"Journalists" as RNC agents

The Campaign Desk at The Columbia Journalism Review:

…So what prompted the intrepid reporter to dig into Kerry's record? Just for fun, take a look at the headline to this March 9, 2004 Republican National Committee research report: "Even Fellow Democrats Warned Kerry About His Dangerous Cuts" (Italics ours).

The "fellow democrats" phrase could just be a coincidence. But that seemed less likely after Campaign Desk noticed Solomon has quotes from two Democrats, one from Sen Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and the other from Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz), which are identical to those in the RNC research.

While Solomon does add to the RNC's work with a statement from Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., expressing support for Kerry, his report is a clear demonstration of the influence opposition research is already having on coverage of the campaign.

via Oliver Willis

Posted by Prometheus 6 on March 22, 2004 - 8:26am
 
 

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