Media Matters - ABC Radio Networks

Media Matters - ABC Radio Networks http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/abc_radio_networks This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: ABC Radio Networks en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Ignoring sergeant-at-arms' security concerns, Levin said of "Stretch" Pelosi's need for "big military jet": "She wants a really, really big one" http://mediamatters.org/items/200812010007 Mark Levin declared of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "[S]he's gotta have a big military jet. I mean, she's the first woman speaker. She wants a really, really big one. ... And if she doesn't get it, well then that's sexual discrimination." Levin ignored the fact that the House sergeant-at-arms -- who is responsible for the security of House members -- has said that a larger military plane for Pelosi, "that is capable of making non-stop flights" between Washington, D.C., and California, is necessary for "security purposes." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812010007 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:21:11 EST Levin raises straw man in attack on Media Matters http://mediamatters.org/items/200811140010 Discussing a Buffalo News column by Douglas Turner, radio host Mark Levin said that "[Turner] has written, among other things, that I compared Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. That is a flat-out lie. And he picked that lie up from Media Matters. I never called Barack Obama Hitler, and I never would, because he's not." In fact, neither Turner nor Media Matters claimed that Levin had "called Barack Obama Hitler." Media Matters listed Levin among a group of conservative media figures comparing Obama to Hitler or the Nazis. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811140010 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:30:37 EST Conservative radio hosts accuse Dems of "trying to steal" MN Senate election -- but there's no evidence, according to GOP governor http://mediamatters.org/items/200811130014 Several conservative talk radio hosts have accused Democrats of "trying to steal" the Minnesota senatorial election for Democratic challenger Al Franken over incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R). They offer no evidence for the accusation; indeed, the state's Republican governor has said there is none. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811130014 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:11:02 EST Hannity, Limbaugh promote myth of an "Obama recession" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120011 Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh continue to suggest that President-elect Barack Obama is to blame for the decline in the stock market, referring to the state of the stock market as an "Obama recession." In fact, analysts have refuted the proposition that the market decline has anything to do with anticipation of Obama's presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120011 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:16:46 EST It's not just Limbaugh and Hannity http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060005 Beyond the echelon of widely known conservative radio hosts with national audiences lies a vast network of lesser-known syndicated and regional radio hosts who have become key components of an echo chamber for conservative talking points and falsehoods. Like their better-known counterparts, these syndicated and regional radio hosts have played active roles this election season in promoting falsehoods and smears in an all-out effort to foment hate and distrust among their listeners for President-elect Barack Obama. While the hosts vary in the degree of vitriol they spew and in their ratio of rebuttable falsehoods to unbridled smears, Media Matters for America and Colorado Media Matters have identified common themes that many, if not all, have promoted over the past year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060005 Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:37:03 EST In the days before the election, media figures have repeatedly compared Obama to Hitler http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310017 Since October 16, numerous media figures -- among them Jerome Corsi, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, and Bill Cunningham -- have compared Sen. Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310017 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:31:51 EST Radio hosts echo Drudge's distortion of Obama's 2001 WBEZ interview http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280018 Numerous conservative radio hosts, including Chris Baker, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Jim Quinn, Michael Savage and Brian Sussman, echoed the false claim, originating on the Drudge Report, that Sen. Barack Obama said in a 2001 interview that he regretted that the Supreme Court has not addressed the redistribution of wealth. In fact, the "traged[y]" Obama identified during the interview was that the civil rights movement "became so court-focused" in trying to bring about political and economic justice. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280018 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:30:56 EST Hannity cut out gist of Hillary Clinton's comments about VP debate to bolster his claim that Clintons will "vote for John McCain" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070012 On his radio show, Sean Hannity played a cropped version of recent comments by Sen. Hillary Clinton, which included her praise of Gov. Sarah Palin's debate performance but excluded the portions of her comments praising Sen. Joe Biden's debate performance and asserting that "[t]he Obama-Biden ticket" is "better for America" than the "McCain-Palin ticket." Hannity then stated: "I just had to play that 'cause you just know the Clintons are just -- why do I bet, and this is just a guess on my part, that Hillary and Bill [Clinton] go in there, and they vote for John McCain? I just know it." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070012 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:43:02 EST Hannity did not challenge McCain's false claim that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 On his radio show, Sean Hannity did not challenge Sen. John McCain's false claim during an interview that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements." In fact, according to the most recent figures of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the U.S. consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:27:04 EST Levin on his "National Organization of Ugly Women" remark: "[F]or now on, it's the National Organization of Really Ugly Women" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090022 Addressing his September 4 comments, in which he called the National Organization for Women, the "National Organization of Ugly Women," Mark Levin said: "I just wanted to underscore that maybe I shouldn't have called them the National Organization of Ugly Women. For now on, it's the National Organization of Really Ugly Women." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090022 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:57:51 EST Levin: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050025 Calling into Sean Hannity's radio show, Mark Levin said of the National Organization for Women: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women." Moments later, after Hannity stated, "[a]pparently [Sen. Barack] Obama took a shot at me again," Levin responded, "Obama's obsessed with you. ... Maybe he's attracted to you." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050025 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:36:11 EST Misrepresenting Obama's audiobook, Hannity claimed Obama said, "White folks' greed runs a world in need" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210006 On his radio show, Sean Hannity falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama had "openly complained about 'white folks' greed.' " Hannity played a clip from the audiobook version of Obama's memoir in which Obama says, "White folks' greed runs a world in need." However, the clip is taken from a passage in which Obama is quoting from a sermon by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In fact, Hannity himself acknowledged as much on Hannity & Colmes in March, saying, "Even the 'Audacity of Hope' speech or sermon had, you know, 'white greed' in there." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210006 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:29:07 EST Gingrich in denial that Reagan, too, used "very dangerous" description of himself as a "citizen ... of the world" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080003 On The Sean Hannity Show, Newt Gingrich said of Sen. Barack Obama's speech in Berlin: "I think saying that you are the -- a citizen of the world, talking to 200,000 Germans is very dangerous because the average American does not want to elect a president of the world." In fact, Obama referred to himself in the Berlin speech as "a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world." Further, he is not the first U.S. public official to refer to himself as a "citizen of the world"; President Reagan did so in a June 1982 speech to the United Nations. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080003 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:22:00 EST Hannity repeated false allegation that Obama distributed Western Wall prayer to media http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310012 On his radio program, Sean Hannity repeated the already debunked allegation that Sen. Barack Obama leaked a written prayer he placed in the Western Wall during his visit to Jerusalem. While a spokesman for Ma'ariv reportedly told other Israeli publications that the Obama campaign approved the publication of the prayer and that Obama gave copies of it to the media before he went to the Western Wall, The New Republic's Zvika Krieger wrote in a blog post: "I finally heard back from the Ma'ariv spokesman, who denied that the Obama campaign leaked the memo to them or gave them approval to print it, and who disavowed the alleged spokesman who gave quotes to at least four Israeli publications." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310012 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:56:35 EST Toobin: "[I]f there is one public figure in America who has gotten better press over the years than John McCain, I don't know who it is" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230007 Asked on Imus in the Morning about "the press coverage of Senator Obama," CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin responded: "[I]f there is one public figure in America who has gotten better press over the years than John McCain, I don't know who it is." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807230007 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:27:09 EST