Media Matters Daily Summary

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: WSJ advances baseless suggestion that new nuclear arms treaty could limit U.S. missile defense A Wall Street Journal editorial advanced the baseless suggestion that the proposed nuclear arms treaty between the United States and Russia might limit U.S. missile defense, stating that Russia could withdraw from the treaty "if in its view America goes too far toward building missile defenses," which "may incentivize Moscow to hold America's future antimissile programs hostage." But the Obama administration, as the Journal notes, says the treaty does not constrain U.S. missile defense, and treaties -- including a nuclear arms treaty signed by President Bush -- typically allow parties to withdraw. Read More Quick Fact: Morrisey advances falsehood that "doctor fix" means health care bill doesn't reduce deficit In a March 30 Hot Air post, Ed Morrisey advanced the falsehood that the health care reform bill does not reduce the deficit because it did not include the so-called "doctor fix." However, there is no reason the "doctor fix" should be included in the cost of health care reform since the issue predates the health care reform debate and will need to be resolved regardless of health care reform's outcome. Read More Explaining why he's a Reagan conservative, Hannity regurgitates Reagan falsehoods Sean Hannity, purporting to explain what a "Reagan conservative" is, claimed that President Reagan created 21 million new jobs and doubled federal revenues. Neither of those claims are true. Read More CEI's Horner enlists Fox News in manufacturing another climate email scandal A March 30 FoxNews.com article advanced global warming skeptic Chris Horner's baseless claim that climate scientists' emails show that the U.K.'s Climatic Research Unit's (CRU) temperature data are inaccurate, and that NASA's, "by its own admission," "are in even worse shape." In fact, there is no evidence in any of the emails that show the data from either organization are wrong. Read More Hannity's Conservative Victory: More than 20 falsehoods, smears, and distortions On Page 155 of Conservative Victory, Sean Hannity claims that conservatives "have the best weapon at hand to combat [liberals'] efforts: the truth." According to a Media Matters for America review, Hannity appeared to leave that "weapon" at home, as his new book is riddled with numerous falsehoods, smears, and distortions. Below are more than 20 of them: Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.