WHITE HOUSE BLASTS WASHINGTON POST -- AGAIN
Wed Feb 09 2005 17:25:59 ET
For the second time in less than a week, the White House has issued a rare public demand for The WASHINGTON POST to correct high impact stories about the cost of President Bush's domestic initiatives.
The POST caved last Thursday after the White House savaged reporter Jonathan Weisman's article on Social Security (“Benefit Cuts Would Offset Contributions”). Not only did the POST run a correction, but Weisman wrote an entire story correcting his earlier account.
The bad blood boiled over again today when the POST led its editions with a story about Medicare costs by Ceci Connolly and Mike Allen (“Medicare Drug Benefit May Cost $1.2 Trillion”).
The White House issued a scathing attack on the story, coupled with a demand for a fresh correction. A second correction would be a major journalistic embarrassment for the POST, which the White House argues is providing ammunition to Democrats for use in baseless attacks against the president.
The WASHINGTON POST, however, stands by its story this time.
"We're satisfied that our story is quite accurate and don't see any need for a correction," said an editor.
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Ping! Your "name" made it into the Baltimore Sun!
Pajamas and modem ready for inspection, Sir!
Is this supposed to be a new technique?
Back in the old days they used to get stuff like O'Malley's infidelities published in a suburban weekly. That's much harder these days now that Conrad Black owns most of them (really!).
Freepers have always historically required verifiable sources ("source please."), which is more than you could say about the MSM ("unidentifiable source.").
Hey, you mean the MSM is paying this much attn to us?
BWAHAHAHA! Considering all the factual errors that freepers find in MSM articles, this is a pathetic joke of a claim. And notice the weasel wording - "Conventional rules of journalism dictate" - not a claim or statement that the MSM actually does adhere to those rules.
So they are saying that even though the mainsteam media broke the story, it's our fault, because we are forcing them to publish what we want. This is too funny.
I think this article is a sketchy but accurate description of what we do. We could print this out and carry it in our wallets to show people who ask who we are and what we do.
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Yes, stories such as CBS trying to pawn off forged documents in order to harm an incumbent president's re-election bid, or the MSM posting pictures of a G.I. Joe doll, claiming it is an American soldier being held captive by terroritsts. Another story that won't see the light of day in the MSM is the one about Mr. Steffen not being guilty as accused by the left-wing rags that are trying to use this to smear conservatives and FR.
So, did the Baltimore Sun ask for your permission before quoting your post? Or does the "copyright infringement" those newspapers claim only apply to them, and not to us?
very good article.
MSM, like the WAPO and the Baltimore Sun are disappointed that they can no longer "filter" the news, or even bury it.
It was easier for them to refrain from reporting dalliances like those of former Gov. Glendenning and former Gov. Marvin Mandel, even when the dalliance of the later resulted in the death of a State Trooper who was "escorting" the governor to a tryst in Southern Maryland.
Now that bloggers are out there, it won't be so easy for MSM to manage the news.
FreeRepublic has always been a place that has demanded "source" for things posted here.
So, on the next Freepathon, do we need to add in the costs of Body Guards for JimRob? Seems to me there could be a lot of people who want to see FR go away. (I'm not kidding.)
You're famous. Seen this?