http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/2004_elections This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: 2004 Elections en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090014 <em>The New York Times</em> asserted that Jerome Corsi's recent book smearing Sen. Barack Obama "raises pointed questions about Mr. Obama's history of drug use, his 'extensive connections' to Islam and his relationships with Kenyan politicians, among other things -- allegations that Mr. Obama's campaign and others have widely disputed." However, the <em>Times</em> did not point out that <em>The Obama Nation</em> contains numerous falsehoods that have been widely discredited and denounced by the media. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090014 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:15:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150015 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, while assessing a speech on the economy by Sen. Joe Biden, Jon Decker said that Biden does not "help[] his case when he's making the argument on economic issues wearing French cuffs and dressed to the nines. I think that he's really got to connect with these voters." Contrary to the notion that wearing French cuffs may interfere with Biden's ability to "connect with these voters," French cuff shirts can be found for $37.50 on the website of J.C. Penney, a national department-store chain that many voters can presumably "connect" with. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150015 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:18:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130005 Discussing on CNN the 2004 presidential election and noting that Democrats believed Sen. John Kerry had "unassailable military credentials," Chris Cillizza asserted, "Well, lo and behold, a group called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth raises questions about it, John Kerry is presented as a flip-flopper, and that conventional wisdom goes out the window." But Cillizza failed to note that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth's "questions" were false and baseless smears about Kerry's service in the Vietnam War. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807130005 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:33:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020013 Fox News' Molly Henneberg uncritically reported the assertion by Bud Day, a member of the then-named Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, that Wesley Clark "spent a month in Vietnam, got badly wounded, evacuated, and that was his Vietnam experience." In fact, according to documents posted on the website for Clark's 2004 presidential campaign, Clark served at least six months in Vietnam -- first as a 1st Infantry Division staff officer, then as an infantry company commander -- before he was wounded. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020013 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:07:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806230005 David Freddoso's upcoming book,<em> The Case Against Barack Obama</em>, will be published by Regnery, which reportedly "likens the goal of [the Obama] book to that of 'Unfit for Command,' " a widely discredited book containing numerous false and baseless attacks on John Kerry's military service. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806230005 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:22:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270007 In contrast with <em>The New York Times</em>' 2004 analysis of the benefit Teresa Heinz Kerry gained from the Bush tax cuts, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, the Associated Press, and <em>The New York Times</em> did not note, following the May 23 release of a summary of her 2006 tax returns, that Cindy McCain also benefited significantly from the tax cuts -- which Sen. John McCain has pledged to make permanent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805270007 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:01:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310009 Several media outlets reported on Sen. John McCain's recent efforts to highlight his Vietnam War experience as part of his presidential campaign without noting that, in 2004, he reportedly told Sen. John Kerry that Kerry should not use his Vietnam war record during his campaign, or that McCain falsely asserted in 2004 that he "didn't talk about" his own service during his 2000 presidential campaign "because," he said, "I didn't need to." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310009 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:42:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090008 On his radio show, Limbaugh claimed that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth "were right on the money, and nobody has disproven anything they claimed in any of their ads, statements, written commentaries, or anything of the sort." In fact, most of the allegations the Swift Boat Veterans made about Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War service during the 2004 presidential campaign have been thoroughly discredited, often by official military records, but also by the Swift Boat accusers themselves, who struggled to keep their stories straight. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200711090008 Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:17:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280002 Rush Limbaugh's characterization of service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq as "phony soldiers" was not the first time that he has labeled a military service member a "phony." On his June 27 radio show, Limbaugh said of Sen. John Kerry, whose Vietnam record was the subject of a smear campaign by the discredited Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth: "The guy's a fraud! He's a total phony, and people were able to see it!" <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280002 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:19:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240001 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230009 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:23:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704180002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704180002 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:24:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703300008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703300008 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:38:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703100005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703100005 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 20:56:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090004 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:39:43 EST