Media Matters - Elizabeth Vargas

Media Matters - Elizabeth Vargas http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/elizabeth_vargas This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Elizabeth Vargas en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America On Iraq war fifth anniversary, NBC and ABC failed to point out that administration's original justifications for war have been debunked http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210009 In their coverage of the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, Nightly News and World News did not mention once that the Bush administration's original justifications for going to war -- including its assertions that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq had operational links to Al Qaeda -- have been repeatedly debunked or discredited. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210009 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:07:24 EST Media ignore facts undermining "Reaganesque" Fred Thompson's image as anti-Washington populist http://mediamatters.org/items/200706050006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706050006 Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:54:58 EST ABC, CBS presented immigrant rights as a "passionate" and "personal" issue for Bush; ignored White House support of criminalization http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190007 In reporting on President Bush's visit to Arizona to promote his immigration reform proposals, ABC World News Tonight anchor Elizabeth Vargas and CBS White House correspondent Bill Plante claimed that Bush was "passionate" about "allowing migrants a chance" but completely ignored the fact that the White House reportedly supported a controversial immigration bill proposed by Rep. 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James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) that would have made it a felony to be an illegal resident of the United States. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190007 Fri, 19 May 2006 14:20:44 EST Vargas reported Bush's claims about tax cuts, omitted critics' views http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190001 On ABC's World News Tonight, anchor Elizabeth Vargas noted President Bush's claim that dividend and capital gains tax cuts passed in 2003 "have helped expand the economy and create jobs," but she omitted any mention of critics who have challenged the administration's claims that the tax cuts were responsible for the recent economic growth. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605190001 Fri, 19 May 2006 09:03:22 EST Vargas revived misinformation commonly reported in 2005 that Social Security will "run out of money" in early 2040s http://mediamatters.org/items/200605030013 ABC World News Tonight anchor Elizabeth Vargas -- repeating a false characterization by the Bush administration that has been repeatedly debunked -- described the revised estimates for when the Social Security and Medicare programs' respective trust funds will become depleted as "the day when the Social Security and Medicare programs run out of money." In fact, neither program would "run out of money" when its trust fund became depleted. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605030013 Wed, 3 May 2006 17:49:17 EST ABC's own report debunked Vargas's claim that Bush "unveil[ed] an ambitious plan to lower the cost of oil and gas" http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270009 On the April 25 edition of ABC's World News Tonight, co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas reported that President Bush "unveil[ed] an ambitious plan to lower the cost of oil and gas." Yet later in the same broadcast, ABC News chief White House correspondent Martha Raddatz reported that the Bush administration "acknowledges that this plan will likely not bring down the price of gas anytime soon." http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270009 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:46:42 EST Vargas omitted unanimous Dem "no" vote on increasing national debt limit http://mediamatters.org/items/200603170009 ABC's Elizabeth Vargas reported that "Congress voted to raise the national debt limit to nearly $9 trillion," but omitted the fact that all Senate Democrats voted against the increase, along with three Republicans. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603170009 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:06:12 EST Persistent amnesia: ABC's Vargas, MSNBC's O'Donnell ignored Bush levee comment http://mediamatters.org/items/200603030001 ABC World News Tonight anchor Elizabeth Vargas failed to note the apparent conflict between a newly released videotape that shows President Bush receiving a warning that New Orleans levees could be topped and Bush's later comment that "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." MSNBC chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell similarly failed to note this contradiction during an interview with deputy White House press secretary Trent Duffy. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603030001 Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:26:42 EST Vargas's interview of Bush on ABC contained false statements, missed opportunities http://mediamatters.org/items/200603010006 During an exclusive interview with President Bush on the February 28 broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight, co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas repeated White House distortions and uncritically accepted Bush's answers -- even though some were demonstrably false. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603010006 Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:09:26 EST