Posted on 09/13/2004 6:15:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMajority
WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- An Associated Press reporter who filed a story that former President Clinton was 'booed' at a Wisconsin rally when President George W. Bush announced that his predecessor had been hospitalized for heart surgery is standing by his claim. Scott Lindlaw, a White House correspondent who was among the reporters traveling with President Bush during the campaign swing to several battleground states, provided the information for the story that appeared under the byline of Tom Hays.
No other news agency reported any booing and none is audible on network television clips, but the AP sent out the article with the statement, "Bush's audience of thousands in West Allis, Wis., booed. Bush did nothing to stop them."
Shortly after the article appeared on the wire, Karen Hughes, an advisor to President Bush, demanded it be corrected. The AP deleted the two sentences from the story and released it with no byline.
Tom Curley, AP president and CEO, was asked by Talon News to explain the circumstances surrounding the correction.
Curley said, "The reporter and a couple others standing with him thought they heard booing. After checking of tapes, they decided it was oohs, not boos."
Curley also confirmed that Hays was not present at the Wisconsin rally, but was in New York at the time of the event. The reference to "booing" came from material provided by Lindlaw. Talon News confronted Lindlaw on Friday about the discrepancy in his reporting of the event.
When asked if he heard booing as he reported, he replied, "I did."
Lindlaw declined to be interviewed but insisted that his reporting was accurate.
Lindlaw said, "What I had to say I put in the wire."
Lindlaw refused to answer any other questions about the report. Lindlaw provided no explanation for making a charge that would create a negative impression of President Bush and his supporters.
Some have criticized Lindlaw's previous work for having an anti-Bush slant. In July, he wrote an article that used detailed quotes from a meeting of Washington, DC conservatives that was "off the record." The original source of the quotes was not Lindlaw, since he was not present at the meeting.
His story, titled "Some Key Conservatives Uneasy About Bush," suggested that because one of the 150 participants in the meeting had expressed misgivings about the Iraq war, conservatives are perhaps turning away from the president. Lindlaw quotes two men from Missouri to support his thesis, one of whom is undecided about which candidate he may vote for.
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This guy should hang out with Dan Rather.
He's just trying to get on the cocktail circuit in D.C.
Some things never change -- Lindlaw was a jerk in 2000 and has been ever since. AP is getting to have about the same credibility as CBS -- zero, zip, nada! So now we have Lindlaw appearing under a different by-line as we all know he is biased?
If that's true, why didn't Laidlaw's name go on the byline instead of a guy (Hayes) who wasn't there?
And, then when AP corrected the story, there was no reporter bylined?
Translation: "McAuliffe's check cleared. I did what I was paid to do. Leave me alone."
another media liar...go ahead stand by your story. Anthing you say from now on is suspect...not going to believe word one. We know who you are. That is a good thing...by the way, did you know there is a videotape?
What a Clymer.
Okay ... well, then go over there and stand next to Gunga Dan.
This "That's my story and I'm sticking with it" line is going to be the downfall of the MSM.
What is wrong with these people??
Is he the guy that authenticated the CBS memos?
Okay, I'm reasonably certain that there just might have been one or two low-lifes at the rally and that they might have boo'ed the President when he spoke of Clinton. Just remeber the reactions some here at FR had.
BUT - to report "the crowd booed" and the President did nothing to stop it is beyond belief.
I guess the New Ethics in Journalism states - report whatever fits your agenda and, when confronted with overwhelming evidence that your report is false, stick by your report and refuse to answer any further questions.
Then it was an error to change the story.
Here's a jab to all those who accused Tom Hays of being the original author.
I'll tell you what's wrong with these people...they hate republicans and especially conservative republicans but they hate this country more! The MSM is going to get people killed. When this happens, all hell is going to break loose and the MSM is going to have to pay a price for their lying and distorting the news. I hope I live long enough to see them pay a price for their arrogant views. Watch the little rats scurry then!
Scott Lindlaw -- remember that name, it's the name of another liar from the MSM.
Lindlaw and Rather are the direct result of the postmodernist "your truth" - "my truth" garbage. If there is a denial of objective truth among academics, what else to expect?
The media is now kept in the same company as unethical, self serving, power hungry, agenda driven, morons IMHO. They see not the waste and resulting damage of their suspect efforts. It catches up with them eventually.
You're right and it's scary.
My kids are six and four. Thank God I homeschool.
He spoke the truth at least:
Lindlaw said, "What I had to say I put in the wire."
What he H A D to say ???
"The MSM is going to get people killed."
The MSM already has blood on it's hands.
"I hope I live long enough to see them pay a price for their arrogant views"
Me too.
The poor devil's hearing "voices". What else can you say?
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Direct phone number to AP President & CEO Tim Curley
1-212-621-7550
He usually picks up his own phone.
I've spoken to him about the AP's "1000 booed while Bush did nothing" and I called to ask why the AP hasn't requested Kerry's military records.
On the Military record issue, the guy tried to lie to me that the AP had seen ALL of Kerry's records and there was nothing to report. I asked how that could be since Kerry hasn't signed Form 180 and released all his records. Silence, thank you, click.
Sounds like Mr. Curley needs another call from me.
Mr. Scott Lindlaw
Associated Press (NS-300I)
White House Reporter
2021 K St NW
Ste 600
Washington, DC 20006-1003
Editor Phone Number: (202) 776-9494
Media Fax Number: (202) 776-9570
Editor Email: slindlaw@ap.org
Good for you for homeschooling. My son is grown but if I had to do it over again, I would homeschool. I am always telling my relatives to get their kids out of public schools! The problem is that people don't want to put in the kind of time it takes to homeschool their children. They might actually have to spend a lot of time with them!
Because Hays was writing about Clinton's hospitalization in New York. Lindlaw, as noted here, was traveling with President Bush and submitted the "report" (lie) from the rally.
I had pointed out consistantly from the beginning that the AP in general, not JUST Hays (he deserved to be contacted for a story with his byline, but not the sole target) should be held to account.
right.. and I'm the only other person besides Danny boy to
get a Christmas card from JK from Cambodia in 68.
This part is true.
Just like CBS. Don't admit you're wrong in the face of rock solid evidence.
Old Media. So yesterday.
>>They might actually have to spend a lot of time with them!
That is soooo the truth!
I love having my girls with me. It doesn't get better than this.
Is this the norm now - by-line goes to the person sitting at a desk 1,000 miles away who not only wasn't there but wasn't even listening? Isn't that what the kid from the NYTimes did?
Ring
"Mr. Curley? This is Jason Blair, I've gotten the impression that there may be a place for me at AP. I can't wait to meet Mr. Moe and Mr. Larry."
If you cannot homeschool, do what I did - teach them AFTER school and on weekends!
Bring them to work with you - especially if you are self-employed or work for a small business that knows the worth of educating the kids in REAL life.
Take them to museums, parks, zoos, especially any science and math exhibits - TALK to them and explain EVERYTHING!
It does soak in no matter what the ??? in the NEA attempt to do with their minds.
Both my sons were public schooled - both were told in public school that they were stupid/dumb (sounds like what they say about Bush?) and should drop out - both are now independent, married, very well off and make a heck of a lot more money that even the head of the Katy (TX) ISD makes!
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Cheap Shot
February 16, 2004
That’s a Stretch, Scott
As Instapundit points out this morning, Scott Lindlaw of the Associated Press tries really, really hard to link Bush's appearance at the Daytona 500 Sunday back to the story about his National Guard service.
Writes Lindlaw:
With his wife, Laura, trailing him, Bush walked the pit, mingling with drivers, shaking hands with fans. He peered into car No. 16, sponsored by the National Guard, and if the car reminded him of the tempest swirling around his own service in the Texas Air National Guard, he didn't show it.
Scott also looks back, with this non sequitur: "The president got a much warmer reception than Bill Clinton did when he visited a NASCAR race as a candidate in September 1992, when the question of his lack of Vietnam-era military service was dogging Clinton."
Evidently if you send Lindlaw to a NASCAR race, instead of journalism you get armchair psychoanalysis and a history lesson. We can't wait to see how he covers the NCAA tournament.
--B.K.
http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/000150.asp
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He was wearing earplugs at the Bush rally in Wisconsin! EARPLUGS!
AP REPORTER: Scott Lindlaw?
The Crowd That Didn't Boo Power Line ^ | 9/9/04 | Power Line
Posted on 09/10/2004 4:37:35 AM PDT by Elkiejg
AP REPORTER: Scott Lindlaw?
The Crowd That Didn't Boo Power Line ^ | 9/9/04 | Power Line
Posted on 09/10/2004 4:37:35 AM PDT by Elkiejg
We may be inching closer to the truth about the false Associated Press report claiming that a Republican crowd in West Allis, Wisconsin, booed the announcement that President Clinton had been hospitalized, and "President Bush did nothing to stop them."
We have an inside source who was present at the rally and is familiar with the reporters involved. Our source tells us that Tom Hays, whose byline was on the false AP report, was not at the West Allis rally. He is not one of the AP reporters assigned to cover President Bush, and is believed to have been in New York at the time.
Our source says that the AP reporter behind the story was Scott Lindlaw. Lindlaw is one of the AP reporters who cover the Bush campaign. His anti-Bush prejudices are well-known; our source has heard him say that his "mission" is to see that Bush is not re-elected.
On the day of the West Allis rally, Lindlaw was wearing ear plugs in his ears, as he often does to minimize crowd noise. After Bush's speech, he approached another AP reporter and said that he thought he had heard boos, and asked whether his colleague had heard any. The second AP reporter said that she didn't hear any booing. Nevertheless, Lindlaw apparently sent in a story, which wound up for some unexplained reason under Tom Hays' byline, which said:
Bush's audience of thousands in West Allis, Wis., booed. Bush did nothing to stop them.
We will add questions about Mr. Lindlaw to those we are directing to the Associated Press.
http://www.620wtmj.com/620programs/charliesykes/weblog.asp
And now Lindlaw has admitted he was the "reporter" responsible for the story.
How did AP explain Hays' name being used as the reporter that filed the original story?
Well, Hays wrote the article, which was about Clinton going into the hospital. Inserted in the story was the booing business. There was also a blip about Kerry addressing his rally.
At the end it listed four additional reporters who contributed to the story but left out Lindlaw. They should have included him, obviously.
But it is not unusual for a reporter to have a story with a byline and have other reporters contribute to it. It was obvious to me from the start that the boo lie did not emanate from Hays.
Another case of who do you trust: A couple hundred eyewitnesses or a liberal on a mission?
The subject of the original Hays bylined story was not the Bush rally, it was Clinton's hospitalization, and yes, it is normal for a reporter to byline a story and then at the end to note other reporters who contributed.
The original story had Hays' byline and noted at the end four reporters who contributed, but they did not include Lindlaw.
So the error wasn't Hays' byline, it was omitting Lindlaw from the list of "contributors" at the end.
The subsequent stories that went out over the wire that focused on the booing alone had one story bylined by Deb Reichman and I'm not sure if any got sent with Lindlaw's byline. I know it appeared without attribution on most sites and publications.
Thanks. Now, I am less confused. Why would I expect complete transparency from the AP?
I'm still waiting for an answer from the AP on the vetting of another source they used in a story.
>>>...they decided it was oohs, not boos.<<<
ROFLOL! Hilarious! Oohs, not boos!! Too funny! This struck me totally silly!!
Thanks for posting this -- strangely enough, I'd only first heard of the booing (or should I say oohing! LOL!) incident in Pukin' Dog's Absolutely Excellent A+ FRant (Open Letter to MSM) the other day.
These people are truly pitiful.
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I sent the following email. No need to be rude, eh?
Sir:
I respectfully submit to you that AP needs to report on John Kerry's insistence that George Bush clear up his National Guard service while refusing to, himself, sign form 180. This is a key issue since Mr. Kerry has made it so by his direct challenge to the President's service.
This will help to offset a current perception that the totality of AP's reporting has been biased. For example, the "Boo" story has served to incredibily undermine the credibility the reports being submitted by your campaign cadre.
Thank you for your consideration of my suggestion.
I'm still fuming over their "the U.S. bombed a 'wedding party'" story they put out from Iraq. Long after our guys provided more than ample documentation and evidence to refute it, they persisted in reporting it that way.
Glad that's now known far and wide.
Too bad Lindlaw isn't following the Kerry Kamp. He wouldn't need earplugs for the non-existant "crowd noise".
LOL
Then I sent another email from another one of my email accounts that read as follows along with a copy of the Talon News story:
Sirs:
Following is news report about your organization's reporting. I do not believe that this is going to go away or be forgotten. Personally, I have asked my local paper to better scrutinize the AP reports that it publishes since there seems to be an agenda being inserted into the stories submitted by your political reporters.
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