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• Fox News' Jarrett to Obama adviser: "I'll shut down the microphone if you continue" to use "talking points"
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• Wash. Post's Weisman ignored actual criteria used in study finding McCain voted with Bush 90 percent of the time
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• CBS' Rodriguez allowed McCain adviser to claim unchallenged that Obama "has a plan to raise" taxes
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• Two days after decrying "deep sexism that runs through our society," Dick Morris provided more examples
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• Tribune's Silva repeated Palin claim that "Obama-Biden" Dems have attacked her family -- but didn't note complete lack of evidence
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• CNN's Bennett falsely said McCain "hasn't recanted his position on ... McCain-Kennedy" immigration bill
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• In text-message poll on McCain's speech, MSNBC offered only four positive responses
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• Media uncritically repeat McCain claim that Obama "will raise" taxes
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• ABC's Gibson did not challenge earmark claim, much less inform viewers that McCain promoted a falsehood
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Media ignore "bridge to nowhere" falsehood in Palin speech, despite having previously flagged it
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• AP doesn't challenge Huckabee's claim that Palin "got more votes" than Biden, despite having previously called it a "whopper"
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Without refuting it, AP, Bloomberg report Palin accusation that Obama "wants to raise" taxes
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Media report Palin's claim that Obama has not "authored ... a single major law or reform" without noting laws he has passed
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Luntz's focus groups were told that Palin "stopp[ed] a bridge to nowhere," but apparently not that she previously supported it
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• Dick Morris characterized Palin ethics investigation as "a fight going on between her sister and her husband"
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• CNN.com, UPI advance Log Cabin Republicans' false suggestion that Palin supports benefits for same-sex couples
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• NY Times' Bumiller uncritically repeated McCain camp suggestion that Palin pregnancy was disclosed "because of rumors ... on the Internet"
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• Print media report that Lieberman attacked Obama at RNC without noting he had pledged not to
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• Novak cites Palin's purported "loathing for earmarks," but not her repeated requests for them
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• Brokaw did not challenge GOP senator's false claim about Obama and taxes
  Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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