Media Matters for America summary, October 25, 2007
 
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 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/propaganda_noise_machine?src=other">Propaganda/Noise Machine</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250003?src=other">O'Reilly again ignored CNN and MSNBC coverage of Medal of Honor ceremony in attacking media</a></b><br />
A day after accusing CNN and MSNBC of ignoring the
Medal of Honor ceremony for Lt. Michael Murphy during
prime time, Bill O'Reilly once again blasted the two
networks for their lack of coverage
of the event, asserting, "It's just another example of anti-military
media matters in the USA."
However, although CNN and MSNBC did not report on the story during the 8-11
p.m. ET prime-time period, on the day the family received the honor, MSNBC
reported on Murphy at least five times throughout the day, broadcasting the
award ceremony live; and CNN covered the story on at least seven distinct
occasions. 



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<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250003?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250002?src=other">O'Reilly:  "[S]tudies indicate ... most teachers ... bring in a anti-American viewpoint to the  sense that they don't preach about the nobility of America"</a></b><br />
During the October 24 edition of his 
Fox News show, <a href="http://mediamatters.org//issues_topics/people/billoreilly?f=h_hot" title="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/billoreilly?f=h_hot">Bill 
O&#39;Reilly</a> asserted: "[I]t seems to me, and the studies 
indicate, that most teachers -- high school and college in the United 
States -- are left-wingers. That they bring in 
a anti-American viewpoint to the sense that they don&#39;t preach about the nobility 
of America, they teach about the 
deficits. Now, I think you have to teach both." O&#39;Reilly made his comments 
during the "Culture War" segment of his show, which he introduced by saying, 
"[W]ith many public schools teaching diversity, tolerance, and self-esteem 
rather than history, civics, and geography, lots of American kids know little or 
nothing about their country, including what they owe their country." O&#39;Reilly 
then aired a video clip showing students answering questions such as, "What do 
you think it means to be an American?" After airing the clip, O&#39;Reilly stated: 
"We went out random. You know, just, we didn&#39;t do any study -- just pulled the 
kids between 13 and 17 with target audience of my book." 

<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250002?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/200710250005?src=other">Bill "everybody's got to relax on all this gay stuff" O'Reilly keeps talking about J.K. Rowling's gay wizard</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediamatters.org%2Fissues_topics%2Fpeople%2Fbilloreilly%3Ff%3Dh_hot" title="http://www.mediamatters.org/issues_topics/people/billoreilly?f=h_hot">Bill
O&#39;Reilly</a> -- who, as <i>Media Matters
for America</i> previously <a href="http://mediamatters.org//items/200708170005?f=h_latest">noted</a>, said on
the August 15 edition of his Fox News show, "I think everybody&#39;s got to
relax on all this gay stuff" --
repeatedly discussed the <a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2007%2FSHOWBIZ%2Fbooks%2F10%2F20%2Fharry.potter.ap%2F" title="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/harry.potter.ap/">recent
revelation</a> by J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling <i>Harry Potter</i> series, that a primary
character in the books, Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, is gay.
O&#39;Reilly talked about the revelation with co-host E.D. Hill on the
October 22 edition of his radio show and again on two consecutive nights on his
television program: on October 23 with <i>Entertainment
Weekly</i> senior editor Tina Jordan, and the following night with
comedian Dennis Miller. 
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250005?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/200710250006?src=other">Beck  falsely clamed "the globe was the hottest" in 1934 -- it was actually 2005</a></b><br />
Glenn Beck declared that "the globe was the hottest" in 1934; in fact, according 
to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the hottest year on Earth was 
actually 2005, and 1934 -- now designated the hottest year on record in the U.S. 
after a revision in climate data -- does not even rank among the globe's five 
warmest years. Beck also suggested that the statistic "was, I believe, 
intentionally distorted by the guy the left holds up as the scientist on global 
warming," an apparent reference to GISS director James Hansen. In August, the GISS 
revised historical climate data because 
"the monthly 
more-or-less-automatic updates of our global temperature analysis had a flaw in 
the U.S. data."

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<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250006?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/taxes?src=other">Taxes</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250007?src=other">Fox  News on Democratic tax proposal: "Will it kill incentive to strive for  success?"</a></b><br />
On the October 25 
edition of Fox News&#39; <i>Your World</i>, 
host Neil Cavuto introduced a segment on the Democratic <a href="http://mediamatters.org//rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fla-fi-taxes26oct26%2C1%2C3014599.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-headlines-business%26track%3Dcrosspromo" title="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-taxes26oct26,1,3014599.story?coll=la-headlines-business&amp;track=crosspromo">tax proposal</a> authored by House Ways and 
Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) by saying that "[i]t is being called the 
mother of all tax hikes" and asking: "So are these tax hikes going to stop 
people from striving for success?" During the ensuing discussion, with Fox 
Business Network anchor Cheryl Casone, conservative radio host Ben Ferguson, and 
<i>Nation</i> writer Ari Melber, 
neither Cavuto nor his guests addressed whether the tax plan will "stop people 
from striving for success," though the on-screen text for most of the segment 
read: "Dem tax plan: Will it kill incentive to strive for 
success?"
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710250007?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>

<h1><a href="http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/natural_disasters?src=other">Natural Disasters</a></h1>
<p><b><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710260001?src=other">Sammon and  Kondracke blamed state and local governments for Katrina response in  Louisiana</a></b><br />
During the "All-Star Panel" segment on <em>Special Report</em>, the <em>Washington Examiner</em>'s Bill Sammon and 
<em>Roll Call</em>'s Mort Kondracke blamed 
the Louisiana 
state and local governments for their handling of Hurricane Katrina while 
excusing or ignoring the failures of the federal government. Sammon concluded 
that "to the extent that anybody failed [during Katrina], I think it was state 
and local, and in this case [the California wildfires], the state and locals 
have stepped up." However, two congressional reports -- while not excusing the state and local governments -- extensively detailed the federal government's failures in its preparation for and response to Katrina.
<a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200710260001?src=other" class="read">Read more</a></p>




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