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Thursday, January 28, 2010

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The White House has asked the Justice Department to consider alternate locations for the planned Manhattan trials of self-professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged terrorists, according to news reports. The shift came after Mayor Bloomberg, who had supported the decision to hold the trails there, asked the Justice Department to reconsider on Wednesday, and a host of New York politicians then joined him in calling for the trials to be moved out of the city.

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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.
Quick Fact: Wallace claims Obama "participant ... in building up" trillion-dollar deficits over last year
Previewing President Obama's State of the Union address on Fox Broadcasting Co., Chris Wallace asserted that Obama was "a participant in the last year in building up" "multi-trillion-dollar deficits." In fact, the FY 2009 deficit, which totaled $1.4 trillion, was already estimated to be $1.2 trillion when Obama came into office and "virtually the entire deficit over the next ten years" are due either to policies implemented under President Bush or to the recession, which began during Bush's tenure, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Read More
Memo to media: Obama's comments on Supreme Court decision in line with four justices' views
Two posts on National Review Online claimed that President Obama was untruthful when he said that the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC "open[ed] the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections." In fact, four justices of the Supreme Court agreed that the logic of the decision "would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual Americans" to make certain election-related expenditures. Read More
The right-wing response to Obama's SOTU address: "jerk," "arrogant," cocky"
Conservative media figures reacted to President' Obama's 2010 State of the Union address as usual -- with attacks on Obama and fellow Democrats. Media Matters for America has compiled some of their reactions. Read More
Quick Fact: Ignoring nonpartisan CBO, WSJ claims only "devoted partisans" believe health bill saves money
A Wall Street Journal editorial asserted that Obama "re-pitched the health bill now in Congress with the same contradiction-covers more people but saves money too-that all but the most devoted partisans long ago dismissed as unbelievable." However the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the health care reform bills passed by both the House and the Senate would reduce federal deficits through 2019 and beyond. Read More
Fox & Friends' Kilmeade revises economic history to defend Bush
Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade falsely claimed that when president Obama took office, he found "50 plus months of economic growth" and "between 5 and 7 percent unemployment." In fact, the unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in January 2009 and both employment and GDP had been falling for months prior to Obama's inauguration. Read More
Conservative media attack Obama's Supreme Court criticism as untruthful
Conservative media are highlighting Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mouthing "not true" during the State of the Union address after President Obama said the court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC would "open the floodgates" for special interests -- including foreign corporations -- to spend in U.S. elections to accuse Obama of "attacking" the First Amendment or not telling the truth. But, in fact, four of the Supreme Court's justices agreed in their opinion that the decision "would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual Americans" to make certain election-related expenditures. Read More
Quick Fact: "Fox News brain room" claims Obama statement on Supreme Court ruling is "wrong"
On Fox News' America's Newsroom, co-host Martha MacCallum claimed that the "Fox News brain room" determined that President Obama's statement that a recent Supreme Court ruling would "open the floodgates" for foreign corporations to spend in U.S. elections was "wrong," adding that "the court specifically wrote that it was not overturning restrictions on foreign dollars." In fact, four of the Supreme Court's justices agreed in their opinion that the decision "would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual Americans" to make certain election-related expenditures. Read More
Quick Fact: NY Post falsely denies Obama cut taxes, saved jobs
In a January 28 editorial, the New York Post asked if President Obama was in "Opposite Land" when he "claimed to have cut taxes and saved 'millions' of jobs." In fact, Obama's recovery act included $288 billion in tax relief, and economists estimate that the stimulus "raised employment" by as many as 2 million jobs through December 2009. Read More
Giuliani falsely claims Obama never said "war" in State of the Union
In a Fox & Friends appearance, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani falsely claimed that President Obama "didn't mention the word 'war' " in his State of the Union address. In fact, Obama made at least seven mentions of the word "war," including calling for the U.S. military to "have the resources they need in war," adding that "we all have a responsibility to support them when they come home." Read More
Fox & Friends' post-State of the Union guest list is neither fair nor balanced
In its post-State of the Union analysis on January 28, Fox & Friends hosted more than twice as many guests who were critical of President Obama's speech and agenda than those who were supportive, many of whom used inflammatory rhetoric or false claims to attack the president. Moreover, even one of Fox & Friends' few Democratic guests -- Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) -- was invited on to "take on his own party" and talk about how he's "fed up with the arrogance" of Democratic leaders. Read More
Sally Quinn's Washington
You cannot caricature Sally Quinn. Don't even try. It simply can't be done. No matter how hard you try to exaggerate her preening self-regard and utter frivolity, she comes right along and shows herself to be worse than you could possibly imagine. Read More
Quick Fact: Limbaugh is latest media conservative to accuse Obama of ignorance or "lying" about Supreme Court ruling
On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh said that President Obama "didn't know what he was talking about or he was just out-and-out lying" when he said during the State of the Union address that the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC would "open the floodgates" for special interests -- including foreign corporations -- to spend in U.S. elections. In fact, four of the Supreme Court's justices agreed in their opinion that the decision "would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual Americans" to make certain election-related expenditures. Read More
Breitbart brings ACORN videos lie to MSNBC
Interviewed on MSNBC, Andrew Breitbart falsely claimed that the ACORN videos created by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles "clearly show in every -- in almost every single office, the employees at ACORN helping aid and abet the establishment of an underage prostitution brothel." But in six of the eight heavily edited videos produced by O'Keefe and Giles and distributed by Breitbart, either the activists did not clearly tell the ACORN employees that they were planning to engage in child prostitution; or the ACORN employees refused to help them or apparently deliberately misled them; or ACORN employees contacted the police following their visit Read More
Unhinged Beck lashes out in response to Obama's SOTU with attacks, conspiracy theories
Responding to President Obama's January 27 State of the Union speech on his radio show the following day, Glenn Beck offered a series of harsh and bizarre comments, ranging from ad hominem attacks on Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Vice President Joe Biden to baseless conspiracy theories. Beck claimed that Obama detailed his "enemies' list" during the speech -- a list he compared to similar lists from "radicals" including Lenin and Stalin -- and warned his audience that we may be witnessing "the beginning" of a "dictorial [sic] kind of state" and that Obama will "pick us off to send you a message."   Read More
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ConsumerReports.org What's New February 2010
As requested Fred, here's the latest news from ConsumerReports.org. It's February. See how switching to a "triple play" telecom, internet and cable package can save you some serious cash. Find out if infomercial products live up to their advertising promises. Discover how you can get rebates when you trade in your old appliances. Learn which chip/veggie dips were top-rated for nutrition. Check out our Super Bowl 2010 Guide to help you best experience the big game. See which microwaveable diet meals rated best. This month, we'll feature these reports and much more!
New Reports
Save a bundle
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As seen on TV
Veggies that live longer in the fridge…soft, smooth feet with no mess…firmer, flatter abs in just weeks. Do infomercial products really deliver on their promises? Click here to see how 15 infomercial products fared in our tests.
Cash for clunkers for appliances
Use our interactive map to track rebates in your state as part of the $300 million cash for clunkers for appliances rebate program. Our free buyer's guides can help you find the best appliance buys, and our Energy Saving & Green Living guide covers other products and projects that cut energy bills.
Dip, dip hooray
Watching the Super Bowl isn't just about touchdowns and field goals…it's also about the food!!! In an effort to find healthy choices, we tested 10 dips for nutritional value…including creamy dips, hummus, salsa and guacamole. Click here to find out which ones Rated best for your health!
Super sets
Want to throw the best Super Bowl party ever? Then check out our Super Bowl Guide 2010. We've got advice and Ratings on everything from the best TVs, fine-tuning tips for your HDTV, recipes for the grill, tasty low-fat snacks, slow cooker Ratings and much more. Click here before kickoff.
Mini-meals
Prepackaged diet meals seem waist-line friendly, but not all are created equal. Click here to see what our experts had to say about 24 brand-name, microwaveable, diet meals.
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