Media Matters for America summary, August 15, 2007
 
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:03:13 -0400


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<p>Here are today's news items from <i>Media Matters for America</i>, 
click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story.</p>
<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/2008_elections?src=other">2008 Elections</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150009?src=other">Hannity  repeatedly mischaracterized Obama remarks, accused him of "political  missteps"</a></b><br />
On <em>Hannity &amp; Colmes</em>, Sean 
Hannity repeatedly mischaracterized Barack Obama's recent statements about the war in Afghanistan, the use of force against terrorists 
in Pakistan, and the use of nuclear 
weapons.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150009?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150007?src=other">Dick  Morris makes numerous false claims in purported attempt to "correct[]" Bill  Clinton's "syrupy five minute ad for Hillary"</a></b><br />
In a FrontPageMag.com column, Dick Morris purported to offer "corrections" to 
President Clinton's "syrupy five minute ad" for Sen. 
Hillary Clinton. But Morris made no fewer than seven different 
claims about the video or Sen. Clinton 
that contained 
outright falsehoods or are contradicted by other 
sources.

<br />
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150007?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150011?src=other">On <em>Hardball,</em> <em>Time</em>'s Duffy said Dems have alienated  religious voters for the last 25 years</a></b><br />
On <em>Hardball</em>, <em>Time</em> magazine assistant managing editor 
Michael Duffy asserted that "for the last 25 years, Democrats have done 
everything they can to alienate religious voters, faith-minded voters" and that 
"[t]hey did it to woo a 
secular left that they thought didn't want to have anything to do with that." 
But given that some 90 percent of 
Americans say that they believe in God (according to polling, which has been 
consistent over many years), and given that in the last 25 years, Americans have 
elected a Democrat to two presidential terms, and 
a second 
won the popular vote, a 
substantial number of religious voters must be voting for 
Democrats.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150011?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/religious_discrimination?src=other">Religious Discrimination</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150002?src=other">Boortz said  Muslims are "sort of like cockroaches," continued to attack "Media  Myrmidons"</a></b><br />
On his radio show, Neal 
Boortz claimed that because "Muslims don't eat during the day during Ramadan" 
and "fast during the day and eat at night," they are "sort of like cockroaches." 
Immediately following the remark, Boortz said, "I did that for Media Myrmidons" 
-- his term for<em> Media Matters for </em>America.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150002?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/2006_elections?src=other">2006 Elections</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150010?src=other"><em>Wall  Street Journal</em> story on Hastert  retirement left out his role in Mark Foley scandal</a></b><br />
In reports about former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's announcement that he will 
not seek re-election in 2008, <em>The Wall 
Street Journal</em> did not mention the controversy over Hastert's 
handling of the House page scandal, in contrast with <em>The Washington Post</em> and <em>The New York Times</em>, which did note that 
Hastert was involved, but glossed over pertinent details.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150010?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/lgbt_issues?src=other">LGBT Issues</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150008?src=other">O'Reilly  claimed poll shows most Americans "won't vote" for candidate endorsed by "a gay  rights group"</a></b><br />
During the August 13 
edition of Fox News&#39; <i>The O&#39;Reilly 
Factor</i>, discussing the recent Democratic 
presidential candidates&#39; appearance on the gay and lesbian-oriented cable 
channel <a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?http://www.logoonline.com/" title="http://www.logoonline.com/">Logo</a>, host Bill O&#39;Reilly claimed that "a 
new poll" -- which he said was issued by "Pew Research or something like that" 
-- "says that most 
Americans won&#39;t vote for you if you get an endorsement by a gay rights group." 
In response, Fox News correspondent Kirsten Powers asserted, "I have to say I 
find that very difficult to believe. Maybe if they&#39;re asked that question in a 
poll, but most Americans don&#39;t have any idea who&#39;s endorsing candidates." 
O&#39;Reilly responded: "OK, but say a gay -- the question posed, &#39;If a gay rights 
organization endorses you, would that make you more or less likely to vote?&#39; 
[sic] And most Americans said less likely." 
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150008?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/terrorism?src=other">Terrorism</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150005?src=other">Olbermann named Fox's Gibson "Worst Person" for mocking Stewart's "heartfelt anguish" after 9-11</a></b><br />
During the August 14 edition of
MSNBC&#39;s <i>Countdown</i>, host
Keith Olbermann named Fox News&#39; John Gibson the "winner" of
his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for, as <i>Media Matters for America</i> <a href="http://mediamatters.org//items/200708140001?f=h_latest">documented</a>, mocking comedian and <i>Daily Show</i> host Jon
Stewart&#39;s expression of grief in response to the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks. Olbermann stated that Gibson "played a tape of
comedian Jon Stewart&#39;s heartfelt anguish from September 20th, 2001, as a
New Yorker who lived near the Trade
 Center, and Gibson and
his producer mocked it. He called it Jon Stewart sobbing. That idiot sidekick
called Stewart a, quote, &#39;phony.&#39; " Olbermann added:
"Secondly, Gibby: Jon Stewart&#39;s expression of pain after 9-11 and
yours, Gibby, and mine -- that was the unity. And no matter what kind of
administration propagandist I think you are and how I&#39;ll mock you for it,
I would never doubt the sincerity of your pain. You&#39;ve got a lot of damn
nerve doubting the sincerity of anybody else&#39;s."
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150005?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/propaganda_noise_machine?src=other">Propaganda/Noise Machine</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150004?src=other">Gibson: "The war  on Gibson is real" and "it's  pursued every day"</a></b><br />
On his August 14 radio show, Fox News' John Gibson stated that he and his show's 
executive producer, "Angry Rich," are "being attacked on a liberal website" -- 
<em>Media Matters for America</em> -- 
because "[w]e played some audio of Jon Stewart crying after 9-11." Gibson also 
said that <em>Media Matters</em> "attacked 
me and 'Angry Rich' for an unfortunate turn of the phrase last week," referring 
to the comment "Angry Rich" made that John Edwards "whored his wife's cancer as 
a fundraising gimmick."
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200708150004?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>




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