| In oh-so-typical right-wing/Fox News fashion, Greenwich Time pulled another slick move yesterday. They changed the text of AP reporter Andrew Miga's text of his article entitled on Dodd in Iowa. How did they change it? Here it is:
First, in the second paragraph they identified Lieberman as "D-Conn," even though the original text of the article had Lieberman as "I-Conn." The Stamford Advocate carried the original "I-Conn" description. AP's Southern New England Bureau Chief David Marcus confirmed that AP no longer desribes Lieberman as a Democrat, but always as an independent. Then farther down, GT changed the sentence that read: "Lieberman became an independent senator after losing the 2006 Democratic Senate primary..." to "Lieberman became an independent Democrat senator after losing..."
So the editors over at Greenwich Time twisted the words of the AP story to fit their ideological slant. And of course they also managed to insult Democrats by using the noun form of the party's name as an adjective ("Democrat party"), the same way all of the far-right Republicans do these days. But apparently they figured they could only get away with that little trick in heavily Republican Greenwich. They didn't fool around with the Stamford Advocate version of the story. Too many Democrats there, perhaps?
Well, the paper has been sold, the publisher has been sacked, and perhaps the new owner will do something about Bruce Hunter, the paper's editor who's been smearing Democrats in town for so many years. Perhaps they will also call reporter Neil Vigdor to account for all of the really slimy articles he's written that denigrate Democrats. Perhaps they can start with the one he wrote last year dismissing Frank Farricker and Ed Krumeich, who were running respectively for state senate and state representative, with the opening line: "Lattes and longshots?" Or perhaps Hunter can explain to new management how he could publish the headline at the end of that week: "Democrats Cough Up 11th Hour Candidates," equating Democratic candidates with hair balls.
Frank Farricker is now running a spirited, issues-oriented campaign, and has knocked on literally thousands of doors around town. Predictably, Greenwich Time today endorsed both of the Republicans.
But perhaps for Greenwich, we'll see big changes ahead that will result in even-handed treatment for Democrats in that town. We sure can hope. |
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