John King IS “Fundamentally” wrong: CNN’s King twisted facts in linking Obama to McCain’s “fundamentals of the economy are strong” comment

From MediaMatters: During the March 13 edition of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, guest host and CNN chief national correspondent John King alleged: “The president today said there were fundamentally sound aspects of the economy. He says we’ll get through this because of the innovative entrepreneurs, companies that are making good products, workers, American workers who are so productive. Almost exactly the same message he criticized [Sen.] John McCain for during the election.” In fact, Obama criticized McCain in September 2008 for broadly stating that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong,” not for, as King claimed, specifically pointing to entrepreneurs, companies, and American workers as “fundamentally sound aspects of the economy.” Indeed, it was only after Obama criticized McCain that McCain revised his comments to assert that by “fundamentals,” he had been referring to “the American worker, and their innovation, their entrepreneurship, the small business.”

Moments after misrepresenting Obama’s criticism of McCain, King also falsely suggested that Obama had broadly stated in his March 13 remarks that “the economy is fundamentally strong.” In fact, Obama did not comment on the broad “fundamentals” of the economy. As King had noted earlier, Obama pointed to specific “fundamentally sound aspects of our economy,” including, in Obama’s words, “all the outstanding companies, workers, all the innovation and dynamism in this economy.” [ READ MORE ]

On Saturday 15th March — John King was at it again, while interviewing the CRIMINAL MASTERMIND of the BUSH REGIME — Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

Interviewing former Vice President Dick Cheney, CNN’s John King asked Cheney several leading questions, most premised on conservative or Republican talking points, that provided Cheney ample opportunities to attack President Obama. For instance, King asked Cheney whether he “believe[s] the president of the United States has made Americans less safe” by reversing several Bush administration’s national security policies and whether he agrees with “the conservative weekly Human Events” that Obama is “trying to brazenly deceive the American people.”

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