[KStorm]

Just posted on top of Drudge. What next???

[joyce11111]

More of the same.

[CatOwner]

Loks like the President is about to have more cr@p flung his way. Sigh! :(

[DSBull]

MSM Translation: Don't you dare be fair to Bush this close to the election..

[ArmyBratproud]

I just saw this.

What do you think it means?

Sounds like he has ordered biased hits on Bush.

[Rightfootforward]

Sickening!

[operation clinton cleanup]

accountable for what?

[atomicpossum]

Has CBS verified this memo as 'unimpeachable?'

[teletech]

The press and the judges run this country now.

[stockpirate]

ping

[crazyhorse691]

I am just surprised that a normal thinking management person would instruct his minions to be unabashedly biased. In writing I mean. Looks like the FCC will be looking at another license.

[stockpirate]

What network is tonights moderator from?

[Dr Snide]

went to Drudge and read what he has there. It is the most sicking example of bias I've seen for awhile (and thats saying something). Basically he had decided that while Kerry distorts it isn't central to him winning but it is central to the president winning. This stuff is just wrong, devious, and inexcusable. If Kerry wins this election it will only be because the Press censored postive stories and focued on negatives for Bush like no other time in history. They really should be ashamed but I doubt they are.

[Cubs Fan]

But they're not biased at all, no no, couldn'tpossibly be

/massive sarcasm

[mdittmar]

abc cbs next!

[savedbygrace]

Halperin is saying that Kerry's distortions are not central to his effort to win, but Bush's distortions are, according to him.

Outrageous.

[Petronski]

Thank God someone within ABC leaked this.

Halperin needs a dramatic, large-scale response, Dan-Rather style.

[flashbunny]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI OCT 08, 2004 18:42:03 ET XXXXX

ABCNEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR MEMO SPARKS CONTROVERSY: 'BOTH SIDES NOT 'EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE'

**Exclusive**

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."

The controversial internal memo, obtained by DRUDGE, captures Halperin stating how "Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win."

Halperin claims that Bush is hoping to "win the election by destroying Senator Kerry at least partly through distortions."



"The current Bush attacks on Kerry involve distortions and taking things out of context in a way that goes beyond what Kerry has done," Halperin writes.

Halperin's claim that ABCNEWS will not "reflexively and artificially hold both sides 'equally' accountable" set off a sparks in St. Louis where media players gathered to cover the second presidential debate.

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(this probably should be in breaking for now)

[shhrubbery!]

Laura Ingraham is reading the Halperin memo on her radio show now.

You might be able to get streaming audio from www.wabcradio.com .

[orangelobster]

Send him a memo if you disagree. Not sure if this is correct as I got it off a website other than ABC.

mark.halperin@abc.com

[SoDak]

Sounds to me like he's telling the troops to take it easy on Kerry and to go after Bush. Not surprised.