Media Matters for America summary, December 16, 2007
 
Date: Sun, 16 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/200712160002?src=other"><em>Wash.</em><em> Post's </em>Balz asserted Giuliani "[a]t odds" with GOP "on abortion, guns and gays," despite moving to the right on those issues</a></b><br />
A <em>Washington Post</em> article by Dan Balz described Rudy Giuliani
as "[a]t odds with the majority of his party on abortion, guns and
gays," but failed to note that Giuliani has shifted his position on these
issues, moving toward more conservative stances on them, since launching his
campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712160002?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712160001?src=other">Russert did not challenge Romney's misleading statements about stem cell research</a></b><br />
On <em>Meet the Press</em>, Mitt Romney claimed Hillary Clinton "<strong><strong>put politics
ahead of people" because "she was one of 28 [senators] to vote against
alternative methods" of stem cell research. In fact, while Clinton voted
against </strong></strong>legislation that would have provided funding
for alternative research measures, but restricted embryonic stem cell research,
she voted for a bill that contained provisions providing for research relating
to "alternative method technologies" and also
expanded funding for embryonic stem cell
research. Romney also touted a recent
"breakthrough" on "alternative methods of
creating stem cells without having to create new embryos" while failing to note
that the senior American scientist involved in the "breakthrough" has
emphasized the need to continue embryonic stem cell research. <em>Meet the Press</em> host Tim Russert did not
challenge Romney on his claims.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200712160001?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>




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