Media Matters - Poverty/Welfare

Media Matters - Poverty/Welfare http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/poverty_welfare This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Poverty/Welfare en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Limbaugh mischaracterized accomplishments of '06 Nobel Peace Prize winner, smeared Jimmy Carter http://mediamatters.org/items/200810130013 On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh claimed that Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank Project, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 "[b]ecause he came up with a way to offer loans to poor people who couldn't pay them back." But Grameen Bank's monthly report for August 2008 shows a repayment rate of 98.08 percent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810130013 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:07:29 EST O'Reilly claimed Americans "have a very high standard of living" because "[e]ven the poor have color televisions and pretty much everything they need" http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200014 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610200014 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:04:53 EST McWhorter falsely claimed African-American child poverty rates decreased under GOP majority http://mediamatters.org/items/200602220011 On Hannity & Colmes, Manhattan Institute senior fellow John McWhorter claimed that the poverty rate of African-American minors has decreased "ever since 1996," a trend he credited to "the Republican party, who created welfare reform." In fact, according to U.S. government census data, the poverty rate among African-Americans under 18 began decreasing in 1992 and continued to do so until 2002, midway through President Bush's first term. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602220011 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:17:45 EST Ignoring his recent votes, NY Times "believe[s]" Grassley wants "adequate heating subsidies for the poor" http://mediamatters.org/items/200511140012 http://mediamatters.org/items/200511140012 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:41:56 EST Conservative activist Barton: Are American children poor "because they only have two TVs instead of three?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200511140011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200511140011 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:41:23 EST Limbaugh baselessly claimed people targeted by proposed food stamp cuts "aren't using them anyway" http://mediamatters.org/items/200510240016 http://mediamatters.org/items/200510240016 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:47:47 EST Boortz: Faced with an impending national disaster, "we should save the rich people first" http://mediamatters.org/items/200510140006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200510140006 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:22:13 EST Morris spouted misleading poverty, deficit claims in attempt to rebut Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200509230006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509230006 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:49:55 EST Wash. Post issued correction to editorial that hid Bush record on poverty http://mediamatters.org/items/200509220003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509220003 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:16:10 EST O'Reilly used misleading statistics, fiscal falsehoods to defend Bush economic record http://mediamatters.org/items/200509210010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509210010 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:49:25 EST Limbaugh dramatically overstated administrative costs of welfare http://mediamatters.org/items/200509210009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509210009 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:53:02 EST Bozell asserted Clinton claim on poverty was "comical" -- but Clinton in fact understated the true figures http://mediamatters.org/items/200509210004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509210004 Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:24:46 EST Wash. Post editorial's "broad look" at U.S. poverty falsely claimed Bush poverty increases started under Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200509190007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509190007 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:47:29 EST O'Reilly defended false Clinton-Bush poverty comparison as "the only accurate measuring stick" http://mediamatters.org/items/200509160002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509160002 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:58:17 EST O'Reilly cherry-picked census numbers to falsely suggest Bush is better on poverty than Clinton http://mediamatters.org/items/200509140004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200509140004 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:28:10 EST