The most popular leatherwear for liberal donkeys -- blindersHow veddy, veddy sporting of ABC to help out their pal Kerry, like this.
Vote John Kerry for a Posted on 10/08/2004 5:13:31 PM PDT by Perdogg
Laura Ingraham has exposed ABCnews' Mark Halprin efforts to back the sKerry campaing.
http://www.wabcradio.com/listenlive/asp
White House should pull ABC's credentials tonight.
(That's the Reader's Digest version of the memo. I'm sure there's more to it, but that's the gist)
Ping.
How about some details.
Does she have a website citing sources? (don't like real player)
Go to the website, click listen live!!!!
And CBS and NBC and CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post.
It really doesn't matter. They're going to report the same thing tomorrow anyway.
I find the timing of this memo release suspicious, considering that ABC is moderating tonight's debate. I wonder if this is just to plant into the back of Bush's thoughts that tonight's moderator has it out for him?
They absolutely should insist that ABC explain the memo, which of course,they can't. Then, the Whitehouse should announce ABC persona non grata until Halprin has resigned and all of those ABC employees responsible for the memo and the mindset!
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI OCT 08, 2004 18:42:03 ET XXXXX
ABCNEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR MEMO SPARKS CONTROVERSY: BOTH SIDES NOT 'EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE'
**Exclusive**
An internal memo written by ABCNEWS Political Director Mark Halperin admonishes ABC staff: During coverage of Democrat Kerry and Republican Bush not to "reflexively and artificially hold both sides 'equally' accountable."
The controversial internal memo, obtained by DRUDGE, captures Halperin stating how "Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win."
But Halperin claims that Bush is hoping to "win the election by destroying Senator Kerry at least partly through distortions."
"The current Bush attacks on Kerry involve distortions and taking things out of context in a way that goes beyond what Kerry has done," Halperin writes.
Halperin's claim that ABCNEWS will not "reflexively and artificially hold both sides 'equally' accountable" set off a sparks in St. Louis where media players gathered to cover the second presidential debate.
Halperin states the responsibilities of the ABCNEWS staff have "become quite grave."
In August, Halperin wrote online: "The reality is - as amazing as this seems - this is now John Kerry's contest to lose."
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Does laura have 2 shows on a day? Was this on earlier today.
Drudge just has it at http://www.drudgereport.com/mh.htm .
Laura Ingraham is coming to a Thune pre-debate rally here in SF next Tuesday night. Secretly, she wants me.
The page has been pulled.
What happened?
I googled up a cached indymedia page with this info. It seems accurate as of December 2003:
To express concerns to ABC, contact the following:
* ABC Audience Response line at 818-460-7477. Press 4 to leave a message.
* ABC News Washington DC Bureau at 202-222-7777, fax 202-222-7684
* ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin at 212-456-4545, fax 212-456-2795, email mark.halperin@abc.com
* ABC News President David Westin at 212-456-6200, fax 212-456-4292
* ABC President Alex Wallau at 818-460-5500, fax 212-456-2795, email alex.wallau@abc.com
She has a live show on WABC from 8 to 9 pm. She gives out her number and she has responded to my email before.
The most popular leatherwear for liberal donkeys -- blindersHow veddy, veddy sporting of ABC to help out their pal Kerry, like this.
Vote John Kerry for a How can we pajama this guy like Free Republic did
Dan Rather?
Lets get going, the bigger they are the harder they fall.
Cats PjS
This is too much. I'm boycotting CBS (except for NCIS and Joan of Arcadia). Do I have to boycott ABC too?
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