CBS Resurrects Swift Boat Ad 'Smear' in Defense of Obama's Flip-Flop |
| Published: June 19, 2008, 10:16 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, barack obama, carl cameron, dean reynolds, special report, cbs evening news |
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The broadcast network evening newscasts stories Thursday night all described Barack Obama's decision to opt out of public financing as a flip-flop, a reversal and/or a direct contradiction of a pledge, but CBS's Dean Reynolds also relayed Obama's rationalization -- that he's opting out of the system to have enough money to fight the unlimited spending and what he called the 'smears' from unregulated Republican-allied organizations -- and then, with a 2004 anti-John Kerry ad clip on screen, forwarded his own example of a supposed past smear from the right: Such as the Swift Boat group which attacked John Kerry in 2004. On FNC, however, reporter Carl Cameron pointed out what didn't fit the CBS prism (nor ABC's or NBC's) in which outside groups only unfairly attack liberal Democrats: Right now it's Obama who's getting the most outside help. He met with AFL-CIO leaders today who pledged more than $50 million to defeat McCain and the anti-war group [ Full article ] |
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