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SunSeeker

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5. Yup. The NY Times & AP's failure to issue a retraction is outrageous.

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 03:28 PM

Mar 2015

The original assertion by AP that a former Secretary of State might have used a fake name for the probably equally incorrect premise that she has been hiding official email on a "homebrew" server in her house has been resolved, but not before AP let the story run for almost 15 hours, creating a new "Hillary Clinton is evil because..." myth. Then AP didn't bother to print a retraction -- it simply edited the piece and hoped we'd all forget.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/emailgate-how-media-mythology-created-hillary-clintons-fake-fake-identity/

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Emailgate: How media mistakes created Hillary Clinton's fake, fake identity [View all] OKNancy Mar 2015 OP

Just follow the AP trail to Rethug headquarters. Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #1

Fournier probably called in a favor. Renew Deal Mar 2015 #17

A certain thread of that trail comes right to DU Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #35

The Tribue did the same thing to Clinton after the New Hampshire primary. McCamy Taylor Mar 2015 #2

SSDD riqster Mar 2015 #3

Yes, I new all along the Hillary Email was a fake story!! Thanks lewebley3 Mar 2015 #4

Yup. The NY Times & AP's failure to issue a retraction is outrageous. SunSeeker Mar 2015 #5

Within a very short time of this story breaking..... NCTraveler Mar 2015 #6

There are people here on DU still flogging this big lie. MADem Mar 2015 #10

Yeah, facts like misconfiguring the security on the server. jeff47 Mar 2015 #12

Well, Assange got his hands on State Dept. cables and message traffic. MADem Mar 2015 #13

So if anyone ever screws something up, that excuses all behavior from that point on? jeff47 Mar 2015 #19

But Clinton didn't screw anything up--you're buying off on rightwing smears and bullshit. MADem Mar 2015 #23

Re-read the last paragraph. jeff47 Mar 2015 #24

You're saying she "made an error" when there were no regulations in place where she might have MADem Mar 2015 #31

Do you need the link to hooked on phonics? jeff47 Mar 2015 #34

Ahhh...we're down to "personal insult!" That was quick! MADem Mar 2015 #36

No need to insult you, you're doing a great job on your own. jeff47 Mar 2015 #39

So--answer this question--if there was "no need" then why did you do it? MADem Mar 2015 #40

... hopemountain Mar 2015 #45

please, it is IDIOTS on DU Skittles Mar 2015 #52

All I can say is that anyone still expressing poutrage after being so decisively MADem Mar 2015 #54

Someone asked on another thread why we are supposed to hate Hillary NancyDL Mar 2015 #7

Interesting that anything that favors Hillary only gets minimal number of responses, Beacool Mar 2015 #8

the only reason there are even that many is that the admins put it on the DU homepage OKNancy Mar 2015 #11

I came into this thread murielm99 Mar 2015 #15

That's because the Archivist of the United States has said "This was a bullshit story." MADem Mar 2015 #25

K&R! hrmjustin Mar 2015 #9

Thanks for posting this. betsuni Mar 2015 #14

Oh great, now there's a conspiracy theory that the Obama administration betsuni Mar 2015 #16

vast right wing conspiracy. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #18

I recall that. She knew it then & now. Same thing they didi to Bill Clinton they'll do to her. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #28

If only someone was around a few decades ago to care about the media and how they Rex Mar 2015 #20

You never heard of Media Matters? BainsBane Mar 2015 #21

You never heard of NBC/ABC/CBS/Fox/CNN? Rex Mar 2015 #22

Your point was NOT clear. MADem Mar 2015 #26

For decades and decades this has been going on, my point was very clear. Rex Mar 2015 #33

No, your point was not clear. I thought you were referencing watchdog agencies, not networks. MADem Mar 2015 #37

"What I'm about to describe is how the media can create its own misinformation" Rex Mar 2015 #42

You also said this: MADem Mar 2015 #43

I see, sorry an attempt at sarcasm. Failsauce on my part. Rex Mar 2015 #46

We're good, never worry. MADem Mar 2015 #47

My mother is one of those women. Rex Mar 2015 #48

A lot of the people who are like your parents were here in 2001, but they left. MADem Mar 2015 #49

I think she has a critical role to fill right now taking on Wall Street. Rex Mar 2015 #50

Waiting for responses from the Hillary haters leftofcool Mar 2015 #27

They will show up as soon they get their new talking points from Free Republic. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #29

Yep! leftofcool Mar 2015 #30

I have most of them on my ignore list. DU is a much kinder place. misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #32

I think most of them have been shamed into silence with pesky facts. MADem Mar 2015 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Mar 2015 #53

.... DeSwiss Mar 2015 #41

LOL OKNancy Mar 2015 #44

We ask the question.... HoosierCowboy Mar 2015 #51