Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Fox Nation headline falsely claims "Obama Says U.S. Is a 'Muslim Country' " A Fox Nation headline stated, "Obama Says U.S. Is a 'Muslim Country.' " However, the blog post to which the headline linked noted that President Obama said, "[I]f you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." Read More Post still advancing falsehood that Obama doesn't want justice committed to rule of law The Washington Post again advanced the falsehood that President Obama said he would seek a Supreme Court nominee who demonstrates "empathy," rather than a commitment to follow the law. In fact, Obama said his nominee will demonstrate both. Read More Media ignore Sessions' double standard on confirmation timing Several print outlets quoted Sen. Jeff Sessions' call to delay Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, citing her lengthy judicial record, but did not note that Sessions reportedly urged fast action on Justice Samuel Alito's confirmation process, saying, "You don't have to read everything he's written." Read More Quinnipiac misrepresents own poll to assert broad disagreement with Sotomayor A Quinnipiac University release misrepresented its own poll question to claim that a significant majority of Americans disagree with Judge Sonia Sotomayor's position in Ricci v. DeStefano. MSNBC's Willie Geist and Monica Novotny similarly misrepresented the poll's findings. Read More Sowell falsely claimed "[d]iversity was Judge Sotomayor's rationale" in Ricci case Thomas Sowell falsely claimed that "[d]iversity was Judge [Sonia] Sotomayor's rationale for going along with the denial of equal rights for white firefighters in Connecticut." In fact, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion Sotomayor joined stated that precedent led it to rule as it did in Ricci v. DeStefano. Read More Media adopt gender, racial stereotypes in characterizing Sotomayor's temperament, intellect Numerous media figures have adopted language reflecting gender and racial stereotypes in reporting about Sonia Sotomayor's temperament and intellect, in many instances relying on anonymous characterizations in Jeffrey Rosen's New Republic piece on Sotomayor. Read More Fox hosts revive Fox-manufactured Obama "apology tour" During President Obama's trip overseas in April, Fox News hosts, contributors, analysts, and regular guests often took Obama's remarks out of context to support their claim that he was on an "apology tour." Fox News has trotted out the same smear for Obama's current trip abroad. Read More AP credulously reports that Sotomayor's comments "fueled suspicions" among conservatives The AP asserted that Sonia Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment "fueled suspicions among conservatives" that she is "an activist who will bring her political views and personal agenda to interpreting the law." But the AP left out several facts undermining the sincerity of those "suspicions." Read More Fox's Carlson didn't ask Sessions why, if he found Sotomayor's speech so "troubl[ing]," he didn't ask her about it After Sen. Jeff Sessions said he was "very troubled" by Judge Sonia Sotomayor's 2001 speech at Berkeley, Gretchen Carlson did not ask him why he didn't ask Sotomayor about it when he met with her the day before. Read More Buchanan continues attacks on Sotomayor Pat Buchanan claimed that Sonia Sotomayor has a "long record" of "basically believing that it's OK to discriminate against white males as long as you're advancing people of color who have been held back in her judgment." But the New York Times article Buchanan cited as evidence does not support Buchanan's claim. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Don't lecture us: Arabs tell Obama - Yahoo! News

Don't lecture us: Arabs tell Obama - Yahoo! News: "'Obama is just a prettier face. I'm sure his intentions are in the right place but I don't expect much from the man,' a Cairo electrician said on Wednesday as US President Barack Obama began his much-anticipated Middle East trip.

Newspapers, analysts and ordinary Arabs warned Obama -- whose election was hailed across the region -- against emulating the policies of Bush by lecturing Muslims on democracy, and also urged him to be tough with Israel."

Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations - Yahoo! News

Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations - Yahoo! News: "Dick Cheney as vice president conducted secret briefings for lawmakers in 2005 aimed at defending harsh interrogations as their methods were coming under congressional scrutiny, according to current and former government officials."

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OAS votes to readmit Cuba after 47 years - Yahoo! News

OAS votes to readmit Cuba after 47 years - Yahoo! News: "The Organization of American States voted by acclamation on Wednesday to revoke the 1962 measure suspending communist Cuba, overturning a landmark of the Cold War in the hemisphere."

The Washington Independent » Tom Tancredo Staffer Pleads Guilty to Karate-Chopping Black Woman

The Washington Independent » Tom Tancredo Staffer Pleads Guilty to Karate-Chopping Black Woman: "For years, conservative writer and activist Marcus Epstein has worked with the mainstream of the immigration restrictionist movement. He wrote speeches for former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) during his presidential bid, and he’s still working as the executive director of Tancredo’s Team America PAC, alongside Bay Buchanan. Epstein has been targeted for years by civil rights groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center and the One People’s Project, who have obtained Epstein’s guilty plea to a hate crime he committed two years ago."

Newt Gingrich backtracks on calling Sonia Sotomayor a "racist" UPDATED | Third Branch

Newt Gingrich backtracks on calling Sonia Sotomayor a "racist" UPDATED Third Branch: "Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday he shouldn't have called Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist, but said he was still concerned that she would bring bias to her decisions"

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama treated like king - Yahoo! News

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama treated like king - Yahoo! News: "From the moment Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One, his first visit to Saudi Arabia as president was filled with, well, pomp and pageantry fit for a king."

House Starts Impeachment Proceedings Against Federal Judge Convicted in Sex Case - Political News - FOXNews.com

House Starts Impeachment Proceedings Against Federal Judge Convicted in Sex Case - Political News - FOXNews.com

This has been going on forever. What do you think will happen when you allow a person to acquire a "life-time" position? I counsel sex offenders. This judge's plea bargain excluded his sex offense charges. Therefore, he will not be held to the same standard as other sex offenders. Is this justice for all, or justice for the "same" few? This is outrageous. This judge should be a "registered" sex offender. Who will fight for this cause?

The accusations of "white" women against this judge allowed this to come forward. Where are the "Black Women" who have been suffering under this kind of tyranny? The public or the prosecutors do pursue their cases. There is no justice for all.

GM, Chrysler defend slashing dealerships - Yahoo! News

GM, Chrysler defend slashing dealerships - Yahoo! News: "Fighting to survive, top executives from General Motors and Chrysler on Wednesday defended their decisions to slash dealerships around the country, calling the moves unavoidable despite the pain to many loyal dealers and customers."

Obama walks Muslim minefield - Yahoo! News

Obama walks Muslim minefield - Yahoo! News: "Plunging into his maiden mission to the Middle East, President Barack Obama was greeted in this desert kingdom Wednesday by a Royal Honor Guard with 21-gun salute — and the release of a threatening audio tape by Osama bin Laden."

Obama walks Muslim minefield - Yahoo! News

Obama walks Muslim minefield - Yahoo! News: "Plunging into his maiden mission to the Middle East, President Barack Obama was greeted in this desert kingdom Wednesday by a Royal Honor Guard with 21-gun salute — and the release of a threatening audio tape by Osama bin Laden."

Suspects due in court in officer's death - 6/03/09 - Chicago News - abc7chicago.com

Suspects due in court in officer's death - 6/03/09 - Chicago News - abc7chicago.com: "The two men that are charged were being held at Area One. A paddy wagon with other police vehicles trailing it left the headquarters around 6:30 a.m. with the two men being transported to their court hearing at the 26th and California courthouse."

China bars reporters from Tiananmen; blocks blogs - Yahoo! News

China bars reporters from Tiananmen; blocks blogs - Yahoo! News: "Foreign journalists were barred from Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Wednesday as an Internet clampdown that blocked Twitter expanded to include more blogs on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests."

To open a Muslim dialogue, Obama visits Saudi king - Yahoo! News

To open a Muslim dialogue, Obama visits Saudi king - Yahoo! News: "President Barack Obama began his latest bid to open a dialogue with the Muslim world by paying a call Wednesday on King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina."

Can Obama Win Muslim Hearts and Minds? - Yahoo! News

Can Obama Win Muslim Hearts and Minds? - Yahoo! News: "On June 20, 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered an ode to liberty, democracy and a bright future in U.S.-Arab cooperation to a group of students in Cairo. As an effort to sell Arabs on American foreign policy, it was a measurable failure: three years later, a piddling 6% of Egyptians told Gallup pollsters that they approved of the job performance of U.S. leaders.

Now, President Barack Obama is set to attempt a makeover. He will appear at a different Cairo university on Thursday to deliver a speech to the entire Muslim world. Not unlike Condi Rice, Obama is expected to offer an idealistic vision of the future, proclaiming a common purpose as allies who can celebrate their differences and embrace their similarities. But Obama's team hopes to succeed where Rice failed, in changing the deteriorating dynamic between the U.S. and the Muslim world. (See pictures of Islam's soft revolution.)"

Expert: Air France black boxes may never be found - Yahoo! News

Expert: Air France black boxes may never be found - Yahoo! News: "Military planes and ships struggled through high seas and heavy winds Wednesday as they searched for the bobbing wreckage of an Air France jet in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, while an investigator said the plane's black boxes may never be found."

AP Source: US made bombing errors in Afghanistan - Yahoo! News

AP Source: US made bombing errors in Afghanistan - Yahoo! News: "The U.S. military's failure to follow tightened rules for aerial strikes likely caused civilian deaths in a May 4 American bombing in western Afghanistan, a defense official said Wednesday."

Gov't posts sensitive list of US nuclear sites - Yahoo! News

Gov't posts sensitive list of US nuclear sites - Yahoo! News: "The government accidentally posted on the Internet a list of government and civilian nuclear facilities and their activities in the United States, but a U.S. official said Wednesday the posting included no information that compromised national security."

U.S. private sector axes 532,000 jobs in May - Yahoo! News

U.S. private sector axes 532,000 jobs in May - Yahoo! News: "U.S. private employers chopped more than half a million jobs in May, signaling job conditions remain tough and dashing some hopes the economy was not deteriorating as rapidly as thought, a report on Wednesday showed."