First we see their selective editing of quotes from last night's debate. Regarding John McCain's plan for the economic crisis, they "quote" McCain as saying, "It's my proposal. It's not Sen. Obama's proposal." The AP goes on to note
Obama charged that the current crisis was the "final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years" that President Bush pursued and were "supported by Sen. McCain." He contended that Bush, McCain and others had favored deregulation of the financial industry, predicting that would "let markets run wild and prosperity would rain down on all of us. It didn't happen."
But McCain's full quote -- which the AP edits above -- reads as follows: "It's my proposal. It's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal." Why would the AP leave this quite important nugget out of McCain's full quote? Wait, I have an idea: Because the full quote directly contradicts Obama's rebuttal. Next, the AP neglects "a certain bit of information" in this story:
A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted a man in connection with the hacking of the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Federal officials say that 20-year-old David Kernell of Knoxville, Tenn., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of Palin, Alaska's governor. Kernell has turned himself in to authorities and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday before a magistrate. Kernell faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a three-year term of supervised release.
What "certain information" has been omitted by the AP? Well, just that Kernell is the son of Democratic Tennessee State Rep. Mike Kernell. Back on Sept. 18 the Democratic representative pretty much admitted that his son was in hot water; now it's official. But if the person of interest is a politician's relative of a "certain party," the AP doesn't find that worthy of your knowledge -- even if it involves the illegal snooping into the private communications of the opposing party's vice-presidential candidate!
(h/t in part to the Copious Dissent blog.)
(Cross-posted at The Colossus of Rhodey.)
—D. S. Hube is an educator and a member of the National Association of Scholars. He blogs regularly at The Colossus of Rhodey.
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Bush did not know. Did nothing.
October 8, 2008 - 17:39 ET by Gary HallBush did not know. Did nothing.
Shhhhhhhhh!
Shhhhhhhhh! Don't let the media see this - they won't know what to do with it (other than continue to hide it). (;~/ gary
"God damn liberal press"
October 9, 2008 - 01:46 ET by wdhorningI am making a personal request. The liberal MSM does not deserve this country, so get out!
WAKE UP PEOPLE. IT IS A SOCIALIST CONSPIRACY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE
there's a lot
October 8, 2008 - 17:47 ET by Wesenthe AP is avoiding. such as the jane doe filing yesterday concerning Barry Soetoro.
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/17/
Wow...
October 8, 2008 - 18:20 ET by retroconWesen, this was new to me... so i did a few searches on "barry soetoro obama"
Found a lot of unsubstantiated stuff about Obama = Soetoro, so i was skeptical, but then i found this on the fifth page of the google returns:
----cut and paste from google ----
BARACK OBAMA: The not-so-simple story of Barack Obama's youth ...
Former playmates remember Obama as "Barry Soetoro," or simply "Barry," a chubby little boy very different from the gangly Obama people know today. ...
www.chicagotribune.c... - 140k - Cached - Similar pages
----end cut and paste ----
This was the Chicago Tribune (his hometown rah-rah paper) bio on Obama. This was a cached Google excerpt, the actual page is still the Obama bio, but this reference is nowhere to be found (at least, i couldn't find it).
This IS a conspiracy.
If you want to see it, better go to google soon, they may do a manual flush to get rid of it.
It's almost gone...
October 8, 2008 - 18:30 ET by The DistributistI can't get past page one of it.... and the print function doesn't work. But found this interesting:
Third-grade teacher Fermina Katarina Sinaga, now 67, has perhaps the most
telling story. In an essay about what he wanted to be when he grew up, Obama
"wrote he wanted to be president," Sinaga recalled. "He didn't say what
country he wanted to be president of. But he wanted to make everybody happy."
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
How can it not be more well known??
October 8, 2008 - 18:43 ET by retroconHey, found an LA Times article (March 16, 2007) that clearly says he was known by that name as a kid and that he went to school under that name in Indonesia...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/bal-te.obama16mar16,1,7181735,full.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=3&cset=true
It also says:
"His former Roman Catholic and Muslim teachers, along with two people who were identified by Obama's grade-school teacher as childhood friends, say Obama was registered by his family as a Muslim at both of the schools he attended."
This is not a right wing rag saying these things...
guess i should read his book, but i don't want to give him the money. (should follow Sun Tzu's writings more closely ;-)
Conspiracy
October 8, 2008 - 21:00 ET by LionKingWhen this election is over, regardless of the outcome, my congressman will be hearing from me concerning the free campaigning the MSM has provided the Obamamessiah. I will further press the issue to determine if the MSM knowingly conspired to hide relevant facts concerning the Obamamessiah's eligibility to be POTUS.
source
October 8, 2008 - 20:52 ET by Wesensource: http://news.justia.c...
from: http://www.rallycong...
Barak Hussein Obama used to be Barry Soetoro.
Wesen... Yep. ...and
October 8, 2008 - 20:55 ET by bigtimerWesen...
Yep.
...and now we are not allowed to use his middle name.
...this whole thing is unbelievable.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
"God damn Obama" (my sincere prayer)
October 9, 2008 - 01:52 ET by wdhorningMy wife was right. He is a "plant".
And I repeat what I said the other night, this man is evil, through and through. Sincere prayer: "Dear Lord, God damn Obama."
A plant
October 9, 2008 - 11:34 ET by play21cwNo doubt about that
I complained to Yahoo...
October 8, 2008 - 18:13 ET by The Distributist...with this:
Your use of AP News as the home page for Yahoo is troubling. The bias that the AP is exhibiting for one presidential candidate over the other has resulted in lies, mischaracterizations, exaggerations, the intentional ignoring of other issues, and blatantly attempting to alter the course of an election through underhanded "journalism", if one can call it that. I am being forced to rethink my use of Yahoo as you insist on utilizing this news outlet that so obviously lacks any integrity, honesty or fairness.
With Love, -TD
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"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
Its too late
October 9, 2008 - 01:56 ET by wdhorningIf Yahoo did not have the integrity in first place to place fair and balanced news out there, probably because it is run by a bunch of liberals, I say boycott, boycott, boycott!
I for one will look elsewhere for financial news and making searches, and I am cancelling my e-mail with them.
Big surprise
October 9, 2008 - 11:26 ET by play21cwBig surprise there.
Allow me to summarize what they said to you "We dont write it therefore we cant be held accountable, FU have a nice day"
You asked:
October 8, 2008 - 18:41 ET by ThisnThat"Why would the AP leave this quite important nugget out of McCain's full quote?"
a. Because they can, and get away with it. Who's going to report this? NB? Not a very large audience, here. Rush? He's not mainstream enough. Congress? See b. below.
b. Because it's expected of them. Yahoo dims and politicians live and breath deceipt, lies, and distortions. It's their milk and honey.
AP is taking advantage of their position and power. Never have I seen things like this, where an organization can get away with this stuff with impunity. We need to do more to expose this madness.
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The Asinine Press...
October 8, 2008 - 19:36 ET by wnaegele...lives down to its name.
And they wonder why they are boo'd at Repub events
October 8, 2008 - 21:30 ET by general companyThe press is offended? How do these folks live, could anyone love such a beligerant lier? And the stones keep coming. These liers need to be exposed/fired bigtime.
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Digging Their Own Grave
October 9, 2008 - 00:23 ET by LedeAgendaThey run biased news stories and then "wonder" why their subscribers cancel. They are digging their own grave. The future lies in blogs and organizations like townhall, et all for news.
Rally Congress
October 11, 2008 - 12:34 ET by tunes59Below is a petition someone started to get Congress to settle the Berg lawsuit by having Senator Obama present the records requested. The real story is why Obama is fighting the case and not just producing the documents.
Here is the link to the petition;
http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualification/1244/stop-obama-constitutional-crisis
So far Mr. Obama has refused to produce the documents and is trying to fight the court order to produce the documents.
Any American should be able to prove citizenship in less than a day. Why can’t Mr. Obama?
Here is a link to the actual court documents - http://news.justia.com/cases/featured/Pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/
A constitutional crisis will rip our country apart. If this is not cleared up now we will have a crisis. If you care at all about America you must call for Mr. Obama to produce the documents and prove that he is eligible to be President.