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    In the past few weeks, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/columns/200810210005">mediacritics havepostulated that Matt Drudge'sinfluence in setting the media's agenda -- which the ώm>Politico's John F. Harris and ώm>Time's Mark Halperin argue in ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperlisbn=9781400064472">ώm>The Way to Win:Taking the White House in 2008 hasbeen great --has waned this election cycle. In his continuingefforts to drive media coverage, this election season, Drudge has posted along series of items that were false on their face, misrepresented reports helinked to, or were subsequently exposed as false. As reporter and blogger GregSargent wrote in an October 31 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/media_figures_admitting_that_d.php" title="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/media_figures_admitting_that_d.php">post at TalkingPoints Memo, "Multipletimes this cycle, Drudge has pushed stories that have gone belly-up." Whether or not Drudge's influence isin fact waning, these items, examples of which ώm>MediaMatters for America has compiled below, make a strong case that itshould be. ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/29/20081029_153437.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/29/20081029_153437.htm">October 29 --World Seriesϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_001.jpg">suggestion that Sen. Barack Obamawas ⋞laying the World Series" with his purchase of 30 minutes ofnetwork airtime on October 29. In fact, as ώm>MediaMatters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290008" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290008"ϭocumented, ώm>The New York Timesreported in an October 28 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/us/politics/29obama.html"Ϫrticle thatȯox executives have said that they, and not the Obama campaign, hadinitially asked Major League Baseball to move the start of Wednesday's game to8:35 p.m. from 8:20, to make way for his infomercial. But as it turns out, sucha delay was not necessary anyway; none of the World Series games has startedbefore 8:30, and two started after 8:35." ώm>Politico's Ben Smith also ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Fox_exec_Obama_didnt_delay_baseball.htmlshowall">quoted a Fox broadcasting executivewho reportedly "negotiated the ad buy" as saying: ȫy nomeans did they the Obama campaign push to get us to accommodate them withGame Six of the World Series. ... We'rejust missing the pregame, which isn't a big deal for us. It was a businessdecision."ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/27/20081027_062345.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/27/20081027_062345.htm">October 27 --Supreme Court "tragedy"Drudge featured the following false ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/27/20081027_134124.htm" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/27/20081027_134124.htm">headline:� OBAMA: TRAGEDY THAT 'REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH' NOT PURSUED BYSUPREME COURT":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_002.jpg">ϋr />In fact, as the YouTube ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.youtube.com/watchv=iivL4c_3pck" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.youtube.com/watchv=iivL4c_3pck"Ϫudio that Drudgelinked to demonstrates, during a 2001 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp">interview onChicago Public Radio station WBEZ, Obama did not say it is a"tragedy" that the Supreme Court has not pursued wealthredistribution. The "tragedy" Obama identified was that the civilrights movement �me so court-focused" in trying to effectpolitical and economic justice. Obama stated: Ȫnd one of the -- I thinkthe tragedies of the civil rights movement was, because the civil rightsmovements became so court-focused, I think that there was a tendency to losetrack of the political and community organizing, and activities on the groundthat are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which youbring about redistributive change."ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270008f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270008f=s_search">Numerous ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300018f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300018f=s_search">media ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290005f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810290005f=s_search"ϯigures ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280018f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280018f=s_search"㻬hoedDrudge's false headline about Obama's 2001 remarks.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_202828.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_202828.htm">October ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_195410.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_195410.htm"㸣 -- PittsburghȪttack"<pϭuring the afternoon of October 23, Drudge seized on McCaincampaign volunteer Ashley Todd's allegations that a black man mugged herand, after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car, carved a ȫ"into her cheek. At 2:54 p.m. ET, Drudge reported Todd's allegationsas fact, posting on his website: "SHOCK: MCCAIN CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERATTACKED AND MUTILATED IN PITTSBURGH,"along with another headline reading: " ɻ' CARVED INTO20-YEAR OLD WOMAN'S FACE... DEVELOPING..."Drudge did not initially link to a news report for thisclaim. From the Drudge Report at ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_195410.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_195410.htm"Ϣ:54 p.m. ET onOctober 23: ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_003.jpg"> by WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh about the alleged attack. From theDrudge Report on October 23 at ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_202828.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_202828.htm"ϣ:28 p.m. ET:ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_004.jpg">He later ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_234003.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_234003.htm">posted a pictureof Todd with her purportedinjuries. From the Drudge Report on October 23 at ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_234003.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/23/20081023_234003.htm"Ϧ:40 p.m. ET:ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_005.jpg">Todd's claims were proven to be false on ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/report_mccain_volunteer_who_cl.php" title="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/report_mccain_volunteer_who_cl.php">October 24, whenTodd reportedly told police she made up her story. The ώm>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08299/922849-53.stm" title="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08299/922849-53.stm">reported on October 25 that"almost from the start, Pittsburgh police were skeptical about a youngwoman's claim that she had been mugged and a ɻ' carved into hercheek by an attacker who was provoked by the sight of a John McCain bumpersticker on her car."Theώm> Post-Gazetteadded that Todd's story "quickly became political fodder on theInternet and spread around the world, fueled by the presidential campaign andMs. Todd's political connections as a field representative for the CollegeRepublican National Committee and McCain volunteer. But in less than a day, theinternational story of a McCain volunteer being attacked, traumatized anddisfigured for her political beliefs deflated into a sad tale of a troubledwoman with a history of mental problems." The ώm>Post-Gazette wrote of Drudge: ϋlockquote>Todd's friend Dan Garcia took the widely published picture ofMs. Todd with her injuries. He said he took several photographs with a digitalcamera to document what had happened. He said he only gave copies of the photosto police and Ms. Todd's employer, the College Republicans. One photo appearedon The Drudge Report on Thursday, setting off a storm of media attention.Theώm> Post-Gazettewrote in an October 30 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08304/923935-192.stm" title="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08304/923935-192.stm"㻭itorial that the ȭrudgeReport made 20-year-old Ashley Todd an object of political fascination aroundthe country." ώmϯinancial Timesassociate editor John Gapper wrote in an October 29 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ftnews_id=fto102920081546279076&page=1" title="http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ftnews_id=fto102920081546279076ɪmp;page=1"Ϫrticle: "Itwas a shocker in the tradition of Mr Drudge's scare stories and hyped-up triviaabout Democratic candidates in USpresidential campaigns, to go with past items about former Sen. John Edwards'$400 haircut and Sen. John Kerry's windsurfing. This time, however, it wasnot merely tendentious but false." Gapper ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ftnews_id=fto102920081546279076&page=2"�:"The Ashley Todd affair was the latest in a series of failures by MrDrudge to recapture the magic of the past, when the Drudge Report had anunrivalled grip on the media agenda." ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170015" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170015">October 16 -- Gallup shockDrudge displayed the following lead ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/10/16/20081016_205808.htm">headline:"GALLUP SHOCK: 49 OBAMA, 47 MCCAIN WITH LIKELY VOTERS":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_006.jpg">However, as ώm>Media Mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170015" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170015">noted, Drudge selectively cited onlyone of three findings from an October 13-15 Gallup daily tracking ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.gallup.com/poll/111211/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-McCain-43.aspx" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.gallup.com/poll/111211/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-McCain-43.aspx">poll of thepresidential race -- the result that showed Obama holding his smallest leadover McCain. MSNBC's ώm>Morning Joeechoed Drudge by displaying the on-screen text "Gallup shock." ώm>New Republic contributorand statistician Nate Silver noted in an October 16 blog ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-polls-1016.html" title="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/todays-polls-1016.html">post that Drudgehad Ȭherry-picked" polling results: ϋlockquote>With seven different daily trackingpolls to work with -- one of which releases three separate versions of itsmodel each day -- there is a lot to choose from for those who might seek tocherry-pick results.Slow news day, Matt If this is atwo-point race right now, I'll eat Drudge's fedora. None of the ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/08-us-pres-ge-mvo.php" title="http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/08-us-pres-ge-mvo.php"ϭozen or so other pollsthat were in the field this week shows a race that close. Nor do either of the ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.gallup.com/poll/111211/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-McCain-43.aspx" title="http://www.gallup.com/poll/111211/Gallup-Daily-Obama-49-McCain-43.aspx"Ϫlternate versions of Gallup's model,including the so-called Likely Voters II model that I find most credible.Drudge, of course, had no interest in featuring the ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.zogby.com/" title="http://www.zogby.com/">Zogby poll, as he had for the pastseveral of days on his site, but which today showed Obama gaining ground.September 9-10 -- Lipstick on a pig<pϭrudge falselysuggested in lead headlines from September 9 through September 10 that Obamawas referring to Gov. Sarah Palin when he said: "You can put lipstick on apig; it's still a pig." As ώm>Media Mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090026f=s_search">noted, onSeptember 9, Drudge ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/09/10/20080910_010122.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/09/10/20080910_010122.htm">placed the words"OBAMA: 'LIPSTICK ON A PIG, STILL A PIG' " under a picture of Palin.Then, on September 10, Drudge ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/09/10/20080910_140342.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/09/10/20080910_140342.htm">posted the leadheadline, "HOLY SOW!" under a picture of Palin:ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_007.jpg">ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_008.jpg"><pϬontrary to Drudge's suggestion, Obama did not mentionPalin in at least the 65 words preceding his "lipstick on a pig"comment, as ώm>Media Matters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090026f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090026f=s_search">noted. Indeed, Obama'spreceding comments consisted of what he described as a "list" ofMcCain's policies that Obama said were no different from President Bush's.Moreover, the expression "lipstick on a pig" is ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809100035" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809100035"Ϭommonpolitical rhetoric -- Obama hadreportedly used the expression in the past, and McCain himself used it in 2007in reference to Sen. Hillary Clinton's health-care proposal. of CNN's ώm>Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz said:"I seriously thought about passing up entirely this ridiculous,trumped-up, phony lipstick controversy. No one really seriously believes thatBarack Obama was talking about Sarah Palin when he used the well-worn barnyardphrase. Just about everyone knows it was essentially pushed along and made upby Drudge, Sean Hannity, and the ώm>New YorkPost, which endorsed McCain, by the way, in a front-pageeditorial." Kurtz, CNN special correspondent Frank Sesno, and ώm>Houston Chronicle White Housecorrespondent Julie Mason then ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809140003" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809140003">went on to criticize the media for their reporting on the"lipstick" remarks. ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/07/24/20080724_235353.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/07/24/20080724_235353.htm">July 24-ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/07/26/20080726_235636.htm">July 26"Obama scraps visit to wounded troops"Drudge furthered the myth that Obama did not visit woundedtroops on his trip to the Middle East and Europein July. A Drudge headline stated "Obama scraps visit to wounded troops..." and linked to a July24 Associated Press ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.breitbart.com/article.phpid=D924E4KO0&show_article=1" title="http://www.breitbart.com/article.phpid=D924E4KO0ɪmp;show_article=1"Ϫrticle that reported "Obamascrapped plans to visit wounded members of the armed forces in Germany as partof his overseas trip, a decision his spokesman said was made because theDemocratic presidential candidate thought it would be inappropriate on acampaign-funded journey." From the Drudge Report on July 24 at ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/07/24/20080724_235353.htm"Ϧ:53 p.m. ET:<p𾫝itionally, a July 26 Drudge Report headline read"McCain camp: Obama shortchanged injured troops..." and linked to a July 26 AP ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/26/mccain_camp_obama_shortchanged_injured_troops/"Ϫrticle that reported "McCain'scampaign on Saturday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama forcanceling a visit to wounded troops in Germany. ...A new McCain ad that began airing Saturday in selected markets also chidesObama as disrespectful for making 'time to go to the gym' duringhis European visit while at the same time canceling the visit with woundedtroops." From the Drudge Report on July 26 at ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/07/26/20080726_235636.htm"Ϧ:56 p.m. ET:However, as ώm>Media Mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200807280003" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200807280003"ϭocumented, while Obama did not goto Landstuhl RegionalMedical Centerin Germany,Obama did visit wounded troops earlier in his trip overseas. Indeed, the July26 AP article Drudge linked to reported that the Obama campaign "notedthat the Illinois senator had visited troopsin Iraq and Afghanistan last week and had made numeroustrips to Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center." Obama also reportedly made phone calls to wounded soldiersat Landstuhl.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/06/30/20080630_185545.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/06/30/20080630_185545.htm">June 30 -- Obama, MoveOn.orgAs ώm>Media Mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010003" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010003"ϭocumented,Drudge ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090007f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090007f=s_searchblocked::http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090007f=s_search">revivedthe ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270007f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270007f=s_searchblocked::http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270007f=s_search"㻺lsehoodthat Obama did not condemn MoveOn.org's "General Betray Us" ad about Gen. David Petraeus. Drudge ran the followingstring of headlines -- "Obama: I will never question others'patriotism..." Ȭriticizes MoveOn.org for 'General Betray Us'Ad..." "ώm>ώmϫUTDIDN'T VOTE TO CONDEMN AD..." From the DrudgeReport at ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/06/30/20080630_185545.htm"ϡ:55 p.m.ET on June 30:ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_011.jpg">The "ώm>ώmϫUT DIDN'T VOTE TO CONDEMN AD..." headlinelinked to a September 20, 2007, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/09/clinton-dodd-vo.html" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/09/clinton-dodd-vo.html">post on ώm>ώm>USA Today'sOn Politics blog, which noted that Obama ȭid not vote on" an ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfmFuseAction=Files.Viewɪmp;FileStore_id=14e59d63-b0af-4842-b741-2055d5a15fea" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfmFuseAction=Files.Viewɪmp;FileStore_id=14e59d63-b0af-4842-b741-2055d5a15feahttp://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfmFuseAction=Files.Viewɪmp;FileStore_id=14e59d63-b0af-4842-b741-2055d5a15fea"Ϫmendment by Sen.John Cornyn R-TX that, in the words of the amendment, "repudiates theunwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal activist groupMoveon.org." However, while Obama ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfmcongress=110&session=1&vote=00344" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfmcongress=110&session=1&vote=00344"ϭid not vote on Cornyn'samendment, which passed, the ώm>ώm>USA Today blog post also reported: "The APsaid Obama did not vote on the resolution even though he had voted 'minutesearlier' for an alternative that condemned the MoveOn ad as an 'unwarrantedpersonal attack,' but also condemned attack ads that questioned the patriotismof Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., both Vietnamveterans." Indeed, Obama ώm>ώmϭid ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfmcongress=110&session=1&vote=00343" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfmcongress=110&session=1&vote=00343">vote for an amendment offered by Sen.Barbara Boxer D-CA that condemned the ad, as well as other attacks on pastand present members of the armed forces.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/03/03/20080303_204901.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/03/03/20080303_204901.htm">March 3 --Ȫs far as I know"Drudge ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/03/03/20080303_142136.htm" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/03/03/20080303_142136.htm">linked to onlinenews portal Breitbart.tv video ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.breitbart.tv/p=55904" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.breitbart.tv/p=55904"ϯootage from theMarch 2 edition of CBS' ώm>ώm㹠Minutes withthe headline "Hillary: Obama Not Muslim ώm>ώm>ɺs Far As I Know' ... ":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_012.jpg"><pϫut contrary toDrudge's suggestion that Sen. Hillary Clinton characterized the issue ofObama's religion as unresolved, Clintondid the opposite, as ώm>Media Matters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030004f=s_search"ϭocumented. Correspondent SteveKroft first asked Clinton,"You don't believe that Senator Obama is a Muslim" Clinton replied, "Of course not. I mean,that's -- you know, there is no basis for that. You know, I take him on thebasis of what he says. And, you know, there isn't any reason to doubtthat." Kroft then asked, Ȫnd you said youɽ take Senator Obama athis word that he's not a Muslim."Clintonreplied, "Right. Right." Only after Kroft went on to ask, "Youdon't believe that he's a Muslim or implying, right," did Clinton respond, "No.No. Why would I No, ώm>there is nothing tobase that on, as far as I know" emphasis added.<pϯollowing Clinton's responseto Kroft's third query on the subject, Kroft said, "It's just scurrilous--" to which Clintonresponded, "Look, I have been the target of so many ridiculous rumors. Ihave a great deal of sympathy for anybody who gets, you know, smeared with thekind of rumors that go on all the time."ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/01/22/20080122_220024.htm" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/01/22/20080122_220024.htm">January 22 -- NiagaraFallsDrudge ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220010"㺺selessly suggestedin a headline that the children's psychiatric unit at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Centerclosed because Clinton was "neglecting" New York:In fact, ώm>The Buffalo News article that the headlinelinked to contained no mention of Clinton; rather, it reported that hospitalofficials attributed the closure to problems surrounding the way Medicaid isadministered by Niagara County.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/10/16/20071016_132906.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/10/16/20071016_132906.htm">November 16, 2007 -- Clinton"spied"<pϭrudge advanced the anonymously sourced allegation that Clinton "spied on political rivals" -- anallegation the Clintoncampaign has said is "ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200710170002" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200710170002"㻊tegoricallyuntrue." From the Drudge Report at 9:29 a.m. ET on November 16:ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_015.jpg">Media Mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200710180006#200710262" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200710180006#200710262">noted, in the book ώm>ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780316017428.htm" target="_blank" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books/51/0316017426/index.html">Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions ofHillary Rodham Clinton, co-authors Jeff Gerth andDon Van Natta Jr. cited a single unnamed source describing events thatallegedly occurred 14 years earlier to claim that during the 1992 presidential campaign, Clinton"listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation ofClinton critics plotting their next attack." Despite the book's releasein June, Drudge revived the anonymously sourced allegation months later.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/11/13/20071113_185015.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/11/13/20071113_185015.htm">November 13, 2007 -- Wolf Blitzer"warned"As ώm>Media Mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200711140002f=h_latest" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200711140002f=h_latest"ϭocumented, Drudge ran ananonymously sourced itemthat claimed CNN hostWolf Blitzer "has been warned not to focus Thursday's Dem debate on"Clinton and quoted an anonymous "top Clinton insider" saying,"This campaign is about issues, not on who we can bring down and destroy.... Blitzer should not go down to the levels of character attack." Drudgealso ran the lead headline: "WOLF WARNED: NO GANGING UP ON HILLARY INVEGAS!":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_016.jpg">However, Blitzer statedthat Drudge's claims were "not true" during the November 13,2007, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/13/sitroom.01.html" title="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/13/sitroom.01.html"㻭ition of CNN's ώm>The Situation Room. During the broadcast,CNN commentator Jack Cafferty said to Blitzer: "I was clicking on'The Drudge Report,' and there you are, big as life, in the middleof the Drudge Reportthis afternoon, with a headline suggesting that the Hillary Clinton campaign istrying to intimidate you before you moderate this big debate in Las Vegas.What's up with that" Blitzer replied: ϋlockquote><pϫLITZER: Not true. No one haspressured me. No one has threatened me. Noone is trying to intimidate me.... No one has evencalled me to try to pressure me or anything like that. ...I have no idea where it's coming from. I have no idea who generated this story, but I can tell you I have not felt anypressure whatsoever. <p�rty then said to Blitzer: "What about Drudge justrushing this thing onto the websitewithout knowing if it's true or not" Blitzer replied: "Well,that's another story."ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/09/18/20070918_201653.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/09/18/20070918_201653.htm">September 18, 2007-- "Health insurance proof"<pϭrudge featured the lead headline "HEALTH INSURANCEPROOF REQUIRED FOR WORK" under a picture of Clinton:However, Drudge's headline was false, as ώm>Media Matters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180016" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180016"ϭocumented. The Associated Pressarticle to which the headline linked did not report that Clinton's proposed health-care ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/speech/view/id=3329" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/speech/view/id=3329http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/speech/view/id=3329">plan would requirepeople to show proof of health insurance ȯor work." Rather, itreported that in an interview with the AP, Clinton said: Ȫt this point, we don'thave anything punitive that we have proposed" for people who do notpurchase health insurance as required by her plan. According to the article, Clinton also said,"We're providing incentives and tax credits which we think will be veryattractive to the vast majority of Americans." The AP article also statedthat Clinton "said she could envision a day when 'you have to show proofto your employer that you're insured as a part of the job interview -- likewhen your kid goes to school and has to show proof of vaccination,' but saidsuch details would be worked out through negotiations with Congress."In a September 18, 2007, post on ώm>Time's Swampland blog -- headlined, "ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2007/09/18/why_drudge_is_a_disgrace/" title="Permanent Link to Why Drudge is a Disgrace">Why Drudge is a Disgrace"-- politicalcolumnist Joe Klein wrote: ϋlockquote>I knowthis is old news, but this guy is shameless. The headline, with a photo of athree-quarters crazed Hillary, is HEALTH INSURANCE PROOF REQUIRED FOR WORK butthe linked story says this: ϋlockquote><pϪt thispoint, we don't have anything punitive that we have proposed," thepresidential candidate said in an interview with The Associated Press."We're providing incentives and tax credits which we think will be veryattractive to the vast majority of Americans."Shesaid she could envision a day when "you have to show proof to youremployer that you're insured as a part of the job interview - like whenyour kid goes to school and has to show proof of vaccination," but saidsuch details would be worked out through negotiations with Congress.Howstupid does he think we are Answer: Extremely dumbolic. ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/08/28/20070828_125417.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/08/28/20070828_125417.htm"Ϫugust 28, 2007 --Clinton"supports national smoking ban"A Drudge headline falsely claimed that "HILLARYSUPPORTS NATIONAL SMOKING BAN... ":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_018.jpg">New York Post ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.nypost.com/seven/08282007/news/nationalnews/hill_eyes_national_cig_curb.htm" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.nypost.com/seven/08282007/news/nationalnews/hill_eyes_national_cig_curb.htm"Ϫrticle with the headline,"Hill Eyes National Cig Curb." However, as ώm>Media Matters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280014f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280014f=s_search"ϭocumented, thearticle did not say Clintonsupported a "national smoking ban." The ώm>Post actually reported: Ȫsked whether the feds shouldimpose a nationwide ban, Clintondeferred to local governments."ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/08/21/20070821_151712.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/08/21/20070821_151712.htm"Ϫugust 21, 2007 --"Obama wife slams Hillary"<pϭrudge's lead headline stated "OBAMA WIFE SLAMSHILLARY":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_019.jpg">The Drudge headline linked to an August 21, 2007, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/518408,CST-NWS-hunter21.article" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/518408,CST-NWS-hunter21.articlehttp://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/518408,CST-NWS-hunter21.articlehttp://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/518408,CST-NWS-hunter21.arti"Ϭolumn by the ώmϬhicago Sun-Times' Jennifer Hunter aboutMichelle Obama's remarks that "if you can't run your own house, youcertainly can't run the White House." Hunter asserted of MichelleObama's comment: "She didn't elaborate, but it could be interpretedas a swipe at the Clintons."However, as ώm>Media Matters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220002f=h_latest" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708220002f=h_latest">noted, Hunterselectively cited Michelle Obama's remarks in claiming that they could be aboutthe Clintons.As Talking Point Memo's Greg Sargent ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2007/08/obama_spokesman_denies_michell.php" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/aug/21/obama_campaign_denies_michelles_speech_was_attack_on_hillaryhttp://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/aug/21/obama_campaign_denies_michelles">noted, Obama immediately went on to discuss measuresher family was taking to keep their children "grounded" while she andBarack Obama were campaigning, indicating that her comments were not areference to rival candidates but rather a statement about the efforts theywere making to ensure that their children will continue to Ȭomefirst." <p㺯ter stating, "Our view is that if you can't run yourown house, you certainly can't run the White House," Michelle Obamacontinued: "So we've adjusted our schedules to make sure that our girlsare first, so while he's Barack Obama traveling around, I do day trips"in order to be "home before bedtime." ώmϪtlantic associate editor Marc Ambinder ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/michelle_obamas_swipe.php" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/michelle_obamas_swipe.phphttp://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/michelle_obamas_swipe.php">wrote that one"recurring theme of her stump speech" is "the hard choices sheand Sen. Obama have had to make about their work/family balance."Sargent wrote of suggestions that Obama was taking a swipeat Clinton:"The Obama campaign says this wasn't an attack on Hillary at all."Sargent added that Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton sent him a statementsaying: "The only family Mrs. Obama was referring to was the Obamafamily." Ambinder further ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/michelle_obamas_swipe.php" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/michelle_obamas_swipe.phphttp://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/michelle_obamas_swipe.php">noted that inhighlighting Hunter's column, "Matt Drudge has other designs, and you canbet that the cable news networks will follow." NBC political director Chuck Todd, deputy political directorMark Murray, and reporter Andrew Merten wrote in an August 21, 2007, blog ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/21/325945.aspx" title="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/21/325945.aspx">post onMSNBC.com's First Read that Drudge's headline was a"manufactured controversy" and Ȫppears to be a Drudge straw man": ϋlockquote>On his site now, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereport.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.drudgereport.com/"ϭrudgehas this provocative headline: "Obama Wife Slams Hillary" It's takenfrom this ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/518408,CST-NWS-hunter21.article" target="_blank" title="http://www.suntimes.com/news/hunter/518408,CST-NWS-hunter21.article"Ϭhicago Sun-Times storytoday. ...There's just one problem: This allseems to be a manufactured controversy. For one thing, what Michelle Obama saidisn't anything new; in fact, it appears to be her stump speech. She said thison August 13, per the ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.breitbart.com/article.phpid=D8R07N3O0&show_article=1" target="_blank" title="http://www.breitbart.com/article.phpid=D8R07N3O0ɪmp;show_article=1"ϪP. And also onAugust 16, per the ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/us/politics/17obama.htmlref=politics" target="_blank" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/us/politics/17obama.htmlref=politics">New York Times. Inboth instances, it appears she's talking about her own family and its values....In short, this appears to be a Drudgestraw man; the challenge for news divisions including our own is whether theyactually bite. ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/08/01/20070801_124159.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/08/01/20070801_124159.htm"Ϫugust 1, 2007 -- PakistanA Drudge lead headline claimed "WAR: COMMANDER OBAMAWOULD SEND TROOPS INTO PAKISTAN":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_020.jpg">The headline linked to an August 1, 2007, Associated Press ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20070536" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20070536">report about a foreign policy ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/remarks_of_senator_obama_the_w_1.php" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/remarks_of_senator_obama_the_w_1.phphttp://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/remarks_of_senator_obama_the_w_1.php">speech that day byObama. However, Drudge's headline is a distortion of Obama'sremarks. Obama did not say he "would send troops into Pakistan"he said that "if we have actionable intelligence about high-valueterrorist targets and then-PakistaniPresident Pervez Musharrafwon't act, we will," without elaborating on how he would act. Furthermore,Obama ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708080009" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708080009">never said he would declare"war" on Pakistan,as Drudge suggested.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/05/25/20070525_183152.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/05/25/20070525_183152.htm">May 25, 2007 --ȯlak Jacket"A Drudge headline read "McCain mocks Obama for notknowing how to spell ɿlak jacket' ..." and linked to a May 25, 2007, ώm>Hill ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/memorial-day-showdown-between-presidential-camps-2007-05-25.html" title="http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/memorial-day-showdown-between-presidential-camps-2007-05-25.html"Ϫrticle that reported McCain"took a shot at Obama for making a mistake in" a statement that dayin which Obama wrote ȯlack jacket":ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/drudge_021.jpg">However, as ώm>Media Mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200705260002f=h_latest" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200705260002f=h_latest"ϭocumented,ȯlack" is an alternatespelling of ȯlak." Indeed, the phraseȯlack jacket" with a Ȭ" appears on dozens of militarywebsites.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/03/11/20070311_132611.htm" title="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2007/03/11/20070311_132611.htm">March 11, 2007 --JFK of 2008A Drudge headline read "HILLARY: I'M THE JFK OF2008... ":The Drudge headline linked to a March 11, 2007, ώm>NewYork Post ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.phpurl=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03112007/news/nationalnews/hill__im_the_jfk_of_2008_nationalnews_maggie_haberman_post_correspondent.htm" title="http://mediamatters.org/rdhttp://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.phpurl=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03112007/news/nationalnews/hill__im_the_jfk_of_2008_nationalnews_maggie_haberman_post_correspondent.htmblocked::http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/p"Ϫrticle with theheadline "Hill: I'm the JFK of 2008." However, as ώm>Media Matters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200703140001f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200703140001f=s_search">noted, Clinton did not say shewas the John F. Kennedy of 2008. Instead, Clintonwas comparing the possibility of her becoming the first woman president toKennedy having become the first Catholic president. Following is the portion ofClinton's March10, 2007, speech duringwhich she addressed Kennedy: ϋlockquote>A lot of people back then duringformer President Kennedy's 1960 campaign said, "Well, you know Americawill never elect a Catholic as president," but those who gathered herealmost half a century ago knew better. ... So when people tell me, or when oneof the pundits says that "I don't think a woman can be electedpresident," I say, "We'll never know unless we try."
    2008-11-06 03:14:36

  • Media continue to uncritically report McCain campaign attacks on their coverage, but case studies still show disparate coverage in McCain's favor

    Throughout the 2008 general election campaign, the mediauncritically reported complaints by Sen. John McCain's campaign that theyfavored his opponent in their coverage of the presidential race, while makinglittle attempt to assess the accuracy of those complaints or to confirm orrefute them. In September, ώm>ώm>Media Matters for America undertook a ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190012f=s_search" target="_blank">reviewof the media's coverage of two stories negatively affecting or reflecting onSen. Barack Obama and two stories negatively affecting or reflecting on McCainand compared the extent of media attention to each. ώm>Media Matters has since updated that review through ElectionDay, November 4. Specifically, ώm>ώm>Media Matters compared the media's coverage ofObama's association with Chicagodeveloper ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200806110007" target="_blank"Ϫntoinϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220007f=s_search" target="_blank">Rezkoto the media's coverage of McCain's associations with donors for whom McCainreportedly facilitated ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200805230005f=s_search" target="_blank">landdealsώm>ώm>. MediaMatters also compared coverage of Obama's associationwith former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers to coverage of McCain'sassociation with G. Gordon Liddy, whom ώm>ώmϬhicago Tribune columnistSteve Chapman has ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0504chapmanmay04,0,6061828.column" target="_blank"㻞scribed as McCain's "own Bill Ayers."ώm>ώm>Media Matters found that while the five major newspapers --theώm>ώm> Los Angeles Times, ώm>ώm>The New York Times, ώm>ώm>USA Today, ώm>ώm>The WallStreet Journal, and ώm>ώm>The Washington Post -- frequently mentioned Obama's ties to Ayersand Rezko, they rarely mentioned McCain's reported facilitation of land deals thatbenefited donors, and they almost completely ignored McCain's association withLiddy. In addition, the three evening network news broadcasts mentionedObama's ties to Ayers and Rezko several times, but never reported onMcCain's reported facilitation of land deals that benefited donors or hisassociation with Liddyώm>ώm>. Indeed, since ώm>ώm>The New York Times reported on April 22 that McCain facilitated land deals that benefited majordonors, these media outlets mentioned such deals in only five additional reports and one editorial. By contrast, those mediaoutlets mentioned Obama's ties to Rezko -- who was convicted in June in a casein which Obama was never accused of any wrongdoing -- in 76 network evening news broadcasts, newsreports, editorial, or opinion pieces during that same time period. Moreover,while these same media outlets mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers311 times in 2008 throughElection Day, theyproduced only five reports mentioning McCain's connections to Liddy, whomMcCain has praised and repeatedly associated with in public and in campaignsettings. Media Matters'September ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190012f=s_search">report -- which found that thosemedia outlets had yet to cover McCain's relationship with Liddy -- therewas some ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0810/09/cnr.02.html">media ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0810/17/lkl.01.html"Ϫttentionon that association. However, the broadcast networks continued toignore the association on their evening news programs, and, with the exceptionof a single ώm>Washington Post ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101302171.html"Ϭolumnby Richard Cohen, mentions in the five major papers were limitedto sixarticles noting that CBS host David Letterman had asked McCain about hisassociation with Liddy.ώm>ώm>Media Matters has previously ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040004f=s_search" target="_blank">noted McCain's ties toLiddy. Liddyserved four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction forhis ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/liddy.html" target="_blank">role in the Watergate break-in and the break-in at theoffice of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leakedthe Pentagon Papers. Liddy has ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://books.google.com/booksid=YRty_4HT_8kC&pg=PA169&dq=Only+if+there+were+absolutely+no+other+way.+But+yes,+I+would,+if+necessary+to+protect+my+men.+I+gave+them+my+word+I%E2%80%99d+cover+them&sig=ACfU3U1wDwuoYxZdCxrISO-4oz4IFMztEA" target="_blank"㺬knowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsbergbreak-in "if necessary" ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://books.google.com/booksid=YRty_4HT_8kC&pg=PA208&dq=I+took+the+position+that,+in+a+hypothetical+case+in+which+the+target&sig=ACfU3U1O2hqX-x2w2V3ZLiAudAzZYsLtLw" target="_blank">plotting to kill journalist Jack Anderson; ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://books.google.com/booksid=YRty_4HT_8kC&pg=PA169&dq=Only+if+there+were+absolutely+no+other+way.+But+yes,+I+would,+if+necessary+to+protect+my+men.+I+gave+them+my+word+I%E2%80%99d+cover+them&sig=ACfU3U1wDwuoYxZdCxrISO-4oz4IFMztEA#PPA309,M1" target="_blank">plotting with a "gangland figure" to kill HowardHunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://books.google.com/booksid=YRty_4HT_8kC&pg=PA171&dq=We+devised+a+plan+that+entailed+buying&ei=0hrTSIybEoTkygSg3uDpAw&sig=ACfU3U3kI1DJ3zZ1TIhfgmILplU-GA0Vmg#PPA171,M1" target="_blank">plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://books.google.com/booksid=YRty_4HT_8kC&pg=PA197&dq=With+Magruder+and+Dean+out+to+lunch,+I+felt+obliged+to+impress+Mitchell+with+my+seriousness+of+purpose,+that&sig=ACfU3U0_veH7Y5W0hUPGaf28moOKxtDDKA" target="_blank">plotting to kidnap "leftist guerillas" at the1972 Republican National Convention -- a plan he outlined to the Nixonadministration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis. The murder,firebombing, and kidnapping plots were never carried out; the break-ins were. ώm>ώm>Media Matters previously conducted a review ofarticles in ώm>ώm>TheWashington Post and ώm>ώm>The New York Times comparingcoverage of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. with coverage of televangelist JamesHagee, a McCain supporter who hasmade numerous controversial ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250012"Ϭomments. ώm>Media Matters ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200804300007"ϯoundthat, from February 27, the date Hagee endorsed McCain for president, to April30, the two papers combined published more than 12 times as many articlesmentioning Wright and Obama as they did mentioning Hagee and McCain. ώm>ώm>Media Mattersalso documented ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250012">here, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803140013">here, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803030006">here, ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250005">here, and ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250006">here otherexamples of the disparity between the media's extensive coverage ofcontroversial comments made by Wright and other supporters of Obama and theircoverage of controversial ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250012" target="_blank" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200803250012"Ϭomments by Hageeand other supporters of McCain.McCain and land deals vs. Obama and Rezko McCain has reportedly facilitated several land deals thatbenefited wealthy developers who were major McCain donors. But while severalmajor newspapers published initial articles concerning those deals, the mediahave devoted far less attention to McCain's involvement in land deals than they have paidto Obama's ties to Rezko. According to a ώm>ώm>Media Matters search of theNexis and Factiva databases, since ώm>ώm>The New York Times' initialApril 22 article, the land deals were mentioned in only six additional newsarticles, editorials, or opinion pieces in theώm>ώm> Los Angeles Times, ώm>ώm>The New York Times,ώm>ώm>USA Today,ώm>ώm>The Wall Street Journal,or ώm>ώm>The Washington Post,and were not mentioned on any evening network news program through ElectionDay. By contrast, during thatsame time period, 71news articles, editorials, or opinion pieces in those papers have collectivelymentioned Obama and Rezko; the evening news broadcasts have collectivelymentioned Obama and Rezko in five reports. Specifically:The ώm>ώm>Los Angeles Times published one news article that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with nine news articles mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. ώm>ώm>The New York Times published its original April 22 news article and one editorial that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with 16 news articles and two opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. ώm>ώm>USA Today published one news article that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with three news articles mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. ώm>ώm>The Wall Street Journal did not publish a news article, editorial, or opinion piece that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but published six news articles and nine editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. ώm>ώm>The Washington Post published three news articles that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, compared with 20 news articles and six editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. ώm>World News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired three reports mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. The ώm>ώm㻋S Evening News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired one report mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. NBC's ώm>ώm>Nightly News did not air a report that mentioned McCain-facilitated land deals, but aired one report mentioning Obama's association with Rezko. In its April 22 article, headlined "ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/us/politics/22diamond.html_r=3&pagewanted=all" target="_blank"Ϫ Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain," ώm>ώm>The New York Timesexamined McCain's relationship with Arizonadeveloper Donald R. Diamond,reporting that McCain"sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that resulted in providing himmillions of dollars and thousands of acres in exchange for adding some of hisproperties to national parks." The article described Diamond as"one of the elite fund-raisers Mr. McCain's current presidential campaigncalls Innovators, having raised more than $250,000 so far."In a May 9 article,headlined "ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050803494.html" target="_blank">McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer," ώm>ώm>The Washington Postreported that McCain Ȭhampioned legislation that will let an Arizonarancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres ofvaluable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swapthat now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaignfundraisers." The ώm>Postidentified the Ȫrizonarancher" as SunCor Development president Steven A. Betts, and describedhim as Ȫ longtime McCain supporter who has raised more than $100,000 forthe presumptive Republican nominee."In a May 19 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-15-mccainland_N.htm" target="_blank" title="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-15-mccainland_N.htm"Ϫrticle,ώm>ώm>USA Todayreported that McCain also "inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense billto buy land around Luke Air Force Base in a provision sought by SunCorDevelopment." The article further noted that "McCain's campaignshave received $224,000 since 1998 from donors connected to SunCor Developmentparent company Pinnacle West, including $104,100 for his current presidentialrun" and that Pinnacle West's CEO, vice president and lobbyist, and formerpresident, in addition to Betts, are all McCain fundraisers.In an October 27 article,headlined "ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/54851.html">McCain pushed regulatorsfor land swap, despite pledge," McClatchy Newspapersreported that "years after he resurrected hispolitical fortunes from the Keating Five savings and loan investigation, JohnMcCain promoted an Arizona land swap that would've benefited a former mentorand partner of the scandal's central figure":ϋlockquote>The owners of the Spur Cross Ranch,a dramatic 2,154-acre tract of Sonoran desert just north of Phoenix, in the late 1990s sought to sell itto a developer who planned to build a premier golf course surrounded by 390luxury homes.Nearby residents andenvironmentalists, however, wanted to preserve the area's unusual cacti, stoneformations and hundreds of Hopi Indian tribal artifacts. <p㺯ter opposition surfaced, thedeveloper sought McCain's help in forging a land swap with the U.S. ForestService -- a deal thatalso would benefit the owners of the ranch, including a company controlled bybillionaire Carl H. Lindner Jr., an associate of Sɪmp;L chief Charles H.Keating.McCain and an aide pushed for theexchange in more than a half dozen sometimes-testy letters and phone calls upand down the Forest Service's hierarchy, according to former agency officialsand correspondence. McCain's office even circulated draft legislation thatwould have overridden the agency's objection to surrendering national forestland. Ultimately, the deal fell apart.McCain's behind-the-scenesmaneuvering on Spur Cross contrasts with his image as a congressional ethicschampion and his pledge --made after the Keating scandal in 1991 sullied his reputation -- never to intervene with regulators again.McClatchy further reported that"the 89-year-old Lindner and his son,Carl H. Lindner III, have raised more than $300,000 for McCain's presidentialcampaign."McCain and Liddy vs. Obama and Ayersώm>Media Matters search of theNexis and Factiva databases, between January 1 and Election Day, the five majornewspapers, as well as the network evening news broadcasts, collectivelybroadcast or published 311news reports, editorials, and opinion pieces mentioning Obama's relationshipwith Ayers. By contrast, over the same period, the five major newspapersproduced six articlesand one opinion piece mentioning McCain's association with Liddy; the evening news broadcastsdid not mention that relationship at all. All six news articles were reports onMcCain's appearance on the October 16 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170013" target="_blank"㻭itionof CBS' ώm>Late Show with David Letterman, duringwhich Letterman questioned McCain about his association with Liddy. Specifically:The ώm>ώm>Los Angeles Times published two news articles that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 46 news articles and 13 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. ώm>ώm>The New York Times published one news article that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 60 news articles and 16 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. ώm>ώm>USA Today published one news article that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 11 news articles and seven editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. ώm>ώm>The Wall Street Journal did not publish a news article, editorial, or opinion piece that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but published 14 news articles and 26 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. ώm>ώm>The Washington Post published two news articles and one opinion piece that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, compared with 58 news articles and 35 editorials or opinion pieces mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. ώm>World News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired nine reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The ώm>ώm㻋S Evening News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired eight reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. NBC's ώm>ώm>Nightly News did not air a report that mentioned McCain's ties to Liddy, but aired eight reports mentioning Obama's association with Ayers. The ώm>ώm>Tribune'sChapman wrote in a May4 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0504chapmanmay04,0,6061828.column" target="_blank"Ϭolumn, "Back in the 1970s, Liddy extolledviolence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology." Writingthat "Liddy's penchant for extreme solutions has not abated," Chapmanwent on to note that, in 1994, Liddy "gave some advice to hislisteners" on how to shoot ATF officials. Chapman further wrote that "farfrom repudiating him Liddy, McCain has embraced him." In an August 22blog ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman/2008/08/obamas-radical.html">postabout an Americans Issues Project ad about Obama's association with Ayers,Chapman wrote: "If Obama needs to answer questions about Ayers, McCainhas the same obligation regarding Liddy. How about they both getstarted" Nevertheless, in a 2,140-word October 4 front-page ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.htmlpartner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all"Ϫrticleabout Obama's association with Ayers, ώm>The NewYork Times quoted Chapman denouncing Obama's association with Ayersbut ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040004f=s_search"ϭid not notethat Chapman's statement that "if Obama needs to answer questionsabout Ayers, McCain has the same obligation regarding Liddy." In anOctober 7 blog ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman/2008/10/mccain-has-his.html" target="_blank">post citingthe ώm>Times article, Chapman wrote:"While Obama has gotten lots of scrutiny for his connection to Ayers,McCain has never had to explain his association with Liddy. If he can't defendit, he should admit as much. And if he thinks he can defend it, let him."During his October 16 interview with Letterman, McCain said of Liddy:"You say I know Gordon Liddy. I -- he paid his debt. He went to prison.He paid his debt, as people do. I'm not in any way embarrassed to know GordonLiddy, and his son who is also a good friend and supporter of mine."Rezko coverage<pϯrom April 22 to November 4, 76combined network evening news broadcasts and news, editorials, or opinionpieces covered or mentioned Obama's ties to Rezko:ϋr />ϋr />ώm>ώm>Los Angeles Times 9HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op. ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/09/nation/na-briefs9">Judge delays sentencing for RezkoNProsecutors delay Rezko sentencingNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign7-2008oct07,0,4435947.storytrack=rss" title=ȫlocked::http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign7-2008oct07,0,4435947.storytrack=rss">McCain, Obama introduce newly sharp tone amid major news eventsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign6-2008oct06,0,7280347.story" title=ȫlocked::http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign6-2008oct06,0,7280347.story"㺺rack Obama accuses Republicans of distracting voters from the economyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-onthemedia9-2008sep09,0,2053631.story" target="_blank" title=ȫlocked::http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-onthemedia9-2008sep09,0,2053631.story">Hiding Sarah Palin behind �rence'Nϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama28-2008aug28,0,2758412,full.story" target="_blank" title=ȫlocked::http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama28-2008aug28,0,2758412,full.storyhttp://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama28-2008aug28,0,2758412,full.story"㺺rack Obama: Search for identityNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign22-2008aug22,0,2543403.story" target="_blank" title=ȫlocked::http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign22-2008aug22,0,2543403.storyhttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign22-2008aug22,0,2543403.story">McCain out of touch if he's lost count of his homes, Obama saysNRezko closing arguments beginNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/06/nation/na-rezko6" target="_blank" title=ȫlocked::http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/06/nation/na-rezko6http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/06/nation/na-rezko6"Ϫntoin Rezko won't take the stand in his fraud trialNώm>ώm>ϋr />The New York Times 18HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/weekinreview/26kantor.htmlpagewanted=all"㺺rack Obama, Forever Sizing UpNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9806E0D6133AF937A25753C1A96E9C8B63&scp=2&sq=g.o.p.%20opens%20wallet%20for%20ads&st=cse">G.O.P. Opens Wallet for AdsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11adbox.html"Ϫttacking Obama's AssociationsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mccain.html">McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9803E4D61739F935A35753C1A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all">Seeking to Shift Attention to Judicial NomineesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/opinion/05pubed.htmlpagewanted=all">Political Scorekeepingϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/us/25ethics.html">Lawmakers in Illinois Make Ethics Top PriorityNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/politics/24groups.html">Pinpoint Attacks Focus on ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9906E4D61538F930A1575AC0A96E9C8B63">Obama's Chicago, in McCain's EyesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/us/politics/23obama.htm">Obama Carries Uneven Record as Debater to First Contest With McCainNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/us/politics/22memo.html">Obama and McCain Seek a Common TouchNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9400E7DD153FF93AA2575BC0A96E9C8B63">UNIONS UNITED; Hitting McCain Where He LivesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/us/politics/05rezko.html"Ϯx-Obama Fund-Raiser Is Convicted Of FraudNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/us/12illinois.html"Ϭorruption Case Taints Rising Political StarNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11chicago.htmlpagewanted=all">Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South SideNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/us/politics/08repubs.htmlref=politics">Republicans Focus on Obama as Fall OpponentNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/opinion/27rich.html">How McCain Lost in Pennsylvaniaϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/us/politics/23rezko.html"Ϯx-Official in Illinois Admits Lying About Job for DonationNώm>ώm>ϋr />USA Today 3HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-15-fundraisers-corruption_N.htmloc=interstitialskip"ϯundraisers linked to corruption casesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-24-mccain-ad_N.htm">McCain ad: Clinton's 'truth hurt'Nϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-21-mccain-homes_N.htm">Obama slams McCain's inability to count family residencesNώm>ώm>ϋr />The Wall Street Journal 15HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122567305273191707.html">Leap of Hopeϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122541378179586551.html">The Chicago Boysϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122471862591760559.html">The Tax Argument Still Worksϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://blogs.wsj.com/politicalperceptions/2008/10/07/a-mccain-comeback-may-rely-on-feeling-the-nations-anger/"Ϫ McCain Comeback May Rely On Feeling the Nation's Angerϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/miarticle.htmid=2939">Politics, Still Localϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB122005063234084813.html">Obama Should Come Clean on Ayers, Rezko and the Iraqi Billionaireϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121937270122562683.htmlmod=googlenews_wsj">House Party: Obama Homes In on McCainNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121918996082755013.htmlmod=googlenews_wsj">Obama Played by Chicago Rulesϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121314375651462773.htmlmod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks"ϯriends of Barackϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121278857397353091.html">GOP Starts Recycling Primary Clips Attacking ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121262213641246799.html">Obama Heads to Election With Some WeaknessesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121261183209046179.html">Rezko Convicted of Wire Fraud, Money LaunderingNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121193223213724275.htmlmod=opinion_main_commentaries">Our Collectivist Candidatesϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121055336572783989.html"ϯor Obama, Advice Straight UpNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121027040022277961.html"ϯrom Their House to the White HouseNώm>ώm>ϋr />The WashingtonPost 26HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203345.html">In Ads, GOP Stresses Obama's Ties to Chicago DeveloperNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702039.html">Just in Case McCain Winsϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101302425.html">McCain Attack Ads Called Inevitable -- And IneffectiveNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002610.html">To Some Readers, Bias on Displayϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002897.html">McCain Mum on Former PastorNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100902328.html">Obama ɪmp; Friends: Judge Notϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502356.html"㻊ndidates Prepare for Tuesday's Town Hall DebateNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/05/AR2008100502200.html">Obama Attack Gets Asterisk on AccuracyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303738.html">McCain Plans Fiercer Strategy Against ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203043.html">Hail Mary vs. Cool Barryϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100203945.html">Obama's Judgment QuestionedNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202893.html">Hitting Hard on Debatable PointsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090203144.html">McCain Strategist Blasts MediaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603046.html">Romney Leads a Denver CounteroffensiveNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300890.html">Obama Calls His Pick, Biden, Both a Statesman and FighterNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202088.html"Ϯxtreme Campaign Makeoverϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103562.html">Obama's Judgment Is QuestionedNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103532.html">Houses Add Up to A Snag for McCainNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202875.htmlhpid=topnews"㻊n McCain Use Advice Clinton Got on ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301904.html">In Obama's Circle, Chicago Remains The Tie That BindsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070103008.html">Obama Got Discount on Home LoanNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060402824.html"ϯormer Obama Fundraiser Convicted of CorruptionNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303852.html"ϯor Clinton, A Following Of 'Marshans'Nϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203905.html">Obama as You've Never Known Him!Nϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502287.html">Rezko's Defense Rests Without Calling WitnessNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042402983.html">Obama's ɽistractions'ϋr />ABC evening news broadcasts 3Showώm>ώm>World News Sundayώm>ώm>World News with Charles Gibsonώm>ώm>World News with Charles Gibsonϋr />CBS evening news broadcast 1 Showώm>ώm㻋S Evening News with Katie Couricϋr />NBC evening news broadcast 1 Showώm>ώm>Nightly News with Brian Williamsϋr />Land deals coverage<pϯrom April 22 to November 4, seven news,editorials, or opinion pieces mentioned that McCain reportedly facilitated landdeals that benefited wealthy developers who were major McCain donors: ώm>ώm>Los Angeles Times 1HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/09/nation/na-mccainland9">McCain land deal benefits donorNώm>ώm>ϋr />The New York Times 2HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/opinion/25fri1.htmlref=opinion">The Trouble With Not Being Earnestϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/us/politics/22diamond.htmlpagewanted=all"Ϫ Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCainNώm>ώm>ϋr />USA Today 1HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-15-mccainland_N.htm">Price of power: McCain action helped Arizona land developerNώm>ώm>ϋr />The Wall Street Journal: No coverage. ώm>ώm>ϋr />The WashingtonPost 3 HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062502858.html">Top McCain Adviser Has Found Success Mixing Money, PoliticsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051902728.html">John McCain's Rapid-Fire RespondersNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050803494.html">McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits BackerNϋr />ABC evening news broadcast: No coverage. ϋr />NBC evening news broadcast: No coverage. ϋr />CBS evening news broadcast: No coverageϋr />Ayers coverage<pϯrom January 1 to November 4, 311combined network evening news broadcasts and news, editorials, or opinionpieces mentioned Obama's ties to Ayers:ώm>ώm>ϋr />ϋr />Los Angeles Times 59 HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-sabato4-2008nov04,0,1905333.story">Negative campaigning -- what's newϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-video30-2008oct30,0,1408449.story">McCain, Palin demand ώm>L.A. Times release Obama videoNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-gop28-2008oct28,0,3963149.story">Social conservatives fight for control of Republican PartyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-american26-2008oct26,0,998142.story">Patriotism and the presidencyϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-barton25-2008oct25,0,1323529.story">One smear that didn't workϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-robocall23-2008oct23,0,661268.story"Ϫ GOP "robocall"ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-voters21-2008oct21,3,1307357.story">Swing voters are bothered by McCain's temperament and his partyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-obama21-2008oct21,0,5435055.story"㺺rack Obama turns rivals' words on them in FloridaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-foxfriends21-2008oct21,0,2633121.story">ȯox ɪmp; Friends" anchors are having funNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-campaign20-2008oct20,0,180603.story"㺺rack Obama has advantages of big bucks, a big name: Colin PowellNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ticket19-2008oct19,0,971590.storytrack=rss">Palin doesn't doubt Obama loves America -- but Michele Bachmann doesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-goldberg19-2008oct19,0,6672204.story">Is McCain "race-baiting"ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign18-2008oct18,0,1160191.story">Obama, McCain solidify campaign themes in fights for crucial statesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-robo18-2008oct18,0,782963.story">GOP Sen. Susan Collins decries anti-Obama robocallsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ayers17-2008oct17,0,4666998.story">McCain campaign's robocalls seek to link Obama, AyersNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-letterman17-2008oct17,0,1508674.story">McCain appears on Letterman show, hat in handNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign17-2008oct17,0,373757.story">Obama, McCain repeat themes from debateNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-factcheck16-2008oct16,0,5905242.story"ϯrom Ayers to abortion: fact-checking the debateNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-debate16-2008oct16,0,7923080.story">McCain's debatable strategyϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-newmexico16-2008oct16,0,3999043.story">Undecided Latino voters may be key in New MexicoNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-assess16-2008oct16,0,4249658.story">McCain deals no lethal blows in final debate with ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-debate16-2008oct16,0,5385470.storytrack=rss">McCain, Obama duel in caustic debate finaleNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-reax16-2008oct16,0,4129894.story"ϥ voters identify high, low pointsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ads15-2008oct15,0,3251433.story"Ϫttack ad seeks to link Obama to his former pastorNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-acorn15-2008oct15,0,6539990.story">McCain calls for "voter fraud" inquiryNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/bal-mccain1014,0,1471655.story"Ϫnother day, another strategy for John McCainNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-cool14-2008oct14,0,4853233.story"ϯire and ice in American cultureNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-ayers13-2008oct13,0,6465265.story"ϯormer federal prosecutor decries William Ayers linkNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/la-et-channel13-2008oct13,0,2694674.story">These days, even "The View" is getting politicalϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign12-2008oct12,0,4441580.story">John McCain and Sarah Palin try new tacticsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-wave12-2008oct12,0,3512211.story">Obama rides a wave of bad economic newsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-wave12-2008oct12,0,3512211.story">McCain calms supporters, urges respect for ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign10-2008oct10,0,2477870.story">McCain, Obama seek to seed doubtsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-na-onthemedia10-2008oct10,0,1889276,full.story"ϯox News' faux documentary sets new lowϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mccain9-2008oct09,0,2298525.story">McCain campaign ratchets up the rhetoricNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-na-tvcritic8-2008oct08,0,2725111.story">McCain, Obama and a ȯriendly" town hallϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-debate8-2008oct08,0,6978801.story">McCain, Obama clash over economy in a testy debateNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-assess8-2008oct08,0,6881351.storytrack=rss">In debate, McCain and Obama battle mostly to a drawNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign7-2008oct07,0,4435947.storytrack=rss">McCain, Obama introduce newly sharp tone amid major news eventsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ayers7-2008oct07,0,7762158.story">Obama's Ayers connectionϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-campaign6-2008oct06,0,7280347.story"㺺rack Obama accuses Republicans of distracting voters from the economyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin5-2008oct05,0,5117713.story">Sarah Palin claims Barack Obama would "pal around with terrorists"Nϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign15-2008sep15,0,7458618.story"㺺rack Obama raises the funding roofNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/30/nation/na-trailobama30">Some Obama links will misleadNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama28-2008aug28,0,2758412,full.story"㺺rack Obama: Search for identityNNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/23/nation/na-simmons23"ϫillionaire behind Swift Boat ads funded anti-Obama spotNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/22/nation/na-ad22"㺭 attacks Obama's ties to leftist leaderNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-klein1-2008jun01,0,2168608.story">The Obama-McCain age gap that mattersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/19/nation/na-campaign19">Obama pounds away at McCainNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-schoen15-2008may15,0,5541828.story">Steeling ObamaGOP makes a target of ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/24/nation/na-ayers24"Ϯx-radical William Ayers keeps low profileNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/22/nation/na-pennsylvania22">What to look for in PennsylvaniaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/21/nation/na-pennsylvania21">Heating up in PennsylvaniaNModerators' 'gotcha' tone inspires angry new debateNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/18/nation/na-radicals18">Obama and the former radicalsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/18/opinion/ed-association18">The influence testNώm>ώm>ϋr />The New York Times 76HeadlineNews or Editorial/Op.ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/books/03terk.htmlpagewanted=all">He Gave Voice to Many, Among Them Himselfϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/nyregion/westchester/02votewe.html_r=1&oref=slogin"㻊ll to Ease Property Taxes Resounds in 35th DistrictNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/us/politics/01angst.htmlpagewanted=all">Obama Is Up, And Fans Fear That Jinxes ItNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/nyregion/31khalil.htmlpartner=rssnyt&emc=rss" target="_parent">Political Storm Finds A Columbia ProfessorNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/arts/television/28watc.html"Ϭoverage Of Election Now Lacks SuspenseNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/opinion/28herbert.htmlpartner=rssnyt&emc=rss"Ϫ Choice and an Echoϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/pennsylvania-republican-apologizes-for-anti-obama-e-mail/">Pennsylvania Republican Apologizes for Anti-Obama E-mailNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/us/politics/27pennsylvania.html"㻞mocrats in Steel Country See Color, and Beyond ItNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/nyregion/27ayers.html"Ϯx-Radical Talks of Education and Justice, Not ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/nyregion/westchester/26voiceswe.htmlpagewanted=all">In Westchester, Economy is No. 1 Concern, but Agreement Stops ThereNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/nyregion/long-island/26voicesli.htmlpagewanted=all"㻬onomy Is No. 1 Concern, but Agreement Stops ThereNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/gop-denies-involvement-in-fox-quoting-robotext/">G.O.P. Denies Involvement in Fox-Quoting 'Robotext'Nϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/politics/24web-seelye.html">In Political Coverage, Nothing Succeeds Like SuccessNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9E03E2D6173AF930A15753C1A96E9C8B63"Ϫ Twist on Automated CallsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/us/politics/23murphy.html"Ϫ Onetime McCain Insider Is Now Offering Advice Unwanted From the OutsideNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/opinion/23collins.htmlpartner=rssnyt&emc=rss"Ϭonfessions of a Phone Solicitorϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/politics/20campaign.htmlpartner=rssnyt&emc=rss"ϭonation Record as Colin Powell Endorses ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/politics/18robo.htmlref=us">Republicans Rain Negative Automated Calls on Voters in Swing StatesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/politics/17campaign.html">Polls Cause Campaigns to Change Their ItinerariesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/opinion/17brooks.html">Thinking About Obamaϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/politics/16assess.html">McCain Attacks, but Obama Stays SteadyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/opinion/16collins.htmlpartner=rssnyt">Three Guys and a Tableϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/politics/16watch.html">Rivals Split, With Joe in the MiddleNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/opinion/16thu1.html">The Final Debateϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/us/politics/16debate.htmlhp=&pagewanted=all"㻊ndidates Clash Over Character and PolicyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/us/politics/15memo.html_r=1&oref=slogin">In Debating McCain, Obama's Real Opponent Was Voter DoubtNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/us/politics/15poll.htmlpagewanted=all">Poll Says McCain Is Hurting His Bid By Using AttacksNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9806E0D6133AF937A25753C1A96E9C8B63">G.O.P. Opens Wallet for AdsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/a-rally-cry-echoes-online/"Ϫ Rally Cry Echoes OnlineNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/us/politics/14mccain.html_r=1&oref=slogin">Tempering Attacks, McCain Says He's a Leader for Troubled TimesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13web-nagourney.html_r=1&oref=slogin">It Ain't Over Till It's OverNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13race.html_r=1&oref=slogin">Race Remains Campaign Issue, but Not a Clear OneNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13caucus.html_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin">History Suggests McCain Faces an Uphill BattleNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9D04E2D71F31F931A25753C1A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all">McCain Campaign Sustains the Focus on Obama's Links to a 1960s RadicalNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/opinion/12rich.html_r=1&oref=slogin">The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obamaϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12strategy.html_r=1&oref=slogin&fta=y&pagewanted=all"Ϭoncern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCainNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11adbox.html_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin"Ϫttacking Obama's AssociationsNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/opinion/11collins.html_r=1&oref=slogin"𾷪r Old Golden Dog Daysϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/washington/11rove.html_r=1&em&oref=slogin"ϯor Karl Rove, a Busy New Career and a 'Rovian' LegacyNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/us/politics/11campaign.html_r=1&oref=slogin">McCain Draws Line on Attacks as Crowds Cry ɿight Back'Nϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/politics/10campaign.html_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin">McCain Joins Attacks On Obama Over RadicalNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/opinion/09collins.html_r=1&oref=slogin"Ϭlearing the Ayersϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09mccain.html">McCain Excites Crowds With Criticism of ObamaNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08assess.html"ϭownturn in Decibels, TooNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed1.html_r=1&oref=slogin">Politics of Attackϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08dowd.html_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin">Mud Pies For 'That One'ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html_r=1&em&oref=slogin">Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida RalliesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08debate.htmlpagewanted=all"㻬onomic Woes Set Tone for Rivals in 2nd DebateNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/politics/07fox.html">Obama's Personal Ties Are Subject of Program on Fox News ChannelNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/us/politics/07strategy.htmlpagewanted=all"㻊mpaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of DebateNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.htmlres=9803E4D61739F935A35753C1A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all">Seeking to Shift Attention to Judicial NomineesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/politics/06caucus.html">Is Era of Dominance Over for ConservativesNϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www
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    INT121International/NationalIANS TOP STORIES AT 10INTERNATIONAL Obama wins White House; night to remember for US - Night Lead moved at 2050 Obama's leap of faith fired by Mahatma Gandhi - Profile moved at 0950 Andhra techie Arpana was strangulated to death: US police - Lead moved at 0901 France clears technology transfer for Rafale fighter: Dassault - Moved at 1241 NATIONAL What Obama presidency means for India - Moved at 1205 World's largest democracy hails Obama's historic win - Movedat 2017 Indian Army officer in police custody for Malegaon bombing - Second Lead moved at 1942 RSS activist gunned down in Kandhamal - Lead moved at 20:27 BUSINESS Now private banks promise to cut interest rates - Moved at 1737 ENTERTAINMENT Legendary filmmaker B.R. Chopra dead - Lead moved at 1259; Obituary moved at 1420 SPORTS Gagan Narang shoots to world record, wins World Cup - Moved at 1141 191 Words05112204
    2008-11-05 12:03:10

  • Personal Finance Daily: The week's 10 best Personal Finance stories: Oct. 27-31

    In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Oct. 27-31:
    2008-11-01 11:30:19

  • Pilot Stuart Ross develops rocketbelt designed to strap on and fly

    So Ross retreated to the bottom of his garden in Horsham, West Sussex, and spent four years and the best part of &amppound;100,000 building a rocketbelt - a Buck Rogers-style...
    2008-10-30 01:43:22

  • Video: AP Top Stories

    Here's the latest news for Saturday, October 25th: Nationwide Amber Alert issued for Jennifer Hudson's nephew; McCain and Obama battle for western voters; President Bush urges patience on economic stability; Nader attempts world record for speeches
    2008-10-25 19:31:22

  • Spurs bottom and Hull near top adds to the interest, says League's Scudamore

    Premier League supremo Richard Scudamore thinks Spurs' current nightmare is great news for his competition saying: 'The league has some unbelievable stories.'
    2008-10-25 15:42:31

  • Memorable Quotes from Top Leaders Today at the Womens Conference

    Countless stories, quotes and authentic conversations are happening at the California Women’s Conference. Here are just a handful just spoken:Maria Shriver, California’s First Lady and Host of the Women’s Conference on fear and facing your fears:“Fear tells you what action to take to prove that your inner critic is wrong.”Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsico:“The glass celing wll go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.”Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State on role models:Its okay to be the first. If you constantly look for role models like you, then there wont be any firsts.Condoleezza Rice as a Black girl from Birmingham Alabama, who wanted to study Russia:“Don’t let someone else define who you are…b/c they#8217ll put you into a box of stereotypes…”My advice is, do what you love and forget the rest of itAmerica is known to be the great Ameritocracy. For example, stories like you can live in a log cabin and still be president. People from all over the world come to make it in America. “The only thing that makes that true is equal access to education and “The current state of our education system is our biggest security crisis.”
    2008-10-25 05:53:18

  • Postcards from the edge

    WISH YOU WERE HERE: MEMORIES OF A GAY LIFE Yoda Press, Rs 995 by Sunil Gupta is dedicated to the memory...
    2008-10-24 11:34:14

  • South Asian newsline update

    WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE. I AM SAKAL BHATT WITH THE DAY'S NEWSâ€Â¦.. THE TOP STORIES AT THIS HOURâ€Â¦HEADLINES 1.PRESIDENT BUSH TO SIGN THE INDIA –U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL TODAY 2.PAKISTAN'S INTELLIGENCE CHIEF BRIEFS A JOINT SESSION OF THE PARLIAMENT 3.ANDacirc€Â¦STOCK MARKETS IN INDIA REMAIN VOLATILE
    2008-10-18 04:05:17
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