http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/cbs_evening_news This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: CBS Evening News en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811250017 On all three network evening news programs, reports on the bailout of Citigroup included interviews with supporters of the deal, but only the <em>CBS Evening News</em> included any criticism of the bailout -- and that criticism came from a source who argued that the bailout was not large enough. None of the reports featured criticism of the bailout on the grounds that it is a poor deal for taxpayers, even though several economists have made that argument. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811250017 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:06:28 EST 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/200810090004 The <em>CBS Evening News</em>, Fox News' <em>The Live Desk</em>, and the <em>Politico</em>'s Jonathan Martin noted Cindy McCain's attack on Sen. Barack Obama that his "vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, none of their reports pointed out that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090004 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:34:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300001 On the <em>CBS Evening News</em>, Bob Orr repeated Republican claims that "[c]onservative support" for the financial bailout bill "evaporated" because of a speech given by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- <strong><strong>without noting</strong></strong> contrary statements by members of Congress, including Republicans. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300001 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:14:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809260004 On the <em>CBS Evening News</em>, Katie Couric uncritically reported that Sen. John McCain "suspend[ed] his campaign so he could be part of the negotiations" on economic recovery legislation. In fact, McCain campaign surrogates continued to appear on cable news networks throughout the day, the campaign's ads also aired, and The Huffington Post reported that it "called up 15 McCain-Palin and McCain Victory Committee headquarters in various battleground states. Not one said that it was temporarily halting operations because of the supposed 'suspension' in the campaign." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809260004 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:03:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809200003 On the <em>CBS Evening News</em>, Chip Reid uncritically aired video of Sen. John McCain claiming that the "crisis on Wall Street, my friends, started in the Washington culture of lobbying and influence-peddling, and [Sen. Barack Obama] was right square in the middle of it." However, Reid did not mention McCain's own ties to the "Washington culture of lobbying." According to a <em><em>Mother Jones</em></em> report, "at least 83" McCain aides, policy advisers, or fundraisers "have in recent years lobbied for the financial industry McCain now attacks." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809200003 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:15:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809110014 The<em> CBS Evening News</em> devoted five minutes, in two segments, to the back-and-forth between the campaigns of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama over Obama's September 9 "lipstick" remark and other McCain attacks before CBS White House correspondent Bill Plante reported of the "lipstick" comments: "The facts: Obama had not mentioned Palin. He was focused on the central argument of his campaign -- that McCain's policies would be no different than President Bush's." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809110014 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:32:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809030019 CBS' Nancy Cordes reported: "Today, the McCain campaign released her voter registration records to prove Palin is a lifelong Republican with no connection to the [Alaskan] Independence Party." But Cordes did not note that Palin addressed the AIP's 2008 state convention in a video message in which she said the group "plays an important role in our state's politics," that she reportedly addressed the party's convention with a video message in 2006, that the McCain campaign has acknowledged that Palin "visited" the AIP's 2000 convention, or that her husband reportedly was a registered member of the party. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809030019 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:41:57 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010011 Several media figures have echoed the sexist notion that Sen. Joe Biden will have to soften his tone and manner in a debate against Gov. Sarah Palin, in contrast with the tougher tone he could take if the Republican vice-presidential nominee were male. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010011 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:31:35 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/200808060002 CBS' Jeff Greenfield reported that President Clinton "offered a decidedly lukewarm endorsement of Obama's credentials," but Greenfield aired only a small portion of a response Clinton gave to the question from ABC's Kate Snow: "Is he ready to be president?" Greenfield did not air Clinton saying: "I mean, I certainly learned a lot about the job in my first year. ... He's shown a keen strategic sense and his ability to run an effective campaign. He clearly can inspire people and motivate people and energize them, which is a very important part of being president, and he's smart as a whip so there's nothing he can't learn." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060002 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:37:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300001 Evening news broadcasts on CBS and NBC failed to cover a new report finding that the actions of top aides in the Justice Department who used political considerations in hiring "violated federal law and Department policy, and also constituted misconduct." ABC's <em>World News</em>, meanwhile, devoted less than 30 seconds to the report. Despite the potential implications for U.S. counterterrorism efforts, all three networks ignored the finding that "an experienced career terrorism prosecutor" was denied a counterterrorism assignment while "a much more junior attorney who lacked any experience in counterterrorism issues and who officials believed was not qualified for the position" was hired instead. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300001 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:08:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290003 CBS' Chip Reid stated, "[Sen. John] McCain says he now supports increased offshore drilling, as do 73 percent of Americans, because, he says, more oil supplies will bring prices down," and went on to claim, "[Sen. Barack] Obama says offshore drilling harms the environment, and looks to the past, not the future." But Reid provided no indication that Obama has directly rebutted the suggestion that "increased offshore oil drilling ... will bring prices down" by pointing to the conclusion of "most experts, even within the Bush Administration," that doing so would not affect gas prices for many years. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290003 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:36:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250008 Numerous media outlets quoted or aired all or part of a statement Sen. John McCain made criticizing Sen. Barack Obama for giving a "political speech" in Berlin while "a candidate for the office of the presidency," but none noted that McCain himself gave a "political speech" in a foreign country last month, speaking to the Economic Club of Toronto in Ottawa, Canada, on a trip paid for by his presidential campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:56:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807240011 In a second omission of a falsehood by Sen. John McCain during his interview with Katie Couric, the <em>CBS Evening News</em> did not air a statement in which McCain characterized the war in Iraq as "the first major conflict since 9/11," apparently disregarding the war in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807240011 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:35:48 EST