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iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,601 posts) Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:54 AM Jul 2012

something occurs to me about reporters asking Mitt if he's being swift-boated

Seems an admission that the swift-boat accusations were known to be lies, yet it got lots of air-time as statements of fact, as I recall. Now they are suggesting that statements of fact are lies.

Shame!

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something occurs to me about reporters asking Mitt if he's being swift-boated (Original Post) iwillalwayswonderwhy Jul 2012 OP

Basically Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #1

Gotta be fair! Cosmocat Jul 2012 #3

You forgot "Balanced"! Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #11

They aren't reporters, stop calling them reporters, bemildred Jul 2012 #2

Me, I prefer 'Syccophants" (or "Whores") - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #8

Fit "lickspittle" in there somewhere. nt bemildred Jul 2012 #9

Stenographants JHB Jul 2012 #10

Love It - Perfect (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #12

Yeah, I don't recall much outrage from them as the original swift-boating took place. tanyev Jul 2012 #4

yeah iwillalwayswonderwhy Jul 2012 #5

I heard this analogy on NPR choie Jul 2012 #6

MSM walks into a bar, asks the bartender: "Hey has the media been in here swiftboating me?" KurtNYC Jul 2012 #7

It's ok for GOP to 'swift boat' but not for dems to run an agressive fact based campaign WI_DEM Jul 2012 #13

But the swiftboats were in fact lies. These are not!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2012 #14

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,392 posts)

1. Basically

Reply to iwillalwayswonderwhy (Original post)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:59 AM

Jul 2012

it boils down to: IOKIYAR

Cosmocat

(14,558 posts)

3. Gotta be fair!

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 09:07 AM

Jul 2012

don't you know ...

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,392 posts)

11. You forgot "Balanced"!

Reply to Cosmocat (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 09:16 AM

Jul 2012

n/t

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

2. They aren't reporters, stop calling them reporters,

Reply to iwillalwayswonderwhy (Original post)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 09:01 AM

Jul 2012

The are "news-readers", "talking heads".

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)

8. Me, I prefer 'Syccophants" (or "Whores") - n/t

Reply to bemildred (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 10:13 AM

Jul 2012

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

9. Fit "lickspittle" in there somewhere. nt

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 11:50 AM

Jul 2012

JHB

(37,154 posts)

10. Stenographants

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 11:54 AM

Jul 2012

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)

12. Love It - Perfect (nt)

Reply to JHB (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:06 AM

Jul 2012

tanyev

(42,516 posts)

4. Yeah, I don't recall much outrage from them as the original swift-boating took place.

Reply to iwillalwayswonderwhy (Original post)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 09:14 AM

Jul 2012

But they seem to have found plenty now for something that's not a swift-boating.

iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,601 posts)

5. yeah

Reply to tanyev (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 09:23 AM

Jul 2012

And if they discovered the swift-boat debacle were all lies, I don't remember any retractions or corrections, do you?

choie

(4,107 posts)

6. I heard this analogy on NPR

Reply to iwillalwayswonderwhy (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 09:37 AM

Jul 2012

yesterday (between the swiftboating against Kerry and the questioning of Mitt's departure from Bain). To the reporter's credit, he backtracked, saying that he didn't mean to imply that the allegations against Mitt were lies...SO, THEN WHY DID HE PUT IT OUT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?? Just trying to be even-handed, eh NPR?