Saturday, August 21, 2004
Swift boat smear: Is WaPo in the tank on this one, or what?
Get a load of this headline:
Hey, shoudn't the fact that the critics have failed be the headline, not the subhead? Particularly since Kerry has eyewitness accounts (here) from people who served on his boat, and none of the critics (love that "balanced" "critics") were on Kerry's boat?
Not only that, but the Texas Republican funding of the smear campaign doesn't get mentioned in paragraph 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6, or 7, or 8, or 9, or 10, or 11, or 12, or 13, or 14, or 15, or 16, or 17, or 18, or 19, or 20, or 21, or 22, or 23, or 24, or 25, or 26, or 27, or 28, or 29, or 30, or 31, or 32, or 33, or 34, or 35, or 36, or 37, or 38, or 39, or 40, or 41, or 42, or 43, or 44, or 45, or 46, or 47, or 48, or 49, or 50, or 51, or 52, or 53, or 54, or 55, or 56, or 57, or 58, or 59, or 60, or 61, or 62, or 63, or 64, or 65.
It does get mentioned in paragraph 66.
Of a 72 paragraph story.
Feel free to email the Post Ombudsman ombudsman@washpost.com.
Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete
Critics Fail to Disprove Kerry's Version of Vietnam War Episode
(via WaPo)
Hey, shoudn't the fact that the critics have failed be the headline, not the subhead? Particularly since Kerry has eyewitness accounts (here) from people who served on his boat, and none of the critics (love that "balanced" "critics") were on Kerry's boat?
Not only that, but the Texas Republican funding of the smear campaign doesn't get mentioned in paragraph 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6, or 7, or 8, or 9, or 10, or 11, or 12, or 13, or 14, or 15, or 16, or 17, or 18, or 19, or 20, or 21, or 22, or 23, or 24, or 25, or 26, or 27, or 28, or 29, or 30, or 31, or 32, or 33, or 34, or 35, or 36, or 37, or 38, or 39, or 40, or 41, or 42, or 43, or 44, or 45, or 46, or 47, or 48, or 49, or 50, or 51, or 52, or 53, or 54, or 55, or 56, or 57, or 58, or 59, or 60, or 61, or 62, or 63, or 64, or 65.
It does get mentioned in paragraph 66.
Of a 72 paragraph story.
Feel free to email the Post Ombudsman ombudsman@washpost.com.
