Google News: AP Dennis Hastert is a Democrat

[cal04]

Josh Marshall earlier this morning discovered the AP labeling Foley a Democrat. BradBlog posted the graphic later on, but missed another problem. Dennis Hastert is now a Democrat too. Yes ladies and gentleman–our liberal media working for you!

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/04/google-news-ap-dennis-hastert-is-a-democrat/

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&q=mejias&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wn

[never_get_over_it]

1. OK Fox with Foley and now this with Hastert

this is FUCKING ridiculous - jesus just when you think they can't get scummier - and they do....

[Monkeyman]

2. Guys Hastert son Josh works for google

We been researching the famly since John won Primary

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Google has nothing to do with it.

It's the WIRE SERVICES, not Google. Google News is a news aggregator; it returns headlines and snippets of the first sentence/paragraph of news articles posted on news sites. They do NOT control content.

[William Bloode]

7. I don't know.

If you go click the link up top in th op you find the article is right. It identifies Hastert as (R-Il).

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. Because someone emailed the publication...

and said 'you fucked up', and they changed it. The Google link and article snippet are from the original story.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. Dude, it's the wire service

I saw the same thing with Yahoo earlier today. It's AP if I recall correctly.

[GCP]

3. Great

It's saying one Democrat failed to do something about another Democrat - not that anyone's paying attention and actually thinking :eyes:

In other news, Osama Bin Laden (D-AFG) promised death to all infidels.

[never_get_over_it]

18. As ridiculous as this situation is

Your OBL (D-AFG) BUSTED ME UP - good one....

You know if Condi gets in enough trouble over her big fat lying about the July 10 meeting she just might become a Dem too....

[nolabels]

44. Last I heard Osama Bin Laden had checked into the Betty Ford Center.

Said he needed a brush up on the anger management thing :banghead:

[Sydnie]

5. That's just outrageous!

Perhaps we should challenge his reelection bid as a republican because he is on record with AP as being a dem? Would get it corrected really fast.

[stevedeshazer]

6. Jeepers! How long before Frist becomes a 'D' ?

These people are insane.

[bluestateguy]

8. We won! We Won! We Won! Democrats control the House

and the Democrats control the Speakership now! We won control before the elections took place!

[BrewerJohn]

30. That means we can impeach the blivet now!

Everybody call Hastert! Let's get it on!

[GreenPartyVoter]

51. ROFl! Thanks, I needed that!

[MagickMuffin]

10. Does that mean if he steps down Nancy gets to take over.

With so many Repubs now becoming Dems with the "news" outlets BLESSINGS, then does that mean the Dems have the Majority now. If so then we already have more seats in da house then we knew about. Thank you AP and Faux for pointing this out to us.

There is another thread in GD about Faux News "We Distort and Distract" doing this THREE times. I would think that the FCC would yank their license.

Who knows if we all complain to the FCC perhaps we could help with the downfall of Faux.
Wouldn't that be GREAT?
Especially if it happened about 08.
They might not get to call the election for Jebbie......

The voters in these districts KNOW the TRUTH about which party their representatives belong to and in the long run they are the ones that matter.

[Zorro]

11. Next trick: AP and Fox label Bush as a Democrat!

In an attempt to manage the electorate's revulsion of Bush and his policies, they label the Chimp as a Democrat to encourage votes for Republican candidates.

[countmyvote4real]

12. And yet they are mystified by the rise of the “internets” and blogs.

I no longer partake of any MSM for truth or facts. On the rare occasion that I do, it’s for the amusement that was formerly confined to the likes of The National Inquirer or The Onion. While there is a wink and a nod with these stories, the pseudo-factual reports from MSM are galling.

By no means do I attest that everything one can read on the “internets” is true. However, the “what is now termed as liberal” sites reflect traditional journalistic practices of honest and objective discourse as well as fact checking vs. premeditated lies when it relates to the current party affiliation of Mark Foley.

I guess the obvious facts can be negated by a google search that turns up archived pages. No pun intended.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. This is unbelievable! Liberal media my butt!

[Telly Savalas]

15. At least they're getting creative with the dirty tricks.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. Bush must have issued a new secret executive order

Any Republican who embarrasses the GOP is automatically re-registered as a Democrat.

[Telly Savalas]

17. Say it aint so.

Because if what you say is true, then Bush will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention in 2008.

[rman]

19. It is not often that the MSM lie so openly

And it will work to.
This is really bad.

[rman]

20. Correct in the Articles, not in google summary

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15673461.htm
"He touched on the uproar over former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, R-Florida, who resigned Friday in a scandal over electronic messages he sent to former teenage male congressional pages."

http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=162&show=article&a_id=9888
"Nassau County Legislator and congressional candidate David Mejias (D-Massapequa) insisted on Monday that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) resign after Hastert failed to act on knowledge that former Congressman Mark Foley (R-Florida) engaged in inappropriate actions with minors."

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http://news.google.com/news?q=mark%20foley%20d-florida

Conservative leader urges Christians to vote their values
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 22 hours ago
... Mark Foley, D-Florida, who resigned Friday in a scandal over electronic messages he sent to former teenage male congressional pages. ...

Mejias Calls on House Speaker to Resign
LongIslandPress.com, NY - Oct 2, 2006
... Monday that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (D-Illinois) resign after Hastert failed to act on knowledge that former Congressman Mark Foley (D-Florida) engaged in ...

[Infinite Hope]

21. TAKE ACTION!

Everyone email the AP and complain: [e-mail]

While you're at it, email Fox News as well and give'em Hell: [e-mail]

You can also call and cuss Fox News out for their "accidental" party-label-error at: 1-888-369-4762

Again, someone with the ability to create threads, please create a special thread for this please. Let's give'em Hell and end it before gullible voters start blaming Dems.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. It's a typo, gang

There's no conspiracy here. The AP has nothing to benefit from such a distortion.

[Infinite Hope]

23. Fox Benefits

Fox News did which is why a Republican involved (well, I think it was Foley) was shown as Democrats at least 3 times throughout the day according to an earlier post.

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. I have no doubt Faux did it on purpose

Or at least took their sweet time about correcting it.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[Dr Fate]

26. How often do these particular typos occur? Replacing D w/ R?

I don't believe it was a typo at all-that is a nutty coincidence theory.

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. About the same as those with R replacing D

It's pretty common, actually.

[Dr Fate]

29. First time I've ever seen it. Ever. Ever seen "Clinton (R)" or "Gore (R)"?

Not me.

Coincidence theories are fun and all, but lets get real. ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. I'm quite real

I was a newspaper editor. I've seen hundreds of AP stories with mistakes — not "Clinton (R) or Gore (R)," but some with other Democrats labeled as Republicans, and vice versa. Nine out of 10 are corrected within a couple of hours, and the other one in the next cycle.

[Dr Fate]

32. On a story this hot, where the party affiliation is this critical?

Coupled with the "coincidence" that Fox had 3 "typos" as well?

Seriously- cut it with the wacky coincidence theories...

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Gosh, you're right!

With 15 years' experience at newspapers, I should know it's all a big conspiracy!

I've heard so many stories about AP bureau editors telling reporters, "Make sure you put a right-wing spin on this so we can stop the America-hating liberals." But I never believed them until now.

Thank you for enlightening me.

[Dr Fate]

35. And when they swore there were WMDs day in and day out...

...and that Saddam was connected to 9/11, and when they repeated the Swiftboat crap as fact-not to mention literally hundreds of fake stories about Clinton- all of those were accidents and typos too.

All just big, happy coincidences!!!


Okay- I'll bite- show me were Gary Conditt or some other politician in a huge scandal was labeled in the wrong party.

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. Those were bad reporting

Bad reporting happens. It happened before 9.11, it's happened since and it'll happen again. For you and others to suggest it was all part of some Giant Conspiracy Theory is simply ludicrous, and does liberals little good in the fight for credibility.

As for Gary Condit (one 't' — see, typos happen), sorry, but I no longer have access to any first takes from that era. I have a friend at the Modesto Bee, though; maybe she can accommodate you.

:sarcasm:

[Dr Fate]

37. Hey check it out- the media just did it again ( more "typos")

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2865729

Que in Twilight Zone theme...

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. That's not the 'media'

That's Faux.

[Dr Fate]

40. As long as the "good media" imitates FOX as opposed to exposing it...

...then I dont read you.

As far as the major impact stories go (Clinton "scandals", WMDS, Saddam Caused 9/11, Swiftboats, etc, etc)- all the media-not just FOX, presented false information in Bush's favor.

I dont see how the other media is different from FOX- they all present the same "WMD", "Terry Schivo" "Bush brings us together" "Micheal Moore & Dan Rather are the real liars" "Swiftboat" bull-shit- it was not just FOX.

Not to mention all the "Clinton caused 9/11" crap- that was not just FOx either.

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. You really don't see how the 'other media'

are different from Faux?

Then I'm wasting my time here.

[Dr Fate]

42. Which major U.S. media told the truth about WMDs- before the war?

For starters?

[Dr Fate]

50. Okay Mr. News man- I'll answer it for you: NONE. NADDA. NO ONE.

NO ONE held the editorial or invsetigative position that Bush & Powell, etc were lying while Scott Ritter, Will Pitt & Micheal Moore, etc were closer to the truth if not hitting a BULLS EYE.

No, in fact ALL the major "news" outlets mirrored FOX on that most important, dire issue.

In case you didnt notice, no one trusts you guys anymore-not the people who knew it was lies all along, and most of the people who DID believe all that crap are wise now.

One to many "typos", "Coincidences" and "accidents" or what ever we are calling fake news these days is what did it.

[mogster]

47. Well, how can it be so inconsistent

Look at this post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2309442&mesg_id=2310713

Why the republishing of this? The xml header clearly states that the file was updated September 30, 2006, while the content it displays is relating to an event that took place on Sept. 6th.

[Dr Fate]

52. He cant show us an example of this kind of "typo" helping Democrats

Because they dont exist.

In fact, he cant show us any fake news (AKA mere "Poor reporting") that has benefitted DEMS- by mere "coincidence"- fake news always just happens to help Bush or the GOP.

Did you ever see a "typo" that "accidently" labeled Hillary or Bill Clinton, Gary Condit or any other polarizing Democratic figure as a Repub?

No? Neither have I. NEVER.

[Irreverend IX]

45. Well, the letters are right next to each other on a keyboard. nt

[Dr Fate]

46. Wrong- the media spelled out "DEM" at least once- (link)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2865729

[Dr Fate]

24. Are our Democratic leaders going to do a damn thing about this?

?????????????????????????????????????????

Has a single elected Democrat mustered up the guts to take the media to task over this?

I hope so- like NOW.

[brettdale]

28. long island press

Has done this on more than one occasion.

[cascadiance]

33. Duke Cunningham's also a Democrat! :)

http://www.policytoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=2

The Silent Majority
Written by John Foley
Wednesday, 09 August 2006

Congress has a lot of good apples, so why don't they toss out the bad ones?

...

The task would seem to fall to the ten members of the House Ethics Committee, but recent events suggest that they've been away from their phones. The Democrats have railed against the "Culture of Corruption" fostered by the Republican majority, but from whence is this "culture" born?

According to Dr. Saul Faerstein, the psychiatrist who treated convicted Congressman Duke Cunningham (D-CA), lots of things happen to people when they decide to run for office, but for the most part anything predisposing a member to bad behavior has happened well before they start giving stump speeches.

[lostnfound]

49. You're not joking! Good find.

Any chance that Jefferson got relabelled a Republican? Nah. Didn't think so.

[Hippo_Tron]

39. Yet Democrats don't seem to sit on conference committees

That's so weird...

[Rex]

43. Not surprising, this is all bizzaro land. Dems are NOT in power and

have been crushed by Repukes for years now...so now they get the blame that rightfully belongs to the filthy Repuke Party. I guess everyone will just go along with it too. Sad little people.

[lostnfound]

48. It's wiki-ality! nt