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Posted at 01:26 PM ET, 11/16/2012

Fox News mangled huge Benghazi story
By Erik Wemple
The network amended bombshell Benghazi report on the fly.

By Erik Wemple  |  01:26 PM ET, 11/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  fox news benghazi, fox news benghazi cia stand down, fox news benghazi glen doherty, fox news benghazi tyrone woods glen doherty, fox news libya, fox news correction, fox news benghazi griffin, fox news griffin

Posted at 10:08 AM ET, 11/06/2012

Fox News’s Benghazi coverage: Van Susteren says Obama administration excludes Fox
By Erik Wemple
Van Susteren says Obama administration stiff-arming Fox News.

By Erik Wemple  |  10:08 AM ET, 11/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  fox news greta van susteren, fox news briefings, fox news cia briefing, fox news state department briefing, fox news beghazi, fox news libya, fox news obama

Posted at 05:50 PM ET, 11/05/2012

A CBS News Obama-Libya scandal? Certainly.

By Erik Wemple
A CBS scandal on Obama and Libya? Absolutely.

By Erik Wemple  |  05:50 PM ET, 11/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  cbs news obama libya, cbs news benghazi libya kroft, cbs news obama kroft romney

Posted at 12:29 PM ET, 11/01/2012

Fox News’s Benghazi bombshell: Why haven’t other media followed?

By Erik Wemple
Should media outlets follow the Fox News story on Benghazi?

By Erik Wemple  |  12:29 PM ET, 11/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  fox news benghazi, fox news benghazi cia stand down, fox news cia benghazi stand down cia, fox news libya

Posted at 09:37 AM ET, 10/26/2012

Geraldo on Libya: Stop ‘preposterous’ nonsense
By Erik Wemple
Geraldo blasts politicization of Libya

By Erik Wemple  |  09:37 AM ET, 10/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  geraldo libya fox news, geraldo rivera libya fox & friends, fox & friends geraldo libya, geraldo libya fox

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 10/25/2012

Palin absurdity: ‘Nothing remotely racist’ in Obama comment
By Erik Wemple
Sarah Palin lashes out at those alleging racism in her recent Facebook post.

By Erik Wemple  |  01:00 PM ET, 10/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  sarah palin shuck and jive, palin shuck and jive, palin shuck and jive obama, palin obama shuck and jive, palin libya shuck and jive, palin benghazi shuck and jive

Posted at 08:13 AM ET, 10/25/2012

Ann Coulter credits non-Fox media (except NBC)
By Erik Wemple
Non-Fox, non-NBC gets some credit.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:13 AM ET, 10/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  ann coulter media, ann coulter hannity libya, ann coulter nbc media libya, ann coulter benghazi fox, hannity coulter libya benghazi attack

Posted at 01:04 PM ET, 10/24/2012

Palin accuses president of ‘shuck and jive’ on Libya
By Erik Wemple
She criticizes his statements on Libya with a racially loaded phrase.

By Erik Wemple  |  01:04 PM ET, 10/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  sarah palin obama shuck and jive, palin shuck and jive, sarah palin fox news shuck and jive, palin obama shuck and jive libya

Posted at 04:49 PM ET, 10/22/2012

Drudge features a bowing Obama
By Erik Wemple
Drudge Report aggregates Obama bows

By Erik Wemple  |  04:49 PM ET, 10/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  drudge report obama bowing, drudge report obama foreign policy, drudge obama apology, drudge obama foreign policy drudge obama libya

Posted at 12:53 PM ET, 10/22/2012

RNC, DNC clash on Fox News over Libya

By Erik Wemple
How extensively can RNC and DNC spokesmen interrupt each other?

By Erik Wemple  |  12:53 PM ET, 10/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  rnc dnc sean spicer brad woodhouse, benghazi, obama romney, fox news clash libya, fox news benghazi obama, fox news benghazi

Posted at 08:58 AM ET, 10/19/2012

Stewart whiffs on Libya question
By Erik Wemple
Stewart’s Libya question fails.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:58 AM ET, 10/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  jon stewart obama libya, jon stewart obama media, jon steart libya benghazi, benghazi stewart obama

Posted at 04:32 PM ET, 10/18/2012

Fox News panel EXPLODES over Libya
By Erik Wemple
Fox News goes deep, deep on Obama’s ‘act of terror’ contention.

By Erik Wemple  |  04:32 PM ET, 10/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  fox news megyn kelly libya, libya fox news kelly obama, benghazi fox news obama, benghazi fox news libya rose garden, susan rice fox news libya benghazi

Posted at 12:40 PM ET, 10/18/2012

Presidential debate: Obama tells more about Libya to some guy than to American public

By Erik Wemple
Can Kerry Ladka replace the White House press corps?

By Erik Wemple  |  12:40 PM ET, 10/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  presidential debate kerry ladka, presidential debate kerry ladka obama, presidential debate benghazi, benghazi obama romney ladka, presidential debate libya, libya benghazi obama, libya terror obama, libya act of terror obama

Posted at 04:11 PM ET, 10/17/2012

Presidential debate: AP fact-check very kind to President Obama
By Erik Wemple
President Obama has got to like AP’s debate fact-check.

By Erik Wemple  |  04:11 PM ET, 10/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Forecasts | Tags:  ap fact-check libya, ap fact-check romney crowley libya, ap fact-check romney libya, ap fact-check benghazi, ap fact check benghazi crowley obama

Posted at 11:37 AM ET, 10/17/2012

Presidential debate: Libya questioner says Obama didn’t answer

By Erik Wemple
Crowley could have gone activist on Obama’s Libya-security response.

By Erik Wemple  |  11:37 AM ET, 10/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  kerry ladka obama libya, obama libya security question, obama libya debate, presidential debate obama libya security, libya debate obama security

Posted at 01:08 AM ET, 10/17/2012

Did Crowley fairly fact-check Romney? A textual analysis.
By Erik Wemple
Did Crowley have the facts on her side vis-a-vis Romney?

By Erik Wemple  |  01:08 AM ET, 10/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  crowley fact check romney, crowly debate romeny, presidential debate crowley romney, presidential debate crowley obama rommey, presidential debate crowley obama libya, presidential debate crowley libya romney, libya romney crowley, crowly debate romney benghazi

Posted at 12:00 AM ET, 10/17/2012

Presidential debate: Did conservative media hurt Romney on Libya?

By Erik Wemple
Did conservative media betray the Republican on Libya?

By Erik Wemple  |  12:00 AM ET, 10/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Forecasts | Tags:  romney libya obama debate, romney crowley debate, romney crowley benghazi debate

Posted at 02:04 PM ET, 10/16/2012

State Dept. on WSJ: ‘Right hand wasn’t talking to the far right hand’

By Erik Wemple
‘Right hand wasn’t talking to the far right hand.’

By Erik Wemple  |  02:04 PM ET, 10/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  wall street journal hillary clinton libya, wall street journal clinton libya, wall street journal libya responsibility clinton, wsj clinton libya

Posted at 09:26 PM ET, 10/15/2012

WSJ calls Clinton ‘mute’ just as she opens up
By Erik Wemple
Editorial on ‘mute’ Clinton coincides with Clinton media offensive.

By Erik Wemple  |  09:26 PM ET, 10/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  hillary clinton wall street journal, hillary clinton editorial wall street journal libya, clinton wsj benghazi, clinton wsj benghazi wsj, hillary clinton responsibility benghazi

Posted at 01:50 PM ET, 10/14/2012

Woodward: Media guilty of ‘misfocus’ on Libya
By Erik Wemple
Woodward on media: ‘Too much polls’

By Erik Wemple  |  01:50 PM ET, 10/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Technology | Tags:  chris wallace, fox news sunday washington post, chris wallace bob woodward washington post new york times, libya coverage, woodward libya coverage, benghazi coverage woodward new york times

Posted at 09:51 AM ET, 10/12/2012

Raddatz: Just a bit soft on Libya
By Erik Wemple
Raddatz passed up grand opportunity on Libya.

By Erik Wemple  |  09:51 AM ET, 10/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  martha raddatz libya biden, biden libya, security raddatz, vice presidential debate raddatz biden, biden vice presidential debate libya, liybna biden debate

Posted at 08:34 AM ET, 10/11/2012

CNN’s Morgan blasts Democrat over Libya
By Erik Wemple
He grills top Democratic official on Obama explanation on Benghazi.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:34 AM ET, 10/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  piers morgan, cnn, debbie wasserman schultz, libya, benghazi

Posted at 01:02 PM ET, 10/02/2012

Fox News’s Andrea Tantaros: How many people need to die before media gets tough?

By Erik Wemple
Andrea Tantaros says a single conglomerate dominates U.S. newspapers.

By Erik Wemple  |  01:02 PM ET, 10/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  andrea tantaros, fox news, bob beckel, president obama, libya, benghazi

Posted at 05:16 PM ET, 10/01/2012

Pat Caddell: Press is the ‘enemy of the American people’
By Erik Wemple
Analyst says news media are leaving U.S. democracy in peril.

By Erik Wemple  |  05:16 PM ET, 10/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  pat caddell, media enemy of the american poeple, media bias, libya, new york times, mainstream media bias

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 09/28/2012

Are Obama’s reporters as feisty as Romney’s?
By Erik Wemple
The media sift through the contradictions in the aftermath of the Libya attack.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:00 AM ET, 09/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mitt romney, president obama, benghazi, libya, intelligence, al qaeda, terrorism

Posted at 08:02 AM ET, 09/24/2012

CNN host Kurtz applauds CNN’s journal handling
By Erik Wemple
Kurtz: CNN did the right things.

By Erik Wemple  |  08:02 AM ET, 09/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  cnn, state department, howard kurtz, reliable sources, libya

Posted at 02:37 PM ET, 09/23/2012

CNN vs. the State Department: A long story
By Erik Wemple
State alleges CNN violated a commitment over slain ambassador’s journal.

By Erik Wemple  |  02:37 PM ET, 09/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  cnn, state department, libya, benghazi, christopher stevens, ambassador, andrews air force base, cnn state department, state department cnn, stevens famiiy

Posted at 11:08 AM ET, 09/17/2012

GOP lawmaker: ‘I don’t care what FactCheck says’
By Erik Wemple
GOPer lashes out at fact-checking organization.

By Erik Wemple  |  11:08 AM ET, 09/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  CNN, mitt romney, apology, peter king, soledad o'brien, libya, attacks

Posted at 12:41 PM ET, 09/14/2012

Scarborough: Romney didn’t ‘allow’ immediate accountability coverage
By Erik Wemple
Romney apparently got in the way in the aftermath of embassy attacks.

By Erik Wemple  |  12:41 PM ET, 09/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  joe scarborough, morning joe, mitt romney, president obama, libya attacks, egypt

Posted at 01:15 PM ET, 09/13/2012

Obama-rooting reporters?

By Erik Wemple
May reporters discuss questions before a press conference?

By Erik Wemple  |  01:15 PM ET, 09/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  white house, michelle malkin, mitt romney, president obama, julie mason, npr, cbs, mitt romney, libya jan crawford, ari shapiro

Posted at 07:04 AM ET, 09/13/2012

Fact-checkers say no to Romney ‘apology’ claims
By Erik Wemple
Obama isn’t apologizing for America.

By Erik Wemple  |  07:04 AM ET, 09/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  politifact, factcheck.org, mitt romney, president obama, egypt libya

Posted at 12:38 PM ET, 09/12/2012

Romney attack on Obama: Is that an apology? Leave it to the fact-checkers
By Erik Wemple
Romney makes multiple ‘apology’ allegations. Have at it, fact-checkers.

By Erik Wemple  |  12:38 PM ET, 09/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  mitt romney, apology, fact-checking series, libya, attacks, egypt, cairo