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Posted on 06/28/2008 10:36:43 AM PDT by kristinn
The Washington Post published an article today in the Style section about researcher Danielle Allen's efforts to track down who is behind allegations that presumed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Hussein Obama (Illinois) is a Muslim. Allen is an Obama supporter who works for the Institute for Advanced Study.
The article was written by Matthew Mosk. A curious choice for The Post considering Mosk's involvement in the nefarious MD4Bush scandal in which Mosk claimed to have been given access to a Free Republic poster's account to expose a Maryland GOP government appointee who was alleged to have commented on rumors that a Maryland Democratic mayor was an adulterer.
Mosk displayed the same talent for exposing Freepers' identities in today's article that he did in the MD4Bush scandal. However, the only person he exposed then was the Republican. The person (or persons) behind the MD4Bush screen name was not reported by Mosk.
The article Mosk wrote today purports to be about efforts to track down where the 'Obama is a Muslim' allegations began. However, it is actually a warning shot across the bow to opponents of Obama that they will be tracked down and exposed for speaking ill of the Obamessiah.
Mosk even makes sure to let Obamaniacs know who is behind Free Republic and where he can be found:
Of the file folders that are spread in neat rows across Allen's desk, only one is bulging. It holds printouts of the reams of conversations about Obama's religion appearing on Free Republic. Since its start in 1996 by Jim Robinson of Fresno, Calif....
The effort by The Post to protect Obama from rumors is in stark contrast to how they promoted potentially candidacy-damaging rumors eight-years ago.
When George W. Bush ran for president in 1999, The Washington Post led the way in rumor-mongering about whether he used cocaine in his youth. Bush refused to deny cocaine use saying that denying rumors just leads to having to deny more and more rumors. No one ever came forward with allegatons that they had first-hand knowledge of Bush using cocaine, but that didn't stop The Post and the mainstream media as painting Bush as a cokehead. No reporter ever asked Bill Clinton about cocaine use, even though several people known to Clinton claimed to have first-hand knowledge of Clinton using the drug while in public office.
While Mosk ignores The Post's own rumor-mongering, he leaves the impression of Free Republic as the rumor mill of the right. A fair reporter would have noted that Freepers exposed the fraudulent Texas Air National Guard documents that CBS News used in its attempt to derail President Bush's reelection bid in 2004. Buckhead, the Freeper who called foul on the documents, was tracked down by the Los Angeles Times even though he did not post his name on Free Republic.
Mosk's article closes with Allen complaining that the Internet has become as influential as unions and political action committees (PACs) in elections. Unstated is that the political activities of unions and PACs are heavily regulated by the federal government.
Allen seriously misunderstands the right to anonymous political speech--equating political speech with the right of a citizen to face his accuser when charged with a crime by the government:
..."This kind of misinformation campaign short-circuits judgment. It also aggressively disregards the fundamental principle of free societies that one be able to debate one's accusers."
While Mosk and The Post are furiously protecting Obama from the Obama is a Muslim allegation, they steadfstly refuse to report on Obama's well-documented connection to the terrorist supporter and Osama bin Laden sympathizer, Jodie Evans, co-founder of the anti-American group Code Pink.
The Post article claims that the Internet's danger to politics is the ability to spread rumors anonymously. The real danger is the left's willingness to use the Internet to track down and destroy its perceived enemies. Allen and Mosk's teamwork exposing Freepers is one more example of that.
Yes, except for the fact that after 2001 - the list does appear to *stop*. Thank you, GWB!
Exactly. Whatever his religion is we respect it because all beliefs are completely equal.
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Well, it's because on account of can't you see the difference, I mean when I took the Dan Rather ethical journalism course he said it quite clearly, no doubt about it, it's not the source that's important, it's the seriousness of the charge, besides, ummm....
What was the question again?
Someone beat you to it..... I saw a thread a few days ago, and someone in the media compared a certificate of a man that was born the same year as Obama and compared the two...... and guess what..... there were serious differences in them.
LOL!—and it isn’t even finished. Oh well—come and get me! I think I can take care of it!
LOL!—and it isn’t even finished. Oh well—come and get me! I think I can take care of it!
oh my goodness, I’m totally shocked to hear that! (not)
Once again, the Left is driven by pure projection.
We know what they’re doing and thinking by what they accuse us of doing and thinking.
Good graphics devolve
I understand what you are saying. It is a shame so many pave the road to hell with good intentions. I was not on the Bush II wagon before the election. I never liked Bush I. I don’t think Americans have enough education (even Danielle) to vote for the people we need in office. Americans keep looking for their salvation in a human. This is something they will never find. After their new knight in shining armor gets in to office, their egos won’t allow them to admit failure and grow for the mistake. I don’t think this country will last much longer with the den of crap have now in Washington.
You would think the election was over, and they had won...
They believe there doesn’t need to be an election...and they have won.
ROFL...that’s about how I feel today...lol
It’s that sense of entitlement from a narcissitic personality disorder syndrome on the left.
I have that t-shirt, I haven't worn it very much, at least not since it became true. LOL
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