From MediaMatters: As media figures prepare to recognize President Obama’s 100th day in office, Media Matters has reviewed coverage since the inauguration and identified numerous myths and falsehoods about the administration and its policies:

MYTH: Obama has weakened our standing abroad: During and following Obama’s trip to Europe for the G-20 summit and to Trinidad and Tobago for the Summit of the Americas, conservative media figures frequently mischaracterized Obama’s actions and comments to claim they were signs of weakness, continuing the media trend of portraying Democrats as weak on matters of national security and foreign policy — [ READ MORE ]

MYTH: Obama and his policies have endangered the U.S.: As Obama proposed a Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2010 and announced plans to close the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, media figures have put forth falsehoods and other misinformation as purported evidence that Obama’s policies would endanger the United States — [ READ MORE ]

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MYTH: Obama is responsible for the recession, stock market decline: Even as Obama was inaugurated in the midst of a recession and stock market decline that began under Bush, media figures have perpetuated myths and falsehoods that place responsibility for that recession on Obama. — [ READ MORE ]

MYTH: Obama is engaging in irresponsible spending: Media figures have frequently advanced falsehoods about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal, and other administration initiatives aimed at stabilizing the economy. For example, media figures often omitted the widely held views that governments must increase their spending during a recession and that all government spending has a stimulative effect. — [ READ MORE ]

MYTH: Obama will raise your taxes and cap your paycheck: Media figures have advanced several other MYTHs and falsehoods about Obama’s economic recovery package and his budget proposal, including that Obama has sought to eliminate charitable deductions, that Obama’s budget would increase taxes on a large percentage of small businesses, that Obama has proposed broad compensation restrictions throughout the private sector, and that the estate tax affects many small businesses. — [ READ MORE ]

MYTH: Obama will nationalize health care and other health care misinformation: As Obama prepares to release his plan to reform the country’s health care system, numerous media figures and outlets have falsely claimed that he has proposed “nationalized” health care — something he has not proposed either as a candidate or as president. — [ READ MORE ]

MYTH: Obama is targeting conservatives, vets, Christianity, and “your gun” — [ READ MORE ]

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