Media Matters
Events (110)
- March 1-2, 2001: Conservative Pundit Calls Idea of Slavery Reparations ‘Racist,’ Says Blacks Themselves Responsible for Slavery 2001-03-01
- October 13, 2003: Time Magazine Reports Rove Not Involved in Plame Wilson Leak, Although Reporters, Editor Know Rove Leaked to One of Them 2003-10-13
- June 5, 2004: CNN Hires Conservative Political Analyst with History of Inflammatory Racial Observations 2004-06-05
- June 24-25, 2004: Harvard Examines Affirmative Action Admission Policies; Pundit Misrepresents Story on PBS 2004-06-24
- October 18, 2004: New York Times Columnist Accuses Kerry Campaign of Homophobia in Mentioning Cheney’s Gay Daughter 2004-10-18
- November 15, 2004: Columnist Says Democratic Pollster Commited ‘Blood Libel’ in Calling 1988 Horton Ad an Example of ‘Racial Politics’ 2004-11-15
- November 29, 2004: Fox News Guest Accuses Liberals of Organizing to ‘Keep Black[s] on the Plantation of the Democratic Party’ 2004-11-29
- November 30, 2004: Liberal, Conservative Pundits Exchange Accusations of Racism 2004-11-30
- January 26, 2005: Gay Prostitute Granted Access to White House Press Corps; Partisan Questioning Alerts Media Observers 2005-01-26
- January 28, 2005: Media Watchdog Organization Exposes Internet News Site as Conservative Organization with No Journalistic Experience 2005-01-28
- February 9-15, 2005: Faux Journalist Quits after Exposure as Conservative Mouthpiece, Gay Prostitute 2005-02-09
- July 13, 2005: Senate Minority Leader Calls upon White House to Revoke Rove’s Security Clearance 2005-07-13
- July 31, 2005: Woodward Repeats Baseless Claim that Wilson Contradicted Himself in Report, Op-Ed 2005-07-31
- November 2-9, 2005: Military Analyst Claims Wilson Frequently Mentioned Wife’s CIA Status in Casual, Public Conversations; Claim Goes Uncorroborated 2005-11-02
- December 2, 2005: Media Learns that Rove Altered Testimony after Reporter Told Lawyer of Leak 2005-12-02
- July 12, 2006: Media Watchdog, Author Say Novak Column Rife with ‘False and Contradictory Statements’ 2006-07-12
- January 24, 2007: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Obama, Actress ‘Halfrican Americans’ 2007-01-24
- February 6, 2007: Author Criticizes Media for Failing to Aggressively Pursue Plame Wilson Investigation, Deliberately Withholding Evidence 2007-02-06
- June 11, 2007 and After: Newsweek Reports on Upcoming Clinton Documentary by Citizens United 2007-06-11
- August 21, 2007: Limbaugh: Democrats Only Support Darfur Intervention to Secure African-American Vote; Such Intervention Would Be International ‘Meals on Wheels’ 2007-08-21
- January 10, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Accuses Obama of Being Educated in Radical Islamic Madrassas 2008-01-10
- February 1, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Democratic Presidential Primary ‘First Affirmative-Action Election in American History’ 2008-02-01
- February 18, 2008: MSNBC Features Anti-Clinton Organization Founder as Guest; Watchdog Organization Says Appearance Part of Larger Pattern of Misogyny against Clinton on Network 2008-02-18
- February 21, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Americans Should Know Whether Obama a ‘Friendly Muslim’ or a ‘Radical’ Muslim 2008-02-21
- February 25, 2008: Radio Hosts Use Pic of Obama in Kenyan Dress to Level Accusations of Terrorist Sympathies 2008-02-25
- March 13, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Obama Sympathetic to Nazis, Imperial Japan 2008-03-13
- April 3, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Obama is a Muslim Educated in Radical Islamist Madrassah 2008-04-03
- January 2002-May 13, 2008: Pentagon Analysts Make over 4,500 Appearances between January 2002 and May 2008 2008-05-13
- May 19, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Accuses Obama of Behaving Like a ‘Thug’ 2008-05-19
- June 4-5, 2008: Conservative Media Hosts Falsely Accuse Obama of Changing Stance on Iranian Revolutionary Guards as Designated Terror Organization 2008-06-04
- June 6, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Savage: Obama an ‘Afro-Leninist’ 2008-06-06
- June 6, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Homeless Citizens Should be Put in ‘Work Camps,’ Paid ‘Nothing’ 2008-06-06
- June 24, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Hamas Endorses Obama’s Candidacy 2008-06-24
- June 26, 2008: Conservative Commentator Crowley Repeats Falsehood that Obama Is ‘Arab-African’ 2008-06-26
- July 9, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Publishes Doctored Photos of Obama with Bin Laden 2008-07-09
- July 10, 2008: Conservative Radio Host: Obama’s Presidency Will Herald ‘Invasion of Muslim Terrorists’ 2008-07-10
- July 21, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Obama ‘Loathes America,’ ‘Blames America… for All that’s Wrong in the World’ 2008-07-21
- August 1, 2008 and After: Right-Wing Author Smears Obama in Book Riddled with Falsehoods 2008-08-01
- August 4, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Hannity: No One Can Claim He or Other Conservatives Have ‘Made an Issue of Obama’s Race;’ Facts Prove Otherwise 2008-08-04
- August 16, 2008: Conservative Author: Obama Will ‘Create a Department of Hate Crimes’ and Jail Critics 2008-08-16
- August 19, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh on Obama Nomination: ‘Nobody Had the Guts to Stand and Say No to a Black Guy’ 2008-08-19
- August 21, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Wants to Ask Obama ‘How Many [Muslim] Prayer Rugs He Has’ 2008-08-21
- August 19-September 3, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh Repeats False Claims that Obama Favors ‘Infanticide’ 2008-09-03
- September 10, 2008: Self-Described ‘Reformed Terrorist’ States Obama is ‘Definitely a Muslim,’ Says Islamist Terrorist Groups Support Obama Candidacy 2008-09-10
- September 22, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh: Obama an Arab, Not African-American 2008-09-22
- September 23, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh Says Iranian President ‘Echoing Obama Talking Points’ 2008-09-23
- October 6, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Calls Obama ‘Little B_tch’ who Won’t Stand Up to ‘Smoking-Hot’ Republican Vice Presidential Candidate 2008-10-06
- October 7, 2008: Pastor Calls Obama’s Mother ‘Trash,’ Says Only ‘Trashy White Woman’ Would Have Married Black Man in the 1950s and 1960s; Conservative Talk Show Host Promotes Video 2008-10-07
- October 8, 2008: Anti-Obama Author Detained in Kenya, Tries to Blame Obama for Detention 2008-10-08
- October 8-10, 2008: Conservative Radio Hosts Spread Falsehood about Obama’s Lack of Valid Birth Certificate 2008-10-08