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Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

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Matt McKenna, spokesman for former President Bill Clinton, announced at 7:27 p.m. ET: "President Clinton has safely left North Korea with Laura Ling and Euna Lee. They are en route to Los Angeles where Laura and Euna will be reunited with their families."

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. Gretchen Carlson's "crack research" is a clunker On Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson claimed that through her "own crack research" on the cash for clunkers program, which included spending "a tremendous amount of time on this yesterday finding out information," she determined that in "Minnesota, so far only two of these deals have actually been approved by the government." However, several media outlets have reported that, according to a survey by the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association, out of 7,500 consumers who participated in the program, approximately 2 percent of transactions have been approved. Read More Out of touch: Conservative media argue insured don't need health care reform Conservative media figures have echoed House Minority Leader John Boehner's statement that "93% of the American people have access to high-quality, affordable health insurance" by arguing that because most Americans purportedly have access to health insurance, health care reform constitutes, in Fox News host Steve Doocy's words, "blowing up the system for 5 percent" who don't. These media figures have ignored that tens of millions of Americans are underinsured and that the reform bills contain several provisions intended to benefit those currently insured. Read More Contradicting Fox's own reporting, Garrett claims stimulus "has yet to stimulate" economy On Special Report, Major Garrett asserted that Robert Gibbs "said that [a forthcoming] jobless report will also probably tabulate another several hundred thousand jobs lost, meaning the stimulus law has yet to stimulate the U.S. economy." But Fox News itself recently reported that "Obama's stimulus package ... provided some support to second-quarter economic activity," and in the remarks Garrett cited, Gibbs said that "the recovery plan, we think, is having an impact cushioning the economic downturn." Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Senate conducts historic debate on Sotomayor - Yahoo! News

Senate conducts historic debate on Sotomayor - Yahoo! News: "The Senate held a history-making debate Tuesday on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, with Republican opponents asserting she would bring bias to the bench and Democratic supporters saying she was a mainstream moderate."

Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US - Yahoo! News

Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US - Yahoo! News: "Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea early Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally."

Silent gunman's Pa. health club shooting kills 5 - Yahoo! News

Silent gunman's Pa. health club shooting kills 5 - Yahoo! News: "An armed man strolled to the back of an exercise class at a health club in suburban Pittsburgh on Tuesday night and then pulled out two guns and started spraying bullets, leaving five people dead, including himself, and injuring at least 10 others, police and a hospital said."

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Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says in an e-mailed statement about President Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea: "While this solely private mission to secure the release of two Americans is on the ground, we will have no comment. We do not want to jeopardize the success of former President Clinton's mission."

White House uses Web against Drudge attack - Yahoo! News

White House uses Web against Drudge attack - Yahoo! News: "The White House is turning to the Internet to hit back at a Web posting that claims to show President Barack Obama explaining how his health care reform plans eventually would eliminate private insurance."

100-million-payday-poses-problem-for-pay-czar.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

100-million-payday-poses-problem-for-pay-czar.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance: "There is little doubt that Mr. Hall is owed the money under his contract. The problem is that his contract is with Citigroup, which was saved with roughly $45 billion in taxpayer aid."