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To: MaineRepublic

But AP is still refusing to name the reporter of their anonymous hit piece, aren't they?


2 posted on 09/04/2004 5:02:47 AM PDT by mewzilla
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LOL. Ain't it amazing the power us poor, ignorant, American civilians are accumulating because of the internet. I'LL GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE ONLY REASON THE AP CHANGED IT WAS BECAUSE A GAZILLION FREEPERS SENT THEM EMAILS COMPLAINING!


3 posted on 09/04/2004 5:05:35 AM PDT by geedee (In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.)
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To: mewzilla

Not that I know of.

I am going on a day trip with my kids today, so I can't follow this.

I hope other Freepers who have time can keep a look out for this lie today and keep it on the front burner.


4 posted on 09/04/2004 5:05:42 AM PDT by MaineRepublic
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To: mewzilla

Yes, we need to find out, and make this their epitaph.


12 posted on 09/04/2004 5:11:14 AM PDT by eno_ (Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
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To: mewzilla
I see that they've changed the original story, but have they really officially retracted it?

Thank goodnes for the internet.

15 posted on 09/04/2004 5:13:53 AM PDT by Melpomene
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To: mewzilla
But AP is still refusing to name the reporter of their anonymous hit piece, aren't they?

Hillary Stalin.

22 posted on 09/04/2004 5:25:36 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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He can run, but he can't hide.

BYLINE: TOM HAYS; Associated Press Writer


54 posted on 09/04/2004 6:19:16 AM PDT by Samwise ("...and His hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again...)
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To: mewzilla

His name is Tom Hays. Someone tracked it down on another thread.


72 posted on 09/04/2004 6:55:59 AM PDT by tiki
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To: mewzilla

Female reporter. I think Al Rantel might have named her on his show last night but I don't remember it.


89 posted on 09/04/2004 7:37:10 AM PDT by doug from upland (John Kerry cried and asked TaRAYaz to make the SwiftVets stop)
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Whoops ----- now they are saying a guy named Tom Hayes. Maybe it was a different story I heard on Rantel.


91 posted on 09/04/2004 7:38:50 AM PDT by doug from upland (John Kerry cried and asked TaRAYaz to make the SwiftVets stop)
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To: mewzilla
But AP is still refusing to name the reporter of their anonymous hit piece, aren't they?

Apparently he has been outed by a blogger using Lexis-Nexis, and his name is Tom Hays. I think he should receive a massive Freep.

Booing the AP(AP reporter ID'ed using Lexis-Nexis)

93 posted on 09/04/2004 7:50:42 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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From Instpundit:

"Apparently, this story is not by Scott Lindlaw, as earlier reported, but by Tom Hays.

Jonathan Last has more on this, and observes:

"So the AP: (1) Puts out a story with falsified reporting; (2) Pulls the story; (3) Removes the faulty reporting; (4) Makes no note of its mistake; and then (5) Pulls the byline of the reporter who made the error. If you were going to impute bad faith to the folks at AP--and at this point that's not unreasonable to do--you might suspect that they have pulled Tom Hays's byline to protect him.

Behold the power of Lexis-Nexis. The AP was able to cover their tracks on the web, but Lexis-Nexis keeps all versions of stories which carry different time-stamps. The Hays original is preserved there in its entirety.


106 posted on 09/04/2004 8:32:47 AM PDT by catonsville
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To: mewzilla
But AP is still refusing to name the reporter of their anonymous hit piece, aren't they?

It was probably Michael "Y'gonna Eat That?" Moore. After his stint with USA Toady (no typo), I imagine he's taking his brown spoon elsewhere to stir the pot.

113 posted on 09/04/2004 10:25:12 AM PDT by Prime Choice (Democrats. They want to have their cake and eat yours too.)
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