Stop George Allen's Boilerplate Letters to the Editor

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 12:50 PM PDT

2006/10/12 · 12:50

You may have seen the diary that Kos did earlier today, VA-Sen: Allen's "mute" strategy. Having George Allen shut his mouth and also limiting questions from reporters, however, aren't the only ways that the Allen campaign is trying to control the message. Here's another, according to an item yesterday in the "Hotline on Call" of the "National Journal": The Allen campaign is looking for letters to the editor that the campaign will "package" and deliver to Virginia newspapers. More below.
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WaPo Ombudsman: Paper's Macaca Coverage "Went On For Too Long"

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Saturday September 30, 2006 · 10:26 AM PDT

2006/09/30 · 10:26

Every time I read the weekly column by "Washington Post" Ombudsman Deborah Howell, it confirms my view that she is absolutely the worst ombudsman in the entire world. Her column of Sunday, October 1 Allen's Run of Problematic Press is now online, and it sure lives up (?down?) to my expectations.

What is her major conclusion in her analysis of the coverage that "Post" reporters, columnists, and editorial writers have been giving Sen. George Allen in recent weeks? Speaking of the "Post" coverage of the "macaca" racial slur, Howell says, "Did The Post overplay the incident? Not initially, but the coverage went on for too long after he apologized." Well, I think she's wrong about that, and wrong about a whole bunch of other things in her column. I think we should politely but firmly point out the flawed thinking in the column. More below. Read More

BREAKING: AP Does Story on Allen, "N- word"

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Monday September 25, 2006 · 10:48 AM PDT

2006/09/25 · 10:48

Well, the Salon.com story just broke into the main stream media. Bob Lewis, an AP reporter has this story: Virginia senator denies ex-teammate's charge he used racial slur

Here's how it begins:

A former teammate of Sen. George Allen during his years as a University of Virginia football player said Allen frequently used a racial epithet to refer to black people.
Allen vehemently denied the allegation in an Associated Press interview Monday.

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Sunday September 24, 2006 · 1:04 PM PDT

2006/09/24 · 13:04

Well, a second reporter has screwed up the courage to ask George Allen a direct question about the 1996 photo of then-Governor Allen standing with, endorsing, and being endorsed by three members of a racist, white supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC). (For more on the photo, published in an Aug. 29 article by the "Nation" magazine, see here).

And for the second time, Allen or his campaign staff have dodged key questions about the photo. More below. Read More

OUTRAGE: WaPo Says CCC'S LEADERS Are Only "Alleged" CCC Members

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Sunday September 17, 2006 · 11:14 AM PDT

2006/09/17 · 11:14

Most of you have probably already seen the August 29 "Nation" article and photo of George Allen meeting with three leaders of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a racist, white supremacist group (see here). As you can see from the photo, its caption clearly identifies the three CCC leaders and their positions within the organization when the photo was taken. So what does the "Washington Post" say today (see here) about those three CCC leaders, in an article about blogs in the Webb-Allen race this year? The two "Post" reporters who co-wrote the story say that those three CCC leaders in the photo "allegedly belonged to a white supremacist group." More below about the background of the "Post" article of today, the "alleged" journalism of the "Washington Post" vs. real journalism, and what we can do about it.
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George Allen Was Against Immigrants Before He Was For Them

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Tuesday September 12, 2006 · 8:15 AM PDT

2006/09/12 · 08:15

You may have heard about the GOP's ethnic rally last Saturday in Fairfax County, Virginia, where George Felix/Macaca Allen was the featured speaker (for more, see here and here). And you may have heard about the recent article and photograph that the "Nation" magazine published (see here) indicating that George Allen endorsed the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), a racist, white supremacist group. So how are these two things connected? It seems like George Allen was against immigrants before he was for them. If the Allen-endorsed CCC had its way, many of the people attending the GOP ethnic rally last Saturday would never have been allowed to enter this country, or allowed to appear at a rally with a bunch of white Young Republicans. More below.
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George Allen Link to CCC White Supremacists Breaks into MSM

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Sunday September 03, 2006 · 3:19 PM PDT

2006/09/03 · 15:19

Well, it's been five days since the "Nation" magazine published its online story on the link between Virginia Senator George Allen and the Council of Conservative Citizens and other white supremacist groups (see here), and the story has finally broken through to the main stream media, in an AP story and in a column in the "Kansas City Star." While the AP story only has two paragraphs on this, and the "KC Star" has three short paragraphs, this is a start. More below the fold. Read More

Writing Letters to the Editor That Get Published

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Friday August 18, 2006 · 8:14 AM PDT

2006/08/18 · 08:14

I've been thinking a lot about letters to the editor (LTEs) over the past week or two. It was started by the diary by MikeBaseball on his having an LTE published in the "New York Times" (see here), and the many interesting comments his diary prompted. I also noticed a lot of comments earlier this week concerning using LTEs to push the Allen-macaca story into the press, in case reporters either didn't pick up the news or reported it incompletely.

Over the last two years that I've been reading DKos, I've seen lots of people get angry about some particular news story, and post here on DKos the LTE that they've fired off to the offending newspaper or magazine. While some of those LTEs looked great, others made me feel discouraged by the small chance that they would get printed. More below the fold. Read More

The People as Surrogates for the Press

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Saturday May 06, 2006 · 11:07 AM PDT

2006/05/06 · 11:07

Greg Mitchell, the editor of "Editor & Publisher," did a great opinion piece yesterday ("Pointed Questions on Iraq Often Come from 'The People,' Not the Press") pointing out the courage that regular citizens have shown recently--and the contrasting lack of honesty and valor among the news media: Read More

Great Froomkin (Wash. Post) Column on Colbert

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Monday May 01, 2006 · 11:42 AM PDT

2006/05/01 · 11:42

Dan Froomkin, who writes the outstanding "White House Briefing" online-only column for the "Washington Post" today does a comprehensive review and analysis of Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday evening.

Here's how he begins:

President Bush on Saturday night had the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in stitches. With doppelganger comedian Steve Bridges alongside -- playing his inner self -- Bush poked gentle fun of his own mangling of the English language, his belligerence and his feelings about the media.

Then Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert ripped those stitches out.

Froomkin describes what Colbert said, the lack of coverage by the mainstream media, and what left and right bloggers have said. It's definitely worth reading the whole piece, which is at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Nuts and Bolts: Community Organizing Books that Work

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Sunday April 23, 2006 · 9:18 AM PDT

2006/04/23 · 09:18

This diary is one in a series of diaries on community organizing that Philinmaine recently launched on DKos. The ones that he has done so far have covered the idea of having a series of "Nuts and Bolts" diaries on community organizing , how to start (or energize) a local Dem committee [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/2/92522/47381, and holding good meetings [http://www.dailykos.com/...]. More below, including specific book suggestions. P.S.: Sorry for the formatting problems--this is my first diary. Read More

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