Lastest report, disguised Mark Halperin sneaking away with a cart of biased cow patties.
Posted on 10/08/2004 4:57:36 PM PDT by KStorm
CONTROVERSY HITS ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR MARK HALPERIN... EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPING... An internal memo written by ABCNEWS Political Director Mark Halperin admonishes ABC staff during coverage of Democrat Kerry and Republican Bush -- not to 'reflexively and artificially hold both sides 'equally' accountable'...
Payback is a cold hearted BITCH!!!! ain't it?
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent
Election 2004 threads on FR
Too blurry for me too read..thanks tho
yep - that's the reason I think it could get some msm traction.
The MSM is in the tank for kerry, but face it, if they see a chance to take a competitor down a peg, they'll do it.
That's what I've been saying in all my emails...that..and Bush being stabbed in the back
the debate is on...what is brit saying?????????
It's not as sexy as Rathergate, because it doesn't involve a really heavy word like FORGERY. But Rathergate has changed everyone's attitude about this kind of thing. It's not the same world that it was before Labor Day. Halperin will get into a lot of trouble over this, IMHO. He can't even plead freedom of the press, because he's one of the bosses, telling his news people to lie and cheat.
I'll sleep very well tonight knowing ABC, 'the conscience of our nation' will be doing what's 'right.' (rolleyes)
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DAN RATHER TO REPLACE PETER JENNINGS AT ABC
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Who elected Mark Helperin?
civil war kinda scary
dead serious scary
Good grief. If that memo's genuine, that's like finding a diamond bracelet on the beach.
Amen Rose!
Hey, I lost that diamond bracelet 2 years ago...thanks for finding it...could you toss it to me please.
Beginning to look that way.
I'm shocked that it's here already.
Damn! Damn! Damn! those traitors!
Lastest report, disguised Mark Halperin sneaking away with a cart of biased cow patties.
Text Transcript of ABC Bush Kerry Debate Memo
by Landon Howell Bio Email
Owner & Editor
The following is an email sent by ABCNEWS Political
Director Mark Halperin. In short, it gives the ok to distort
the facts as reporters feel is needed It was obtained
from the Drudge Report.
Halperin Memo Dated Friday October 8, 2004
It goes without saying that the stakes are getting very high for the country and the campaigns - and our responsibilities become quite grave
I do not want to set off (sp?) and endless colloquy that none of us have time for today - nor do I want to stifle one. Please respond if you feel you can advance the discussion.
The New York Times (Nagourney/Stevenson) and Howard Fineman on the web both make the same point today: the current Bush attacks on Kerry involve distortions and taking things out of context in a way that goes beyond what Kerry has done.
Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win.
We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn't mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides "equally" accountable when the facts don't warrant that.
I'm sure many of you have this week felt the stepped up Bush efforts to complain about our coverage. This is all part of their efforts to get away with as much as possible with the stepped up, renewed efforts to win the election by destroying Senator Kerry at least partly through distortions.
It's up to Kerry to defend himself, of course. But as one of the few news organizations with the skill and strength to help voters evaluate what the candidates are saying to serve the public interest. Now is the time for all of us to step up and do that right.
Liberal forked tongue langauge: It's up to Kerry to defend himself, of course. But as one of the few news organizations with the skill and strength to help voters evaluate what the candidates are saying to serve the public interest. Now is the time for all of us to step up and do that right.
I posted to another thread that my "new civil war" nightmares had started again. This was a couple weeks ago- before the invasions of Bush campaign offices and this memo.
Lucky for us, LibDems hate guns and the military is 3 to 1 in favor of Bush- the Guard units more strongly than regular duty (per Rush 10/7)
Was this fellow formerly with NPR?
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