Media Matters - Brit Hume

Media Matters - Brit Hume http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/brit_hume This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Brit Hume en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Politico article on Obama's recent church attendance ignored Bush's sporadic attendance as president http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240019 In an article headlined "Obama skips church, heads to gym," Politico reported, "On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at a Chicago gym," and also asserted, "Both President-elect George W. Bush and President-elect Bill Clinton managed to attend church in the weeks after they were elected." However, Politico ignored numerous reports that Bush attended church infrequently over the past eight years and did not belong to a Washington congregation. Politico's report was echoed by other media, including Fox News and the syndicated radio show The War Room with Quinn & Rose. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240019 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:17:07 EST WSJ, Fox News' Hume and Hannity repeated baseless "car ballot" story to suggest vote tampering by MN officials http://mediamatters.org/items/200811130007 The Wall Street Journal, Sean Hannity, and Brit Hume advanced rumors that 32 absentee ballots in Minnesota's Senate election were left in a car and mishandled, suggesting that election officials may have tampered with votes in an effort to benefit Al Franken. The claims followed similar allegations by Coleman campaign lawyer Fritz Knaak. However, none of the three mentioned that Knaak reportedly said later, "It does not appear that there was any ballot-tampering, and that was our concern." Further, election officials have repeatedly said the ballots were sealed and held in a secure location until they were counted. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811130007 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:38:30 EST Hume's report citing LA Times article on Khalidi event omitted Times' report that Obama "called for finding common ground" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290013 Reading from a Los Angeles Times article, Fox News' Brit Hume stated regarding a 2003 going-away party for then-University of Chicago history professor Rashid Khalidi attended by Sen. Barack Obama: "A special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Senator Barack Obama. Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife and conversations that had challenged his thinking." But Hume did not note that the Times article also reported that "Obama adopted a different tone in his comments and called for finding common ground." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290013 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:30:17 EST Fox News hosts, NY Post repeated report of Sarkozy comments about Obama, without noting French Embassy dismissed report as "groundless" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290011 Special Report host Brit Hume, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson, and New York Post writer Geoff Earle uncritically repeated a report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz that French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Sen. Barack Obama's position on Iran "utterly immature" and "formulations empty of all content" without noting that the French Embassy issued a statement calling the Haaretz report about Sarkozy's comments "groundless." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290011 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:42:12 EST Hume furthered capital gains tax assertion disputed by economists http://mediamatters.org/items/200810190002 In criticizing Sen. Barack Obama's "mindset about taxes," Fox News' Brit Hume said that "when you've lowered [capital gains tax rates] in the past, you get a gusher of revenue, because people go ahead and take their capital gains and the revenues go up." However, in suggesting that cuts in the capital gains tax result in greater revenue, Hume did not note that many economists have challenged the idea that tax revenue increases over the long term as a result of cuts in the capital gains tax rate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810190002 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:43:12 EST Hume reported Michelle Obama's "cute" comment without noting that she also said, "I'm talking about me" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180026 While reporting on Michelle Obama's appearance at a women's roundtable in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brit Hume said, "While not directly mentioning Sarah Palin by name, Obama said, quote, 'People shouldn't make a decision this time based on, "I like that guy," or, "She's cute." ' " However, Hume did not note that Obama said "I'm talking about me" following her comment. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180026 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:26:14 EST Hume falsely claimed Obama "contradicted what he wrote in his book" about town hall meetings http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260005 On Special Report, Brit Hume falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "contradicted what he wrote in his book" about town hall meetings and quoted from Obama's book The Audacity of Hope, in which Obama wrote: "One of my favorite tasks of being a senator is hosting town hall meetings." But contrary to Hume's assertion, Obama has hosted 18 town hall meetings in the past two months. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806260005 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:50:35 EST Hume: "[W]e regret the error" in report of Jerusalem Post story about Obama's half brother http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250005 On Special Report, Brit Hume issued a correction following his false claim that Sen. Barack Obama's half brother had told The Jerusalem Post that Obama had a "Muslim background." But while Hume suggested that his only "error" was in repeating a flawed report in the Post, he did not acknowledge that he had falsely claimed Malik Obama had spoken with The Jerusalem Post. The Post did not claim that Malik Obama spoke to the newspaper; the article indicated that Malik Obama gave an interview to Israel's Army Radio, not the Post. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250005 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:16:49 EST Hume claimed Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent," ignored Gore's response that it's all "green power" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 On Special Report, citing purported findings by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Brit Hume claimed that Al Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent" since environmentally friendly renovations were completed on his home. Hume offered no response from Gore. Responding to the charge, a Gore spokeswoman stated that "[w]hen [the Gores] do use power, it's green power." According to the Tennessee Valley Authority, green power "create[s] less waste and pollution" than standard electricity. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:40:16 EST Hume falsely claimed Obama's half brother told The Jerusalem Post that Obama had a "Muslim background" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180008 On Special Report, Brit Hume stated that Malik Obama, Sen. Barack Obama's half brother, "tells The Jerusalem Post that 'if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background.' " In fact, the article to which Hume was apparently referring indicated that Malik Obama did not speak directly with the Post but, rather, gave an interview to Israel's Army Radio. Moreover, nowhere in audio of the interview that ABC's Jake Tapper posted did Malik Obama assert that Obama "will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180008 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:42:41 EST CNN, Fox News falsely suggested Senate report finding Bush administration "misled Americans" about Iraq-Al Qaeda link was approved only by Dems http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060002 CNN's Carol Costello and Ed Henry, and Fox News' Brit Hume falsely suggested that only the Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approved the committee's June 5 "Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information." In addition to the committee's Democrats, Republican Sens. Chuck Hagel and Olympia Snowe endorsed the report and stated that it "accomplished its primary objective." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060002 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:47:15 EST Wash. Post, Special Report reported Hagee's apology to Catholics, without noting his other smears http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003 In reports about televangelist John Hagee's apology for his anti-Catholic remarks, neither The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear nor Fox News' Brit Hume mentioned that Hagee -- whose endorsement Sen. John McCain has acknowledged seeking -- also has made controversial statements about women, race, homosexuality, and Islam. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:20:09 EST Olbermann named Kristol "Worst Person" "runner-up," McCain and Hume the "winners" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250009 On the March 24 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, Keith Olbermann named New York Times columnist William Kristol the "runner-up" and Sen. John McCain and Fox News' Brit Hume the "winners" in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250009 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:05:51 EST Citing his experience, This Week, Fox News Sunday panelists excuse McCain's Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230003 The Washington Post's George Will asserted that Sen. John McCain's admittedly false claim that Iran is training Al Qaeda is "[n]ot damaging at all" to McCain, "because people say it's a given that this man knows what he's talking about." Similarly, The Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman asserted that "I don't think many people believe" "the argument that McCain doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to foreign policy." But neither Will nor Zuckman noted that McCain has made that error more than once. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230003 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:42:10 EST Gingrich, Hume criticize Obama for invoking his grandmother in the context of Wright http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180006 Responding to Barack Obama's noting, in addressing controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, that his white grandmother had "uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes," Newt Gingrich said on Fox News: To reduce a 20-year relationship with a public figure to his grandmother is just wrong. It's emotionally powerful, but it's just wrong." Separately, Fox News' Brit Hume said of Obama's statement: "[S]ome may find it deceptive, but ... it was pretty clever." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180006 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:17:30 EST