Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

Media Get 'Lazy' Factchecking Rick Perry's Ad Claim

Posted on 11/18/2011 by Peter Hart

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's new TV commercial is based on a lie. Will reporters say so? The ad starts with a Barack Obama quote: "We've been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades." To … Continue reading →

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Inevitable Presidential Nominees, Then and Now

Posted on 10/18/2011 by Peter Hart

With all the chatter about the inevitability of Mitt Romney winning the Republican nomination, it might be useful to recall the last time the media were sending the same message about an early favorite, at least according to the national … Continue reading →

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Attention Fox News, Reuters: Mitt Romney Is Funding OWS!

Posted on 10/18/2011 by Peter Hart

The New York Times has an interesting profile today (10/18/11) of a retired Wall Street trader named Robert Halper who, it turns out, made an early donation to Adbusters to help with the Occupy Wall Street movement: Mr. Halper, who … Continue reading →

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Rick Perry, Job-Creating Rodeo Cowboy!

Posted on 09/20/2011 by Peter Hart

The front page of USA Today (9/19/11) tells us that Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is taking "the heat," but not to worry–he says he can handle it. That's especially true with reporters like Susan Page on his side: He's … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul Top Tier Shakeup!

Posted on 08/26/2011 by Peter Hart

There is little reason to care about what the polls say right now about who's leading in the Republican presidential nomination. But the media obviously think otherwise, hence this headline in the Washington Post yesterday (8/25/11): Romney Loses GOP Front-Runner … Continue reading →

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Weeding the Field: Press Declares "Top Tier" GOP Candidates

Posted on 08/15/2011 by Peter Hart

As we've said plenty of times before, one of the main jobs of campaign journalists is winnowing the field of candidates– which must come as a relief to voters who don't want to have more of a say in the … Continue reading →

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Politico's 'Obama to Destroy Romney' Piece Is, Well, 'Weird'

Posted on 08/09/2011 by Peter Hart

There's a lot of chatter–and presumably more to come–about this Politico story today (8/9/11): Obama Plan: Destroy Romney By Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin August 9, 2011 04:29 AM EDT Barack Obama's aides and advisers are preparing to center the … Continue reading →

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June 2007 Flashback: The Clinton/Giuliani Election

Posted on 06/13/2011 by Peter Hart

I noticed a few stories in today's USA Today (6/13/11) about supposed Republican front-runner Mitt Romney. There will be plenty more of this to come–horserace commentary based on polling that's being done in order to give journalists a reason to … Continue reading →

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To WaPo, Planet's Fate Is a 'Second-Tier Issue'

Posted on 06/10/2011 by Peter Hart

The Washington Post had a piece yesterday (6/9/11) on Mitt Romney's views on global warming. It serves as a reminder that Republican political candidates are under enormous pressure from the right-wing base of the party on this issue–any politician who's … Continue reading →

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Fortune Journalist–and Mitt Romney Adviser?

Posted on 03/02/2010 by Peter Hart

Sasha Issenberg reports in the Boston Globe (3/2/10) that Fortune magazine Washington bureau chief and Fox News pundit Nina Easton advised Republican Mitt Romneyon his recent book No Apology. Easton told the Globe that she "offered some writer's advice on … Continue reading →

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