Posted on 09/03/2004 2:16:17 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16
I wonder if any newspapers will run with the old, incorrect story tomorrow?
Anyone with contacts there that would know?
Kicking a$$ and taking names!!
Just checked The Boston Globe. They have corrected the article but they have NOT issued a retraction.
WHERE ARE THE RETRACTIONS AND APOLOGIES? (not that I'm holding my breath)
Mark Belling can & will make the life if Lee Hughes miserable if Hughes is lying to him. He's ready to give out the fax number to the Milwaukee office on air.
Hugh Hewitt calls us freepers modern day coast watchers....we earned our stripes today.
Isn't this called 'projection' or something? They are accusing conservatives of something that they themselves would do.
Guess they don't mind insulting the people of small city America.
Here's an idea: Go to Google News and Google for all the reprints of the article. When you find sites that include the fabrication, email them the correction. Here is my correspondence with one:
"Your story about Bush's audience booing when he wished Clinton well is incorrect. The reporter completely fabricated the reaction and the AP has already issued a correction."
I received this response 2 minutes later:
"We have removed the story from our website. Thank you for e-mailing us the error.
thanks again
Bronwyn
WCCO-News"
I replied with this:
"Thank you for your quick response, but damage has already been done. How about your local news dept. doing a story about the error, why and how it happened, and who is responsible. National media need to be held accountable for errors like this, this should not just be pulled. If you listen to the audio of the rally, this is not just a simple mistake, it is a fabrication. Are you comfortable having reporters feed you stories containing this kind of error? It also affects your credibility and reputation when it's posted on your site, and you can get out ahead of it by making the error itself the story."
I still haven't heard back
Do they really think they are helping the dems when they lie? I hope this gets follow up and I hope FNC reports on it.
Just sent my fax. The voice line is busy (surprised). The fax did go through.
Ap Milwaukee Bureau
918 N. Fourth Street
Milwaukee WI 53203-1596
(414) 225-3580
(414) 225-3599 Fax
Kept it short:
VIA FACSIMILE
September 3, 2004
AP Milwaukee Bureau
918 N. Fourth Street
Milwaukee WI 53203-1596
RE: President Bush Rally Story 1130 WISN
Sir,
It is unconscionable that your agency would report slanderous information about the President and about the citizens of Wisconsin. You must reveal the name of the reporter who filed a false story and indicate what will be done to relieve him of his duties.
In the meantime, AP has absolutely no credibility.
Sincerely,
Lawrence J. Lucido
If only I could get paid to be a full-time news-hawk. My work as a software engineer is interfering with my ability to expose all the Left's lies. ;)
Hope they do investigate and get back to you. Keep us informed.
This is kind of a stretch--is it remotely possible that some reporter heard what he/she wanted to hear? If one had already made up one's mind that the Republicans would celebrate the news about Clinton, one could in a moment of zealousness hear boos where there were none.
Not that it's any less acceptable, but it may not have been intentional.
I've noticed that AP stories RARELY carry a byline. Do you think that's intentional?
AP Washington office is 202-776-9400
"He's ready to give out the fax number to the Milwaukee office on air."
See my #91.
Anyone know if the United Press is an associate of AP or are they competitors?
Saw it. Good job.
It's been a while since I was a journalist and I've misplaced my AP Style Guide, but there are rules for bylines and datelines. I may be wrong, but bylines are not required on every little piece of copy that appears in news.
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