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Reporter takes stumble chasing Mass. candidate [Boston Globe Spins to Protect Coakley]
Boston Globe ^ | 01/13/10

Posted on 01/13/2010 8:50:35 AM PST by freespirited

A reporter trying to question Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley was involved in a scuffle with one of her aides.

John McCormack of the Weekly Standard fell Tuesday night as he tried to speak with the Democrat while simultaneously videotaping her and trying to pass a metal grate on a Washington sidewalk.

Photos and video of the incident show Coakley aide Michael Meehan trying to help McCormack up. A scuffle broke out as Meehan tried to block McCormack and determine if he was an operative of a rival campaign.

Coakley is seen ignoring McCormack. The trip prompted criticism, since Coakley was in Washington seeking money from lobbyists while polls show a tightening race.

Republican Scott Brown and independent Joseph L. Kennedy are also seeking to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bostonglobe; bostonglobe4nyt; coakley; democrats; dnc; dncmediamachine; dnctalkingpoints; enemedia; jasonblair; johnmccormack; liberallies; liberalmedia; liberals; lyingliars; lyingmedia; lyingmsm; marthacoakley; mediabias; michaelmeehan; msm; nytlies; pravdamedia; scottbrown; weeklystandard
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Check out the comments objecting to this lying spin.

This paper needs to be shot and put out of its misery.

1 posted on 01/13/2010 8:50:38 AM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited

Stumble? Are they that biased?


2 posted on 01/13/2010 8:51:42 AM PST by joinedafterattack
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To: freespirited

its not really a spin, more like a lie. Spin has some truth to it. This does not


3 posted on 01/13/2010 8:53:14 AM PST by 4rcane
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To: freespirited

They are shameless.


4 posted on 01/13/2010 8:53:22 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
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To: freespirited
Wow. I thought "journalism" couldn't sink any lower than Rolling Stone magazine.

I stand corrected.

5 posted on 01/13/2010 8:54:04 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: freespirited

Is this Meehan a spawn of career MA RAT “Marty Meehan”?


6 posted on 01/13/2010 8:55:50 AM PST by rod1
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To: freespirited

Wow the least the Globe could have done was to call it an “assisted stumble”.


7 posted on 01/13/2010 8:57:14 AM PST by rod1
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To: freespirited

Baghdad Bob is alive and well and working for the Boston Globe.


8 posted on 01/13/2010 8:57:20 AM PST by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: Flycatcher
no so with boston herald
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1225332




A supporter of U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Martha Coakley reaches toward journalist John McCormack of The Weekly Standard after shoving him to the ground outside a fundraiser in Washington last night.
9 posted on 01/13/2010 8:57:35 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: freespirited

The Boston Globus Maximus and it’s inhabitants, producing the expected and usual end results.


10 posted on 01/13/2010 8:59:14 AM PST by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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To: freespirited

Nah. The Boston Glob is undiluted truth, as pure as the driven snow. Just ask any Romney basher!


11 posted on 01/13/2010 8:59:14 AM PST by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: freespirited
COAKLEY THUGS VIOLENCE

COAKLEY THUGS VIOLENCE

COAKLEY THUGS VIOLENCE

12 posted on 01/13/2010 9:03:02 AM PST by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: freespirited

The Boston Globe makes the Boston Phoenix appear centered and focused.


13 posted on 01/13/2010 9:04:04 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (Obama lies, Freedom dies)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Nice post from “The Onion” but, seriously, could we keep these fake stories of the site?


14 posted on 01/13/2010 9:05:03 AM PST by Dansong
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To: 4rcane; PJ-Comix

Pair this with the outright lie about Palin in the Politico and you got yourself a double feature for Newsbusters.


15 posted on 01/13/2010 9:05:27 AM PST by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards,com)
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To: freespirited

Pravda on the Harbor.

(Isn’t it perfect that Massachussett(e)s may be the tipping point of the Tea Party movement?)


16 posted on 01/13/2010 9:06:50 AM PST by fullchroma (Obama: GET OUT OF MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE!)
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To: fullchroma

Can’t wait for The Globe to endorse Coakley - ought to be a fine editorial.


17 posted on 01/13/2010 9:08:02 AM PST by Dansong
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To: freespirited


18 posted on 01/13/2010 9:08:12 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: fullchroma

Now that’s an insult to Pravda!


19 posted on 01/13/2010 9:08:55 AM PST by freespirited (People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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To: freespirited; Liz; STARWISE; onyx; hoosiermama
Boston Globe, "you lie!"


20 posted on 01/13/2010 9:15:33 AM PST by maggief
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