Media Matters - Jake Tapper

Media Matters - Jake Tapper http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jake_tapper This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jake Tapper en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America ABC's Tapper quoted Boehner's criticism of Emanuel, ignored Graham's praise http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060013 On World News, Jake Tapper quoted House Minority Leader John Boehner's statement that Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who has agreed to be President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, "is an ironic choice for a president-elect who has promised to change Washington, make politics more civil, and govern from the center." However, Tapper did not note that Sen. Lindsey Graham praised Emanuel as "a wise choice," saying Emanuel "understands the need to work together." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811060013 Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:11:31 EST UPI reported McCain campaign allegations that LA Times is "suppressing a video" of Obama and Khalidi, but not McCain's own reported "connection" to the "Palestinian activist" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300014 UPI reported Sen. John McCain campaign's allegation that the Los Angeles Times is "suppressing a video of a 2003 banquet showing opponent Barack Obama praising a Palestinian activist," and quoted a McCain spokesman saying the video "could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi" without noting McCain's own reported "connection" to Khalidi. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300014 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:57:07 EST ABC World News reported on ACORN but ignored voter suppression, including indictment of GOP official in NH case http://mediamatters.org/items/200810150014 On World News, Jake Tapper reported on "accusations of voter fraud" against ACORN workers, noting that "ACORN officials said the primary problem isn't a few phony names on voter registrations, but real voters being prevented from casting their ballots." But World News did not report on the indictment of former RNC official James Tobin and in the past two weeks has not aired any reports on the issue of voter suppression. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810150014 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:43:42 EST ABC, NBC reported on ad of Clinton supporter backing McCain without noting her false suggestion that McCain supports abortion rights http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260024 The evening newscasts on ABC and NBC each aired a portion of a McCain campaign ad featuring Clinton supporter Debra Bartoshevich. But neither noted that at a Republican press conference, Bartoshevich reportedly falsely suggested that Sen. John McCain does not support overturning Roe v. Wade. In fact, McCain's campaign website says that he "believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260024 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:17:12 EST Tapper distorted Clinton comments about her endorsement of Obama to suggest she's not sincere http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260011 In a blog post, ABC News' Jake Tapper cropped a quote from Sen. Hillary Clinton explaining her efforts to persuade her supporters to back Sen. Barack Obama, and cited the words he singled out to suggest Clinton's efforts were insincere. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260011 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:31:03 EST ABC's Tapper uncritically reported McCain's claim that Obama is "anti-troops" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190003 ABC's Jake Tapper reported that Sen. John McCain "has attacked Obama for being ... anti-troops." On-screen, a clip from a McCain campaign ad displayed the text "Against Troop Funding," with several references to congressional votes. But Tapper did not note that McCain has also voted against legislation funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and that Sen. Barack Obama has voted numerous times to fund the wars. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190003 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:58:26 EST ABC's Tapper cited immigration as example of McCain breaking with GOP, despite previously noting McCain's reversal http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130004 On ABC's World News, Jake Tapper cited immigration reform as an example of when "[Sen. John] McCain has broken with his party on controversial issues," omitting the fact, as Tapper himself has previously noted, that McCain said during a Republican presidential debate that he would no longer vote for the comprehensive reform bill he co-sponsored if it came to a vote on the Senate floor. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130004 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:38:47 EST ABC's Tapper claimed that McCain has "work[ed] in a bipartisan way" on immigration, did not note reversal http://mediamatters.org/items/200806050007 ABC News' Jake Tapper asserted that Sen. John McCain has a "[r]ecord of actually working in a bipartisan way and taking risks to do so," and offered immigration reform as an example. But Tapper did not note that in the race for the Republican nomination, McCain reversed himself on a key aspect of immigration reform and said that he "would not" support his own bill if it came up for a vote in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806050007 Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:43:47 EST If Tapper had put down his chicken sandwich and rented The War Room, he'd know that Mickey Kantor did not call Indiana voters "shit" http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020008 Referring to the false allegation that in the 1993 movie The War Room, Clinton campaign adviser Mickey Kantor called Indiana voters "shit," Jake Tapper wrote on his blog: "Were I not currently eating a chicken sandwich at Liberty East Restaurant in Charlotte, NC, while working on a World News piece about the economy and the candidates, I would go to Blockbuster, rent a copy of The War Room and settle this matter as much as possible." Media Matters for America did obtain a copy of the film and does indeed "settle" the matter; Kantor did not call anyone "shit," and he was not referring to Hoosiers when he said, "Those people are shitting." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805020008 Fri, 2 May 2008 19:38:16 EST ABC's Tapper distorted Clinton's comments on NAFTA http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310003 In a blog post, ABC's Jake Tapper wrote, "Campaigning in Indiana on Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, claimed to have been a 16-year vocal opponent of NAFTA." But in the very comments Tapper cited, Clinton did not assert that she had "been a 16-year vocal opponent of NAFTA"; rather, she said she "spoke out" against NAFTA starting in 1992. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803310003 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:24 EST Media run with anonymous claim that Clinton win "will require exercising the 'Tonya Harding' option" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803280013 After ABC's Jake Tapper quoted "an anonymous Democratic Party official" saying that Hillary Clinton's "securing the nomination is certainly possible -- but it will require exercising the 'Tonya Harding option,' " numerous media figures have repeated the "Tonya Harding option" analogy in reference to the Clinton campaign -- some going so far as to assert that it is a specific strategy adopted by the campaign. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803280013 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:22:01 EST Memo to the media: McCain's Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe not his first http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180007 Some in the media have echoed the McCain campaign's assertion that he simply "misspoke" when he said at a March 18 press conference that Iranian operatives are "taking al-Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back." In fact, McCain made the misstatement twice during the press conference, and also made it the day before on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803180007 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:47:13 EST ABC's Tapper, Limbaugh touted Weekly Standard characterization of Obama that is based on false assumption http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120012 Citing Dean Barnett's Weekly Standard piece about a recent speech by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, radio host Rush Limbaugh and ABC's Jake Tapper promoted Barnett's claim that without a teleprompter, Obama is, in Limbaugh's words, "a different guy." However, in claiming that Obama "improvised" or "ad-libbed" and that the audience "saw a different Obama," Barnett provided several quotes that have been part of Obama's standard stump speech since as early as November 2007. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802120012 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:11:06 EST Tapper falsely suggested Bill Clinton proposed "slow[ing] down our economy" to fight climate change http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310009 In a blog post, ABC News' Jake Tapper wrote: "In a long, and interesting speech, [Bill Clinton] characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: 'We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.' " But Clinton did not say that is what has to be done to combat global warming. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310009 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:24:43 EST Tapper noted criticism of Kerrey for using Obama's middle name, but not own unprompted usage http://mediamatters.org/items/200712180001 In a blog post, ABC's Jake Tapper wrote: "Some Obama supporters have asked why former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., who endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., today, mentioned her opponent Sen. Barack Hussein Obama's middle name in remarks published in The Washington Post." Tapper's headline read: "Why Did Bob Kerrey Mention Obama's Middle Name -- 'Hussein.' " While the question is justified, Tapper himself has made unprompted references to Obama's middle name in two prior blog posts and a Nightline report. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712180001 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:50:33 EST