http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/brian_kilmeade This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Brian Kilmeade en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100005 <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> criticized <em>Newsweek</em> for publishing an unaltered cover photo of Gov. Sarah Palin, three months after airing altered photos to smear <em>New York Times</em> journalists for an article about the "ominous trend" in Fox News' ratings. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810100005 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:31:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809220007 <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>' Brian Kilmeade stated that <em>Saturday Night Live</em> executive producer Lorne Michaels has "maxed out on" his contributions to Sen. Barack Obama. But Kilmeade failed to note that, according to FEC filings, Michaels has given at least $5,300 to Sen. John McCain and his Straight Talk America PAC since 2000, including the maximum $2,300 to his presidential campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809220007 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:08:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150007 On <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>, Brian Kilmeade baselessly claimed that Democrats "air-drop[ped] 60 lawyers and investigators into Alaska" to investigate Gov. Sarah Palin. Kilmeade did not cite a source for the claim, but <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>'s John Fund recently claimed that "Democrats have airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers" into Alaska "to dig into [Palin's] record and background." Kilmeade did not mention that the DNC reportedly called Fund's assertion a "flat-out absolute fabrication" and said that neither the DNC nor the Obama campaign sent anyone to Alaska to do research. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150007 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:14:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808270014 During an appearance on <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>, Donald Trump claimed, "The worst thing that can happen [in this economy] is everybody has to pay double and triple the taxes, and that's what [Sen. Barack] Obama is looking to do." <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> co-hosts did not challenge Trump's claim, even though it is false. Obama has proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families and raising taxes only on households earning more than $250,000 per year in income. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808270014 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:14:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070010 On <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>, Brian Kilmeade falsely claimed that "the president of the United States never even said there's a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq," and that "[t]hat wasn't the premise for going in there." In fact, President Bush repeatedly said there was such a link, and that the United States should invade because Saddam might give his purported weapons of mass destruction to Al Qaeda. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808070010 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:11:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180005 On <em>Fox &amp; Friends First</em>, after Gretchen Carlson reported that "<em>The New York Times</em> says shoddy electrical wiring has killed 13 Americans and injured many more," Brian Kilmeade stated: "They had to find the negative story in Iraq?" When Carlson again discussed the <em>Times</em> story on <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>, Kilmeade stated: "So, this is America bad?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180005 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:53:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030002 MSNBC and <em>Editor &amp; Publisher</em> have noted that <em><em>Fox &amp; Friends</em></em> featured photos of<em> <em>New York Times</em></em> reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered. But Fox News has yet to address the controversy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030002 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:31:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020002 During a segment in which<em> Fox &amp; Friends</em> co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled <em>New York Times</em> reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe "attack dogs," Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's hair moved further back on his head. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020002 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:53:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260006 On <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>, Brian Kilmeade, who previously falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "[e]vidently ... went to a madrassa" as a child, asked his guest: "[D]o you find it insulting at all when Barack Obama goes out of his way to say, 'Hey, I am not a Muslim. I'm a Christian, and let's stop these spread' [sic] as if being a Muslim is bad?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260006 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:57:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280005 <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> aired a clip of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, saying at an NAACP event: "Please run and tell my stuck-on-stupid friends that Arabic is a language; it's not a religion. Barack Hussein Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. Barack Hussein Obama." Correspondent Steve Brown reported that Wright "was actually mocking the people who use Obama's full name to be divisive or derisive." Nevertheless, in later segments, <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> aired only Wright reciting "Barack Hussein Obama." Co-host Brian Kilmeade introduced one segment by saying, "He's back, and he's still supporting Barack Hussein Obama." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280005 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:45:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210008 <em>Fox News Sunday</em>'s Chris Wallace criticized the hosts of <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> <strong><strong>for </strong></strong>engaging in "two hours of Obama bashing" and for "distorting" comments Sen. Barack Obama made about his grandmother in a radio interview on March 20. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210008 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:46:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270008 While discussing conservative radio host Bill Cunningham's repeated reference to Sen. Barack Obama's middle name -- Hussein -- <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> co-host Gretchen Carlson asserted: "[T]he silent thing that nobody is really talking about here is the reason that he was saying the middle name so many times ... is because the connotation is that Barack Obama is a Muslim potentially. His father was a Muslim." Carlson then referred to claims that Obama is a Muslim as "rumors," but neither she nor co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade pointed out that those rumors are false, and that Obama is a Christian. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802270008 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:20:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802150015 Referring to the expiring revisions to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Fox host Chris Wallace asserted that when Sen. John McCain "gets on the campaign trail and says, 'Look, here is a law that was going to provide the tools for the United States to be able to intercept communications of people who want to kill us and Congress went home, the Democratic Congress went home on a break' -- that's going to be a pretty effective weapon to use against the Democrats in the fall." In fact, contrary to Wallace's suggestion, the government has "the tools" to "intercept communications" of suspected terrorists. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802150015 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:39:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710090005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710090005 Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:25:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220010 Fox News' Gretchen Carlson asserted that Michelle Obama was "taking off the gloves and letting loose the claws" in making what "some say ... is a personal attack on Hillary Clinton." Later, co-host Brian Kilmeade stated that Obama "said ... 'If you can't run your own house, then you can't run the White House.' " Kilmeade then asserted, "Many people are saying that she's talking about Hillary Clinton." And on-screen text said, "The Claws Come Out: Mrs. Obama Aims at Sen. Clinton." But Kilmeade and Carlson did not provide the rest of Obama's quote, in which she talked about herself and her family -- not any other candidate -- referring to their efforts to balance campaigning and family life and ensure that their children will continue to "come first." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220010 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:05:56 EST