How a Mother Jones reporter pursued the Romney ‘47 percent’ story
Source: washington post
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Corn, the Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine, on Monday wrote one of the most-talked-about stories of the 2012 presidential campaign about a video of Mitt Romney telling Republican donors at a May 17 fundraiser, among other things, that President Obamas supporters constitute the 47 percent of the nation who are dependent upon the government, who believe that they are victims.
Corn, 53, spent about four weeks coaxing the person who had surreptitiously shot the footage to hand over the full, undoctored video. It was recorded, apparently without Romneys knowledge and via an unknown device, at the fundraiser at the home of a wealthy private-equity investor in Boca Raton, Fla.
In the end, Corn said, getting the story came down to trust.
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At roughly the same time, Huffington Post Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim was doing his best to coax the source out of the shadows.
The source, whom Corn will only identify as a he, had apparently tried to provoke interest in the Romney recording by posting a brief clip, in which Romney describes the appalling conditions inside a Chinese factory, on YouTube shortly after the May 17 fundraiser.
In a further bid to attract attention, the source apparently posted links to some of the clips and anonymous comments about them in the message sections of Huffington Post and DailyKos, a liberal commentary site.
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avebury
(10,951 posts)potential legal ramifications. However, in light of all of the fallout from the video and its impact on the Romney race I hardly think that it would benefit Romney to go after the source.
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)They believe this. we all know they believe this. I think the leak of this might actually help Romney connect with the "Joe the plumber" types who also share this view.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)of fools who'll get all excited because they think rmoney is right.
0rganism
(23,915 posts)I think Rmoney has the "Joe the plumber" demographic sewn up pretty handily. What's costing him big-time is his dismal performance with women (hehe) and his abysmally low appeal to Hispanics, and the leak is bound to damage him further in those areas.
naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)I don't think he had joe the plumber sown up. I think "joe the plumber" types would never vote for Obama, but weren't all that excited about Romney. This will get them excited, which is important.
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)The 47% comment...There are many other more important comments in that video that involve racism & trashing the Middle East peace plan! But the media decides what is to be talked about when something like this comes out.
BeyondGeography
(39,339 posts)Very competitive, a healthy ego, but always in the service of a good cause. This will go down as one of his greatest achievements. I am happy for him.
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)eom
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)and put Corn in contact with the source.