http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/john_mccain This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: John McCain en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811050005 A <em>Media Matters</em> review of the media's coverage of two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. Barack Obama -- his ties to Bill Ayers and Antoin Rezko -- and two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on Sen. John McCain -- his reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors and his association with G. Gordon Liddy -- found that, while the five major newspapers frequently mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko throughout the 2008 election cycle, they rarely mentioned McCain's reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors, and they almost completely ignored McCain's association with Liddy. In addition, the three evening network news broadcasts mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers and Rezko several times, but never reported on McCain's reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors or his association with Liddy. This despite the fact that the media continued to uncritically report complaints by the McCain campaign that they favored his opponent in their coverage of the presidential race. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200811050005 Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:25:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030017 Andrea Mitchell said it was "a great irony, a sad irony, for John McCain" that Hispanic voters are "shifting to Barack Obama" even though McCain "lost his Republican base ... partly on supporting immigration reform." But Mitchell did not note that McCain reversed his position on immigration reform, aligning himself more closely with the GOP base, or that McCain stated that he would not support his own reform bill if it came up for a vote in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030017 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:58:39 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030006 <em>The Washington Post</em> distorted a quote by Sen. Barack Obama in reporting that Sen. John McCain "ma[de] fun of something Obama had told a reporter, 'The only thing I've said with respect to coal, I haven't been some coal booster.' " In fact, Obama said during a January 2008 interview: "The only thing that I've said, with a respect to coal -- I haven't been some coal booster -- what I have said is that, for us to take coal off the table as a ideological matter, as opposed to saying, if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it. You know, that I think is the right approach." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030006 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:05:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030005 <em>The Washington Times</em> falsely suggested that Gov. Bill Richardson said Sen. Barack Obama would raise taxes on Americans making more than $120,000, stating that Sen. John McCain "continued to hammer the Democrat over his plan to tax Americans making more than $250,000 -- a number that has crept down, first to $200,000, then to $150,000 and finally to $120,000." In fact, the number hasn't "crept down," and during the interview to which the <em>Times</em> was referring, Richardson said that under Obama's plan for "those in the middle class, anybody under $250,000, there is no tax increase." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200811030005 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:36:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811020002 On <em>CNN Newsroom</em>, Jeanne Meserve stated that "[Sen. John] McCain, who twice sponsored immigration reform legislation, blames [Sen. Barack] Obama and the Democrats for its defeat in one of his [Spanish-language] ads, though many analysts say both parties bear responsibility." However, Meserve did not note that McCain has since abandoned his support for the immigration bill he co-sponsored, saying during a January Republican presidential debate that he would no longer vote for it if it came up for a vote in the Senate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811020002 Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:10:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811010004 <em>The New York Times</em> quoted McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky saying: "Barack Obama's plans to raise taxes on small businesses and his attacks on Midwestern family farmers have turned off rural voters." But the <em>Times</em> did not point out that less than 2 percent of taxpayers declaring small business income would see a tax increase in 2009 under Obama's plan, according to estimates by the Tax Policy Center. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811010004 Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:10:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310021 A <em>Washington Times </em>article stated that Sen. John McCain "drew fresh attention this week to Mr. [Barack] Obama's friendship with Rashid Khalidi" regarding "a 2003 party in Chicago honoring Mr. Khalidi where Mr. Obama gives a speech." But it did not note McCain's own reported "connection to Khalidi": His role as chairman of an organization that awarded a $448,873 grant to an organization Khalidi co-founded. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810310021 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:49:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300014 UPI reported Sen. John McCain campaign's allegation that the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> is "suppressing a video of a 2003 banquet showing opponent Barack Obama praising a Palestinian activist," and quoted a McCain spokesman saying the video "could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi" without noting McCain's own reported "connection" to Khalidi. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300014 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:57:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300008 <em>The Washington Post</em>, <em>The Washington Times</em>, the Associated Press, and <em>The Hill</em> reported Sen. John McCain's claims that Sen. Barack Obama is "offering government-run health care" and "an energy plan guaranteed to work without drilling," without noting that both claims are false. Obama has not proposed "government-run health care" and Obama's energy plan calls domestic oil and natural gas production "critical to prevent global energy prices from climbing even higher." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300008 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:45:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290016 An October 28 McClatchy Newspapers article reported that Sen. John McCain "hammered" Sen. Barack Obama "as someone who'd ... rais[e] taxes on small businesses, much like the plumbing business in Ohio that 'Joe the Plumber' Wurzelbacher said he wanted to buy someday." In fact, McClatchy itself noted in an October 18 article that Wurzelbacher would not likely see a tax increase under Obama's plan if he bought the plumbing business. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290016 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:32:16 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290005 Fox News' Sean Hannity again repeated the false claim that in a 2001 interview, "Sen. Obama said it's a tragedy, quote, that redistribution of wealth was not pursued by the Supreme Court." In fact, the "tragedy" Obama identified during the interview was that the civil rights movement "became so court-focused" in trying to bring about political and economic justice. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290005 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:04:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280006 <em>The Boston Globe</em> uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's false claim that Sen. Barack Obama proposes to "fine" small businesses that do not provide employee health insurance. While Obama has proposed requiring large businesses that do not provide employer-sponsored health coverage to pay a percentage of their payroll into a National Health Insurance Exchange to help Americans purchase private health insurance, small businesses would be exempt. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280006 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:08:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280005 CNN's Anderson Cooper stated: "On taxes, Senator McCain pledges not to roll back the Bush tax cuts, which Democrats say favor the rich." In fact, it is not just Democrats who say that the Bush tax cuts favor the rich. McCain himself made the same claim in 2001, in explaining his opposition to the tax cuts, a fact that Cooper did not mention. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280005 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:13:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270011 NBC's Kelly O'Donnell, Lester Holt and the AP uncritically repeated the McCain campaign's claims that Sen. Barack Obama is already writing or has already written an inaugural address. The claims are reportedly based on a <em>New York Times </em>article, which asserted that Obama transition chief John D. Podesta "has already written a draft Inaugural Address for Mr. Obama, which he published this summer in a book called 'The Power of Progress.' " But neither O'Donnell nor the AP gave any indication that they had attempted to verify the accusation or obtain a response from Podesta, who issued a statement calling the charge "a complete fabrication." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270011 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:48:27 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810260003 Tom Brokaw did not challenge Sen. John McCain's false claim that under Sen. Barack Obama's health care plan, "[S]mall-business people who have employees without health insurance, that he is going to fine them if they don't have, have the insurance policy that they want, that Senator Obama wants them to have." In fact, while Obama has proposed requiring large businesses that do not provide health coverage to pay a percentage of their payroll into a National Health Insurance Exchange, small businesses would be exempt. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810260003 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:01:10 EST