Media Matters for America summary, September 29, 2007
 
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:03:03 -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/200709290002?src=other">AP misrepresented context of Limbaugh "phony soldiers" comment</a></b><br />
A September 28 Associated Press
<a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-vRIhBhuAYqV3XCsSzY3_sWyFWgD8RUQJB80" target="_blank">
article</a> about comments made by
<a href="http://mediamatters.org//issues_topics/people/rushlimbaugh?src=other" target="_blank" title="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/rushlimbaugh">
Rush Limbaugh</a>
on his September 26 radio show
 -- in which,
 as <a href="http://mediamatters.org//items/200709270010?src=other" target="_blank" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270010?offset=60&amp;show=1#comments">
documented</a> by 
<i>Media Matters for America</i>,
 he called service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq "phony soldiers"
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reported:
"In a transcript of Thursday&#39;s show posted on his Web site, Limbaugh
said the comment followed a discussion of Jesse Macbeth, who was
sentenced to five months in prison earlier this month for collecting
more than $10,00 [sic] in benefits to which he was not entitled." In
fact, the "phony soldiers" comment did not "follow a discussion of
Jesse
Macbeth"; Limbaugh
 did not mention MacBeth on the September 26 radio show until 1 minute and 50 seconds after his "phony soldiers" comment, as
<i>Media Matters</i> <a href="http://mediamatters.org//items/200709280009?src=other" target="_blank" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200709280009?f=h_top">noted</a>.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200709290002?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>




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