Our Press Corpse
Feb 11th, 2006 at 8:48 pm by Susie
Josh Marshall talks about the AP story that paints Harry Reid in the middle of the Abramoff story, explains why it was wrong and points out that AP refuses to correct their error:
Nowhere in the new article can the AP writers bring themselves to note that Reid never adopted Abramoff’s clients’ position on the issue. So whatever quids Abramoff’s folks were offering up, Reid never gave them a quo. From start to finish he was the co-sponsor of the bill Abramoff’s clients wanted to defeat.
That’s key information — arguably, the central piece of information in the whole case. But the AP keeps pressing their misleading narrative while omitting this key point.
This is a good example of what happens when getting (or in this case, not losing the story) becomes more important than getting the story right.
AP can be reached on line, easily. An informative note from a few thousand folk may result in another look at what they are reporting. As FAIR always says, it is better to be civil when writing.
Gug