About that NYT hit job on Michael Bennet

[madamesilverspurs]

How is the Times article wrong? Try 18 ways
Posted by Jill Conrad Aug 6th, 2010.
Editor’s note: Jill Conrad was a member of the Denver school board from 2005-09.

I’m all for raising important questions (as I and other board members did in 2008) about major financial and other policy decisions. What disappoints me are the ways in which the facts have been intentionally distorted in many of the blogs and articles I have read on the subject in the last several months. Despite the great reputation (and my own respect for the NYT), I am shocked by the lack of attention to detail and contextual information in today’s Gretchen Morgenson article. Here is my take…and an account of at least 18 factual errors in the article…


read the rest:
http://blog.ednewscolorado.org/2010/08/06/how-is-the-times-article-wrong-try-18-ways-2 /


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[BakedAtAMileHigh]

1. posting this blog many times doesn't make it any more accruate, you know

Jill Conrad is NOT an unbiased source for material on this issue: she is one of the board members suckered into taking the deal. Sorry, but try again.

My vote has already been cast for Romanoff!

[madamesilverspurs]

2. Ms. Merida's input is hardly unblemished,

yet there is no problem in its frequent repetition within a number of pro-Romanoff posts. Reposting the Bennet canard doesn't make it true, so responding to it is fair game.


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[madamesilverspurs]

3. Adding to the discussion --

"Mr. Romanoff and I discussed the necessity of Democrats running a clean campaign. He said he understood then, as I did, that negative campaigning suppresses the vote, disempowers the electorate, and divides the political party. He understood all of those factors could lead to a loss in November, and may have long-term damaging effects for the Democratic party in CO. He promised me he would stick to the facts and to policy differences, and would not attack Senator Bennet personally, or use slander.

The evidence is mounting more and more every day, however, that Andrew Romanoff lost his integrity along the way. Don't trust me. Take a look at what major newspapers and television stations across CO have said (links at bottom)."


read the entire article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-cronk/romanoff-vs-bennet-a-matt_b_673433.html


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[Hawkeye-X]

4. Fact: the media is owned by conservatives

That is especially true for the Denver Post which has zero credibility. I'd rather trust Colorado Independent or Denver Daily News before their rag.