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Related: About this forumNational Media Retracts Its Claim That There Was Violence at the Nevada State Democratic Convention
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Even the Democratic National Committee neutral in the Democratic primary joined the fray, adding its voice to the major-media chorus singing Bernie Sanders swan song.
Barbara Boxer who claimed she feared for her safety in Nevada was subsequently shown in a video contemptuously and facetiously blowing kisses to the crowd as she was calmly escorted from the stage by the very same police officers whod been in the room the whole time and not observed any violence whatsoever.
So of course, when video evidence showed Boxer having the time of her life trolling Sanders supporters (Boo yourselves right out of the election! she taunted from her perch at the conventions main podium), and when the video of her kiss-blowing was disclosed, the major media immediately came out and retracted its earlier reporting about Boxer.
And more importantly it retracted, too, its claims about chair-throwing which, by the admission of CNNs Anderson Cooper on-air, was the only evidence of violence at the convention itself that the media had ever gathered.
How do we know that the entire national media retracted its claims that Sanders supporters committed acts of violence on the convention floor in Nevada? And that therefore the master narrative that lay behind that reporting that it was time for Sanders to get out of the race because his movement had become disgraceful in fact could draw no comfort from the events in Nevada? And how do we know that major-media reporting to the effect that Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Roberta Lange had followed all existing rules at the Nevada convention, which like all the other claims mentioned above was later proven false by video evidence, was later retracted?
Its simple: because as I teach my undergraduates in Journalism 101, a media organization that fails to retract false reporting cannot be considered a media organization in conventional terms that is, as it cannot be said to be undergirded by the pillars of journalism (objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency) it is now something other than a news organization. A conglomerate of editorialists? Sure. But not an agency committed to that discrete element of journalistic practice we know as hard news reportage.
And so, because the AP, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, and NPR are all still regarded as news organizations, we can be certain that after Snopes and the Ombudsman for National Public Radio conclusively disproved the allegations of violence at Nevadas state Democratic convention, all of those media organizations on-air or in print retracted their earlier reporting. . .
Even the Democratic National Committee neutral in the Democratic primary joined the fray, adding its voice to the major-media chorus singing Bernie Sanders swan song.
Barbara Boxer who claimed she feared for her safety in Nevada was subsequently shown in a video contemptuously and facetiously blowing kisses to the crowd as she was calmly escorted from the stage by the very same police officers whod been in the room the whole time and not observed any violence whatsoever.
So of course, when video evidence showed Boxer having the time of her life trolling Sanders supporters (Boo yourselves right out of the election! she taunted from her perch at the conventions main podium), and when the video of her kiss-blowing was disclosed, the major media immediately came out and retracted its earlier reporting about Boxer.
And more importantly it retracted, too, its claims about chair-throwing which, by the admission of CNNs Anderson Cooper on-air, was the only evidence of violence at the convention itself that the media had ever gathered.
How do we know that the entire national media retracted its claims that Sanders supporters committed acts of violence on the convention floor in Nevada? And that therefore the master narrative that lay behind that reporting that it was time for Sanders to get out of the race because his movement had become disgraceful in fact could draw no comfort from the events in Nevada? And how do we know that major-media reporting to the effect that Nevada State Democratic Party Chair Roberta Lange had followed all existing rules at the Nevada convention, which like all the other claims mentioned above was later proven false by video evidence, was later retracted?
Its simple: because as I teach my undergraduates in Journalism 101, a media organization that fails to retract false reporting cannot be considered a media organization in conventional terms that is, as it cannot be said to be undergirded by the pillars of journalism (objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency) it is now something other than a news organization. A conglomerate of editorialists? Sure. But not an agency committed to that discrete element of journalistic practice we know as hard news reportage.
And so, because the AP, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, and NPR are all still regarded as news organizations, we can be certain that after Snopes and the Ombudsman for National Public Radio conclusively disproved the allegations of violence at Nevadas state Democratic convention, all of those media organizations on-air or in print retracted their earlier reporting. . .
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National Media Retracts Its Claim That There Was Violence at the Nevada State Democratic Convention (Original Post)
Triana
May 2016
OP
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)1. Maddow, Maddow
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)2. Politifact: Allegations of fraud and misconduct at Nevada Democratic convention unfounded
http://www.politifact.com/nevada/statements/2016/may/18/jeff-weaver/allegations-fraud-and-misconduct-nevada-democratic/
Our ruling
Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said Nevada Democratic Party leaders "hijacked the process on the floor" of the state convention "ignoring the regular procedure and ramming through what they wanted to do."
Caucuses and delegate math can be incredibly confusing, and the arcane party structures dont reflect how most people assume presidential selection works.
But the howls of unfairness and corruption by the Sanders campaign during Nevadas state Democratic Convention cant change the simple fact that Clintons supporters simply turned out in larger numbers and helped her solidify her delegate lead in Nevada.
Theres no clear evidence the state party "hijacked" the process or ignored "regular procedure."
We rate this claim False.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)5. Doubling down on stupid
Triana
(22,666 posts)7. Snopes says the same: FALSE.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)3. The DNC created it all to paint Bernie delegates in a bad light in preparation
for a contested convention.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)4. Hillary supporters wasted a week on this lie?
They must feel like corporate dupes
merrily
(45,251 posts)6. Wasn't SandersVaticanPopeGate!!11!! more than a week?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280177128
I think I even saw a straggler post about it this week.
I think I even saw a straggler post about it this week.
This was extremely well done.
I'm still waiting for the retractions and apologies owed to Sanders and his supporters.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)9. Shameful.
Tarc
(10,478 posts)10. "Seth Abramson"