Media Matters - Mika Brzezinski

Media Matters - Mika Brzezinski http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/mika_brzezinski This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Mika Brzezinski en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America MSNBC's Brzezinski falsely asserted "the average Big Three automaker union worker's compensation is $73/hour" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240004 MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski falsely claimed that "the average Big Three automaker union worker's compensation is $73/hour -- two and a half times the average for the taxpayer being asked to bail them out." In fact, the $73 figure includes not only future retirement benefits for current workers, but also benefits paid to current retirees, according to GM. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240004 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:58:06 EST Joe Scarborough: "If Al Franken steals enough votes in Minnesota, [Dems] get to 60" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190006 Discussing the possibility of Democrats gaining a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, Joe Scarborough stated, "So, with [Sen. Ted] Stevens losing, Democrats have 58 [senators and Senator-elects]. They've got this run-off in Georgia, which could get them to 59. ... If Al Franken steals enough votes in Minnesota, they get to 60. I'm not saying he stole any votes, I'm just saying, as a Republican from Florida, I mean, it's a close race. Steal some votes, you get over the top." In fact, Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty has repeatedly said there is no actual evidence of fraud in the vote count of the state's Senate race. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190006 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:08:41 EST Scarborough misquoted Obama regarding Lewis remarks, then called the statement Obama didn't make "shocking" and "staggering" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160016 On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said during the October 15 presidential debate that Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) "drew appropriate comparisons" in a statement invoking George Wallace and a church bombing in criticizing "the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign." In fact, Obama said that Lewis "inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening [at McCain-Palin rallies] and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate" [emphasis added]. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160016 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:01:40 EST Media continue to repeat Cindy McCain's comment about troop funding without noting her husband's own vote http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090006 The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Morning Joe reported Cindy McCain's attack on Sen. Barack Obama that his "vote to not fund my son while he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, none of their reports noted that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090006 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:23:31 EST Despite most polls finding Biden won VP debate, Brzezinski asserted, "I think people overwhelmingly thought [Palin] won" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080024 On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski asserted that "people overwhelmingly thought [Gov. Sarah Palin] won her debate," while Willie Geist suggested that Palin won by a smaller margin than Brzezinski claimed. However, most polls conducted on the days following the vice presidential debate found that Sen. Joe Biden won. In fact, a Media Matters review of polling sites did not find any national polls that found Palin won the debate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080024 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:14:28 EST Scarborough falsely asserted that Obama "wants" "higher taxes" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290007 On Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "wants" "higher taxes." In fact, the Tax Policy Center concluded that, compared to Sen. John McCain, "Obama would give larger tax cuts to low- and moderate-income households and pay some of the cost by raising taxes on high-income taxpayers" -- those households earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809290007 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:38:16 EST Morning Joe hosts did not ask McCain adviser to reconcile her attack on Obama with her claim that "our campaign is suspended" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250010 On Morning Joe, Nicolle Wallace, senior adviser to Sen. John McCain's campaign, stated that "our campaign is suspended" pending agreement on legislation to address the country's current financial situation, and later accused Sen. Barack Obama of having "done exactly zero" to produce bipartisan legislation. Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski did not ask Wallace to reconcile her appearance and her attack on Obama with her claim that McCain's campaign is "suspended." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250010 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:33:44 EST Morning Joe uncritically aired McCain's false claim that Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough uncritically aired video of Sen. John McCain falsely claiming that Sarah Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from." In fact, as Factcheck.org noted, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the United States consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:28:02 EST ABC reports that Republicans are mocking Democrats' columned stage, not that 2004 GOP convention stage also had columns http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280015 Good Morning America's Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer echoed Republican talking points mocking the stage at Invesco Field in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama plans to give his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for president, for including a structure with columns. But Roberts and Sawyer failed to mention that the stage at the Republican National Convention in 2004 also included columns. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280015 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:31:07 EST Morning Joe let McCain campaign manager describe attack ad as "the truth," despite colleague Mitchell's reporting that it "literally is not true" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290006 On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough did not challenge McCain campaign manager Rick Davis' assertion that a McCain campaign ad attacking Sen. Barack Obama for not visiting wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany was "the truth," despite reporting by their colleague, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, that the ad's criticism of Obama is "completely wrong, factually wrong" and "literally is not true." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290006 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:03:49 EST Brzezinski continues pattern of MSNBC hosts not challenging false assertion that McCain called for Rumsfeld's resignation http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160009 On MSNBC Live, Mika Brzezinski failed to correct Mitt Romney's false assertion that Sen. John McCain "said that [Donald] Rumsfeld needed to go." Although a McCain spokesman reportedly acknowledged that McCain "did not call for his resignation," MSNBC hosts have repeatedly failed to correct guests' assertions that he did so. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160009 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:19:02 EST Citing "her infamy within American politics," MSNBC interviewed Tonya Harding on Clinton's alleged "Tonya Harding strategy" http://mediamatters.org/items/200805150005 On MSNBC Live, Tamron Hall stated: "Well, remember when there were those reports out that Hillary Clinton would use the so-called 'Tonya Harding strategy' to perhaps take out Barack Obama? Well, we're going to talk to the real Tonya Harding about her place in history and now her infamy within American politics. Yes, really, Mika." Mika Brzezinski said: "Oh, my God," later adding: "I can't believe that. It's great." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805150005 Thu, 15 May 2008 17:03:27 EST Scarborough and Brzezinski denounced Jillette's "bitch" joke, but MSNBC had plenty of notice he likes to tell it http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060005 On MSNBC Live, magician Penn Jillette told a version of a joke about Sen. Hillary Clinton: " '[Sen. Barack] Obama did great in February, and that's because that was Black History Month. And now Hillary's doing much better 'cause it's White Bitch Month,' right?" After Jillette told the joke, co-host Joe Scarborough said, "I knew I -- you know, I knew I should have warned you before you started it." Co-host Mika Brzezinski added: "I don't like that." But MSNBC had plenty of notice that Jillette likes to tell the joke, which he is seen telling in a Web video, clips of which aired while Scarborough and Brzezinski introduced him. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805060005 Tue, 6 May 2008 15:41:32 EST On MSNBC, A.B. Stoddard asserted that if McCain "did something even nakedly partisan now, we'd all have trouble seeing it that way" http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160008 The Hill's A.B. Stoddard asserted of Sen. John McCain: "[H]e is seen as so nonpartisan, someone who has bucked his party so many times, if he did something even nakedly partisan now, we'd all have trouble seeing it that way." In fact, McCain has reversed his positions on numerous issues to align himself more closely with his party's base. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804160008 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:51:44 EST On MSNBC, Brzezinski and Novotny falsely asserted McCain's gas tax plan would eliminate "20 percent of the cost" http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150003 On MSNBC Live, Mika Brzezinski said that Sen. John McCain "wants to eliminate the federal gas tax -- that's about 20 percent of the cost." Later, Monica Novotny said McCain is "proposing suspending the federal gas tax for the summer, potentially cutting prices by nearly 20 percent." In fact, the federal gas tax -- 18.4 cents per gallon -- comprises only 5.4 percent of the current average cost of regular gasoline. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804150003 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:33:37 EST