by Dahr Jamail February 8th, 2009 | T r u t h o u t Among things that have not changed in Iraq is one that I hope never changes. After a four-year-long absence, each of my meetings here with former friends and fresh acquaintances seems to suggest that adversity[Read More…]
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Wash. Times Falsely Claimed CBO “Estimated That the Full Cost Of” Recovery Bill “Will Reach $3.2 Trillion By 2019”
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– A February 17 Washington Times editorial falsely claimed that “[t]he nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the full cost of [the economic recovery] bill, including its $348 billion debt service and the out-year financing, will reach $3.2 trillion by 2019.” In fact, more than half of that[Read More…]
Substantive Policy Takes Back Seat to Raw Politics in the Media
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– As President Obama signs the economic recovery package into law, Media Matters for America looks back at how the media too often let politics drive the debate and failed to give the public an accurate and honest assessment of what is in the legislation. Since Obama took office,[Read More…]
Will’s Climate Change Column Sparks Outrage in Environmental Community
After Post refuses to address numerous global warming falsehoods, leading environmental organizations join Media Matters in calling for correction Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Today, Media Matters for America President Eric Burns joined Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope, League of Conservation Voters President Gene Karpinski, and Friends of the Earth President Brent[Read More…]
Economists Comprised Only 6 Percent of Guest Appearances Discussing Stimulus on Cable News, Sunday Shows
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In a February 4 article on The Huffington Post, Crooksandliars.com founder John Amato observed: “I’m sure you’ve heard about the hundreds of economists that are either for or against President Obama’s stimulus plan. My question to the media is: Where are they?” A Media Matters for America review[Read More…]
Obama’s Budget Signals Modest Correction to Our Highly Militarized Foreign Policy
Budget Makes No ‘Sweeping Shift’ in Security Spending Yet Budget Analysis By Miriam Pemberton and Suzanne Smith In December, The New York Times reported that Obama’s Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and Defense Secretary had all “embraced a sweeping shift of priorities and resources in the national security arena…a[Read More…]
Fox & Friends’ Carlson, AP Advance Earmark Promise Falsehood
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Echoing a falsehood advanced by numerous media figures, Fox News Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson falsely claimed on the March 9 edition of the show that President Obama “pledged that he was going to get rid of all these earmarks.” Discussing the omnibus appropriations bill, Carlson also[Read More…]
CBS’ Couric, Reid Report Omnibus Is “Loaded,” “Filled,” and “Stuffed” with Earmarks, Don’t Note They Are Less Than 2 Percent of Bill
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– During the March 11 broadcast of the CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric stated that the omnibus spending bill was “filled with earmarks.” Likewise, chief White House correspondent Chip Reid reported that the bill was “loaded with about eighty-five hundred pet projects known as earmarks, inserted by members[Read More…]
Democracy Corps Poll: Americans See Limbaugh as a Top Leader of GOP; Doesn’t Share Their Values
Democracy Corps Poll: Americans See Limbaugh as a Top Leader of GOP; Doesn’t Share Their Values Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters for America today released the following statement in response to a new poll by Democracy Corps which analyzed “Republican Leadership and Rush Limbaugh.” “The results of this poll confirm what[Read More…]
Don’t Put Your Health In the Hands of Crooks
Washington, D.C.,–(ENEWSPF)– It couldn’t be easier—ordering prescription drugs online with a few clicks of the mouse and having them delivered right to your door, without ever having to see a doctor. But is it safe? Is it legal? Often not. And you need to know the risks. Yes, there are[Read More…]
