Media Matters for America summary, September 16, 2007
 
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:03:02 -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/war_in_iraq?src=other">War in Iraq</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160002?src=other">Broder touted Lindsey Graham's desire for "reality-based [Iraq] policy"</a></b><br />
In his September 16 <a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091402050.html">column</a>, <i>Washington Post</i> columnist David Broder
stated that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) "has been an outspoken advocate of the surge strategy --
claiming real success on the ground and urging its continuation." He
later quoted the senator as saying, "I want reality-based policy [on Iraq]."
But Broder ignored the fact that in April, Graham touted "signs of
progress" in Iraq
following his April 1 <a href="http://mediamatters.org//items/200704030012?src=other">visit</a> to Baghdad&#39;s Shorja
market. However, soon thereafter, it was reported that Graham&#39;s
delegation had traveled to the market in <a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/01/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-US-Delegation.php">armored military vehicles</a>
while under <a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/world/middleeast/03mccain.html?ex=1333252800&amp;en=6d4cc90785eb9d17&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss">heavy
guard</a> by more than 100 U.S.
troops and five helicopters.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160002?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160005?src=other">Stephanopoulos understated Dem support for keeping reduced military presence in Iraq</a></b><br />
ABC's George Stephanopoulos said that "even some Democrats have said that's the mission that needs to be done in Iraq over a long period of time," referring to functions of "border security, going after the terrorists, [and] training and equipping the Iraqi forces" laid out by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. But Stephanopoulos understated the extent to which Democrats have advocated such a role for U.S. troops in Iraq; many Democratic proposals have called for keeping a residual force in Iraq to deal with such issues, including a bill that garnered the support of a majority of congressional Democrats earlier this year.<br />
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160005?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160004?src=other">On <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, Wallace failed to challenge Gates' claim that troop withdrawals will be based on "successes"</a></b><br />
<em>Fox
News Sunday</em> host Chris Wallace did not challenge Defense Secretary
Robert Gates' assertion that troop drawdowns "between December
[2007]and July [2008]" will be due to "successes" in Iraq.
In fact, due to strain on the military, the troop reduction would have been
necessary regardless of conditions on the ground.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160004?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></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/200709160001?src=other"><em>NY Times</em> misrepresented Clinton's position on 2002 Iraq resolution</a></b><br />
<em>The</em>
<em>New York Times </em>falsely claimed
that Sen. Hillary Clinton "has always maintained that her support of a Congressional
resolution authorizing the president to use force in Iraq was not an authorization to go
to war." In fact, Clinton acknowledged at
the time that the vote for the resolution could "lead to war," but
she has stated that a vote for the resolution was not a "vote[] for"
war, and that she expected the Bush administration to push for more weapons
inspections in Iraq
before resorting to war.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160001?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/health_care?src=other">Health Care</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160003?src=other">In health-care special featuring mainly free-market advocates, Stossel endorsed Health Savings Accounts</a></b><br />
During a one-hour report on ABC's 20/20 on "America's health-care system," co-host John Stossel interviewed five advocates of free-market approaches to health care but only one advocate of increased government-mandated health coverage. The five free-market advocates were interviewed on air for a total of 6 minutes, 24 seconds, while the lone advocate of a public health system, filmmaker Michael Moore, was interviewed on air for a total of 1:40.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709160003?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>




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