Media Matters, examples of distortions,Liberal Bias.

Friday, October 27, 2006
from website: Media Matters
Examples of Liberal bias.

Carlson praised Kinky Friedman, denounced Ford Jr., over religion-themed ads

Bennett, Christie revived dubious claim that Steele "had Oreos thrown at him" to defend RNC ad former Sec. Cohen called "overt[ly] racist"

Self-identified non-partisan Beck: Democrats taking control of Congress "sounds scary"

Coulter misstated midterm election history, declared Democrats will "go away as a party" if they don't achieve what would be historic gains in House

NY Times falsely reported that McCain denounced controversial Tennessee attack ad

NY Times falsely suggested Lieberman isn't invited to fourth debate; in fact, he refused to participate

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Blitzer: "[C]orrect me if I'm wrong" that controversial Playboy party ad "has now gone away"; in fact, ad still reportedly airing

O'Reilly: "[T]en years ago, nobody [had] even heard" of Iraq

MSNBC's O'Donnell cherry-picked poll to suggest public divided over likely outcomes of Democratic Congress

CNN's Blitzer twice falsely asserted Limbaugh "apologized" for Michael J. Fox attacks

Media uncritically reported Bush's statement that he is "accountable" for Iraq war, even as he continues to pass the buck

CNN's King baselessly asserted GOP Congress has started to challenge Bush administration

Why was O'Reilly speaking at a fundraising event for an organization whose PAC is dedicated to electing "conservative, pro-business" and primarily Republican candidates?

To back up claims of a "liberal media," ABC's Halperin said liberal 527s "spent millions" attacking Bush, but falsely suggested there were no similar groups on the right

Lauer on Limbaugh's Michael J. Fox attacks: "Didn't Rush Limbaugh just say what a lot of people were privately thinking?"

Limbaugh falsely claimed of Michael J. Fox: "[E]very one of his ads is run for the benefit of a Democrat"

Saddam Hussein verdict postponed until two days before U.S. election: Will the media turn a skeptical eye?

Echoing Limbaugh, Halperin greeted Beck to discuss Michael J. Fox by stating: "[M]egadittos. And I just need you to know, I'm not doing this segment on my meds, so watch out"

E.D. Hill paired Michael J. Fox's stem cell ad, RNC ad called "overtly racist" by Republican William Cohen as "negative ads ... one from each side"; let Card claim only "Democrats have a message of negativity"

On Good Morning America, Hannity offered a host of misinformation to attack Michael J. Fox