Correction: ACORN's Troubles

AP ^ | September 22, 2009 | Anonymous

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

By The Associated Press (AP) – 38 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — In a Sept. 19 story about the community organizing group ACORN, The Associated Press, based on an account in The Washington Post, erroneously quoted a conservative journalist saying he targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos because its voter-registration drives bring minority voters to the polls.

The Washington Post on Tuesday printed a correction about the quote. Although ACORN registers people mostly from those groups, the maker of the videos, James E. O'Keefe, did not specifically mention minorities, the newspaper said.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Who made up this stuff? James O'Keefe has been smeared with this lie for several days now, and this tiny correction finally comes out. I only saw it because I have a Google Alert set for ACORN articles.

Damm liars!!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

I included their auto-generated list of related articles, too. Here are the links:

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More Coverage:
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[ConservativeMind]

AP = “AssPress” = “Liberals R Us”

[tcrlaf]

But, the damage is already done, AS INTENDED...
And that quote didn’t come from a “Conservative” blogger, IT CAME FROM DAILY KOS......

[stephenjohnbanker]

On what page?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

“quoted a conservative journalist saying he targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos because its voter-registration drives bring minority voters to the polls.”

Did he say he targeted ACORN because of vote registration at all? They only retracted the “minority” aspect of it.

I hate these people. They lie without scruple.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

No page... it was an electronic alert from Google. The article does say that the correction was in the WaPo. I didn’t look for the page number... I don’t want to give them a page hit.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Smart. It’s probably near the obituaries ;-)

[xjcsa]

This is exactly the behavior that earned them all the label “Drive-By Media.” They drive by and take a shot, and by the time it catches up with them and they print a little correction, the damage is already done.

[The Old Hoosier]

Sounds like a libel suit in the making. Anyone know a good lawyer? WaPo is a bit short of cash, will likely have to settle...

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Hi 10TH ...

Have you got any proof on that Daily Koz comment? I’ve been looking for some reference to it and can’t find anything. Sure would be nice I was looking to try to find out who the “conservative blogger” was and there’s just no trail. Any help would be appreciated. I have a little blog, (The Patriot’s Flag) ... I want to get this written up, but that’s the loose end I can’t nail down. Thanks.

Doug

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Does this help?

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/09/22/wapo-okeefe-sorry-we-called-you-racist-acorn-story

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Here’s more:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/09/024567.php

[tcrlaf]

“Have you got any proof on that Daily Koz comment”

Here’s the diary titled:
“O’Keefe said he went after ACORN because it registers minorities likely to vote against Republicans”
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/20/192712/085

He links to a New York times article WITH THIS:

“James O’Keefe, one of the two filmmakers, said he went after ACORN because it registers minorities likely to vote against Republicans: ‘’Politicians are getting elected single-handedly due to this organization,’’ O’Keefe told The Washington Post. ‘’No one was holding this organization accountable.’’”
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/19/us/politics/AP-US-ACORNs-Troubles.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

They attribute it to O’Keefe, without actually quoting O’Keefe!!!

[Cyber Liberty]

How white of them....

[steelyourfaith]

Great catch.

[Jeff Chandler]

Hey AP:

YOU LIE!

[tcrlaf]

BINGO!!! BINGO!!!
FOUND IT!!!! Knew I remembered seeing this!!!

Here’s the quote!!
“The whole point of the attacks against (8+ / 0-)
ACORN is to intimidate groups that work with poor minorities...If they remain solely as a charity they don’t care but the moment they start to register people to vote it will be known that the conservatives will attack with all of their might and bring the organization down.”

by afr114 on Fri Sep 11, 2009 at 10:05:38 PM EDT

Is Sfr114 a NEW YORK TIMES, or Washington Post staffer???

[tcrlaf]

HEre’s the link to the quote...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/11/758846/-HEADS-UP:-The-next-FREAK-SHOWACORN

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Thanks!!