Media Matters - The Washington Times

Media Matters - The Washington Times http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/the_washington_times This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: The Washington Times en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Wash. Times failed to note Chambliss' filibuster flip-flop http://mediamatters.org/items/200812010012 In an article on the Georgia Senate run-off, The Washington Times reported Sen. Saxby Chambliss' suggestion that he would support filibustering judicial nominees if they are, in Chambliss' words, "liberal activist[s]," but did not note that Chambliss previously said that the filibuster of judicial nominations, preventing an up-or-down vote on the nomination, is unconstitutional. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812010012 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:00:14 EST Wash. Times and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review publish false Heritage Foundation claims about autoworker compensation http://mediamatters.org/items/200812010004 In recent days, The Washington Times and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review published op-eds by members of the Heritage Foundation containing the false claim that union autoworkers earn $75 an hour in wages and benefits. In fact, according to General Motors, these claims are based not only on current workers' hourly wages and benefits, such as health care and retirement, but also retirement and health-care benefits that U.S. automakers are providing for current retirees. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812010004 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:01:52 EST Wash. Times cited House GOP accusations of wrongdoing by Holder, but not Dem response http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210015 In a Washington Times article, Jerry Seper repeated accusations in a House Republican report of wrongdoing by Eric Holder -- reportedly President-elect Barack Obama's choice for attorney general -- in the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich. In doing so, Seper falsely suggested that Holder was the author of an email telling Rich's attorney that "the 'timing is good' for Mr. Rich's request for a pardon," and did not report the refutation of the allegations by House Democrats. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210015 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:03:26 EST MRC's Knight reportedly said efforts to lift ban on gays and lesbians in military will result in a "Pearl Harbor moment" http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210007 The Media Research Center's Robert Knight, who is also a columnist for Townhall.com and Human Events, was quoted in The Washington Times as saying that the efforts of activists to lift the ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military will lead to "a Pearl Harbor moment." Knight has previously compared the attacks on Pearl Harbor to the legalization of same-sex marriage in particular. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210007 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:42:03 EST Wash. Times reported on Obama's "association" with Khalidi, but not McCain's http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310021 A Washington Times article stated that Sen. John McCain "drew fresh attention this week to Mr. [Barack] Obama's friendship with Rashid Khalidi" regarding "a 2003 party in Chicago honoring Mr. Khalidi where Mr. Obama gives a speech." But it did not note McCain's own reported "connection to Khalidi": His role as chairman of an organization that awarded a $448,873 grant to an organization Khalidi co-founded. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310021 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:49:54 EST Media repeat McCain's false claims about Obama's health care and energy plans http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300008 The Washington Post, The Washington Times, the Associated Press, and The Hill reported Sen. John McCain's claims that Sen. Barack Obama is "offering government-run health care" and "an energy plan guaranteed to work without drilling," without noting that both claims are false. Obama has not proposed "government-run health care" and Obama's energy plan calls domestic oil and natural gas production "critical to prevent global energy prices from climbing even higher." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300008 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:45:34 EST In column ABC's The Note called a "Must Read," Wash. Times' Pruden joins conservative chorus in misrepresenting comments Obama made in 2001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280015 The Washington Times' Wesley Pruden made several false claims about remarks Sen. Barack Obama made in a 2001 interview on a Chicago public radio station. ABCNews.com's The Note listed Pruden's column among the day's "Must Reads." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280015 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:52:55 EST Wash. Times uncritically reported Graham's claim that Obama did not vote on resolution condemning "General Betray Us" ad http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270005 The Washington Times reported that Sen. Lindsey Graham "said Obama forfeited the respect of the military by not voting on a resolution condemning MoveOn.org's 'General Betray Us' ad denouncing Gen. David H. Petraeus" -- but the Times did not note that Obama did vote for a separate amendment that condemned the ad, an amendment that Graham voted against. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270005 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:52:13 EST Wash. Times reported McCain claim about Obama's response to Lewis statement without reporting what Obama actually said http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230011 The Washington Times quoted Sen. John McCain saying of Rep. John Lewis: "Here, a guy I admire and respect, a hero of the civil rights movement, saying, making a statement that somehow [Governor Sarah] Palin and I are involved in segregationist behavior, I mean, is beyond reason. In the debate the other night, Barack Obama refused to repudiate those remarks." But the Times did not quote Obama's actual comments during the final debate: that Lewis "inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening" at McCain-Palin events and "what had happened during the civil rights movement." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230011 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:00:22 EST Wash. Times uncritically reported McCain "slamm[ed]" Obama "for supporting higher taxes" without noting Obama's plans to cut taxes http://mediamatters.org/items/200810220021 The Washington Times reported that Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin "slamm[ed]" Sen. Barack Obama "for supporting higher taxes," but did not note that Obama has proposed cutting taxes for low- and middle-income taxpayers and raising taxes on only individuals earning more than $200,000 per year and families earning more than $250,000 per year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810220021 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:25:18 EST ABC's The Note lists inflammatory anti-Obama Wash. Times commentary among "Must-Reads" http://mediamatters.org/items/200810220020 In its list of "Must-Reads," ABCNews.com's The Note included a Washington Times "commentary" from W.F. Walker Johanson, in which he wrote that Sen. Barack Obama is a "true wolf in sheep's clothing" and "resembles an anti-American Marxist who believes," for example, that "[m]urdering innocent babies -- through abortion -- is an inalienable 'right.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200810220020 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:22:07 EST Wash. Times' Gaffney made false and baseless claims about Obama's birth certificate, purported "ties" to Khalid al-Mansour http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140018 Washington Times columnist Frank Gaffney Jr. falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "has, to date, failed to provide an authentic birth certificate which could clear up the matter" of "whether Mr. Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States." In fact, even the right-wing website WorldNetDaily found that a birth certificate supplied by the Obama campaign is authentic. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140018 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:55:33 EST Blankley baselessly claimed Franken helped write SNL parody of NY Times reporter suggesting Palin family incest http://mediamatters.org/items/200809240014 Tony Blankley baselessly asserted in his column that a Saturday Night Live sketch portraying a New York Times reporter who writes a story suggesting incest in the Palin family was "written with the assistance" of Al Franken. In fact, Franken reportedly had a role in the creation of a different SNL sketch. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809240014 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:43:29 EST Liddy, Pruden repeat debunked claim that Obama's birth certificate is fake http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280011 G. Gordon Liddy asserted on his nationally syndicated radio show: "[W]e still don't have a birth certificate for [Sen. Barack] Obama. There are claims that he was actually born in Kenya." The Washington Times' Wesley Pruden similarly wrote that a "summer-long controversy continues about when and where the senator was actually born" and falsely asserted that "[t]he Obama campaign has been reluctant to produce a birth certificate." In fact, the Obama campaign has released Obama's birth certificate, and even the right-wing website WorldNetDaily has reported that claims about Obama's birth certificate being fraudulent are false. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808280011 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:32:44 EST Wash. Times repeats McCain campaign's false assertion that Obama "oppos[es] ... tax cuts for small businesses." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190002 The Washington Times uncritically repeated the McCain campaign's false claim that Sen. Barack Obama "oppos[es] ... tax cuts for small businesses." In fact, Obama supports tax cuts for small businesses, including "eliminat[ing] capital gains taxes for small businesses" and "provid[ing] a refundable credit of up to 50 percent on [health care] premiums paid by small businesses on behalf of their employees." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190002 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:20:51 EST