his show, Hannity claimed he had "never heard" Coulter call for Clinton assassination http://mediamatters.org/items/200707100005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707100005 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:59:19 EST Myths and falsehoods about global warming http://mediamatters.org/items/200703230007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703230007 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:13:29 EST Olbermann named Bozell "Worst Person" for claiming "100 generals ... would disagree" with NBC's characterization of Iraq as "a civil war" http://mediamatters.org/items/200612020003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612020003 Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:24:02 EST Bozell suggested vast majority of generals "disagree" with NBC that Iraq is in "civil war," but cited none who have specifically denied it http://mediamatters.org/items/200611290009 On Hannity & Colmes, Brent Bozell criticized NBC News' decision to refer to the situation in Iraq as a "civil war," saying that there are "probably 100 generals" in Iraq "who would disagree" with that assessment. Bozell offered no specific examples of any high-ranking military officials who have said Iraq is not in the midst of a civil war. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611290009 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:27:52 EST Brent Bozell, unhinged http://mediamatters.org/items/200611280010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611280010 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:20:33 EST Conservative media figures attack CNN for airing portions of insurgent video http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240021 Numerous conservative media figures have attacked CNN for broadcasting video footage of insurgents attacking U.S. soldiers in Iraq: Pat Buchanan said that CNN "ought to be treated like Al Jazeera"; Michael Savage even claimed CNN had "committed murder" by airing the video; Brent Bozell asserted that CNN was "cavorting with the enemy to get video to put on the air in the United States to break the will of the American people." http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240021 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:57:56 EST Olbermann named Bozell, Hannity, Ingraham, Zelnick, and O'Reilly "Worst Persons in the World" for distorting remark by Ted Turner http://mediamatters.org/items/200610140001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610140001 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:10:39 EST Scarborough, Medved, Bozell contradicted past criticism of The Reagans biopic to defend The Path to 9/11 http://mediamatters.org/items/200609090004 Joe Scarborough, Michael Medved, and Brent Bozell defended the upcoming ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11, which is reportedly riddled with outright falsehoods and distortions. But their defense seems to contradict statements they made in 2003 when conservatives pressured CBS not to run a biopic that critics felt portrayed former President Ronald Reagan and former first lady Nancy Reagan in a negative light. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609090004 Fri, 8 Sep 2006 21:30:39 EST Scarborough hosted Brent Bozell, but no progressive to talk about ABC "docudrama" http://mediamatters.org/items/200609070003 On Scarborough Country, Joe Scarborough invited Media Research Center president Brent Bozell to comment on the controversy surrounding ABC's planned "docudrama," The Path to 9/11, and address claims that the miniseries is slanted one way or the other. Bozell has also regularly appeared on Scarborough Country when conservatives voice displeasure at the media. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609070003 Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:20:28 EST Media conservatives leap to lockstep defense of ABC's 9-11 "docudrama" http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060011 Media conservatives, including film blogger Govindini Murty, Rush Limbaugh, L. Brent Bozell III, and Andrew C. McCarthy, have all spoken out to defend the reportedly dubious portrayals of historical events in the ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11. In doing so, these conservatives have used strikingly similar themes, praising the miniseries' "honesty" or "accuracy" and its "nonpartisan" nature. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609060011 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 19:47:00 EST Media Matters applies Bozellian logic: Since GOP readers outnumber Dems, online newspapers must be conservative http://mediamatters.org/items/200608030006 L. Brent Bozell III used data from a new study by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press to suggest that programs such as PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Comedy Central's The Daily Show "can be identified as liberal since they are so passionately embraced by the Left." By that logic, online newspapers must be conservative, since the study found that Republican readers outnumber Democrats. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608030006 Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:37:11 EST Olbermann crowned Bozell "Worst Person" runner-up for claiming NY Times is "rooting for the homosexual revolution" http://mediamatters.org/items/200607140003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200607140003 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:55:06 EST