Comments on: Another Drudge Lie About Fox Olympic Story http://donklephant.com/2009/09/28/another-drudge-lie-about-fox-olympic-story/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: giantslor http://donklephant.com/2009/09/28/another-drudge-lie-about-fox-olympic-story/comment-page-1/#comment-558457 giantslor Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:44:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=17005#comment-558457 Drudge got it wrong by giving it screaming headline placement in order to imply that it was Obama who ordered the station not to run the story. If Obama weren't the President, this wouldn't even be a story, let alone one in 128-pt font with blaring sirens on the side. But because Obama's the president, suddenly it's a conspiracy. Sorry, that's a lie. Drudge got it wrong by giving it screaming headline placement in order to imply that it was Obama who ordered the station not to run the story. If Obama weren’t the President, this wouldn’t even be a story, let alone one in 128-pt font with blaring sirens on the side. But because Obama’s the president, suddenly it’s a conspiracy. Sorry, that’s a lie.

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2009/09/28/another-drudge-lie-about-fox-olympic-story/comment-page-1/#comment-558456 Justin Gardner Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:39:17 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=17005#comment-558456 Come on Doug... They weren't "ordered" to not run it. They were persuaded by the committee to not rerun it. Again, we all have the right to call up a news station and talk to the editors and give our side of the story. This is what PR people do. And Drudge knows this, but he's attempting to act as if Obama is somehow involved. Pretty transparent and factually wrong. Come on Doug…

They weren’t “ordered” to not run it. They were persuaded by the committee to not rerun it. Again, we all have the right to call up a news station and talk to the editors and give our side of the story. This is what PR people do. And Drudge knows this, but he’s attempting to act as if Obama is somehow involved. Pretty transparent and factually wrong.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://donklephant.com/2009/09/28/another-drudge-lie-about-fox-olympic-story/comment-page-1/#comment-558449 Doug Mataconis Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:07:20 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=17005#comment-558449 Where did Drudge get it wrong ? The station held back on reruning the story after the people trying to get the Olympics to the city said it would "harm" the effort. It's a real story. People in Chicago aren't necessarily thrilled about bringing the Olympics there, any more than people in DC were when someone had the boneheaded idea of trying to bring them here. And, there's real evidence that host cities end up losing money on these deals. And they decided to drop the story. That doesn't really seem like hard-nosed journalism to me. Where did Drudge get it wrong ?

The station held back on reruning the story after the people trying to get the Olympics to the city said it would “harm” the effort.

It’s a real story. People in Chicago aren’t necessarily thrilled about bringing the Olympics there, any more than people in DC were when someone had the boneheaded idea of trying to bring them here. And, there’s real evidence that host cities end up losing money on these deals.

And they decided to drop the story.

That doesn’t really seem like hard-nosed journalism to me.

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