Bloggers go to bat for Obama

After AP reporter Nedra Pickler wrote a news story highlighting how some fringe Republican operatives were raising questions about Sen. Barack Obama's patriotism, angry readers dispatched nearly 15,000 electronic letters protesting the piece. Full Story »

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Mary Reilly
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by Mary Reilly - Oct. 1, 2008

The article makes the point that because of imporoved technology, people are able to respond rapidly to smear tactics that are being sandwiched in with facts through the AP of all places. In the past people did not know how or to whom they should express their outrage and call the mainstream press into account for spreading obvious unwarranted made-up concerns spread by hate groups. Their cover is to report on what some are saying, so they can use a provocative headline, lending credibility to the story as well as selling news. This article focuses on the "story" about Obama's partiotism that was promoted by the same person that started the organization called C.U.N.T.whose purpose is to smear Hillary. This is the reason I subscribe to News Trust--to hopefully influence mainstream media into returning to a higher standard.

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