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Hiz4Ever 73F
1904 posts
7/17/2008 9:44 pm
Skewed News...You know that it's true



Subject: Fw: ABC News


--- On Sat, 6/28/08> Subject: ABC News

> > Just in case you happened to see the ABC News piece (if

> you

> > watch ABC News) with interviews of 5 military folks in

> Iraq

> > - 3 planned to vote for Obama and 2 for Hillary; no

> mention

> > of any McCain supporters. Well, here's the

> "Rest

> > of the Story."

> >

> *****************************

> >Forwarded from a friend.

> >

> >

> > My niece, Katelyn, stationed at Baluud , Iraq was

> assigned,

> > with others of her detachment, to be escort/guard/

> watcher

> > for Martha Raddatz of ABC News as she covered John

> > McCain's recent trip to Iraq . Katelyn and her

> Captain

> > stood directly behind Raddatz as she queried GI's

> > walking past. They kept count of the GI's and you

> > should remember these numbers. She asked 60 GI's

> who

> > they planned to vote for in November. 54 said John

> McCain,

> > 4 for Obama and 2 for Hillary. Katelyn called home

> and

> > told her Mom and Dad to watch ABC news the next night

> > because she was standing directly behind Raddatz and

> maybe

> > they'd see her on TV. Mom and Dad of course,

> called and

> > emailed all the kinfolk to watch the newscast and

> maybe see

> > Katelyn. Well, of course, we all watched and what we

> saw

> > wasn't a glimpse of Katelyn, but got a

> hell'uva

> > view of skewed news. After a dissertation on

> McCain's

> > trip and speech, ABC showed 5 GI's being asked by

> > Raddatz how they were going to vote in November; 3 for

> > Obama and 2 for Clinton . No mention of the 54 for

> McCain.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> ********************************





Vincit Veritas~Truth Conquers


Hiz4Ever 73F
3303 posts
7/18/2008 1:30 am

    Quoting  :


Beloved Terri,

Thanks for reading and commenting.
I name you personally in my prayers
along with my other brothers and sisters
here from BC that I have become close with.

With Great Love & Blessings,

Hiz4Ever †




Vincit Veritas~Truth Conquers


sonia1964 61F
1344 posts
7/18/2008 7:19 am

Lol, I saw something similar in 1994 during the unrest in SA. Was looking at a reporter of CNN asking street children why they were involved in the unrest. They said they wanted their pension. It was potrayed as the reason for the unrest.

Hi there, just had to pop in to say hi.


Tropical_Man 70M
6389 posts
7/18/2008 9:22 am

thats an old one dear