Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Mountain making at Media Matters

Here's an interesting article about an allusion to Sam Brownback in a report about the GOP field. I say "interesting" because these so-called "media watch" organizations often have to look pretty hard for even a mole hill to make mountainous. Read the article here. Media Matters - In report on Brownback, CNN did not mention reported shift in abortion rights position

I think the fact that this is a "molehill" is reflected in the article's title, "reported shift." The post at Media Matters is seriously researched and documented, but when you consider that these are only reports of flip-flopping and aren't supported by any voting or platform record, it hardly seems like CNN is now a member of the VRWC. I'm glad for the info that Media Matters provides, but one element of bona fide "flip-flopping," I would posit, is that your adopted positions contradict more than private conversations.

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