Conservatives Karl Rove and Fred Barnes respond to Journolist ‘racist’ post

[Valin]

The Daily Caller:

Chris Moody
7/20/10

Prominent conservatives responded Tuesday to new reports of a 2008 discussion topic on Journolist, the now-defunct listserv of centrist and liberal journalists, that called for a smear campaign to paint Republicans as racists.

The Daily Caller revealed Monday that then-Washington Independent reporter Spencer Ackerman argued during the 2008 presidential campaign that the best way to combat criticism of President Obama’s former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright was to accuse those who raised the issue of racism.

“If the right forces us all to either defend Wright or tear him down, no matter what we choose, we lose the game they’ve put upon us,” Ackerman wrote on the Journolist listserv in April 2008. “Instead, take one of them — Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.”

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[pollyannaish]

You know, I've always thought that the "journalist conspiracy" to help liberals was just a certain mindset. It seems to me we're actually seeing clear evidence that is not the case and it IS a real conspiracy.

 

Frightening.

[Casino67]

You know, I've always thought that the "journalist conspiracy" to help liberals was just a certain mindset. It seems to me we're actually seeing clear evidence that is not the case and it IS a real conspiracy.

 

Frightening.

 

I agree. We should have been less accepting than just saying 'media bias'. 'Media Conspiracy' probably would not have caught on though.

[Casino67]

You know, I've always thought that the "journalist conspiracy" to help liberals was just a certain mindset. It seems to me we're actually seeing clear evidence that is not the case and it IS a real conspiracy.

 

Frightening.

 

I agree. We should have been less accepting than just saying 'media bias'. 'Media Conspiracy' probably would not have caught on though.

 

I am listening to Chrissy Matthews castigate Briebart for being mean to the Sherrod lady. "The tape was edited", "entire tape not shown" and playing the CNN telephone conversation with the wife of the farmer who Sherrod allegedly helped. [[the caller was never confirmed to be who she said she was.]] The libs are in full slander mode.

[Casino67]

You know, I've always thought that the "journalist conspiracy" to help liberals was just a certain mindset. It seems to me we're actually seeing clear evidence that is not the case and it IS a real conspiracy.

 

Frightening.

 

I agree. We should have been less accepting than just saying 'media bias'. 'Media Conspiracy' probably would not have caught on though.

 

I am listening to Chrissy Matthews castigate Briebart for being mean to the Sherrod lady. "The tape was edited", "entire tape not shown" and playing the CNN telephone conversation with the wife of the farmer who Sherrod allegedly helped. [[the caller was never confirmed to be who she said she was.]] The libs are in full slander mode.

 

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