Columnist compares MoveOn to Swiftboat Vets

[democrat in Tallahassee]

All you DU'ers who also frequent MOVEON.ORG visitors should read this
article from the Tallahassee Democrat by political columnist Bill Cotterell in which he compares MovOn.Org to the SwiftBoatVets for Truth. This is not the first time he has compared vicious right-wing groups funded by wealth special interest to the mostly grass roots funded MoveOn. See snippit and link below.

Please consider sending Mr. Cotterell a note telling him how the two are different.


Article published Apr 13, 2006
Writing news and opinion is tricky
By Bill Cotterell
CAPITAL CURMUDGEON

Contact Bill Cotterell at [phone] or [e-mail] published April 13, 2006

Having sometimes apologized for things I've said or written, I feel bad for Buddy Nevins. …….<clip>………..
Of course, those "independent" campaign groups like the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth or MoveOn.org pick their facts with a deliberate bias. Newspaper columnists - especially reporter/columnists - want to explore all the facts and give readers a point of view they might not have seen before. ………………………
http://www.tdo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060413/COLUMNIST03/604130303/-1/COLUMNISTS

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. Who the hell is THIS guy,

and who cares what he writes?

Jeez. Talk about a nobody.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

2. Unfortunately Cotterel is a Long time columnist in

the Capitol City of Florida........

[OldLeftieLawyer]

6. Whoa

That makes him even doubly ignorable - in my world, anyway.

We've got George Will and Robert Novak. I feel your pain.

[Vickers]

3. "Tallahassee Democrat" Contradiction in terms!

:P

[karynnj]

4. The problem is that

the SBVT didn't "pick their facts with bias", they made stuff up that totally contradicted the official record. Move on may have excluded good things about Bush - he maybe didn't kick Barney, but they never identified a lie.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

5. Granted

Now tell Mr Cottrel that

[AtomicKitten]

7. more whiny bitches that can't tell the difference between

purveyors of truth and lying sacks 'o shit.