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  • Marcus Recycles the Halperin Memo

    09/17/2008 9:52:16 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 7 replies · 382+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win. We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn't mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides "equally" accountable when the facts don't warrant that. -- memo from Mark Halperin, then the ABC News Political Director, to his staff, October 8, 2004. All campaigns fall short, but some fall far shorter than others. And it is a phony evenhandedness, comfortable for journalists but ultimately misleading, that equates these failures without measuring the...