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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:00 am Post subject: Slowly, but inexorably... |
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...journalists worthy of the name are coming to terms with the truth of the SVPT 2004 campaign.
From a Politico article comes the following rather remarkable concession (emphasis mine)...
| Quote: | Boston Globe wants the Mitt Romney franchise
By DYLAN BYERS | 12/26/11
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Presidential elections always present newspapers with the chance to be an authoritative voice on their hometown candidates, but they also bring in national media eager to find just the overlooked biographical detail or unexplained financial transaction that will redefine the candidate — and undermine the local paper’s claim to expertise.
The Globe learned this lesson the hard way in 2004, shortly after it published its biography of another Massachusetts presidential candidate, Democrat John Kerry — a seven-part series on the candidate had appeared a year earlier. The Globe authors offered what, at the time, was the most detailed portrayal of Kerry’s Vietnam War experience, only to have that account overshadowed by the narrative presented by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the Republican group that largely succeeded in redefining what had been the highlight of Kerry’s career.
Though the Globe’s initial reporting may have been accurate and thorough — “it stands the test of time,” said Michael Kranish, one of the book’s authors — the narrative was no longer theirs.
Politico - cont'd |
Now, while "Republican group" is still a vestige of MSM advocacy journalism, that Kranish's patent bunk only "may have been accurate" in this commentator's mind's eye is quite, quite encouraging. |
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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Coming from the Globe, this is a huge concession.
It occurs to me that the Swifties have gone from "largely discredited" to "largely successful."
Progress. Is this where it ends, or will the Globe ever come around to the full truth?
That not ONE allegation made by the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth was EVER discredited.
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