Thread: ACORN Again...
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Old 09-11-2009, 04:50 PM   #8
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But Spence why didn't the (A)lways (B)arack (C)hannel, or NBC, Or CBS play any of this. Thirteen Acorn members were indicted in Florida for false name registration and this got poo poo'd also.
The PIMP piece was clearly a hit job. Was it embarrassing for ACORN? Of course it was...but it's not journalism.

The big three news stations try to keep things on the level, and admittedly they have lapses...but if I was the editor this wouldn't even come close to passing the basic smell test. It's not "news".

I'd note that other cable stations like CNN did cover the story as an "interest" piece, although with a bit more objectivity as the right-wing punditry.

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