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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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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.
Wash. Times pushes fallacy that Kagan doesn't care about the military
A Washington Times editorial and op-ed baselessly suggested that Elena Kagan is hostile to the military, citing as evidence the false claim that she "banned" military recruiters from Harvard Law School. In fact, Kagan's respect for the military is well established; students had access to military recruiters throughout Kagan's tenure as dean; and Harvard's data show that her actions did not hurt military recruitment from the school. Read More
Right-wing media converge on baseless claim that Obama admin. "apologized" to China for AZ law
Conservative media are baselessly accusing the Obama administration of "apologizing" to China for Arizona's immigration law during a discussion on human rights. In fact, the State Department official who commented on the talks in no way said they "apologized"; he said the exchange was part of an "open discussion" about "how each of our societies are dealing" with discrimination issues. Read More
Fox News, CNN mainstream anti-immigrant extremists
Fox News and CNN recently hosted Phil Kent of Americans for Immigration Control (AIC) and the American Immigration Control Foundation (AICF), a group that has ties to white nationalists and "sells ... publications authored by racists and anti-immigrant figures who routinely demonize immigrants," according to the Anti-Defamation League. Moreover, Kent himself has a history of inflammatory rhetoric, including asserting that Barack Obama is a "dangerous, anti-white multiculturalist." Read More
Limbaugh distorts Sunstein's and Kagan's views on control of the Internet
Referring to remarks Cass Sunstein made in a 2001 interview, Rush Limbaugh stated that Sunstein "want[s] to control the Internet" and that "[Elena] Kagan agrees" with Sunstein. In fact, Sunstein has called the policy he described in the 2001 interview a "bad idea," and Limbaugh offered no evidence to support his claim that Kagan agrees with such a policy. Read More
Nothing Wash. Times says about Kagan's views on the First Amendment is true
Washington Times editorial advanced numerous falsehoods in order to paint Elena Kagan as anti-free speech, including the false claim that Kagan has argued that the government could ban pamphlets such as Thomas Paine's Common Sense
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010


3 found dead in vehicle in Brighton Park | VIDEO
The bodies of three men have been found inside a car on Chicago's Southwest Side.

Not enough votes to override Stroger veto
Commissioners did not have enough votes Tuesday to override Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's veto of new hiring, firing and raise rules the board approved earlier this month.

Search for boy in river enters 3rd day | VIDEO
A Chicago family continued its agonizing wait as divers returned to the Chicago River Tuesday searching for a second grader who fell in the water Sunday.

3 dead in apparent murder-suicide
Chicago police are investigating an apparent double-murder-suicide authorities say was committed by a man angry about a divorce.

Semi flips on Ike, spills pool-cleaning pellets
Clean up was under way along the Eisenhower Expressway where a semi truck accidentally spilled its cargo Tuesday morning.

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Lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich are expected to file a motion with the US Supreme Court today asking the high court to delay the start of his corruption trial.

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