http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/david_shuster This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: David Shuster en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160015 MSNBC's David Shuster baselessly suggested Sen. Barack Obama "bear[s] a little bit of responsibility" for Jesse Jackson's reported comments about how U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would change under an Obama administration -- even though Jackson is not part of the Obama campaign -- because during the previous debate, Shuster said, Sen. John McCain was "pretty clear" in answering the question of whether the U.S. would commit troops to Israel if it was attacked by Iran, whereas Obama was not. In fact, Obama and McCain gave similar responses in key respects. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160015 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:38:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190008 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, David Shuster stated that Social Security "will run out of money unless we make some major changes, at least in the next several years." In fact, according to the 2008 reports by the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees, Social Security will be able to pay full benefits until 2041, at which point it will be able to cover 78 percent of benefits if no legislative changes are made. It will not "run out of money ... in the next several years," or in 2041. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:58:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150015 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, while assessing a speech on the economy by Sen. Joe Biden, Jon Decker said that Biden does not "help[] his case when he's making the argument on economic issues wearing French cuffs and dressed to the nines. I think that he's really got to connect with these voters." Contrary to the notion that wearing French cuffs may interfere with Biden's ability to "connect with these voters," French cuff shirts can be found for $37.50 on the website of J.C. Penney, a national department-store chain that many voters can presumably "connect" with. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150015 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:18:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300002 On MSNBC, John Harwood described Sen. John McCain's apparent willingness to consider raising Social Security taxes -- a reversal from his previously stated position that there would be "no new taxes" in a McCain administration -- as an example of McCain's engaging in "truth-telling" and "candor." Harwood added: "That's the Straight Talk Express, which people got to know so well about John McCain in 2000." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300002 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:36:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170012 Several media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and <em>The Washington Post</em>, have uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's speech attacking Sen. Barack Obama for "outlining a plan" for Afghanistan and Iraq before his upcoming visit to the region without noting that in the same speech, McCain outlined his own "Comprehensive Strategy For Victory In Afghanistan," but hasn't visited that country since December 2006. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170012 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:39:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140008 In a<em> Hardball</em> report on Sen. John McCain's position on the environment, MSNBC's David Shuster pointed to "taxes" and "immigration" as evidence that McCain has "tangled with conservatives before." But Shuster did not report that McCain has since embraced conservative positions on both of those issues, now supporting the permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts and saying that he would no longer support his own immigration bill if it came up for a vote in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140008 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:57:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280006 Despite the availability of expenditure reports showing that Sen. John McCain's campaign used a corporate jet owned by his wife's company over a seven-month period beginning in the summer of 2007, several members of the media asserted earlier this year that McCain flew coach when the campaign was low on funds. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280006 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:59:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220008 On<em> MSNBC Live</em>, David Shuster presented to Tucker Carlson "a Hillary laughing pen" -- a pen shaped in the likeness of Hillary Clinton's head with a mouth that moves as the pen makes a laughing noise. In response, Carlson stated: "I can't tell you, David, how much I appreciate this, how much I appreciate your going through Chris' mail while he's gone and how much I'm really going to miss that cackle. I hope it goes on forever. It's brought light to my life." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804220008 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:27:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170002 MSNBC's David Shuster asserted that "[Sen. John] McCain also made clear he will continue to insist that Barack Obama stay in the public financing system for the general election as he promised," adding that the issue "could help McCain tarnish the image of Obama's political purity." But Shuster did not mention that McCain may be violating campaign finance laws by surpassing spending limits under the public financing system for the primary period. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804170002 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:48:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110004 On <em>Hardball</em>, while remarking on Sen. Barack Obama's reported request for orange juice after being offered coffee at an Indiana diner, David Shuster asserted: "[I]t's just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, 'Here, have some coffee,' you say, 'Yes, thank you,' and, 'Oh, can I also please have some orange juice, in addition to this?' You don't just say, 'No, I'll take orange juice,' and then turn away and start shaking hands." Host Chris Matthews agreed, "You don't ask for a substitute on the menu." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110004 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:52:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802170001 Discussing both David Shuster's "inappropriate" comments about Chelsea Clinton and their place as part of a broader pattern of sexist remarks by MSNBC commentators, WNYC's Bob Garfield asserted: "It seems that what's happened here has more to do with history than it has to do with the particulars of Shuster's remarks." The Huffington Post's Rachael Sklar asserted, "<em>Media Matters</em>, which gets its teeth into these things and really shakes its head furiously, generated post after post about things that Chris Matthews had said, things that other people on MSNBC had said." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802170001 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:14:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080003 Addressing a remark he made about Chelsea Clinton's work on her mother's campaign -- "doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way" -- MSNBC's David Shuster stated that "last night, I used a phrase -- some slang about her efforts. ... [T]o the extent that people feel I was being pejorative, I apologize for that. I should have seen that people might view it that way, and for that, then I'm sorry." However, Shuster never mentioned the specific "slang" he used in reference to Chelsea Clinton's campaign work, and he falsely claimed that, during the same segment in which he referred to her "being pimped out," he said "Americans should be proud of [Chelsea]" and that "everybody, all of us, love" her. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080003 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:20:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802070002 On MSNBC's <em>Morning Joe</em>, David Shuster asked Clinton campaign chief strategist Mark Penn if it was a "mistake" when he "brought up a word and reminded people of [Sen.] Barack Obama's past drug use" on <em>Hardball</em> in December 2007. But, Penn was not the one to bring up Obama's past drug use; it was Chris Matthews. Matthews, as well as Norah O'Donnell, have falsely asserted that Penn brought up the issue. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802070002 Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:31:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801200006 On <em>Morning Joe</em>, David Shuster responded to Craig Crawford's assertion that the media "tend to gang up on the Clintons" and are "actually a little unfair to them," asserting: "Well, I think some people are certainly unfair. There was another cable-news organization that rhymes with 'clocks' that said that Bill Clinton had completely lost his cool and blown up at a reporter there from Oakland, when, in fact, when you see the clip of Bill Clinton reacting to that reporter, he's just being very firm." http://mediamatters.org/items/200801200006 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:07:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170023 MSNBC repeatedly aired a campaign advertisement from Sen. John McCain's campaign attacking Sen. Hillary Clinton's support for a $1 million earmark for a museum at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival in New York, and other media outlets noted the ad. But none of these outlets reported that McCain had skipped the vote on removing the earmark. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801170023 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:48:11 EST