Media Matters issues open letter to Chris Wallace calling on him to address Fox News’ recent extremist rhetoric and political activism Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Today, Media Matters for America President Eric Burns issued an open letter to Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace — who has repeatedly characterized Fox News as[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– On April 22, Fox News hosts Neil Cavuto, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity, and Fox News homeland security correspondent Catherine Herridge joined several other Fox News hosts and contributors in advancing former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen’s claim that the use of harsh interrogation techniques — including waterboarding —[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In the aftermath of the release of Bush Department of Justice memos authorizing the CIA to use enhanced interrogation techniques with detainees, conservatives are comparing possible prosecutions of Bush administration officials with, in the words of radio host Mark Steyn, “the sort of thing that happens in banana[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– On the April 22 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly falsely claimed that President Richard Nixon never met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong. While discussing President Obama’s handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Fox News political analyst Alan Colmes said: “What do you, ignore[Read More…]

On the May 1 edition of The O’Reilly Factor, during a segment suggesting that former Vice President Al Gore has profited from his advocacy of renewable energy and climate change mitigation, guest host Laura Ingraham presented clips of Gore’s April 24 congressional testimony that had been edited to remove his[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Following President Obama’s May 5 visit to Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Rush Limbaugh Show guest host Mark Steyn criticized Obama as an elitist because he ordered a burger with “spicy mustard” or “Dijon mustard.” Hannity claimed that Obama ordered a “fancy[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Today, Media Matters for America demanded an apology for columnist and CBS golf analyst David Feherty’s assertion that “if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there’s[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)– By focusing on what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other congressional Democrats knew about the Bush administration’s use of harsh interrogation techniques, as the GOP has advocated, some in the media have ignored evidence that the Bush administration began using the tactics before briefing congressional Democrats,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– A Media Matters for America analysis of daytime cable news shows in the week following Justice David Souter’s May 1 retirement announcement found that significantly more Republican members of Congress, especially on Fox News, participated in discussions about or touching on the Supreme Court than did Democratic members[Read More…]

Commentary By Jamison Foser President Obama is scheduled to speak at Notre Dame’s graduation ceremony this weekend, after more than a month of complaints from a small number of anti-abortion rights activists who have received media attention far disproportionate to their numbers. Since the announcement on March 20 that Obama[Read More…]