Posted on 03/05/2008 4:20:50 PM PST by pt17
What can anyone tell me about Robert Parry and consortiumnews.com? I am working in another forum where there are a number of left-wingers trying to convince people that the high price of gas is because of GWB and his "Oil pals" manipulating supplies and fixing prices. The reference work they're quoting to prove this is an article in consortiumnews, which is edited by Robert Parry. I think this was the guy who broke the Iran/Contra "scandal" too. Thanks, in advance, for any/all information.
ping
Robert Parry was a reporter for the Associated Press in Washington from 1980-1987. He was the first to put Oliver North’s name into print, and then pursued the contra drug angle to the dismay of his editors. After three years with Newsweek, which he also found frustrating, he began reporting for the PBS Frontline show.
He is a nutjob. He is not exactly a ‘fair & balanced reporter’ but he did play one which just proves the MSM is biased (as we already knew).
******
By 1999 and early 2000, we were looking at the reemergence of the Bush family dynasty. However, as Campaign 2000 was heating up, we ran out of money. I was forced to make Consortiumnews.com a part-time enterprise and took an editing job at Bloomberg News. One of our last stories before that break described how the news media was exaggerating Vice President Al Gore’s alleged exaggerations.
Though operating on a part-time basis, we managed to churn out a number of stories in the months before Election 2000 and kept tabs on the recount battle with stories including how George W. Bush dispatched thugs to Miami to intimidate vote counters. In November 2001, we were the first to note that the big news outlets – which had conducted an unofficial recount of Florida’s ballots – had buried their own lead, the fact that Gore would have won Florida if all legal votes were counted.
Thanks, kcvl! Gives me something to track down.
Consortium is associated with the Lyndon LaRouche cult.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.