Carlson claims that Harry Reid has admitted to violating federal law ...

by using campaign funds to pay Christmas bonuses. Since I heard him make three other claims during his show that I KNOW to be bullshit, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this.

around to make it seem they're more guilty, not less. That's how media handled the swift evidence, too.

The GOP didn't buy up control of most broadcast media in the 80s and 90s to let the Democrats and the truth be heard.

to counter the "moral" issues they are facing in their party. They feel it will turn Dems/libs off in Nov if they can make something out of nothing.

each time they spin he broke the law and in reading, he did not. i will not trust them on this. seems to be a consistancy here, to get reid

http://mediamatters.org/items/200606020002

Summary: Associated Press staff writer John Solomon's seriously flawed articles suggesting that Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid had acted improperly by attending Las Vegas boxing matches as the guest of the Nevada Athletic Commission "while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing" are the latest in a series of misleading reports by Solomon alleging unethical behavior by Reid, as well as by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND).


In recent days, Media Matters for America noted serious flaws in a May 29 article by Associated Press staff writer John Solomon, which suggested that Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (NV) had acted improperly by attending Las Vegas boxing matches as the guest of the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) "while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing." Further, in a June 1 follow-up article, Solomon ignored the countervailing evidence that had surfaced since the publication of the original article and continued to distort the facts surrounding the story, falsely suggesting that the Nevada lawmaker had "abruptly reversed course" and abandoned his prior defense of these actions when, in fact, Reid had done no such thing.

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a pattern of lying garbage about dems:

A.S., "AP omitted Dorgan's response to alleged Abramoff link," (http://mediamatters.org/items/200511300016) Media Matters for America, November 30, 2005.
"AP continued to mislead on purported Abramoff-Reid link," (http://mediamatters.org/items/200602130005) Media Matters for America, February 13, 2006.
John Aravosis, "Three more AP John Solomon articles faulted for taking pot-shots at Dems, leaving out key facts," (http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/05/three-more-ap-john-solomon-articles.html) AMERICAblog, May 29, 2006.
Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008612.php), May 31, 2006.
Paul Kiel, "AP's John Solomon - One More for the Road," (http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000798.php#more) TPM Muckraker, June 1, 2006.
"In follow-up article on Reid, AP's Solomon continued pattern of distortion," (http://mediamatters.org/items/200606020002) Media Matters for America, June 2, 2006.


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