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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 08:48 AM
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McCain's unpaid property taxes ... media snoozes ...
but remember Barack Obama's unpaid college parking ticket?

Media feeding frenzy ...
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 09:19 AM
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1. yes, i fired off a email to the Seattle Times editor about this very thing
and he sent me back a response (which surprised me) saying the following:

"as you may know, the article about the McCain's taxes was an
exclusive of Newsweek; we are looking for a version we can publish."

They are looking for a version they can publish? WTF? What does that mean?

If this had been a Dem, this would have hit the news cycle faster than a blink of an eye. The repubs would have sent out the faxes, which would have been picked up by Drudge and Fox, and the AP would have done story, and it would then hit the corp media. Probably in 1 or 2 newscycles.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 09:38 AM
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2. e-mail back: "Reported in Newsweek"
that's how the "Clinton trashed the White House offices" went around ...

Drudge "reported" it

Washington Times reported it, citing the source as Drudge ...

Washington Post reported it, citing the Washington Times as the source ...

Drudge reported it, citing the Washington Post as the source ...
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 10:06 AM
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3. It's MUCH more important that Obama got a good rate on his house!
Get with the program! :sarcasm:
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 11:49 AM
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4. ok, I found the parking ticket story on the times web site
dated march 9th, any idea when this story broke, I am wondering how long it took the times to get it up on the site.

Still nothing on the McLames unpaid taxes.
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 12:05 PM
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5. I just looked at CBS news -
not a thing about McSames unpaid taxes

Story on Obamas college parking tickets dated March 9th, titled "Time To Come Clean"
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 12:10 PM
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6. in fact the lead story on the politics section
of CBS.com is ANOTHER story on Obama's flag pin, and his patriotism
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 12:17 PM
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7. lead story on FOX.com
"Sharpton's Baggage: Nearly $1.5M in Unpaid Taxes, Penalties" about Rev. Al. Search engine gave me nothing when I searched for McCain unpaid taxes. No story. Since I figured they may not know about it, being faux and all, I sent them a "news tip"
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-03-08 12:22 PM
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8. nothing on CNN.Com
however MSNBC gave me this story dated today

http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?threadid=713515


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Bonn1997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-08 09:47 PM
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9. It's Not the Media's Fault...
If the media is not covering something that you want them to cover, you talk about it and you make sure your surrogates do. It frustrates me that the Obama team does not realize this. McCain has flip flopped more than Obama has, yet the media portrays the reverse and Obama is silent. Obama is accused of being elitist when McCain has had the priviledges of elites his whole life but the Obama team is silent on this matter too.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-27-08 12:09 AM
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10. frankly, I'm sorry the msm alertled McLame
I would love to see someone buy his property out from under him for the taxes!
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