Media Matters - Los Angeles Times

Media Matters - Los Angeles Times http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/los_angeles_times This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Los Angeles Times en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America LA Times, AP repeated McCain campaign misinformation about Obama's tax plan http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240005 The Los Angeles Times reported without challenge Sen. John McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama plans to "raise taxes on small businesses." In fact, the number of taxpayers declaring small business income who would see a tax increase in 2009 under Obama's plan is less than two percent, according to estimates by the Tax Policy Center. Additionally, the AP reported an RNC spokesman's claim that Obama "will raise taxes," without noting that Obama has proposed raising taxes only on individuals earning more than $200,000 per year and families earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240005 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:34:48 EST LA Times reported that McCain "has not budged" from balance budget pledge but didn't report that his chief economic policy adviser has http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230012 The Los Angeles Times reported that "[Sen. John] McCain has not budged from his insistence that he can balance the budget within four years." But in the article, the Times did not note that McCain's chief economic policy adviser backed off the commitment to balance the budget in four years and that McCain has repeatedly shifted on his time frame for balancing the budget. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230012 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:20:56 EST LA Times, Chicago Tribune uncritically reported McCain's misrepresentation of Obama's tax plan http://mediamatters.org/items/200810200004 The Los Angeles Times uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "proposes" to raise taxes on small businesses, while the Chicago Tribune reported McCain's accusation that Obama "clearly wants to" raise such taxes. In fact, as FactCheck.org wrote in response to a prior McCain claim that Obama would increase taxes on small-business owners: "[T]he overwhelming majority of those small-business owners would see no increase, because they earn too little to be affected." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810200004 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:08:54 EST Ignoring its own reporting, LA Times didn't note McCain's shifting time frame for balancing budget http://mediamatters.org/items/200810120003 The Los Angeles Times reported that Sen. John McCain "advocated for his tax cuts and his plan to balance the budget by 'the end of my term in office.' " But the Times did not note, as it has previously reported, that McCain has repeatedly shifted on his time frame for balancing the budget, originally claiming he would balance the budget in four years, then pledging to do so in eight years, before reversing himself again to return to the four-year pledge. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810120003 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:48:38 EST LA Times debate analysis rehashes gendered notion of Dems as "Mommy Party" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080015 The Los Angeles Times' Doyle McManus recycled a standard gender cliché by asserting that Sen. Barack Obama "seemed to prove" conservative economist Jude Wanniski's theory that Republicans are the "Daddy Party" and Democrats are the "Mommy Party." McManus also uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false claim that Obama "would raise taxes" as president. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080015 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:23:29 EST NPR, LA Times reported Palin's "palling around with terrorists" claim, but not her distortion of NY Times article she cited http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070005 NPR and the Los Angeles Times reported Gov. Sarah Palin's claim that Sen. Barack Obama has been "palling around with terrorists," a reference to his acquaintance with William Ayers. However, neither noted Palin's distortion of The New York Times article she cited, which reported that "the two men do not appear to be close." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070005 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:55:43 EST Media again quote debate attack that Obama "voted against funding the troops" while omitting Dem response http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times both reported Gov. Sarah Palin's attack during the vice-presidential debate that Sen. "Barack Obama voted against funding troops" without noting, as Sen. Joe Biden pointed out in response, that "[Sen.] John McCain voted the exact same way. John McCain voted against funding the troops because of an amendment he voted against had a timeline in it to draw down American troops." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:53:49 EST LA Times cited Palin's "reject[ion]" of Biden for "blame game" response without noting Ifill's question eliciting it http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030015 The Los Angeles Times asserted that, during the vice-presidential debate, Sen. Joe Biden called President Bush's policies toward Israel "an abject failure" and that Gov. Sarah Palin "reject[ed] the way Biden depicted Bush's policies with her line about the 'blame game.' " But the Times did not note that Biden was responding to moderator Gwen Ifill's question specifically asking the candidates to assess the Bush administration: "What has this administration done right or wrong -- this is the great, lingering, unresolved issue, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- what have they done?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030015 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:38:06 EST LA Times reported Vets for Freedom ad attacking Obama over troop funding vote, but ignored Obama's response and McCain's own record http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 The Los Angeles Times quoted a new Vets for Freedom ad that claims, "Barack Obama skipped 45% of Senate votes but did manage to show up to vote against emergency funding for our troops," but the Times failed to note that Sen. John McCain has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- a point Obama made during the first presidential debate when McCain accused him of voting against troop funding. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:02:54 EST LA Times repeated GOP claims blaming Pelosi's speech for bailout failure without noting contrary evidence http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300023 The Los Angeles Times reported that "Republican leaders said they lost 12 votes at the last minute" for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 because of a "partisan speech" given by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and quoted House Minority Leader John Boehner asserting that "we could have gotten there today had it not been for this partisan speech that the speaker gave." However, the Times did not note statements by members of Congress, including Republicans, that Republicans did not have the votes to pass the legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809300023 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:35:23 EST Reuters, AP, LA Times reported McCain ad attacking Obama over troop funding vote, but ignored McCain's own record http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280002 In articles reporting that a McCain campaign ad criticizes Sen. Barack Obama for voting against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Reuters, the Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Times did not mention, as Obama pointed out during the first presidential debate, that Sen. John McCain has also voted against troop funding legislation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280002 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:42:43 EST LA Times reported that McCain "backed" AIG bailout, but not that McCain said he opposed it one day earlier http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190015 The Los Angeles Times reported, "[Sen. Barack] Obama has not taken a position on AIG's rescue, unlike [Sen. John] McCain, who has backed it." But the Times did not point out that the day before the bailout was announced, McCain indicated that he opposed a federal government bailout of AIG, asserting that "we cannot have the taxpayers bail out AIG or anybody else." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190015 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:48:16 EST Media uncritically repeat McCain claim that Obama "will raise" taxes http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050006 In reports on Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech at the RNC, several media outlets uncritically reported McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "will raise" taxes, without pointing out that McCain's own chief economic adviser has reportedly said the accusation is inaccurate or that Obama has in fact proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income families and raising them only on households earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050006 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:00:26 EST Media ignore "bridge to nowhere" falsehood in Palin speech, despite having previously flagged it http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040019 The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post have previously challenged Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that she "told the Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere," but they did not report that she repeated the false claim in her September 3 vice-presidential acceptance speech. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040019 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:47:41 EST Media report Palin's claim that Obama has not "authored ... a single major law or reform" without noting laws he has passed http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040007 Numerous print media outlets uncritically reported Gov. Sarah Palin's claim that Sen. Barack Obama "is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform -- not even in the state senate," without noting that Obama has played key roles in the passage of reform legislation at both the federal and state levels, including a bill that McCain co-sponsored and thanked Obama for his work on. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809040007 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:05:01 EST