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Neither Associated Press nor MSNBC talk show host Rachel Maddow are backing down over a recent AP story on the role abortion was playing in the Sedgwick County district attorneys race. AP quoted Operation Rescue president Troy Newman claiming that if District Attorney Nola Foulston had done her job, Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller would still be alive today. Newman contends that Foulstons failure to prosecute Tiller is what led anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder to murder him. Maddow thinks it was irresponsible for AP to include Newmans claims and to not mention Roeders links to Operation Rescue. He didnt get prosecuted so, obviously, he had to be shot, so says Operation Rescue, and so writes down the Associated Press, thus resulting in newspapers all over the country printing this absolutely wack-a-doo, uncontested, more than insinuation, Maddow complained. She called on AP to retract the article, which AP refused to do. We were quoting someone who was playing an active role in the outcome of an election, Paul Colford, the APs director of media relations, told MSNBC. We stand by the story.
more . . . http://fightincockflyer.blogspot.com/2012/08/wichita-eagle-editorial-blog-14-august.html
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)Pretty typical.
beyurslf
(6,755 posts)I have not seen abortion be a visible part of the campaign. Of course, I am not a registered R so maybe there are mailings I never saw. But, Bennett won and he is the better of the two. Nola Foulston, the DA in the article, is not running again. She has been Da for 20+ years.
harmonicon
(12,008 posts)So long as people keep mum about that, they'll keep getting away with this shit. It's not a case of one story, but of using their clout to routinely roll out stories and to report stories in such a way that fits their political agenda.
Arkansas Granny
(31,526 posts)if you feel that the legal system failed to to the job you expected them to do. A mentally unbalanced person might misconstrue the message.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)And in Kansas, this is criminal.
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We are proud to name AP the #1 Vaginal Vampire Media Award for the day.
Rachel: You go girl and keep hammering on those bastards.
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