http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/bob_schieffer This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Bob Schieffer en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810180002 On two successive nights, Bob Schieffer asserted that Sen. John McCain will tell voters that Sen. Barack Obama is going to raise their taxes without noting that the charge misrepresents Obama's tax plan. In fact, Obama has proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income taxpayers and raising taxes only on single people earning more than $200,000 per year and families earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810180002 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:18:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070031 On <em><em>Face the Nation,</em></em> Bob Schieffer did not ask Rep. Heather Wilson about a recent Justice Department report that called for further investigation of actions she and others allegedly took surrounding the firing of former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. The report stated that their actions may have constituted an "attempt[] to pressure Iglesias to accelerate his charging decision" in a case and that if attempts to pressure Iglesias occurred, they could constitute obstruction of justice or wire fraud. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070031 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:44:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280005 On CBS' <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer asserted that Sen. John McCain "suspended his campaign" to deal with the Wall Street crisis, ignoring evidence that after McCain announced he was going to suspend his campaign, his ads continued to run; his advisers repeatedly attacked Sen. Barack Obama on cable news networks; and he gave interviews with the three broadcast networks the following day. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280005 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:44:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809080012 In an RNC speech, former Sen. Fred Thompson said of Sen. John McCain, "[B]eing a POW doesn't qualify anyone to be president. But it does reveal character." Similarly, retired Gen. Wesley Clark, in a July appearance on CBS' <em>Face the Nation,</em> told host Bob Schieffer that McCain was "a hero," and that "I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war," but that "I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president." But while Schieffer suggested in July that Clark "denigrate[d]" and "attack[ed]" McCain's "military service," he did not ask McCain about Thompson's remarks during a September 7 interview on <em>Face the Nation.</em> http://mediamatters.org/items/200809080012 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:19:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808300004 On the <em>CBS Evening News</em>, Bob Schieffer asserted that Gov. Sarah Palin is "[s]omeone, you know, who is against earmarks, who is against that bridge to nowhere." But Palin's administration has said it requested federal earmarks in 2008, and she reportedly initially supported the so-called "bridge to nowhere" project. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808300004 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:25:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808030001 On <em>Face the Nation, </em>Bob Schieffer alleged that "[Sen. Barack] Obama's people are trying to denigrate the war hero's military service," referring to Sen. John McCain. Schieffer did not explain which of "Obama's people" he was talking about, but a few days earlier he said that "[retired Gen.] Wesley Clark, who was speaking for Obama, tried to marginalize John McCain's military service" in a June appearance on <em>Face the Nation</em>. In fact, Clark did not "denigrate" McCain's "military service"; rather, he questioned the relevance of McCain's combat experience as a qualification to be president. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808030001 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:02:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070008 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer stated that Sen. Barack Obama "seemed to have a slightly different take" on withdrawing troops from Iraq in July 3 remarks, as compared with a speech he made on March 19. But Schieffer omitted Obama's statement in the March 19 speech that he would set Iraq policy in consultation with military commanders. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807070008 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:27:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708260001 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer claimed that Sen. Hillary Clinton is "saying it looks like ... maybe the surge is working in the sense that there is less violence there." But as <em>Media Matters for America</em> has repeatedly noted, Clinton actually said: "We've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas, particularly in Al Anbar province, it's working. ... We're just years too late changing our tactics. We can't ever let that happen again." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708260001 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:00:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220016 On CBS' <em>The Early Show</em>, Hannah Storm told Bob Schieffer that "[a] lot of people ... took" Michelle Obama's statement "as a slam at [Sen.] Hillary Clinton," adding: "She and her husband both said, 'Not so,' but there is a school of thought that says with a woman running for the Democratic presidential nominee that it may be up to the wives to criticize her because the men can't." At no point did either Storm or Schieffer provide Mrs. Obama's full comments, in which she talked about her own family and did not refer generally or specifically to any other candidates. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220016 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:19:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 In appearances by Karl Rove on Sunday morning talk shows on Fox, CBS, and NBC, not one interviewer asked whether an August 19 <em>Washington Post</em> article was accurate in stating that, according to White House officials, one of Rove's "two basic rules" in putting together briefings for political appointees was "to make sure they complied with the Hatch Act," a federal law that limits political activities by federal employees. As the article noted, "the Office of the Special Counsel ... has concluded that the Hatch Act was violated" during a briefing that was conducted by a Rove aide for political appointees in the General Services Administration. http://mediamatters.org/items/200708200002 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:33:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705140001 Mon, 14 May 2007 10:22:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170007 On <em>Face the Nation</em>, Bob Schieffer did not challenge Vice President Dick Cheney's false claim that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "now has said he's adamantly opposed to any funding for the troops." In fact, Reid voted for the supplemental funding bill that the Senate passed March 29. http://mediamatters.org/items/200704170007 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:14:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704020007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704020007 Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:52:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703030003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703030003 Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:52:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611200007 CBS' Bob Schieffer baselessly claimed that many of the freshman Democratic House members are "conservative"; Tucker Carlson called newly elected Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler "more conservative than most Republicans in the House." In fact, the Democratic candidates who won Republican-held seats in the November 7 midterm elections, including Shuler, have said they support central issues in the Democratic platform. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611200007 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:34:24 EST