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Turborama

(22,109 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:51 AM Oct 2012

'Think Progress' Smears BRAD BLOG Coverage of Voting Machine Concerns as 'Conspiracy Theory' [View all]

To be frank, while it's no secret that the Center for American Progress has always been an outside extension of the Democratic Party, their important blog site, Think Progress, has served as a crucial, and journalistically sound fact-checker on the excesses, inaccuracies and blatant fabrications of the Right over the past several years.

I have been more than happy to cite their excellent work on a number of fronts over the years and take no pleasure in calling them, their new Senior Editor Judd Legum, and one of their writers, Aviva Shen, out here on The BRAD BLOG for an egregious and, frankly, outrageous journalistic failure.

It is one thing to make an error. We all do it. It is quite another thing indeed --- and what, in my opinion, separates real journalists from hacks --- when, once called out with independently fact-based and verifiable evidence of those errors, one sticks to the original error come what may.

That's exactly what Legum and Think Progress have decided to do, as the email discussion between Legum and me illustrates below...

Continues here: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9653

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That's disgusting. Brad has been the most valuable reporter on elections since Palast. freshwest Oct 2012 #1
Exactly! It's a shame we haven't heard anything from Palast or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lately Turborama Oct 2012 #2
I saw Palast on Bill Press' show yesterday morning Oilwellian Oct 2012 #21
It is EXTREMELY easy to rig the count on electronic voting machines Ian62 Oct 2012 #3
Great research! ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #27
Think Progress, Judd Legum, and Aviva Shen all put their reputations at risk by glossing over Kurovski Oct 2012 #29
Did Think Progress get some out of work DLC types? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #4
Judd Legum is on Stephanie Miller at least 1x a week.... kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #5
He's on Bill Press once a week...the show that comes on before hers ejbr Oct 2012 #6
yup I believe Tuesday is his day......... kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #9
His name is Igor ejbr Oct 2012 #10
Halloween & Frankenstein & THe classics........... kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #11
This is how I got chased off of DailyKos ejbr Oct 2012 #7
the underground was at the forefront of the voting machine "conspiracy" madrchsod Oct 2012 #8
I agree with the Think Progress report PeaceNikki Oct 2012 #12
That is always the excuse marions ghost Oct 2012 #13
I don't think it's an 'excuse for not looking at the problem' at all. PeaceNikki Oct 2012 #15
Two counties??? marions ghost Oct 2012 #16
sorry, no time. I'll be busy GOTV. PeaceNikki Oct 2012 #17
Suggest to buy it and read it on or after election day... marions ghost Oct 2012 #18
Will do! PeaceNikki Oct 2012 #34
No prob marions ghost Oct 2012 #35
fucking weak sauce.. frylock Oct 2012 #20
You fail to see the irony? Oilwellian Oct 2012 #22
+100,000 Kurovski Oct 2012 #30
Read! nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #28
spread it marions ghost Oct 2012 #31
How do you ignore the root of the issue...proof is not possible? TheKentuckian Oct 2012 #19
Are you really that naive? Seriously?? Living under a rock, maybe? nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #32
Did you have any points to make or are you just showing how shitty you can be when you disagree? PeaceNikki Oct 2012 #33
How would you explain ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2012 #23
It doesn't matter if you agree with them or not, they are factually incorrect. reusrename Oct 2012 #24
Oh great marions ghost Oct 2012 #14
I believe "garbage" is the latest Rovian term d'jour Blue Owl Oct 2012 #25
Maybe this is good, if a back and forth would occur maybe this would get flamingdem Oct 2012 #26
It's one thing to say Now Is Not The Time, but another to dismiss evidence. Did our Democratic Overseas Oct 2012 #36
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