August 26, 2004

Bias

The anti-Bush bias in this story by Bloomberg political reporter Jay Newton-Small is nothing short of appalling. The story is headlined Bush to Urge Court to End Independent Political Ads, but the story's focus is solely on whether the Bush campaign has any illegal links to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, an independent organization of thetype known as a "527" for its designation in the IRS code.

There is not one mention in the entire 1,068-word story of the ample evidence of coordination between the Kerry campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and a variety of anti-Bush/pro-Kerry 527 groups - although the overwhelming majority of 527 money is being raised and spent by 527s aligned with Kerry and the DNC, and there is a mountain of evidence of illegal coordination among them compared to a molehil of evidence of illegal coordination between Bush, the GOP and the Swift Boat Vets.

Apparently the reporter is unaware of the well-documented web of connections between Kerry, the DNC and such organizations - potentially illegal connections that have included sharing personnel, holding joint meetings, and working together on message, strategy and more. Perhaps Mr. Newton-Small or his editor, Glenn Hall, need to be made aware of the volumes of information available here. And so, in the spirit of trying to help a couple of hard-working journalists do a better job in covering this important issue, I offer you their email addresses so you can send them an email telling them of your displeasure at the biased, incomplete coverage, and provide them links to the resources they need to do a better job next time.

You can email Jay Newton-Small at jnewtonsmall@bloomberg.net. And you can email his editor, Glenn Hall, at ghall@bloomberg.net.