http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/norah_o_donnell This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Norah O'Donnell en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240018 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, Norah O'Donnell hosted Mark Williams -- a New York-based radio host and spokesman for the Our Country Deserves Better Political Action Committee -- who took the opportunity to accuse President-elect Barack Obama of "buy[ing] the office of presidency" and of promising to enact "harmful, anti-American policies." This is merely the latest in a string of appearances on MSNBC in which Williams has made baseless and incendiary attacks on progressives. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811240018 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:45:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270010 On MSNBC, Norah O'Donnell aired a montage of what she described as "the multiple times that Barack Obama said 'John [McCain] is right' " during the first presidential debate. Following the montage, O'Donnell commented, "I thought this was a debate." In fact, in nearly all instances, Obama was actually criticizing McCain after first noting a point of agreement on the topic Obama was discussing. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270010 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:48:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020019 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, Norah O'Donnell did not challenge Transportation Secretary Mary Peters' claim that if Sen. Barack Obama really stood by his denunciation of any public discussion of Gov. Sarah Palin's children, "he would put a stop to everything that's going on in the liberal blogosphere." O'Donnell did not ask Peters how Obama "would put a stop" to what is being written by people unconnected to his campaign, nor did she note that commenters on McCain's own website have posted falsehoods and smears about Obama. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020019 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:39:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260027 Norah O'Donnell asked Mike Barnicle, regarding the Democratic National Convention, "[W]hy not position a senator, like Claire McCaskill, up there for five minutes and let her throw some red meat out to the crowd?" In fact, McCaskill did speak on the first night of the convention and did repeatedly criticize Sen. John McCain and President Bush, but MSNBC didn't air her speech during its live coverage. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260027 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:54:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220004 MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell falsely asserted that James Baker has taken the position that there must be preconditions before the United States enters into talks with Iran. In fact, at a forum in March, Baker said that he favors the United States negotiating with Iran "without preconditions" over how to handle Iraq, just as the United States had engaged Iran in discussions "about our common interest in a stable Afghanistan" from 2001 to 2003. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805220004 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:38:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270006 A day after falsely claiming that Sen. John McCain "called for Don Rumsfeld's resignation," MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell issued a "clarification," saying: "Yesterday, I suggested that John McCain had called for Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation in the past. In fact, what McCain had said repeatedly was that he lacked confidence in Rumsfeld. But he did not directly call for Rumsfeld to step down back when Rumsfeld was still in office." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803270006 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:27:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803260006 On MSNBC, Norah O'Donnell falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain "called for [former Defense Secretary] Don Rumsfeld's resignation." In fact, McCain did not call for Rumsfeld to resign; he said the decision about whether Rumsfeld should leave was the president's. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803260006 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:42:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712140011 On the December 13 edition of <em>Tucker</em>, Norah O'Donnell asserted that during the same day's <em>Hardball</em>, Clinton adviser Mark Penn "once again brought up cocaine -- twice" in relation to Sen. Barack Obama and later claimed that Penn "on his own brought up cocaine." In fact, the entire <em>Hardball</em> segment was devoted to controversial remarks regarding Obama's past drug use made by Clinton's campaign co-chair, who later resigned. Chris Matthews explicitly asked Penn at least three distinct questions about the topic, and Penn had offered at least two specific responses before he used the word "cocaine." http://mediamatters.org/items/200712140011 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:55:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711280001 MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell aired a clip of a television ad by the Fred Thompson campaign, in which Thompson is described as a "courageous reformer, fighting corruption in both parties" who "[h]elp[ed] to expose the truth during Watergate." But rather than address the content of Thompson's ad -- contrary to the ad's claims, Thompson leaked key information to the office of then-President Richard Nixon about the Watergate investigation and reportedly canceled his 1997 Senate hearings on allegations of improper campaign fundraising before Democrats were able to present evidence of Republican wrongdoing -- O'Donnell went on to ask Thompson supporter Liz Cheney, "How well does Fred Thompson have to do in Iowa?" <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200711280001 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:49:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707200001 Regarding the Mitt Romney campaign's $300 makeup expenditure, NBC News' First Read blog advised readers on July 17 to "look for [John] Edwards supporters to use this as a test to see if the MSM [mainstream media] covers Romney as harshly as Edwards was." Despite that admonition, a July 19 <em>Today</em> report on candidate expenditures mentioned Edwards' $400 haircuts, but not Romney's makeup purchases. http://mediamatters.org/items/200707200001 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:11:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260015 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260015 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:54:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260011 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:52:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704240004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704240004 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:10:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703280004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703280004 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:59:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200702050010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200702050010 Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:56:05 EST