WaPo, LAT, AP, NYT all failed to note Swift Boat Vets' claims have been debunked

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200703300008

Print coverage failed to note Swift Boat Vets' claims have been debunked

A March 29 Washington Times article extensively quoted John O'Neill, co-founder of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, criticizing the White House's withdrawal of the nomination of Republican donor Sam Fox to be ambassador to Belgium, which the Times attributed to "Democratic pressure," noting that "Fox's $50,000 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth was disclosed by Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee." The Times quoted O'Neill calling the withdrawal of Fox's name "an outrage" and "a tragedy," but did not report that both O'Neill and his group's 2004 campaign against Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) have been widely discredited, with many specific claims disproved or rebutted. snip

The Washington Post: "the controversial group that ran a campaign questioning Kerry's Vietnam record."

Los Angeles Times: the "controversial campaign against Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) in the 2004 presidential race."

Associated Press: "a controversial conservative group that undermined Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign."

Two others did not characterize the group in any way:

The Washington Times: "the group that undermined Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign."

The New York Times: "When it came his turn, Mr. Kerry pounced, questioning Mr. Fox at length about his $50,000 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group and pressing him to identify who had asked him to give to it."

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1. MSM Won't Call Attention To Their Complicity

for fear of retribution, legal or economic, when the wind blows in the other direction.

That Democratic boycott of the FOX debate sent a real chill through the news world.

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2. well, I will pass this around. thanks