http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/bret_baier This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Bret Baier en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240007 Discussing the recount in the Minnesota Senate race between Al Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman, Fox News' Bret Baier asserted that the Franken campaign has been "dogged" in challenging questionable ballots and then aired a photograph of a ballot challenged by Franken, stating: "Franken is challenging this ... ballot, although the bubble beside Coleman's name appears to be clearly marked." However, Baier did not note or display any of the published examples of ballots that the Coleman campaign has challenged which "appear[] to be clearly marked" for Franken or another candidate besides Coleman. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240007 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:09:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811150003 Discussing reports that President-elect Barack Obama is considering naming Sen. Hillary Clinton secretary of state, several media figures have responded with smears, including speculation that Clinton would pursue her own agenda as secretary of state and not Obama's, references to Clinton as Obama's "enem[y]," and speculation that Obama is considering the nomination because if Clinton remains in the Senate, she poses a threat of challenging him for the Democratic nomination in 2012 and can "mak[e] trouble" for him in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811150003 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:20:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070033 On the Fox News special <em>Saving Our Economy</em>, Bret Baier repeated or failed to challenge numerous false assertions about the role of affordable housing initiatives in the financial crisis and Democratic responses to the crisis. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070033 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:23:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010014 Fox News host Brit Hume and correspondent Bret Baier suggested that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were heavily involved in the subprime mortgage market "years ago," and falsely suggested that Rep. Barney Frank has opposed stricter regulation of Fannie and Freddie. Neither Hume nor Baier noted that Fannie and Freddie were not active in the subprime market in 2003, or that Frank has supported and authored bills to strengthen oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010014 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:48:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090011 On numerous May 8 programs, Fox News anchors and reporters promoted the notion that Sen. John McCain is reluctant to discuss his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. In fact, as Media <em>Matters for America</em> has documented, McCain has repeatedly highlighted that experience. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090011 Fri, 9 May 2008 19:36:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090010 Fox News' Bret Baier claimed that in an interview on NPR, "Former Vice President Al Gore says global warming is to blame for the cyclone in Myanmar." In fact, while Gore did discuss the cyclone in the context of global warming, he also stated -- just moments earlier -- that "any individual storm can't be linked singularly to global warming." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090010 Fri, 9 May 2008 18:44:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803150001 On <em>Special Report</em>, discussing controversial statements by Jeremiah Wright, Bret Baier claimed that "it seemed to take Barack Obama a long time to denounce" Wright's statements, while, Baier said, Sen. John McCain denounced controversial statements from his supporters "right away." However, McCain has yet to address controversial comments John Hagee has made about homosexuals, women, Islam, and slavery, or any of the controversial comments by pastor Rod Parsley. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803150001 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:11:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140005 On <em>Special Report</em>, Wendell Goler falsely asserted that "the president is trying ... to get the House to pass a permanent extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA]" and that "[t]he president threw down the gauntlet, said he's not going to accept any more extensions, that this act must be permanently renewed before it expires in two days." In fact, FISA is not set to expire February 15; the Protect America Act's revisions to FISA are set to expire. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802140005 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:23:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709050008 On <em>Special Report</em>, Bret Baier uncritically aired President Bush's statement that "[i]f the kind of success we are now seeing continues, it will be possible to maintain the same level of security with fewer American forces" in Iraq. But neither Baier nor host Brit Hume noted that regardless of the level of security in Iraq -- as Wendell Goler reported on <em>Special Report</em> the previous day -- Bush's "military advisers have told him he can't keep the current deployment in Iraq beyond April or the Army itself will suffer." http://mediamatters.org/items/200709050008 Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:06:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706270002 In a report on the revelation that Vice President Dick Cheney exempted his office from an executive order requiring the executive branch to protect classified materials, Fox News' Bret Baier read a statement from the vice president's office in which it claimed that it "protects the nation's secrets from unauthorized disclosure," but Baier did not mention several recent controversies surrounding the handling of classified information by aides in Cheney's office. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200706270002 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:37:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706210016 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706210016 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:41:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705290005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705290005 Tue, 29 May 2007 14:29:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040015 <em>Washington Post</em> staff writer Peter Baker and Fox News' Bret Baier uncritically quoted President Bush's claim that "it has now been 57 days" since Bush asked Congress for more money to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, neither noted that in 2005 and 2006, the Republican-controlled Congress took significantly longer than 57 days to act on Bush's funding requests for Iraq and Afghanistan. http://mediamatters.org/items/200704040015 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 19:42:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130013 Reporting on allegations by anonymous U.S. military officials that Iran is supplying explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) to Shiite fighters in Iraq, neither CBS' David Martin nor Fox News' Bret Baier mentioned that Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has reportedly said that he has seen no evidence directly linking the Iranian government to the EFPs in Iraq. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200702130013 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:17:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612210004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612210004 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:19:36 EST