{"id":31069,"date":"2012-07-25T13:10:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T17:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31069"},"modified":"2012-07-25T13:10:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T17:10:46","slug":"how-to-be-a-media-dipit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31069","title":{"rendered":"How to be a media dip$#it"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have seen the latest breathless reporting about how some guy named Romney said something<\/a> to the effect that the UK and the US understand each other because of our shared Anglo-Saxon heritage. It set off a media frenzy (what doesn’t these days, actually?) as all of the false outrage built up over the last few days in the wake of the Aurora murders exploded.<\/p>\n

First of all, we do share an Anglo-Saxon heritage with England. So what’s the big whoop? But, apparently, like everything else, it’s racist to say that outloud. Says the Obama camp<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The Obama campaign swiftly responded, calling the anonymous attacks “stunningly offensive” and even the reporter who sat down with the Romney advisers warned the “remarks may prompt accusations of racial insensitivity.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And what’s more, according to Jennifer Rubin<\/a> at the Washington Post, the quote was made up by the UK’s Telegraph and the tip had been sent to them by Team Obama in the first place;<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t matter. The pack journalists begin tweeting it out. The cable news people begin to chatter about it. The Romney team puts out a statement: \u201cIt\u2019s not true. If anyone said that, they weren\u2019t reflecting the views of Governor Romney or anyone inside the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some mainstream reporters confess to the Romney campaign that their editors tell them they have to write on it. (Have to? What if it\u2019s not true?) Well, if one of them writes on it, others will follow.<\/p>\n

And how did the Telegraph quote magically get to so many reporters? The Obama team sent it to them. Nothing wrong with that, if the press would be honest about the origin of the story. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I’m guessing that the Romney crowd, which denies that the phrase was ever uttered by Romney, nor one of his aides<\/a>, is feeling the heat from Chicago.<\/p>\n

Look at me writing about the campaign in the middle of the work day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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