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stevenleser

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11. My response to someone on FB talking about this...

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 12:22 PM

Dec 2012

I realized how far the GOP had gone when 8 months or so ago they started actively attacking fact check organizations. These organziations go out and find the facts and measure the truth of each statement. When those organizations become your enemy, you have really gone off the deep end. If you are a journalist determined to be balanced, and there are only two parties to cover, one being reasonable and the other off the deep end, how are you supposed to be a balanced journalist? Are you actually supposed to treat the crazy party the same as the reasonable one? That is what happened. Fortunately, I advertise which views I support up front so I dont have to deal with that ethical dilemma!

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"How the Mainstream Press Bungled the Single Biggest Story of the 2012 Campaign" [View all] applegrove Dec 2012 OP

huh libodem Dec 2012 #1

hooray for Dan Froomkin grasswire Dec 2012 #2

We were right on top of this. The folks who follow the net were in the know. dimbear Dec 2012 #3

Personally, I think the failure was done by design. It's a subtle form of propaganda. Selatius Dec 2012 #4

+1 ...nt dougolat Dec 2012 #5

K&R defacto7 Dec 2012 #6

"Let's Just Say It. The Republicans are the Problem." Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #7

Of course they were. Derek in Iowa Dec 2012 #12

Norm Ornstein is a friend DFW Dec 2012 #8

Thanks for that personal insight about Ornstein. KoKo Dec 2012 #10

It's different when you know some of these people personally, I realize DFW Dec 2012 #13

Again...thanks for that view.... KoKo Dec 2012 #14

Living mostly in Europe now, I get a chuckle at being thought of as an "insider." DFW Dec 2012 #19

In other words... Warren Religion Dec 2012 #9

My response to someone on FB talking about this... stevenleser Dec 2012 #11

But, by focusing on just the "EVIL/IRRATIONAL" of the Repugs...you KoKo Dec 2012 #16

I disagree with your original premise. stevenleser Dec 2012 #18

Let me rephrase: We Dems can be compromising with the Repugs to the Detriment of KoKo Dec 2012 #20

NOTHING was bungled. the mainstream press did all it could to get republicans elected. spanone Dec 2012 #15

You are going for the "Simplicity" rather than the "Complicated." KoKo Dec 2012 #17