I can't believe that they published that story.  We expect sensationalism and unsubstantiated rumors from supermarket tabloids but not formerly reputable papers.  

Including things like saying over and over that the press is not only Bad but also bad and evil.    

jeez joe...i'll reluctantly agree with this part:



your article and 2/3 of those comments it's elicited til now support your claim.

but then you hadda go here:



it's been a damn long time--so long, in fact, i can't point to a month (much less a date) nor even a specific year for absolute certain--since the last time i chose sincerity over sarcasm, but i'm really trying here even though i'm sure it won't seem that way when i ask: did you read the post's article yourself?

perhaps they published two of em and this is the other one?

Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him

otherwise, i'm atta loss.

that linked article is something totally different than whatever it is about which you're fulminating.

check out the 2nd graph in which obama is very accurately reported to be:

'a member of a congregation of the United Church of Christ in Chicago'

post writer perry bacon jr to whom the article is attributed seems to have done a more than adequate job of directing public attention to a pernicious scheme to smear barak, investigating its origins and providing the candidate an opportunity to refute it with his own words.

seems to me your outrage and indignation would be much more appropriately directed at the professional hatemongers and deluded assholes responsible for brewing up this particular biohazard.

to be clear--and for those who didn't read far enough into the article or any of it--bacon mentioned several by name: jeffey kuhner, editor of 'insight', robert spencer of 'human events' (two conservative publications more aptly titled 'lies n bullshit'), mark savage and, last but hardly least, opiate addled rush limbaugh who goofily claims to confuse obama with osama bin laden.

why wait a year?

what the post did was to accurately report a deliberate falsehood being passed off as fact to smear obama, provide what appears to be its sources and attempt to evaluate how much damage it's done.

one paragraph into the article its writer states clearly barak is a member of a christian congregation. at least six other clear contradictions between rumor and fact are presented in the 22 remaining paragraphs.



based on your comment, it seems your dissatisfaction has a lot less to do with the publication's philosophy than it does the level of reading comprehension it demands from its readers.

Apparently the Retriever isn't the Boston Globe, since the Retriever expects its journalism students to be professional and competent. Two things that escape the standards of The Boston Globe... or "professional" journalism in general.

i always love this one.

despite knowing it's rooted in delusion, this constant suggestion i'm considered important enough to have 'handlers' churning out 'talking points' tailored specfically for me really boosts the ol self-esteem

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sorry, guys, I've been working so missed the discussion on my own article. I don't have the Post in front of me with the article in it that got my goat, and when I tried to pull a copy up online, magically, it had disappeared. They got tons of flack for it. But the article is not the one you refer to, King Bee.

Remember -- I work hand in hand with the press, though hesistate in considering myself part of the press -- I produce photos to go with the spin (on both sides of the aisle) that everyone rallies against. However, my dad is a former reporter and I grew up in a household of journalists.

As for the nut jobs you reference, especially Michael Savage, I have to take him in VERY small doses. Limbaugh, no secret, I think is funny -- though dumbs down everything so even those popping pills can get the gist.

I think the press, over the past several years, has gone straight down hill. More and more they use each other as the story. It's amazing -- and sad -- and more and more my main source of news is CSPAN.
Gotta run and do some work!
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apparently my handlers are messin up bigtime by stuffin me so full of talking points i'm defending the post from criticism by the likes of huffington, moveon.org and...oh yeah...drguy.

I never said handlers had to be smart.