Media Matters - Newsweek

Media Matters - Newsweek http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/newsweek This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Newsweek en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Newsweek noted that McCain recently "stumped" for Chambliss, but not that McCain criticized Chambliss' "reprehensible" 2002 attack ad http://mediamatters.org/items/200811230003 Newsweek reported that Sen. John McCain is among the Republican "Party luminaries" who "have stumped" for Sen. Saxby Chambliss, but did not mention that McCain reportedly criticized as "worse than disgraceful" and "reprehensible" a campaign ad Chambliss used during his 2002 race against then-Sen. Max Cleland. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811230003 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:21:27 EST Newsweek publishes article on purported debate over whether "Obama [is] the Antichrist" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811180007 In a Newsweek article headlined "Is Obama the Antichrist?" senior editor Lisa Miller treated as newsworthy purported debate among some "conservative Christians" over whether President-elect Barack Obama is "the Antichrist." In doing so, she gave credibility to the views of RaptureReady.com editor and founder Todd Strandberg, who has, among other things, smeared gays and lesbians, Islam, progressives, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811180007 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:24:13 EST Newsweek asserted as fact that America "remains right of center," but a former Wash. Times editor disagrees http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170018 Newsweek's Evan Thomas and Richard Wolffe repeated the assertion previously made by Newsweek colleague Jon Meacham that the country "remains right of center." Thomas and Wolffe cited as evidence exit polling that showed more respondents identifying themselves as "conservative" than as "liberal." But political scientists dispute the reliability of voters' identification with political ideologies, and the former editor of The Washington Times' editorial page asserted "the only problem" with conservatives claiming America is a "center-right" country is that "[i]t isn't true. Or at least, not anymore." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170018 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:10:26 EST NY Times and Newsweek report on public funding in general election, but not that McCain may be breaking federal campaign financing laws http://mediamatters.org/items/200804100004 In reporting on whether Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama would accept public funding in a general presidential election, The New York Times and Newsweek did not mention that McCain faces possible fines and jail time for breaking spending limits imposed on candidates participating in the public financing system during the primary. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804100004 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:40:44 EST Fox hosts Rove without disclosing reported role with McCain campaign http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110004 Republican strategist and Fox News contributor Karl Rove appeared on Fox News' America's Election HQ and Hannity & Colmes to discuss the presidential race, but none of the hosts -- Bill Hemmer, Sean Hannity, or Alan Colmes -- asked Rove whether he was "informally advising" Sen. John McCain's campaign, as a Politico article citing "[a] top McCain adviser" reported, and none noted that Rove has reportedly confirmed donating to McCain's campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110004 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:38:53 EST Disregarding McCain's reversal on issue, Newsweek's Thomas touted McCain's refusal "to soften his stance[] on immigration" http://mediamatters.org/items/200802030006 In a Newsweek cover story, assistant managing editor Evan Thomas wrote of Sen. John McCain: "[W]hen some of his advisers tried to get him to soften his stances on immigration and Iraq, he snapped, 'Don't try to change my mind.' ... It was a characteristically principled stand." In fact, McCain has reversed himself on a key immigration issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802030006 Sun, 3 Feb 2008 17:01:55 EST Newsweek's Alter, like NY Times, omitted Rose's on-air explanation for abrupt ending of Clinton interview http://mediamatters.org/items/200801210001 Referencing an interview former President Bill Clinton gave on PBS' The Charlie Rose Show, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter wrote, "During a December taping with PBS's Charlie Rose, a frustrated Clinton called [Sen. Barack] Obama 'a roll of the dice,' as aides tried to end the interview." However, Alter omitted Rose's on-air comments in which he indicated why Clinton's aides wanted to "end the interview." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801210001 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:12:40 EST Newsweek mischaracterized Bill Clinton to claim he "call[ed] Obama's appeal a 'fairy tale' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200801150015 In its "Conventional Wisdom" feature, Newsweek mischaracterized a quote by President Clinton to claim that he "call[ed] [Sen. Barack] Obama's appeal a 'fairy tale' " in comments Clinton made on January 7. In his comments -- which have also been mischaracterized by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham to claim that "Bill Clinton appeared to dismiss Obama's campaign as 'the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen' " -- Clinton was referring, not to Obama or his campaign, but to the senator's statements about his position on the Iraq war. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801150015 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:57:17 EST Media continue to ignore McCain's skipped vote while highlighting his attacks on Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200711150005 Several media outlets have reported on the latest ad released by Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign attacking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton over her support for an earmark funding a Woodstock Festival museum, but these outlets have not noted that McCain skipped the vote on removing the earmark. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711150005 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:43:09 EST Newsweek reported on Clinton documents "still under lock and key," but not that 10,000 will likely become public in 2008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200711040004 A Newsweek article reported that "National Archives documents obtained by NEWSWEEK and interviews with Archives officials indicate that the vast majority of the Clintons' health-care task-force records are still under lock and key in Little Rock -- and might stay that way for some time." But the article did not report that approximately 10,000 pages of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's documents are already likely to become public in 2008 in addition to thousands of Clinton documents that have already been released. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711040004 Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:05:52 EST Newsweek ignored evidence that Thompson overlooked GOP wrongdoing in Senate inquiry http://mediamatters.org/items/200709060008 An article in the latest issue of Newsweek reported on Fred Thompson's leadership of a 1997 investigation into campaign finance irregularities, asserting that "Thompson wound up losing control of the investigation, and the support of his own party," and that "Thompson has said he wanted to make sure the inquiry was fair, and not just a Republican hunting party that would be viewed with suspicion by the public." But Thompson reportedly shut down the investigation before Democrats were able to introduce evidence linking Republican lawmakers to a fundraising group that was found to have skirted campaign finance laws. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709060008 Thu, 6 Sep 2007 17:33:34 EST The media misses Mitt Romney's YouTube moment http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708130007 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:43:21 EST Swift Boat 2004 vs. 'Swift Boat' 2008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240001 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:22 EST Libby, Bush and the lapdog press http://mediamatters.org/items/200707100007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707100007 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:18:42 EST Newsweek touted Thompson's "willing[ness] to buck his party" in committee investigation, but not his later reported capitulation http://mediamatters.org/items/200706190012 A Newsweek article cited former Sen. Fred Thompson's leadership of a 1997 investigation into Republican campaign finance irregularities as evidence that he "was willing to buck his party." However, Thompson shut down the investigation before Democrats could introduce evidence linking GOP lawmakers to a fundraising group they claimed had skirted campaign finance laws. http://mediamatters.org/items/200706190012 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:38:36 EST