Media figures falsely assert or suggest autoworkers make $70/hour without noting figure includes benefits paid to current retirees.
As Congress debates whether to authorize a multibillion-dollar bailout of the U.S. automotive industry, several media outlets, notably New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, nationally syndicated radio host Lars Larson, and MSNBC's Chris Matthews, have used data that combines the average cost of current wages and benefits and future benefits to falsely assert or suggest that autoworkers make $70 or more per hour. But, as analysts and some media outlets have noted, the figure includes not only future retirement benefits for current workers, but also benefits paid to current retirees. Further, the "Big Three" U.S. automobile makers negotiated with the United Auto Workers (UAW) in 2007 to significantly reduce the salary and benefits packages for certain new employees, a fact that Larson and Matthews did not note.--
http://mediamatters.org/items/200811220004
NY Daily News' Michael Goodwin falsely suggested Bill Clinton has not disclosed his speaking fees.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200811220003
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Attacking Media Matters, Bitch O'Reilly falsely claimed he said "Coleman's victory was certified by the state ... which is absolutely true" -- but it's not.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210012
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Right-wing wacko Media Research Center's Robert Knight reportedly said efforts to lift ban on gays and lesbians in military will result in a "Pearl Harbor moment".
( Fight the Right-Wing Wackos: I wonder where right-wing whore Knight gets his knowledge of military life since this Repulsive Republican Pig, like other repukes, has NEVER served in the military? )
http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210007
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The War Room co-whore Jim Quinn claims Mexicans will use subsidized Viagra to "father the next generation of illegals" in effort to "reconquer the Southwest".
http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190020
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Closet case Matt Drudge falsely suggests that paper reported that Obama inaugural "could bankrupt" D.C.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190007
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