Friday, September 03, 2004
The Crowd that Didn't Boo
Another recording of folks not booing in Wisconsin...applauding Bushes well-wishes to
our former president Clinton when he told the crowd the breaking news of CLintons hospitalization.
The AP is still refusing to name the reporter, who filed a report claiming that the crowd of thousands booed and that Bush did nothing to stop them. They initially retracted the line about the boos, then listed another one saying "many booed", then issued yet another saying the crowed "ooed" and then cheered.
This person was present and reports there was no booing.
UPDATE:
According to Instapundit, the culprit AP reporter is Scott Lindlow.
AP should fire the bastard.
UPDATE: NOT Scott Lindlaw. Galley slaves reports When the AP story about a Republican crowd booing President Bush's well-wishes for Bill Clinton first broke at 2:12 p.m., the story carried the byline of Tom Hays.
The Lexis Nexis "paper" trail is on view...
Jonathan Last asks the same question I have - Was Tom Hays in Wisconsin at the event, or in New York? (He usually does pieces in/about NY) He mentions Ron Fournier, Frank Eltman, David Hammer, and Marc Humbert as "on the hook for their reporting about this story, as they are listed as contributing to the piece. SO which one contributed the fictional segment of the piece?
Again via Instapundit, Powerline has more on the crowd that didn't boo, and this additional first-hand account of the event. Powerline is also calling for an employment separation for the culprit.
our former president Clinton when he told the crowd the breaking news of CLintons hospitalization.
The AP is still refusing to name the reporter, who filed a report claiming that the crowd of thousands booed and that Bush did nothing to stop them. They initially retracted the line about the boos, then listed another one saying "many booed", then issued yet another saying the crowed "ooed" and then cheered.
This person was present and reports there was no booing.
UPDATE:
According to Instapundit, the culprit AP reporter is Scott Lindlow.
AP should fire the bastard.
UPDATE: NOT Scott Lindlaw. Galley slaves reports When the AP story about a Republican crowd booing President Bush's well-wishes for Bill Clinton first broke at 2:12 p.m., the story carried the byline of Tom Hays.
The Lexis Nexis "paper" trail is on view...
Jonathan Last asks the same question I have - Was Tom Hays in Wisconsin at the event, or in New York? (He usually does pieces in/about NY) He mentions Ron Fournier, Frank Eltman, David Hammer, and Marc Humbert as "on the hook for their reporting about this story, as they are listed as contributing to the piece. SO which one contributed the fictional segment of the piece?
Again via Instapundit, Powerline has more on the crowd that didn't boo, and this additional first-hand account of the event. Powerline is also calling for an employment separation for the culprit.
