The GOP's 'FBI-Is-Investigating' Smear

Consortium News by Robert Parry | Oct. 19, 2008 (Special Report)

McCain alleged that ACORN “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy."

That allegation got a big boost last week when the Associated Press reported that the FBI is investigating whether “ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before the presidential election.” Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 20, 2008

Good background story on the ACORN fraud allegations and its parallel in the 1992 election, rumor that Bill Clinton had tried to renounce citizenship. Consortium I find does these kinds of stories well. They clearly lack the reporters on the ground to do a lot of hard-nosed interviewing, so they turn to clip files and public records for these special reports. This one lays out an interesting narrative with decent sourcing.

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