NY Post ^ | 10/9/04 | Deborah Orin
ABC News was under fire last night after an internal memo surfaced suggesting President Bush should be held more accountable for his statements than John Kerry. The memo to staffers from the network's powerful political director, Marc Halperin, noted that while both campaigns are distorting the truth, Kerry's bending of the facts shouldn't be hit as hard. "Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win," Halperin wrote. But "the current Bush attacks on Kerry involve distortions and taking things out of context in a way that goes...
How did we get so far off base?
All media are complicit in hyping,distorting,tailoring the news for the benefit of their advertisers, and politicians.
I was trying to point out that they sent a copy to the CIA ASAP, and had not broadcast it to the public, for whatever reason. Those on here who believe they did KEEP that tape from the CIA would appear to be WRONG, and I am trying to get them to understand that.