Posted on 10/28/2008 3:27:38 PM PDT by savvyguy
This crucial video, if released could COST Obama this election! Earlier today I call upon Mccain camp, talk show hosts, conservatives, Christians, Republicans to call, email /fax LA Times, pressuring them today! Yes, i understand how liberal MSM resists giving any help to mcCain, but can they ignore 1000 calls? or talk of boycott of its sponsors? Thanks ahead. What we lack is coordination, every one doing their own thing, their little project.
At its site,"If you have questions or concerns about The Times' journalistic standards and practices, contact:
Los Angeles Times Readers' Representative Office E-mail: readers.rep@latimes.com Telephone message line: (877) 554-4000 Fax: (213) 237-3535
More LA office #'s:
Phone: (213) 237-5000, (213) 237-4511
Fax: (213) 237-7679, (213) 237-4712
email to all: letters@latimes.com, national@latimes.com, oped@latimes.com
see O'Reilly's video on his recent demand on LA Times to release tape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqT_6jrg8wE
Oct. 28, 2008
John McCain's campaign is demanding that the Los Angeles Times release a video of a party for a prominent Palestinian activist that Barack Obama attended in 2003.
The Times described the going-away party for former University of Chicago professor, and Obama friend, Rashid Khalidi, in a story in April. The story reported that Palestinians thought they might have a friend in Obama because of his friendships in that community, despite the fact that his positions have never been particularly pro-Palestinian.
"A major news organization is intentionally suppressing information that could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi," said McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb, citing Obama's friendship with Khalidi, who is now a professor at Columbia University.
He said the video could, among other things, show how Obama responded to a poem recited at the party accusing Israel of "terrorism" and warning of consequences for U.S. support for Israel, which Goldfarb described as "hate speech."
"The election is one week away, and it's unfortunate that the press so obviously favors Barack Obama that this campaign must publicly request that the Los Angeles Times do its job — make information public," he said.
The campaign hadn't previously demanded the video, though conservative bloggers have, and neither other reporters nor McCain's researchers have been able to dig up a copy.
Khalidi is a controversial figure, reviled by pro-Israel activists, though not a marginal one. A former professor at the University of Chicago, he's now Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia, and respected by many in academia. He's been criticized most for saying that Palestinians have a right to resist Israeli occupation and has been described as a former P.L.O. spokesman, a label he has denied.
The paper hasn't explained its unwillingness to release the video, and Peter Wallsten, who found the tape and wrote about it, declined to discuss it with me last night. He forwarded an e-mail that the paper has sent readers who have complained as conservative blogs raise the issue.
"Over six months ago the Los Angeles Times published a detailed account of the events shown on the videotape. The Times is not suppressing anything. Just the opposite — the L.A. Times brought the matter to light," wrote the readers' representative, Jamie Gold.
L.A. Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan wouldn't discuss the decision not to release the tape in detail.
"When we reported on the tape six months ago, that was our full report," she said, and asked, "Does Politico release unpublished information?"
The answer to that question is yes — Politico and most news outlets constantly make available videos and documents, after describing them in part, which is why the Times' decision not to release the video is puzzling. My instinct, and many reporters', is to share as much source material as possible.
Critics have suggested that the Times is witholding the video for political reasons, but there are other possibilities: competitive reasons, or simply out of tradition. In the mechanics of reporting, there's another possibility as well. The video may have been given to the paper on the condition it not be released, or releasing it could compromise its source.
But the Times hasn't explained the move, and the McCain campaign is turning up the heat on a story that, whether or not the tape is released, is a reminder that some of Obama's Hyde Park friends stand well to the left of his stated positions.
See my earlier thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117495/posts
Reporters used to salivate at the thought of releasing embarrassing footage of politicians.
Bet your booty. Without even blushing or batting an eye.
ping
I wonder if the GOP could run ads making the tape sound even worse than it is, and then point out Obama and his cronies at the LA TIMES are covering it up.
This could actually be turned to an advantage. You could make it seem as if Obama and the crew planned the takeover of the world....and the fact that Obama was hiding it would play into that.
If it was done over the weekend, they wouldn’t have time to release the tape and spin it.
Tom Brokaw says they recieved a million emails about questions to ask Obama and not one asked about William Ayers.
Nope the media never lies. LOL
The press is not performing its function of informing the public -
We will rue the day that press is no longer a useful part of our Republic ... isn’t that pretty much today?
Is politico.com pushing back against LAT on this? Where does this tidbit come from? I thought mike adams at politico was a total lefty?
There must be more than one copy of this tape. Where are the other copies?
Total nonsense. This is treason...
Pure and simple.
If you have important information about national security, you are obliged to release it. I can not believe that a newspaper has a right to sit on something this crucial.
And I know if the tables were reversed, they wouldn’t hesitate.
So if we do this and the One wins will we be audited by the IRS? Have someone read our emails? We really need to be afraid of this guy and do all we can to get our team elected!
They should also demand that Obama release his Birth Certivicate and his Selective Service Registration.
I called, and spoke with Nancy Sullivan directly.
IMHO, she’s stonewalling. Essentially repeated to me the same things reported in the article (ie: we won’t do anything about it).
There’s something EXPLOSIVE on that tape, and I would wager - quite damaging to Obama.
It’s quite unfortunate we have a media who is SO politically biased as to no longer do their basic job as reporters.
They still do, but it has to be dirt on a conservative.
I’ve been hammering the Readers Representive at The Times about releasing the tape. No response yet.
Here’s her email- readers.rep@latimes.com
Brit Hume covered this story on Special Report a little while ago.
I’d say a 527 should run and ad creaming the LA Times. A “What are you hiding...”. It’s getting late but since we are piling on and all
but can they ignore 1000 calls? or talk of boycott of its sponsors?
Calls? what calls?
Today Obama is telling all of his supporters to turn off the radio and tv until the election. He’s telling them just to relax and pay no attention. He knows what’s coming and doesn’t want his blind followers to know. He’s so slick it’s sickening.
Cancel subscriptions to the LA Times or Chicago Tribune and that will get their attention.
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