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Uproar Brings Focus on Role Of Bloggers

By David Snyder and Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 11, 2005; Page B01

File under: Things that make you go, "Hmmm."

1 posted on 02/12/2005 12:24:03 PM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

It's a long-established tradition of print journalism that when the next edition comes out, you change the headline. It makes the news seem fresh for those who've been reading earlier editions. I'm not saying that there's nothing at all sinister going on in the MSM (that would be nuts), but changes in headlines aren't the main place to look, IMO.


2 posted on 02/12/2005 12:28:23 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: kristinn

When mainstream media wants to cause outrage among the people by leading them around by the nose, the stories will keep repeating itself. Changes will be made in the headlines but it's basically "stay in your face until a response is forthcoming" type of mentality. DemoncRAT-controlled Washington Post has an agenda of going after conservatives that are making an impact upon the populace.


4 posted on 02/12/2005 12:39:35 PM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: kristinn
Interesting, too, that the article continues to tell the same lie that it did originally.

You find a "Postie" anywhere and they'll lie to you about anything. They are not people to be trusted at your cash-register or in charge of your children.

5 posted on 02/12/2005 12:40:35 PM PST by muawiyah
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Something is going on here that I have a feeling is going to reveal itself in time. My guess is that the MSM and MO'M and cronies are going to have egg on their faces. Of course that will be buried very deep by the MSM and will have to find the light of day in the new media.


6 posted on 02/12/2005 12:41:31 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (World Series Champion Boston Red Sox!! Has a nice ring to it.)
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To: kristinn
I`m guessing that they perhaps are trying to downplay the free publicity that they gave to Free Republic.

Seeing the neutered headline may not move people to see which site it is referring to.

8 posted on 02/12/2005 12:44:41 PM PST by carlr
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To: kristinn
The headline change occurred at some point between 1:41AM on 2/11, when I posted the original article, and 6:23AM on 2/11, when I noted it on the original thread.

It's not the only headline about the O'Malley/NCPAC issue that changed. The headline of Michael Olesker's Baltimore Sun column did as well. The Baltimore Sun also later cleared up what was likely a factual error - Olesker at first implied that MD4Bush is the Washington Post. That Free Republic thread is here.
10 posted on 02/12/2005 1:08:43 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: kristinn

Hmmmmm? indeed. Thanks! :)


13 posted on 02/12/2005 1:28:29 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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To: kristinn

Declaring war on us poor bloggers and freepers...amazing...


16 posted on 02/12/2005 1:56:52 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: kristinn

Did you tell WaPo that it also screws up our search engine so the story could be posted multiple times?? Much easier to be ignored if it is only posted once.

How dare they? They must answer for this.


18 posted on 02/12/2005 2:20:02 PM PST by Tall_Texan (Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
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To: kristinn

They're still backpedaling and trying to tone things down. The story they ran the day before the one you mention was full of demonstrable lies. Moreover, it's likely that the Washington ComPost was complicit in a political dirty trick campaign engineered by the Mayor of Baltimore and his operatives.

The original story blamed the whole rumor on MDPAC, but this followup story starts talking about the real agent provocateur, who is either a Democrat agent or an employee of the Washington Post, or perhaps both working together as part of a conspiracy to damage the governor.

Presumably Jim Robinson has kept complete records of everthing on FR and has also got copies of the entire Post stories and these alterations made after the fact. Whole articles can't be posted here in the forum, but they can be saved to be used as legal evidence of complicity in fraud and slander, presumably.

I'm only guessing, of course, but there's no doubt that the Post seems to be running scared and pulling its punches after that first dishonest assault.


20 posted on 02/12/2005 4:19:18 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: kristinn

Sorry, gotta agree with the late edit. No credible assertion was made; there's no grounds for calling it a scandal. OTOH, they would never have corrected themselves is conservatives had objected to a headline.


28 posted on 02/12/2005 6:38:16 PM PST by dangus
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To: kristinn
I find this rather curious, especially in light of my interview with David Snyder of The Post last Thursday for this article. I told him one of the reasons for wanting to archive stories on Free Republic was the habit of the news media to change published versions of stories to suit a political agenda.

Revisionists hit again.

29 posted on 02/12/2005 6:40:03 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: kristinn

guess the newspaper guys woke up to the fact that sooner, rather than later.......it going to be found out that MD4Bush may have been working with them....

And they will take a major hit...


30 posted on 02/13/2005 1:19:58 AM PST by ArmyBratproud
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