And he is just going to frame it as differences of memory.

He could have attempted to do his job right, instead of throwing Bernie under one of your famous buses.

Now he's put it in reverse and is just driving back and forth.

it's DEFCON Level 2 up in here. This is not an exercise.

Capehart will never, ever match. John Lewis who is another subject of famous Danny Lyon photos has praised both his work and his personal courage while in the Congress. Capehart calls him a liar. I proudly stand with John Lewis in holding Danny Lyon in high esteem. Capehart does not.

He pushed that story he made up in every medium he could find and did so in taunting, mocking tones. He did not bother to speak with Lyon because he did not even think about the photographer as documentarian, nor did it cross his bias tiny mind that that photographer might be a respected artist and journalist himself. Curated, collected, lauded person, not some guy who has some shoebox full of negatives from his old Instamatic from the hippy days.

The basic problem with Capehart is that he claims to be a reporter and yet he does not research stories prior to launching attacks on Democratic candidates. That's not being a reporter, that's being a gossip. Repeating gossip as if it was truth is called 'bearing false witness' and it is a kind of lie that is particularly odious.


Plus, why anyone is defending Capehart who said Darren Wilson shot Mike Brown in justified self defense I do not know. He spends much time explaining the shitty things he 'reports' on Twitter. How many apologies long is the plank he's walking, that's the only real question about his future.

Are you trying to get people NOT to vote for Bernie?

Seriously, you must be.

I was a Bernie supporter probably before you knew who he was, and yes, I still am.

Go insult someone else by calling them a liar please.

A media person who (theoretically) has an audience lies about Sanders but that's okay with you? He attempts to swiftboat someone of great character who has fought for civil rights his entire adult life and that's okay with you? He questions the integrity of a photographer but that's okay with you? He continues to "throw under the bus" Sanders and Lyon after it is known that he is wrong and you're more concerned with one anonymous poster on a discussion forum making a comment about a public person?

Perspective. It matters.

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and he is going on and on about this on Twitter even this morning, don't you think he has shown himself to have no integrity and to not deserve much respect?

The phrase "throwing under the bus" is so easy to use, but I think has become a lazy way of dismissing criticism that one does not like to hear. If the criticism is well deserved it is not "throwing under the bus" it is actually criticism.

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I don't think he ever said that....at least not that I'm aware of.

That he had interviewed the ex wife and photographer and was "transcribing"..

We assumed wrong, evidently.. if his tweets above are any indication.

Got it.

photog and wife, and was writing (last night). *I* assumed.. I should not speak for anyone else !

But it doesn't make it true. But, I look at who you support and I guess you are just following your role model. Totally not your fault, it's how she is raising you.

Or, at least Danny Lyon and John Lewis say it is John Lewis. He's bowing his head so it really is hard to be sure.....which is why we take the word of the photographer. Sure looks like John Lewis.....

http://www.mocp.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=browse&f=maker&s=Lyon%2C+Danny&record=81

You were an eyewitness. Right?

Glad you are on record with that.

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refuse to let it go or admit they're wrong. Thank you, thank you, thank you for continuing to respond, it just makes everything so clear.

that they hope if he keeps playing this game some abusive "BernieBros" (newly minted and untraceable of course) will slither out of the woodwork and be either racist , homophobic, or both towards Capehart-it's their only way out now-change the goalposts

layer of deviousness I can't comprehend.

when all else fails go after Bernie's 'supporters' or those we can make appear to be that

Someone wrote a lengthy article comparing the two, I'll have to find it. But it is all very familiar to me !

It doesn't matter--Bernie was there and now Capeheart is just trying to save face.

National Enquirer is hopeful !

They're always looking to hire 'journalists' of his caliber.

@CapehartJ You were wrong. You were played. You doubled down. You lost. Just admit it.

...from the same event. There is no doubt that it's Bernie. The photographer is telling the truth.

he's going to "leave it up to the readers".. But this is bizarre !!

Capehart called Lyon and is trying to make himself the victim here!

https://dektol.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/more-bernie-civil-rights-photos-found/#comment-1291

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Correct. This is Danny Lyon — He called me and asked to “record me”, which I agreed to. His main interest seemed to be to ask things like “when did the campaign contact me” (they hadn’t).
His only interest was in the “idea” that there was some kind of conspiracy to either undermine him, or created by
the Sanders campaign. It was a bazaar conversation, that I almost regret having. He recorded me for at least
half an hour. If he was a journalist he would immediately publish the truth, or at least admit
that he spoke with the person that made the pictures, and admit that other pictures now show that this is Bernie Sanders as a young activist.

He's not working on a retraction, he's working on a non-apology apology.

but proceed Mr Capehart proceed

...which Capehart never bothered doing. Then again, he wasn't tasked to research and report, he was tasked to spread propaganda. I'm glad he was exposed, perhaps a warning to other 'journalists' willing to risk their reputations and careers on becoming a shill.

Any small town reporter could do as well -- or more likely better.

Matthews' show and why he questioned the picture again.

Including the part where they both flung their hands in the air trying to imitate Senator Sanders.
And where the redheaded "journalist" called Sanders "pathetic"
Where they ambushed Tad DeVine with this smear and called the campaign deceptive.
What were YOU watching?

Just spinning a story to sow doubts and keep his story alive.

But if it wasn't this clown it would just be some other clown, because his bosses at the Post and MSNBC are clearly encouraging it.

Capehart has allowed himself to become an attack dog for the 1%.

...he could have salvaged his reputation. As it is, he's just committing career suicide. What a tool.

are two sides to every story. But Bruce Rappaport, let's focus on THAT guy, because it might still be HIM!"

Jonathan Capehart's partner, Nick Schmit, is a staffer on Hillary Clinton's current and previous presidential campaigns. Nick worked for Hillary at the State Department. He's is also part of the Washington Post editorial board....................

That explains why my post about this on the Washington Post page was deleted.

but the internet is a wonderful tool for finding possible motives of some people's actions at times.

google Nick Schmit....he worked for Hillary.

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is an architect..

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anyone can edit wiki, apparently someone did....

Campaign used Nick-> Capehart connection to plant their smear, coordinated with Rep Lewis's smear job and Brock's baseless claim in Blue Nation Revue that 'BernieBros' were attacking Lewis on social media...the 'BernieBros' probably being his own trolls and sock puppets at Correct The Record PAC, which coordinates directly with the Clinton campaign.

aren't they?

--imm

...Hillary's base.

--imm

Good luck with that...

Thanks.

--imm

The simple fact is there has been a growing anger among the population towards the bubble-living DC and Wall St oligarchs. It has reached the boiling point across the political spectrum, evidenced by populist candidates in both parties getting strong support. Though DWS may think she can put down the democratic 'peasant revolt' with a goon squad of a couple hundred superdelegates, we vastly outnumber them and the center cannot hold. This is what a revolution is about...a populace replacing unpopular leadership that's clinging to power, addicted to money. They had their chance at 'incremental change' and wouldn't deliver. Therefore it is time to make history. Lead, follow, or get swept out by the tsunami.

Any reputation he had is circling the drain and dragging WaPo down with it. If the paper was smart they'd can such a sloppy reporter and exposed liar.

Guiseppe Lignano

So I don't know where the stuff about him being married to Guiseppe Lignano is coming from when I Google !!

http://capitolfile-magazine.com/inside-jonathan-capehart-and-nick-schmits-house

And not in a good way.

...just like Nixon. Maybe some kind of authoritarian tribal herd instinct?

This fool is not making things any better with this nonsense.

The corporate media loves to see that someone has what it takes to take down the people they want taken down. Chris Matthews is a great example of such a person, his career is all about slapping down people that are irritating the oligarchs.

But if he had any ambition of becoming a credible respected journalist he just flushed it down the toilet.

I wish what you said was true, but reality is much worse than that. He is making wise career choices by going after Bernie's civil rights history, and he knows it.

How did that work out for Jayson Blair?

Capehart's doing exactly what the money guys want, he'll go far.

Get back to me when Capehart can't work for anyone but fringe outfits, I won't hold my breath.

Several Twitter messages say the caption once again IDs Sanders as the speaker in the photo.

Mischief managed.

http://photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu/db.xqy?one=apf4-01698.xml

It creates a distraction so people don't focus on the message, or on the differences between the candidates. It DELIBERATELY derails the important conversations we need to be having as a nation.

The sole purpose of this sort of attack, especially around something so unimportant, is to take control of the conversation. Don't fall for it.

And this is what it is

I think it probably needs to be addressed through surrogates, with derision, than by the candidate themselves.

this swiftboating is going to the core of what NH voters say they wanted:


a candidate with integrity.....this is an attack on Bernie's integrity

I'd say his campaign manager and his supporters had his back on this one. Swift boating IS an important issue to combat.

been the ones driving the correction of this smear. WELL DONE !

Capeheart is not happy. He's gotten pounded.

They tried to swiftboat Bernie and it's not something we can just ignore. Ask Kerry what happens when you do.

If I recall, they got him involved in the fight.

but, of course, it never would be.

Propaganda arm of Capital.

you dear oct are a much better journalist than capehart will ever be

sounds like the guy should watch fewer action films and focus on factual journalism. Although he'll have a long career spreading FUD and raking in the big bucks, so why bother?

Article 1: Definitely NOT Bernie
Draft 1, Article 2: well, not so cut and dry, after all
Draft 2, Article 2: ya see, this is wha wha wha happen'. The word of a proud photographer conflicts with the the pride of an ex-wife and friends.