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Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:02 pm
by _beastie
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/201 ... 38800.htmlJerome Corsi, the political writer and conspiracy theorist, is traveling with the Mitt Romney press corps today.
Corsi, 66, writes for World Net Daily and is the author of several anti-Obama books, including Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President.
Asked why he was traveling with the Romney campaign, Corsi told POLITICO, "I am a Senior Staff Reporter for WND covering the campaign."
In recent months, Corsi has argued that President Obama may be gay or bisexual and that his wedding ring bears the Islamic declaration of faith, “There is no god except Allah.” In 2004, Corsi wrote the controversial Unfit for Command: Swift boat veterans speak out against John Kerry, which was criticized for factual inaccuracies. Per The Guardian, U.S. news outlets "have accused Corsi of being anti-Islamic, anti-Catholic, anti-semitic and homophobic, and of exploiting racial prejudices in an attempt to 'scare white America.'"
Romney campain press secretary Andrea Saul did not respond to a request for comment.
Perhaps next the Romney campaign will invite along someone who claims Obama is really an alien from Mars.
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:21 pm
by _Bob Loblaw
Maybe I'm missing something, but there is a large contingent of reporters from a broad spectrum of news outlets. Yes, WND is a fringe paper, as Droopy and bcspace have demonstrated ad infinitum, but why is this an issue at all, let alone pandering? Please elaborate.
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:31 pm
by _Jason Bourne
Bob Loblaw wrote:Maybe I'm missing something, but there is a large contingent of reporters from a broad spectrum of news outlets. Yes, WND is a fringe paper, as Droopy and bcspace have demonstrated ad infinitum, but why is this an issue at all, let alone pandering? Please elaborate.
Its not.
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:34 pm
by _Ceeboo
"Romney panders to even MORE nuts"
Seriously, beastie?
You got to love our beloved MDB!
Peace,
Ceeboo
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:45 pm
by _beastie
Am I mistaken in assuming that the campaign has some control over which reporters are allowed to actually travel with them? If I am incorrect, and this was something foisted on Romney beyond his control, then I retract my criticism.
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:01 am
by _subgenius
beastie wrote:Am I mistaken in assuming that the campaign has some control over which reporters are allowed to actually travel with them? If I am incorrect, and this was something foisted on Romney beyond his control, then I retract my criticism.
are you aware of the members of Obama's traveling press?
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:06 am
by _Ceeboo
subgenius wrote:are you aware of the members of Obama's traveling press?
Maher, Maddow, Kevin, Beastie, and Sharpton?
Peace,
Ceeboo
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:09 am
by _beastie
subgenius wrote:beastie wrote:Am I mistaken in assuming that the campaign has some control over which reporters are allowed to actually travel with them? If I am incorrect, and this was something foisted on Romney beyond his control, then I retract my criticism.
are you aware of the members of Obama's traveling press?
No. Is there any equivalent of this nut? And do campaigns have a say in which press travels with them?
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:16 am
by _subgenius
beastie wrote:No. Is there any equivalent of this nut? And do campaigns have a say in which press travels with them?
you should likely find out on your own..."nutty" is sometimes relative.
However, i believe that the press are somewhat controlled by the campaign, in as much as scheduling and being "uninvited"...i seem to remember that happening to the Pelosi kid when she did that really good documentary with Bush.
It would likely be standard practice to have a certain amount of press along on your own dime as it were. 99% of news these days is simply a press-release anyway.
Re: Romney panders to even MORE nuts
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:42 am
by _EAllusion
Yes, the candidate has some control over what press travels with them. The major news sources are always represented, though who they send is negotiated. The more fringe partisan sources, like WND, are chosen by campaigns as a political maneuver. There's only so much room on the bus, so to speak.