'Early Show' Ignores Reporters at CBS Alaska Affiliate Smearing Miller Campaign
On Monday, while both ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today covered the scandal involving reporters at CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA caught on tape discussing ways to attack Republican Joe Miller's senate campaign, CBS's Early Show failed to make any mention of the incident.
On Good Morning America, White House correspondent Jake Tapper reported: "In Alaska, some reporters with the local CBS affiliate at a rally for Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller accidently left a message on the voice mail of Miller's spokesman." An audio clip of the voice mail played: "You know that of all the people that will show up tonight at least one of them will be a registered sex offender. We need to find that one person." Tapper followed with a clip of Sarah Palin condemning the comments on Fox News Sunday: "Those are corrupt bastards, Chris. That's what's wrong with the media today."
On Today, correspondent Kristen Welker similarly explained the situation: "At issue, a local Anchorage TV news crew allegedly talking on tape about finding a registered sex offender at an upcoming rally for Palin-backed senate candidate Joe Miller. The Miller camp charged the news team with trying to fabricate a negative story about the tea party candidate." While the NBC report also featured Palin's comments, it did not include the audio of the KTVA reporters.
Interestingly, the CBS Early Show included a clip of Palin predicting Republican electoral success on Fox News Sunday during political coverage at the top of the broadcast, but never discussed her criticism of the local CBS affiliate.
Here is a transcript of Tapper's November 1 coverage on Good Morning America:
7:01AM ET
JAKE TAPPER: While the President is urging people to get to the polls tomorrow, the candidates are dealing with last-minute craziness in the final hours before the election. In Alaska, some reporters with the local CBS affiliate at a rally for Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller accidently left a message on the voice mail of Miller's spokesman.
KTVA AUDIO: You know that of all the people that will show up tonight at least one of them will be a registered sex offender. We need to find that one person.
TAPPER: The manager of the station says the reporters were, quote, "reviewing potential what if" scenarios, what others may be able to do to cause disruption in within the Miller campaign." But Miller's matron saint, Sarah Palin, didn't buy it.
PALIN: Those are corrupt bastards, Chris. That's what's wrong with the media today.
Here is a transcript of Welker's coverage on Today:
7:30AM ET
MEREDITH VIEIRA: But we're going to begin with Sarah Palin and accusations that a local TV station in Anchorage made up stories about Republican Senate hopeful Joe Miller. NBC's Kristen Welker has the details. Kristen, good morning.
KRISTEN WELKER: Good morning to you, Meredith. Sarah Palin has been one of the most outspoken voices on the campaign trail and now she's making headlines once again, this time weighing in on the latest scandal to hit the senate race right here in her home state of Alaska.
SARAH PALIN: We're going to fight corruption in the media, we're going to fight corruption in politics.
WELKER: Sarah Palin is stepping up her war of words against the media. At issue, a local Anchorage TV news crew allegedly talking on tape about finding a registered sex offender at an upcoming rally for Palin-backed senate candidate Joe Miller. The Miller camp charged the news team with trying to fabricate a negative story about the tea party candidate. An allegation the news station has adamantly denied. But Palin, who has frequently spared with the media, wasted no time lashing out, calling them quote, 'corrupt bastards' on her Twitter account and then repeating the comments Sunday morning on national TV.
PALIN: That's sick, those are corrupt bastards, Chris. That's what is wrong with the media today, when they have their chosen one.
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A criminal conspiracy
Submitted by Northeast Elizabeth on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 1:33pm.
Uh, why is nearly every story on this scandal framed in terms of Sarah Palin making some inflammatory accusation which was denied by the station?
The story is that there's an actual, not "alleged" audiotape of reporters conspiring to fabricate stories linking Joe Miller with child molesters and violence. The station has authenticated the tape, and offered only the lame, facially-false defense that its reporters were bandying about "what-ifs" about what "others" might do at Miller's rally. The story has nothing to do with mere "allegations" from Sarah Palin. It has to do with a CBS affiliate plotting to defame a candidate and then lying about its conduct.
That's a rhetorical question,
Submitted by mattm on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 2:20pm.
That's a rhetorical question, right?
Obviously, they are merely exemplifying the tactics that Palin is accusing them of. It's pretty funny when you think of it. They showing themselves to be the corrupt bastards Palin says they are.
CBS - The Corrupt Bastard Station. I think they should re-hire Dan 'the Forger" Rather - he really does fit right in.
Corrupt Bastard Station
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 4:14pm.
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The treasonous MSM can save
Submitted by Thoreau on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 1:38pm.
The treasonous MSM can save their money now. It was over a month ago. All they're doing is stacking more votes on Tea Party candidate's. So, from my perspective, please carry on insulting conservative women with handicapped kids and the men that uphold the US Constitution.
By the way...most sex offenders CAN vote in Alaska
Submitted by gopcongress on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 1:57pm.
In Alaska, if an offender has been discharged by the court system (ie, not incarcerated, on probation, or on parole), then he/she is eligible to vote. That means that 70% of registered sex offenders in Alaska can vote. I would assume that most will vote for the GOP for the most part (following Alaska convicted felon voting trends), if they do vote, but for a station to blow this out of proportion only makes Miller's campaign more appealing to the average voter because of the attempt to smear things.
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Bagged again
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 2:06pm.
Funny how the a-holes are "making this out to be about Palin" when it is actually about the FACT that this CBS affiliate was going to pull some fake garbage at the last second against Miller, the ol' October suprise.
Jake Tapper - "But Miller's matron saint, Sarah Palin, didn't buy it".
Actually a-hat, ANYONE with a working cerebrum SHOULDN'T BUY IT.
They got caught and yep, imagine this was a Fox affiliate doing something like this to a Democrat, "possibly, alleged, supposed", NAH, the elections would have stopped and a hearing would be underway.
All the LSM would have run with the story starting bright and early to KILL Fox and KILL Republicans all in one fell swoop.
Do I respect the hell out of Palin, YOU BETCHA.
Jowhorenalists 2.0.
Uhhh--remind me once again
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 2:51pm.
Uhhh--remind me once again why nobody trusts the news media?
Ezra Klein, Future Pulitzer Prize Winner
Submitted by Northeast Elizabeth on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 3:03pm.
Ezra Klein of the esteemed Washington Post had the best analysis of this story I've seen anywhere:
(1) Sarah Palin tweeted this story.
(2) Palin's Twitter account has fewer followers than Dr. Phil's.
(3) Ergo, Palin is lying.
Of course, I'm just fabricating this story. Ezra Klein would NEVER propose something so stupid. So don't bother looking at this link -- http://tinyurl.com/2atep2j -- because it's just my fabricated re-creation of the Washington Post's website.
Never believe your lying eyes!
What's Up With These People?
Submitted by Gothampc on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 3:35pm.
Back when Sarah Palin was running for VP, Saturday Night Live did a skit that included the Alaska media thinking they would find dirt on Todd Palin as a child molester.
I guess Saturday Night Live writers think along the same lines as real journalists.
I like Sarah Palin, and I
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 3:40pm.
I like Sarah Palin, and I hate the liberal media as much as the next person on Newsbusters, but wasn't her grandson illegitimate? I don't know if using the "B" word in this instance was the best choice of words.
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Submitted by cajun2 on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 4:30pm.
The term b*****d has two meanings..
of illegitimate birth
sham/inferior
I'm guessing she was referring to the second group which is quite fitting in this instance.
I watched Welker give the same storyline on MSNBC.
Submitted by Rush Fan on Tue, 11/02/2010 - 4:37am.
Notice that there was no further analysis of the CBS Anchorage affiliate's role in attempting to smear Joe Miller. Welker made Sarah Palin, not the CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, the news story.
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