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Conservatives distorted Geneva Conventions to defend Gonzales
Following White House Counsel Alberto R. Gonzales's January 6 Senate confirmation hearings, conservatives in the media used a series of ...
Armstrong Williams's conflicting statements on disclosure
Syndicated TV and radio host Armstrong Williams told USA Today that he "does not recall disclosing" his $240,000 deal with the Bush ...
On PBS, WSJ's Strassel exaggerated significance of potential ANWR oil production
Kimberly A. Strassel, a senior editorial page writer for The Wall Street Journal, falsely claimed that "most of the estimates" indicate ...
Good Morning America promised to cut through "white noise" of Social Security rhetoric, but ...
On the January 11 broadcast of ABC's Good Morning America, senior national correspondent Claire Shipman promised viewers that the show ...
Coulter should have stuck with "no comment" on DC inaugural costs
After stating that she didn't know about the Bush administration's refusal to reimburse the District of Columbia for costs associated with ...
Haig's false claim: WMDs not initial rationale for Iraq war
Alexander Haig, secretary of state under former President Ronald Reagan; NATO supreme allied commander; and Nixon chief of staff, falsely ...
Cameron report on Social Security cast Dems as "stonewallers" from the "angry liberal left"
FOX News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron claimed that Democrats favor a "stonewall strategy" on Social Security and applied ...
Kondracke attacked Kennedy with false Medicare stat
Roll Call executive editor and FOX News contributor Morton M. Kondracke overstated the cost of the prescription drug benefit by a factor of ...
Privatization proponent Pete Peterson misrepresented Social Security trust fund
On the January 12 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, Concord Coalition president and Council on Foreign Relations board chairman Peter G. ...
In primetime debut as FOX News contributor, Kerry-bashing Zell Miller promoted as a Democrat
In his primetime debut as a FOX News contributor on the January 12 edition of Hannity & Colmes, the network identified former Senator ...
Couric let slide Gingrich falsehood on Declaration of Independence in Calif. school
In a January 12 interview on Today, FOX News contributor and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told Today co-anchor Katie Couric ...
FOX promo for Bush special ... or special promo for Bush?
On January 12, FOX News Channel aired a promo for a program titled George W. Bush: Behind the Scenes, hosted by Brit Hume and scheduled to ...
FOX's Baier claimed Duelfer report included "suspicions" that Saddam smuggled WMDs to Syria
FOX News national security correspondent Bret Baier falsely claimed that the Iraq Survey Group's (ISG) report on the search for illicit ...