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AROUND THE WEBMediaMatters.org Media overlooked Dobson's "confidential" information on MiersIn reporting Focus on the Family founder and chairman James C. Dobson's announced support for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, various media outlets -- including the Associated Press and The Washington Post -- overlooked Dobson's October 5 statement that his support for the nomination was due, at least in part, to "confidential" information that he had been "privy to." The reports omitted Dobson's comments despite mentioning concerns from many other prominent conservatives that they don't know enough about Miers's views on social issues such as abortion. Dobson's purported inside information would be significant, because both Republican and Democratic critics of Miers have noted that she has a thin track record, having never served as a judge, and have expressed concern that she will follow the lead of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and refuse during her nomination hearing to shed light on her views on such hot-button issues as abortion rights. Even President Bush has dodged questions about whether he has asked Miers about her position on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision protecting the right to abortion. Also see:
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