She's a Democratic Party Congresswoman again. She won in November.
Posted on 02/21/2005 12:03:43 PM PST by atomic conspiracy
Yesterday, Little Green Footballs ("LGF") broke the story of Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s (D-NY) statement to a Cornell University audience that the CBS TANG memoes were most likely planted by Karl Rove.
One of LGF’s operatives recorded the statement and challenged Hinchey on it, only to be told essentially that facts were not as important in determining the truth as Hinchey’s own beliefs.
The Cornell audience naturally cheered Hinchey.
The initial LGF story included a full transcript of Hinchey’s conspiracist remarks. Since then, LGF has run 3 more strings on the story, #2 #3 #4and a number of other other blogs and websites have picked it up.
Several legacy media outlets, mostly local idiotarian rags in the Ithaca area, have reported on Hinchey’s speech but not one mentioned his lengthy descent into tin-foil hattery or the exchange with the audience member/LGF operative.
National legacy media have not mentioned Hinchey at all in recent days.
I believe this is an important story, as much for the calculated stonewalling of the legacy media as for the sheer lunacy of Hinchey's remarks to a friendly audience in LLL territory.
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She's a Democratic Party Congresswoman again. She won in November.
Oh yeah, I had blotted that misfortune out of my mind. Republican PEST perhaps?
McKinney(D-Insanity)
This is not the first time Hinchey has said things beyond the pale. About two years ago, he characterized US troop actions in Iraq as a "massacre."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879138/posts
Hinchey is a member of the Democrat's Progressive (read Marxist) Caucus.
Just on FOXNEWS 6:33pm
Hinchey story reported by Brit Hume.
>Hinchey story reported by Brit Hume.
About time!
Monday, February 21, 2005
Partisan NY 22nd District Newspapers Bury Hinchey Outburst
Not surprisingly, no one from Rep. Maurice Hinchey's office has so far replied to my email request to explain his outlandish claim that Dan Rather was duped by operatives of Karl Rove, even though I am a 22nd District constituent. I only mention that because Congressman reputedly like to use the dodge, "Well, you're not in my district so..."
Well Rep. Hinchey, I am in your district, you work for me and the other taxpayers of the 22nd District, and I think we have a right to know why you would make a comment, that if it did not involve a political figure, would likely constitute slander.
Not surprisingly, the local print news media, all with consistent liberal bias, have not felt this story warranted coverage. The Times Herald-Record whiffs, as do the three Gannett-owned papers in the District, the Poughkeepsie Journal, the Ithaca Journal, and the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.
I am quite certain that if a New York Republican (say, Stephen Minarik) made a controversial statement about a nationally prominent Democrat, (say, Howard Dean) that even the national news media, such as the Associated Press would find it newsworthy, though it would take a blogger to prove the connection.
Should anyone desire to contact executives at these fine news organizations and ask them why they are ignoring this story, their names, titles, and email addresses are provided below.
Times Herald-Record
Mike Levine, Executive Editor: mlevine@th-record.com
Meg McGuire, Managing Editor: mmcguire@th-record.com
Joe Dowd: North Orange/Ulster Editor, jdowd@th-record.com
Bob Gaydos: Editorial Page Editor, rgaydos@th-record.com
Poughkeepsie Journal
Margaretta Downey, Executive Editor, newsroom@poughkee.gannett.com
Richard L.Kleban, Managing Editor, rkleban@poughkee.gannett.com
John Ferro, City Editor, jferro@poughkee.gannett.com
James Konrad, News Editor, jkonrad@poughkee.gannett.com
Ithaca Journal
Jim Fogler, President, jfogler@ithaca.gannett.com
Dave Bohrer, Asst. Managing Editor, dbohrer@ithaca.gannett.com
Bruce Estes, Managing Editor, bestes@ithaca.gannett.com
Joe Swartz, Editorial Page Editor, jschwartz@ithaca.gannett.com
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Rick Jensen, Executive Editor, rjensen@binghamt.gannett.com
Christopher Kocher, News Editor, ckocher@binghamt.gannett.com
Frank Roessner, Editorial Page Editor, froessne@binghamt.gannett.com
P.S.--Oliver Willis: Here is your media bias.
Another reason to replace the MSM
The local paper has picked up the story, but buys Hinchey's lie that he never said he had proof:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20050222/localnews/2014019.html
I guess it was too hard to click on the LGF link and listen to the audio.
The Daily Freeman, from Hinchey's end of the district, has also picked up the story, and includes an interesting angle: they sought but did not obtain comment from CBS!
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14007019&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6
Well, the DUmmies are going for it like a dog going for another dog's vomit.
"Well, the DUmmies are going for it like a dog going for another dog's vomit."
It figures. I mean, Hinchey's home town is Hurley, NY.
I looked over there and couldn't find a thread. Can you supply an URL or point me in the right direction?
Thanks for the link. A true treasure trove of lunacy over there. My favorite: the guy who suggests that CBS (that conservative tool) was in bed with Rove on this to hurt Kerry!
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