Clinton to Undergo Bypass Surgery (PEOPLE, THE AP BOOING LIE IS SPREADING!!)

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/9577031.htm ^

[kitkat]

I heard a clip of the President's announcement, and the people cheered his good wish for Clinton.

[Bahbah]

Thanks, jmboster. I just emailed them offering an eyewitness account from a person who was there. I wonder if they will take us up on it. We'll see.

[ableChair]

Just made some phone calls to sunherald.com and Knight-Ridder. Knight-Ridder is a little tough to get through but perserverance pays. I told them of the inaccuracy. The editor at sunherald said he will look into it (blah). The article was by Seth Borenstein of Knight-Ridder. You can call Knight-Ridder at:

1-408-938-7700

and the sunherald at:

1-228-896-2301

(ask to speak to the editor)
I've noticed that some papers are removing the error and others are not. RockyMountainNews appears to have removed the error from their version.

[skeeter]

The left is is full whine mode. Its almost unbearable.

Of course we pray for X42's full recovery. I want him around to console his wife when her political fortunes do a nosedive.

[ableChair]

done.
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Hi Seth,
I know you Kerry supporters are resorting to desperate attempts to get your boy re-elected, but repeating information you know to be false (see AP retraction and revision) only destroys your own credibility. Please stop doing it.
This is in reference to your story "Clinton to undergo bypass surgery for Artery Blockages". The crowd did not 'boo' Clinton.
You can contact Aperna Kumar of the AP at 202-776-9400 to verify that the claim is false.

[uvular]

Instead of making up stories, I suggest the press call for the opening of Mr. Kerry's medical records, as he allegedly had prostate cancer recently.

Would also like to see the MRI he had after his bike fall (according to Tony Snow), and see how the heck he was able to have MRI when he allegedly still carries shrapnel in his body. MRIs and shrapnel do not mix...

[thoughtomator]

Big deal, this is no worse than they do every other day. The only way it can have life and exposure is if you get worked up over it. You should already be boycotting those media outlets, and if the circulation numbers are accurate, you probably already are.

[knarf]

I don't really care ....

[ozzymandus]

The lie about booing has been discredited already, but shouldn't willie be getting cut up in Canada, since hillary admires the canuk health care system so much?

[thucydides]

AP Reporter was Scott Lindlaw, previously criticized in Columbia Journalism Review for cheap shots at Bush - see Instapundit. Folks, let AP hear from you. They've got a reporter out there they know to be practising bad journalism.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Dang 97.5!

Well, there is always hope.

[Ole Okie]

I notice they didn't mention cocaine use.

I doubt that cocaine had any part in this.

I had 6 bypasses at age 57, and had not and still haven't ever done marijuana, cocaine, or other such drugs.

I don't like Sick Willie, but wish him well in his surgery.

[jackbill]

I'm really sorry to hear that Clinton is going to have a heart bypass operation. Up until this point in my life I have never had anything in common with this miscreant.

[FITZ]

They didn't mention that --- or the fact that 4-5 years ago the media proclaimed he had the most excellent health -- I guess this was a very instant acting heart disease.

[Lexinom]

Unfortunately the limitations of prose force an explicit explanation for what is clear listening. A "woo" begins at and attains a higher pitch than a "boo". A "boo", uttered collectively by a crowd, starts low and progressively descends in pitch.

One may have had difficulty, rescued only by the context, distinguishing between a "boo" and a "Moooo"kie Wilson or Isaac "Bruuuu" chorus. I've never had trouble, however, separating "boos" from "woos" because of aforementioned pitch differences.

[Lexinom]

Sorry, Isaac "Bruuuuuu" ce

[fightu4it]

What's his address? I'll send him a twinkie.

[F.J. Mitchell]

The AP couldn't even report on the weather without finishing up with a dig at either Bush or Republicans in general.

The first three letters of ASSociated , says it all about the AP.

[brewcrew]

I was at this rally. There were no boos. When the President first announced that he and Laura had been informed on the way over that President Clinton had been hospitalized, there was a brief moment of a combination of gasps and "oh no's." He proceeded directly into wishing him a swift and speedy recovery, and the crowd gave a heartfelt round of applause, as if to say, "we, too, wish him a speedy recovery."

The AP reporter who wrote this needs to be outed and fired.

[Lexinom]

That's what it sounded like. You were there. You're a FReeper, and very probably telling the truth.

We all know the media is biased, but it doesn't hurt to maintin our incredulity less we risk becoming comfortable with it.