Media Matters - Robin Roberts

Media Matters - Robin Roberts http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/robin_roberts This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Robin Roberts en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America ABC's Roberts did not challenge McCain's claim -- reportedly rebutted by his own economic adviser -- that Obama "wants to raise people's taxes" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310016 ABC's Robin Roberts did not challenge Sen. John McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "wants to raise people's taxes" -- a claim that McCain's own chief economic adviser reportedly said is inaccurate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310016 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:03:15 EST ABC's Robin Roberts did not challenge Giuliani's tax falsehood http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140022 ABC's Robin Roberts did not challenge Rudy Giuliani's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "wants to raise taxes." In fact, Obama has repeatedly said he would cut taxes for families making less than $250,000 per year, and Sen. John McCain's own chief economic adviser reportedly said that it is inaccurate to claim that "Barack Obama raises taxes." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140022 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:12:35 EST LA Times reported that McCain "backed" AIG bailout, but not that McCain said he opposed it one day earlier http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190015 The Los Angeles Times reported, "[Sen. Barack] Obama has not taken a position on AIG's rescue, unlike [Sen. John] McCain, who has backed it." But the Times did not point out that the day before the bailout was announced, McCain indicated that he opposed a federal government bailout of AIG, asserting that "we cannot have the taxpayers bail out AIG or anybody else." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190015 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:48:16 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 GMA's Roberts did not challenge McCain's denial that he has said he lacks expertise on the economy http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030004 ABC's Robin Roberts said to Sen. John McCain, "You have admitted that you're not exactly an expert when it comes to the economy and many have said that they," at which point, McCain said repeatedly, "I have not." Roberts did not challenge McCain's denial, even though McCain has made repeated remarks acknowledging his weakness on economic issues. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030004 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:05:45 EST Will media challenge first lady's criticisms of media -- now refuted by conservatives -- during interviews? http://mediamatters.org/items/200612200009 Given that conservatives such as Rich Lowry and Tony Blankley have challenged Laura Bush's assertion that the media have failed to cover "a lot of good things that are happening" in Iraq, will the media similarly take on the first lady's baseless -- and at times outright false -- attacks on the media? http://mediamatters.org/items/200612200009 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:01:23 EST ABC's Roberts and Stephanopoulos juxtaposed Michael J. Fox's stem cell ad in MO Senate race with RNC's fearmongering bin Laden ad http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240015 ABC's Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos juxtaposed actor Michael J. Fox's recent campaign advertisement for Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill with the Republican National Committee's (RNC) new advertisement featuring clips of Osama bin Laden and other terrorists making threats against the United States. Roberts claimed Fox's ad is "raising a lot of eyebrows," but she did not note that Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, has endorsed McCaskill because she supports embryonic stem cell research. Introducing the RNC ad, Stephanopoulos asserted that Republicans have a "big card" to play on "terrorism," but recent polling is mixed on whether the public trusts Democrats or Republicans more on dealing with terrorism. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610240015 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:16:41 EST Today, Good Morning America didn't question Rice about Bush's contradictory bin Laden remarks, report of cronyism in Iraq reconstruction http://mediamatters.org/items/200609190008 In separate interviews with Condoleezza Rice, Matt Lauer and Robin Roberts failed to question Rice about President Bush's contradictory statements on the search for Osama bin Laden, as well as a recent report that the administration hired individuals to rebuild Iraq based on their "loyalty to the Bush administration." http://mediamatters.org/items/200609190008 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:55:25 EST On ABC's Good Morning America, Roberts let Snow spin on domestic wiretapping http://mediamatters.org/items/200609130013 Robin Roberts failed to challenge Tony Snow's false suggestion that Democrats oppose "listening in on terrorists." As Media Matters has repeatedly noted, critics of the administration's warrantless domestic wiretapping program have not spoken out against "listening in on terrorists"; they have said only that the administration should act within the law and obtain warrants for such surveillance. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609130013 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:33:30 EST CNN, Fox, ABC hosts ignored key issues in interviews of Kean: his relationship with The Path to 9/11 producers, possible benefit to his son's Senate campaign http://mediamatters.org/items/200609090006 Hosts on CNN, ABC, and Fox News failed to raise key issues while interviewing Thomas H. Kean about his role as a senior consultant to the ABC's The Path to 9/11 -- specifically, the terms of his arrangement with ABC and the possible benefit of Kean's high-profile promotion of the conservative-skewed miniseries to the campaign of his namesake son, who is running as a Republican for a Senate seat in New Jersey. http://mediamatters.org/items/200609090006 Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:04:37 EST On Good Morning America, Laura Bush dismissed Bush Katrina critics; Roberts did not challenge http://mediamatters.org/items/200608290011 Interviewing Laura Bush on ABC's Good Morning America, Robin Roberts allowed Laura Bush to dismiss a New York Times article documenting the widespread view that President Bush's handling of Hurricane Katrina has adversely affected his image. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608290011 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:18:58 EST ABC jumps on Apocalypse bandwagon: GMA host Roberts welcomes End Times authors' "insight" http://mediamatters.org/items/200607270006 ABC's Good Morning America joined CNN in featuring a segment on the potential coming of the Apocalypse, as indicated by current conflicts in the Middle East, by hosting the authors of the Left Behind Christian book series to discuss the issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607270006 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:10:00 EST