A new press release from Media Matters has a little bit of accidental transparency:
Greetings,
I wanted to make sure you had seen Media Matters’ latest research on the media ignoring allegations that surfaced during Sen. Jeff Sessions’ 1986 nomination to the U.S. district court. As reported by the Associated Press, Sessions’ “nomination originally drew fire from civil rights groups because of his [1985] prosecution … of three west Alabama civil rights activists on vote fraud charges. The three were acquitted by a federal court jury, prompting civil rights leaders to charge that the prosecution was an attempt to intimidate black voters.” Doesn’t the fact that we quote the AP undermine the idea that the media is ignoring the story? Could we say, “research on much of the media ignoring…”
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or if you would like additional information.
Jessica Levin
Press Secretary
Media Matters for America
(Emphasis added.) (Via the Corner.)
Yes, I would say it does undermine the idea. Good point, Media Matters. (Seriously though, would ignoring this 23-year-old smear really be so unreasonable?)
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