http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/books This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Books en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200808250019 On Fox News' <em>America's Election HQ</em>, David Freddoso claimed: "Senator [Barack] Obama says that he is a reformer, an agent of positive change. And looking at his record, though, in Chicago, Springfield, and Washington, I found that he is absolutely -- there's nothing in his record to bear out that claim." However, in Freddoso's recently released book, he specifically credited Obama with two "real accomplishment[s] ... in the name of reform" -- the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, and a 1998 Illinois ethics bill. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808250019 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:53:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220020 Sean Hannity paraphrased a passage from Jerome Corsi's discredited book <em>The Obama Nation</em> that misrepresents a March 2001 speech Sen. Barack Obama gave in the Illinois state Senate opposing a bill amending the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Corsi claimed Obama said that if the bill passed, and "a nine-month-old fetus" that survived a late-term labor-induced abortion was defined as "a person who had a right to live," that it would essentially "forbid abortions to take place." In fact, Obama was not referring to "a nine-month-old fetus"; he was specifically talking about a "previable fetus." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220020 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:58:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200003 In <em>The Case Against Barack Obama</em>, David Freddoso misrepresents findings by the Illinois state government to claim that a statement by Sen. Barack Obama explaining his opposition to a bill that amended the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 was "not true." Obama asserted that "measures mandat[ing] lifesaving measures for premature babies" were "already the law" in Illinois. Freddoso falsely asserts that the Illinois Department of Public Health and a letter from the Illinois attorney general's office refute Obama's statement. They do not; indeed, a reported statement by the Public Health Department supports it. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200003 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:27:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180009 On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Bill Sammon said of falsehoods in Jerome Corsi's <em>The Obama Nation</em>: "Well, the nature of those inaccuracies, I think, is relatively innocuous. ... The first thing on that 40-page document that the Obama camp points out is that the author got their wedding date wrong -- the year of their wedding wrong. OK. Well, that's not a good thing, but it doesn't go to the ideology of Obama." In fact, Corsi's book also includes a number of falsehoods about Obama's policy positions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180009 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:50:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180004 Republican strategist Mary Matalin, head of Threshold Editions, which published Jerome Corsi's falsehood-laden book <em>The Obama Nation</em>, reportedly wrote in an email to Slate.com's Timothy Noah that her role at Threshold is "more akin to a consultant relative to the issue of potential interest among political readers." But according to her own website, Matalin "<em>runs</em> Threshold, a new conservative publishing imprint at Simon &amp; Schuster" [emphasis added]. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180004 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:09:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180001 <em><em>Obama Nation</em></em> author Jerome Corsi's reported cancellation of a scheduled appearance on the "pro-White" radio show <em>Political Cesspool </em>because of a change in "travel plans" raises questions, including why he has previously appeared on the "pro-White" radio show, why he was scheduled to appear again, whether he intends to reschedule, and whether he is willing to publicly condemn the show. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180001 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:26:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150015 Many in the media are challenging Jerome Corsi's <em>The Obama Nation</em>, noting its numerous falsehoods and its author's track record. Their reaction stands in stark contrast to coverage of Corsi's 2004 book, <em>Unfit for Command</em>. The media were sharply criticized for taking too long to challenge that book's numerous smears and falsehoods. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150015 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:00:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150013 Discussing Jerome Corsi's <em>The Obama Nation</em>, Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "numerous times, three times in Illinois voted for legislation that would allow doctors and patients to murder babies who survived abortions and were out of the womb. Radical stuff. Three times he voted for this." Limbaugh misrepresented the legislation Obama voted against, a bill that amended the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 and that opponents said was unnecessary, as the Illinois criminal code unequivocally prohibits killing children, and posed a threat to abortion rights. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150013 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:56:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150011 WorldNetDaily.com founder Joseph Farah asserted that Jerome Corsi was the target of an "attempted media lynching" for his book <em>The Obama Nation</em> and urged readers who were "angry" about it to "[b]uy extra copies of his book and distribute them to your friends." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150011 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:59:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150009 Jerome Corsi's appearance on the July 20 edition of <em>The Political Cesspool Radio Show</em> -- during which he promoted <em><em>The Obama Nation</em></em> and criticized Sen. Barack Obama -- was streamed "Live" on the self-described "White Nationalist" and "White Pride" website Stormfront.org. Prior to Corsi's appearance on the July 20 broadcast, host James Edwards claimed that "most Jews ... regard[] Jews and whites as two different races," and co-host Winston Smith repeatedly referred to Obama as a "mulatto." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150009 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:11:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130007 On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Jerome Corsi claimed that the "whole point" of his book <em>The Obama Nation</em> is that the assertion by Sen. Barack Obama that he stopped using illegal drugs when he went to college is "not reliable." But Corsi does not make that point in his book; rather, Corsi falsely asserted that Obama "has yet to answer questions" about his drug use. Sean Hannity asked Corsi, "[D]o we know if he ever sold drugs[?]" -- though Hannity has previously asserted that such a question was a manifestation of "politics of personal destruction." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130007 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:55:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060012 During an interview with David Freddoso, MSNBC's Alex Witt baselessly adopted a word Freddoso used to describe how Sen. Barack Obama challenged his opponents' qualifications for appearing on the ballot of the 1996 Illinois state Senate Democratic primary for the 13th district, saying that Obama's opponents were disqualified on a "technicality." In fact, one of Obama's opponents in that 1996 race reportedly admitted that he "now suspects" some of the signatures his campaign collected were forged, while another reportedly had some of her signatures disqualified because they were from voters who lived outside the 13th district -- facts Witt did not raise during the interview. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060012 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:18:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050011 The first few pages of David Freddoso's book, <em>The Case Against Barack Obama</em>, are marked by false and misleading assertions about Sen. Barack Obama, accompanied by dubious citations. A <em>Media Matters</em> review of the endnotes reveals that the rest of the book is little different from these first few pages, as throughout the book, Freddoso misrepresents or distorts his sources and even makes assertions that are actually refuted by sources he cites. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050011 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:54:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050010 In <em>The Obama Nation</em>, Jerome Corsi writes that Sen. Barack Obama "has yet to answer" the question of whether "he stopped using marijuana and cocaine completely in college." But on <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>, Jerome Corsi contradicted that assertion, stating that Obama "fully admitted his drug use, both marijuana and cocaine. He says it continued through college." In fact, both of Corsi's allegations are false; Obama wrote in his memoir that he "stopped getting high" shortly after moving to New York City to attend Columbia University as an undergraduate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050010 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:49:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050007 On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Alan Colmes questioned David Freddoso's assertion in his new book that Sen. Barack Obama "thr[e]w all of his opponents off the ballot on a technicality, so that those voters have no choice but to elect him. This is precisely how he first won his state Senate seat in 1996." But Colmes pointed out that the "technicality" that Freddoso described included allegedly forged petitions and signatures reportedly from people who did not live within the district that the Senate seat represented. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050007 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:38:52 EST