NYT Concedes They Were Wrong? Paper Loses 'Pimp' Language Entirely in Latest ACORN ReportAlso: ACORN not dead yet!...Yesterday, Peter Hart, of the media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Report (FAIR), flagged the
New York Times' latest ACORN-related report for us and notes "how far the Times is from where it started on this story".
Yes, after a full six months of out-and-out misleading the public on the now-infamous ACORN "Pimp" Hoax by repeatedly misreporting that disgraced rightwing prankster and activist James O'Keefe had dressed as a 70's-era blaxploitation pimp while scamming low-level workers in ACORN offices --- and even as the Times finally conceded they were wrong on at least that point just two weeks ago --- they have still been standing by the misleading assertion that O'Keefe "clearly presented himself as" a pimp in those offices.
But the
NYTimes latest story is decidedly "pimp"-less and seems to serve as a tacit admission that even
that false narrative was previously misreported. Of course, they've yet to issue a public acknowledgment --- much less a correction, retraction, apology or explanation --- for having gotten
that point so wrong, for so long…
FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7787