Chasing Its Tale- The Chron gets scooped on Bush - by one of its own (gotcha journalism)

Houston Press ^ | Nov 11, 2004 | BY MICHAEL SERAZIO

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DICTIONARY.COM:4 entries found for hearsay.

1. Unverified information heard or received from another; rumor.
2. Law. Evidence based on the reports of others rather than the personal knowledge of a witness and therefore generally not admissible as testimony.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

noun. a statement made out of court and not under oath which is offered as proof that what is stated is true called also hearsay evidence.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

noun. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation. --Prof. Wilson.

Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in a a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. --Abbott.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

adj : heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information" n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth [syn: rumor, rumour]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

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Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

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Houston PING

[thegreatbeast]

"There is a kind of concern in publishing anything in the last ten days of an election," says Jowett. "Most of the media is very reluctant to go with an October surprise."

Horsefeathers! And from a journalism professor to boot!

[maine-iac7]

That pig wont fly

[King Prout]

"There is a kind of concern in publishing anything in the last ten days of an election," says Jowett. "Most of the media is very reluctant to go with an October surprise." Baker argues: "We're seeing a whole new pattern where media outlets are becoming increasingly irrelevant as their excessive caution -- which often favors the establishment..."

< bugz bunny mode >
"Eeeeeeeyea... What kinda Crack you smokin', Doc?"
< /bugz >

[Max Combined]

"He doesn't write these kinds of things."

He is not into smear tactics?

This is a non-story.

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"An exclusive -- possibly explosive -- set of claims from a trusted Bush source?"

First of all, those are 2002-2004 DNC talking pointed being time warped back to 1999, making the stories more likely outright lies then simple hearsay, and secondly, since Herskowitz was fired, the answer to the question is "no".

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I wasn't even able to read down that far. The thing is too much like a Maureen Dowd piece than an objective critique of journalistic practices.

[Dog Gone]

Not only that, but the Clinton Administration was committed to "regime change in Iraq." It's not as if Iraq was a sudden random country dreamed up by Bush. This whole thing is stupid.

[UCANSEE2]

zzzzzzzzzzz..........

Oh, sorry, I feel asleep. Seems there was actually NO CONTENT in the article.

[ladyinred]

Horsefeathers! And from a journalism professor to boot!

Really! They not only were going for Oct. surprises, they did the November surprise with the bogus exit polls. They have no integrity anymore at all.

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It is from the free "alternative weekly" (you know the kind, hippie liberal politics up front, music venue ads in the middle, and sex ads in the back).

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"It's not as if Iraq was a sudden random country dreamed up by Bush. This whole thing is stupid."

Yep, it's complete nonsense. The Clinton administration targetted Saddam for exactly the same reasons the Bush administration did, too. But ever since the blood for oil vouchers cash cow became a target of the war on terror, the left would have us believe Bush only became president so he could invade Iraq and steal their oil.

[CyberAnt]

Having read A Charge to Keep, this guy is full of prunes.

[Grampa Dave]

Are all of the gay agenda writers totally whacked out?

They take one of their gay wet dreams and rant on and on and try to make it appear as legit news.

Below are just a few samples from his Gay Agenda rantings posing as news, more in the search file:

WEB RESULTS
BrothersJudd Blog: TOO FEW SWITCH-HITTERS?:
... too straight (Michael Serazio, Sep 18, 2003, Houston Press) At the Gay Softball World Series in ... officials alleging that another team wasn't gay enough. The Houston Force, of ...
www.brothersjudd.com/blog/archives/008014.html - 13k - Cached - More from this site

CNS: May 10, 2003: "Homiesexuals" grind to the beat of a different drum machine
Other Articles. "Homiesexuals" grind to the beat of a different drum machine. By Michael Serazio. PHOTO: The Warehouse. Homeboys keep the dance floor hot at The Warehouse. Half past midnight, the naked dance floor started filling in. ... their nickname, this underground scene of gay hip-hop fans, mostly black and Latino ...
www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2003-05-10/198.asp - 13k - Cached - More from this site
CNS: April 27, 2003: In praise of seedy

Other Articles. In praise of seedy. By Michael Serazio. PHOTO: Michael Serazio. Would you take your mother here? Maybe not for long, as dive bars stagger through hard times. ... Gay teens leaving the closet for the classroom ...
www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2003-04-27/215.asp - 11k - Cached - More from this site

http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=MICHAEL%20SERAZIO%20gay

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Nuttin' but propagandabytes. The election is over. Kerry lost by over 3,000,000 votes (that's 3 million to you DU lurkers) The left needs to realize their issues are bad so their MESSAGE is bad, take a deeeeeeeeeeeep breath and try to get a grip.

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Oh good lord.

[Jewels1091]

what's the scoop??? I don't see it. Alot of us thought saddam had to go...years ago, so what?

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The news is that the Houston Comical ran a story from a leftist blog as news and that the author of the blog post was trying to find something damning on Bush in the closing days of his election.

They had to return to 4 years back and more to try to dig up dirt on long disproven rumors.

The Chronicle writer cited by the author disagrees with the interpretation of his statements and additional expected them be off the record.

The author was dumbfounded that "hearsay" was not sufficient proof for the national media to run a story (especially in light of several "scoops" that blew up in their face). Two sources are required for just about any story. If the author had obtained a cassette of Gov. Bush saying these things or spoken with Bush himself, then it would be admissible in court. This was just escalating a rumor at best.

The left has shown repeatedly that they did not care about truth, let alone military service. This was all about winning "by any means necessary".

I'm just using this article to string the points along. There was no "story" but the idjit thinks it was squashed for partisan purposes. It was hackwork that could have gotten them sued.