USA TODAY NEEDS TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT BUSH "OUTRAGE" ADS -- come on, make a call

dfu | 3-9-04 | dfu

[GOPrincess]

Brit Hume's all over this on SPECIAL REPORT today (3:25 PT), interviewing Byron York of NATIONAL REVIEW.

[doug from upland]

Isn't Debra usually on our side?

[EllaMinnow]

Brit and Byron are doing this GREAT!

[Steven W.]

Hugh Hewitt was going to put you on the air but when he brought up the line you weren't there!

[doug from upland]

I'm back on hold for Hugh and hope to get on.

[doug from upland]

Has Byron written the story yet?

[GOPrincess]

I was just on National Review's website and the latest York story posted is his analysis of polls. Maybe tomorrow?

[Cboldt]

Good luck. UPI is reporting, tonight, poll results that show how effective the DEM tactic was ...

Americans say 9/11 campaign ads are wrong <-- Link

[maggief]

Please add that the Peaceful Tomorrows news conference was "arranged" and "paid for" by Moveon.org.


http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/8122223.htm

A news conference Friday by Peaceful Tomorrows, a group of victims' relatives, was arranged by MoveOn.org, a Berkeley-based group that has been running ads critical of Bush. The relatives questioned the use of the images for political gain.



http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/06/politics/campaign/06CAMP.html

But a group of families who lost loved ones held a news conference in New York on Friday to say they found the advertisements offensive. Officials at Moveon.org., a liberal advocacy group, said they paid for the event.

[Republican Red]

Once again, good job Freepers. Very impressed. Sorry I signed in too late to join in on the USA Freep).

It never ceases to amaze me that so called journalists working for major media don't know the facts before writing their articles. Naive me, I always thought that's what journalist did, dug up facts for a story. There really is no excuse for the media's laziness, except plain bias. Why should a housewife in Alpharetta GA know more about the story than the political editor at a major newspaper? Every time I call CNN I am told the same thing - "CNN is still researching this story".

[Cboldt]

It never ceases to amaze me that so called journalists working for major media don't know the facts before writing their articles.>/i>

See maggiefluffs comments above. The NYT can say that it knew the connection, and has already fully reported it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/06/politics/campaign/06CAMP.html

[Steven W.]

just heard you ... good work - this latest DNC outrage is completely outrageous!

[Rabid Dog]

Just made my call and left a message. The person's name is Gwenn Flanders by the way.

Took all of 90 seconds. C'mon people - make that call!

[doug from upland]

We've hit them pretty well. Gwen was not interested but apparently the original reporter was very interested. He told another FReeper that he wished he had that info before writing the story and that they were investigating. Thanks for making the call. Let's see who we have to hit tomorrow.

[doug from upland]

If we have anything to say about it, they are not going to get away with it.

[knak]

maybe if enough freepers sent a copy of the story to their LOCAL papers, sooner or later mainstream would have to pick it up

[Rabid Dog]

Well if she is indeed the Political Editor she better be interested!!

(I felt like I took my One-A-Day Vitamin today - we should start a One-A-Day club for activism)

[syriacus]

Isn't Debra usually on our side?

Thank you for telling me.

[cricket]

"Our message to all politicians is, 'Keep your hands off Ground Zero,' " said David Potorti, of Cary, N.C., a member of Peaceful Tomorrows, one of the families' organizations. His brother Jim, 52, died at the World Trade Center. ---end excerpt---"

Incredible; and of course, 9/11 is not 'his' or 'theirs'.

Would gladly ask that they take their bleeding Leftist hearts back over to Afghanistan.

Meantime, I will e-mail USA Today. But it does not sound like these people can be shamed.

[cricket]

"Hannity is all over it again"

Hope he goes there in greater detail tonight as well - right now, on Rush's case.