http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/npr This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: NPR en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170012 In reporting on Sen. John McCain's October 16 appearance on <em>The Late Show with David Letterman</em>, several media outlets noted McCain's response to a question about his association with Watergate break-in figure G. Gordon Liddy that Liddy "paid his debt, he went to prison." However, none of these outlets noted other controversial actions by Liddy, which McCain did not mention, let alone denounce, on Letterman's show, including multiple instances of reportedly advising his radio show audience on the best way to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents -- statements that were reportedly made long after Liddy left prison. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170012 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810070005 NPR and the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> 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 <em>The New York Times</em> 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 http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060013 An NPR news brief and a Reuters article noted Gov. Sarah Palin's recent comment that Sen. Barack Obama has been "palling around with terrorists," a reference to his acquaintance with Bill Ayers. But neither noted that <em>The <em>New York Times, </em></em>in the article Palin cited for her claim, reported that "the two men do not appear to have been close." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810060013 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:50:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270008 An NPR news summary uncritically stated that during the September 26 presidential debate, Sen. John McCain "criticized Obama for not having visited Afghanistan" without noting that, in fact, Obama visited Afghanistan in July. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270008 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:48:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809170012 NPR and CNN reported that Sen. John McCain mocked Sen. Barack Obama for holding fundraisers in Beverly Hills that were expected to raise several million dollars, but neither report noted that McCain himself reportedly attended a fundraiser in Miami earlier in the week that raised several million dollars and held a fundraiser last month in Beverly Hills attended by celebrities. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809170012 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:30:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809170010 NPR's Mara Liasson uncritically reported that Sen. John McCain's campaign is "running this ad claiming she's [Gov. Sarah Palin] been the victim of sexism by Obama." In fact, the ad distorts each of the three Obama campaign statements it uses to make its "claim[]" as FactCheck.org and <em>The New York Times </em>have noted. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809170010 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:58:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120011 On NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em>, Mara Liasson asserted that a new McCain campaign ad "catalogued all of the false or sexist or awful things that Democrats and Obama supporters have said about [Gov.] Sarah Palin." In fact, the ad did not "catalogue[]" any "false" statements the Obama campaign or other Democrats have made about Palin and, as FactCheck.org noted, the ad "distorts" each of the three Obama campaign statements it uses "to make the case" that Sen. Barack Obama is "being 'disrespectful' of Palin." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809120011 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:55:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090015 On NPR, Renee Montagne asked Juan Williams of Gov. Sarah Palin's claims about the "bridge to nowhere": "Is it surprising that she keeps saying that, or repeating that she told Congress, 'No thanks,' on that bridge?" Rather than note that Palin's assertion is false, Williams responded in part by saying: "Well, what they're [the McCain campaign] emphasizing is that she, you know, did eventually turn down the idea without disclosing that early on she was, as you said, campaigning for it back in 2006. ... So, it's a matter of, you know, omission in their view." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090015 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:04:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260018 Discussing Sen. Bob Casey's speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention, both NPR and CNN falsely asserted that late Gov. Bob Casey Sr. was not allowed to speak at the 1992 Democratic convention "because of his opposition to abortion rights." In fact, other Democrats who opposed abortion rights spoke at that convention and at every convention since, so Casey's opposition to abortion rights could not have been the sole reason he was not given a speaking role. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808260018 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:53:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808240005 Media outlets continue to report that Sen. Joe Biden was accused in 1987 of plagiarizing then-British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock without noting that while Biden did paraphrase from a Kinnock speech without attribution on at least two occasions in August 1987, he had reportedly credited Kinnock when previously using the same language. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808240005 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:31:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808110182 On NPR's <em>Morning Edition</em>, Mara Liasson asserted there was "irony" in "a liberal Democrat showcasing his faith." Liasson did not explain what she thought was "ironic" about such an action. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808110182 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:11:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808110177 On NPR, Cokie Roberts asserted that Sen. Barack Obama's vacation to Hawaii "makes him seem a little bit more exotic," and characterized Hawaii as "a somewhat odd place to be doing it," despite also asserting, "I know that he is from Hawaii, he grew up there, his grandmother lives there." Roberts previously criticized Obama on ABC's <em>This Week</em>, stating that Obama's vacation in Hawaii "has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic place." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808110177 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:43:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060007 Reporting on U.S. Senate candidates campaigning at a Mississippi county fair, NPR's Debbie Elliott uncritically aired a clip of one fairgoer claiming that the "[o]nly time we have ever gotten anything out of the federal government was when the Republicans were there." In fact, according to the Tax Foundation, from 1981 through 2005, Mississippi has consistently received more from the federal government than the state's residents pay in taxes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060007 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:29:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160008 NPR's David Welna quoted Sen. Joe Lieberman saying "I don't have any intention" of joining the Republican Party "before the end of this session of Congress," to which Welna added: "Which still leaves unanswered what Lieberman might do in the next session of Congress." But Welna did not note that if Lieberman joined the Republican Party, he would be breaking his promise during the 2006 campaign to caucus with the Democrats if re-elected to the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160008 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:08:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090010 NPR's Mara Liasson asserted that Sen. John McCain, "while never abandoning his commitment to legalization, has begun emphasizing the importance of securing the borders." In fact, McCain's current position -- that "we've got to secure the borders first" -- is not just a change of "emphasi[s]"; it is at odds with his prior position that border security could not be disaggregated from other aspects of comprehensive immigration reform without being rendered ineffective. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807090010 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:40:11 EST