Media Matters for America summary, December 13, 2007
 
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:03:02 -0500

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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/200712140001?src=other">O'Reilly to  caller: "I don't think your assessment" that Oprah's "voting for [Obama] because  he's black" "is wrong"</a></b><br />
On his radio show, Bill O'Reilly took a call from a listener who said, "It sounds 
like [Oprah Winfrey is] voting for [Sen. Barack Obama] because he's black." 
O'Reilly responded: "I don't think your assessment is wrong." In a recent 
speech, after naming several specific actions Obama has taken, Winfrey said: "We 
need a president with clarity and conviction, who knows how to consult his own 
conscience and proceed with moral authority. We need Barack Obama."

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<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712140001?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712140002?src=other">While moderating  GOP debate, <em>Des Moines Register</em>  editor cited McCain's "maverick" reputation</a></b><br />
Echoing the media's common characterization of Sen. John McCain as "principled" 
and "honest" -- and ignoring the various instances in which McCain has fallen in 
line with the Bush administration or the Republican Party establishment -- 
<em>Des Moines Register</em> editor 
Carolyn Washburn, moderator of the recent Republican debate, asked McCain: "Your 
reputation as a maverick has put you at odds with your own party leadership from 
time to time. Give us an example of a time you wished you had compromised to get 
something done instead of holding firm on your ideals."
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712140002?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130006?src=other">O'Reilly: "I  think that Obama needs to answer some questions about his point of view, not only on the  USA, but on a lot of things"</a></b><br />
On his radio show, Bill O'Reilly replied to a caller who said she was 
"disturb[ed]" over an email she received about Sen. Barack Obama, showing he was 
"the only one with his hand not over his heart" during the "Pledge of 
Allegiance," and "over the lapel pin thing," by saying, 
"Well, I think that Obama needs to answer some questions about his point of 
view, not only on the USA, but on a lot of things, and he simply doesn't do it." 


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<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130006?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130010?src=other">Couric did not challenge Giuliani's assertion that "Iran is moving toward" obtaining "nuclear weapons"</a></b><br />
Responding to a question from
CBS' Katie Couric, Rudy Giuliani asserted that "Iran is moving toward accomplishing
the worst nightmare of the Cold War -- nuclear weapons in the hands of an
irresponsible regime. And then they're threatening the use of these
weapons." Although the most recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran concluded with "high
confidence" that Iran
had "halt[ed]" its nuclear weapons program in 2003, Couric did not
challenge Giuliani's assertion or ask him a follow-up question about his
answer.

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<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130010?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/global_warming?src=other">Global Warming</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130009?src=other">Savage: "90  percent of the people on the Nobel Committee are into child pornography and  molestation, according to the latest scientific  studies"</a></b><br />
On his radio show, Michael Savage referred to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, as 
"socialist perverts." He continued: "Why do I call them socialist 
perverts? Answer: because they are. By and large, 90 percent of the people on 
the Nobel Committee are into child pornography and molestation, according to the 
latest scientific studies."

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<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130009?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/polling?src=other">Polling</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130008?src=other"><em>Wash.  Post</em>  claimed "congressional approval ratings ... a notch below Bush's," but <em>Post</em> poll says Dems above  Bush</a></b><br />
<em>The Washington Post</em> reported that 
"Democrats are trying to prove that they can be an equal partner to [President] 
Bush" and that "congressional approval ratings dropp[ed] this week to 32 
percent, a notch below Bush's 33 percent, according to the latest <em>Washington Post</em>-ABC News poll." But 
according to the <em>Post</em>'s own 
polling, congressional approval is not dropping, and the approval rating for 
"Democrats in Congress" is seven percentage points higher than Bush's in the 
latest poll.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712130008?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>




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