Note to AP: There Isn’t Enough Whitewash in the World
Charles Johnson
Thu Feb 8, 2007 at 4:24 pm PST • Views: 315
The Associated Press’ Nedra Pickler chimes in with a classic MSM whitewash for Marcotte and McEwan, with no real examples of what they’ve actually written: Edwards to Retain Embattled Bloggers. You just knew this was coming, didn’t you?
On Tuesday, Donohue called for Edwards to fire the bloggers, citing posts that the women made in the past several months in which they criticized the church’s opposition to homosexuality, abortion and contraception, sometimes using profanity.
It’s impossible to imagine a blander way to describe the kinds of “criticisms” these two write. As anyone who reads more than a paragraph of their work realizes, their targets range far beyond the Catholic church, and the language is always extreme and obnoxious.
The only thing approaching a quote:
For instance, Marcotte had written that the church wants “to force women to bear more tithing Catholics” and McEwan had written that the pope is among those who “regularly speak out against gay tolerance.” Other postings used more graphic language.
Those are the most provocative and outrageous posts Pickler managed to dig up. Right.
But it’s amazing how Pickler manages to narrow the focus down, and toss away all that messy detail, until we’re supposed to see only those hot button issues about which any good liberal person ought to be angry. Why, perhaps even angry enough to “sometimes use profanity!” Consarn it.
As Bryan notes, it’s the work of a spin surgeon.
Frank says: