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- ABC, CBS presented immigrant rights as a "passionate" and "personal" issue for Bush; ignored White House support of criminalization
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  In reporting on President Bush's May 18 trip to Yuma, Arizona, to promote the immigration reform proposals he laid out in a May 15 speech, ABC World News Tonight anchor Elizabeth Vargas claimed that "it was clear he [Bush] is passionate about the very issue that has so many members of his party...
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- Vargas reported Bushs claims about tax cuts, omitted critics views
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  On the May 17 broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight, anchor Elizabeth Vargas noted President Bush's claim that dividend and capital gains tax cuts passed in 2003 "have helped expand the economy and create jobs," but she omitted any mention of critics who have challenged the administration&#...
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- Vargas revived misinformation commonly reported in 2005 that Social Security will "run out of money" in early 2040s
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  Reporting on the recent 2006 reports on the financial status of Social Security and Medicare during the May 1 broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight, anchor Elizabeth Vargas -- repeating a false characterization by the Bush administration that has been repeatedly debunked -- described the revise...
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- ABCs own report debunked Vargass claim that Bush "unveil[ed] an ambitious plan to lower the cost of oil and gas"
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  On the April 25 edition of ABC's World News Tonight, co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas reported that President Bush "unveil[ed] an ambitious plan to lower the cost of oil and gas." Yet later in the same broadcast, ABC News chief White House correspondent Martha Raddatz reported that the Bush administr...
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- Vargas omitted unanimous Dem "no" vote on increasing national debt limit
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  On the March 16 broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight, co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas reported that "Congress voted to raise the national debt limit to nearly $9 trillion," but omitted the fact that all Senate Democrats voted against the increase, along with three Republicans. The Senate's March 16 vot...
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- Persistent amnesia: ABCs Vargas, MSNBCs ODonnell ignored Bush levee comment
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  On the March 1 edition of ABC's World News Tonight, anchor Elizabeth Vargas reported the release of a videotape that shows President Bush, on the day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, receiving warnings from National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield that the New Orleans levees could be ...
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- Vargass interview of Bush on ABC contained false statements, missed opportunities
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  During an exclusive interview with President Bush on the February 28 broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight, co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas repeated White House distortions and uncritically accepted Bush's answers -- even though some were demonstrably false. Vargas echoed the White House line -- which, ...
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Elizabeth vargas

ABC, CBS presented immigrant rights as a "passionate" and "personal" issue for Bush; ignored White House support of criminalization

Vargas reported Bushs claims about tax cuts, omitted critics views

Vargas revived misinformation commonly reported in 2005 that Social Security will "run out of money" in early 2040s

ABCs own report debunked Vargass claim that Bush "unveil[ed] an ambitious plan to lower the cost of oil and gas"

Vargas omitted unanimous Dem "no" vote on increasing national debt limit

Persistent amnesia: ABCs Vargas, MSNBCs ODonnell ignored Bush levee comment

Vargass interview of Bush on ABC contained false statements, missed opportunities

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