Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The Media - "The Recount" vs. the Truth
This time it's a movie that "seems" to depict historical events.
Unfortunately, the media themselves has proven what the "real facts" were.
They never let the truth get in the way of a good (biased) story...
Unfortunately, the media themselves has proven what the "real facts" were.
They never let the truth get in the way of a good (biased) story...
At NewsBusters.com, Brent Baker reminds us:
"The lead of an April 4, 2001 USA Today story headlined, “Newspapers' recount shows Bush prevailed,” by reporter Dennis Cauchon:
George W. Bush would have won a hand count of Florida's disputed ballots if the standard advocated by Al Gore had been used, the first full study of the ballots reveals. Bush would have won by 1,665 votes -- more than triple his official 537-vote margin -- if every dimple, hanging chad and mark on the ballots had been counted as votes, a USA TODAY/Miami Herald/Knight Ridder study shows. The study is the first comprehensive review of the 61,195 "undervote" ballots that were at the center of Florida's disputed presidential election...."
