Monday, February 13, 2006

The Raleigh News & Observer cuts for Senator Reid

First, the liberal trending left Raleigh News & Observer, a McClatchy Co. paper, sat on the AP’s report of Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid’s deep involvement in the Abramoff scandal.

When The N&O did get around to telling readers about the AP's Reid/Abramoff report, The N&O told them less than 17% of it by Microsoft Word Count and buried it inside the paper on a Saturday.

I posted on all that here, and included some portions of the AP report The N&O held back from readers along with a link to the report.

Now, from the AP’s Reid/Abramoff report I’ve selected a few sentences that are especially important and revealing but which the filter professionals at The N&O decided to leave out of the story they told the N&O's readers.

Take a look at the sentences and decide if you would have left them out if you worked for a paper that was what The N&O says it is: “fair and accurate” and “unbiased in our news columns:’

Reid has assailed Republicans' ties to Abramoff while refusing to return any of his own donations.

And in the midst of the contacts, Abramoff's firm hired one of Reid's top legislative aides to lobby for the tribal and Marianas clients.

The aide then helped throw a fundraiser for Reid at Abramoff's firm.


And Reid's longtime chief of staff accepted a free trip to Malaysia arranged by a consulting firm connected to Abramoff that recently has gained attention in the influence-peddling investigation that has gripped the Capitol
So what do you think?

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think the same thing you do. That they are so dishonest, they have convinced themselves they are not. Self deception is the easiest flaw to acquire and the most difficult to dissuade one's self from continuing.