St. Louis Post Breaks Big Anti-War Activist Fraud
The Friday change at the Editor position within the Post Dispatch seems to have paid "immediate" results. In today's edition the Post on the front page in the lead article at the top, the Post exposes an anti-war activist and media darling, as a liar and someone without any credibility. Gateway Pundit has a good recap on our home town papers article:
Gateway
The article exposes an anti-war con-man named Jimmy Massey. He has been telling of the atrocities committed by the American Military to everyone who will listen to his story. He as the support of the elite within the anti-war movement, and Cindy Sheehan has used him as her credibility factor for her movement. Her movement was over in late summer but this will pour a very cold dose of water on whatever coals were still simmering and prove once again that the Sheehan Carnival is more about Cindy Sheehan than about anything of substance or facts.......................................
Jimmy Massey is proof that the MSM is eager and will jump out of their skin for operatives like Massey who will tell their customers what a healthy percentage of the MSM itself wishes to promote. It is also a great example of why you should view such stories from the MSM with a healthy dose of skepticism. There is a strong degree of activist journalism within the MSM that wants to promote the message of Jimmy Massey and they will rush to publish stories of this nature and this angle. Readers beware......................
In my previous post I said that the departure of former Editor Ellen Soeteber was a great development for St. Louis in terms of removing a liberal activist from the reigns of the paper. I now wonder if this story had anything to do with her announcement to resign on Friday. I have no information that is the case but I wonder if it did. The reason I wonder is that the Post is an extremely liberal paper and this type of story just does not find it's way into publication usually at all, let alone in the form of a front page lead story. It will be interesting to see if there is any connection.
That said, I salute the Post for running a great article that needed to be run and will provide a great deal of information and insight into how the anti-war establishment has been conducting their business and have been trying to sway public opinion with false information and spinners of outright lies................
Congratulation to Ron Harris on breaking this important article that will have national and international impact. This was some top-rated journalism. Also congratulations to the new St. Louis Post Dispatch management for putting such an important article upfront and center. This is "watchdog journalism" watching the left side of the field an a piece that has been missing..........................
I may owe new Editor Arnie Robbins an apology, and if the product at the Post continues to enforce that I do in fact owe him an apology, then I will be very happy to give him just such an apology "loud and thankfully"......................
Gateway
The article exposes an anti-war con-man named Jimmy Massey. He has been telling of the atrocities committed by the American Military to everyone who will listen to his story. He as the support of the elite within the anti-war movement, and Cindy Sheehan has used him as her credibility factor for her movement. Her movement was over in late summer but this will pour a very cold dose of water on whatever coals were still simmering and prove once again that the Sheehan Carnival is more about Cindy Sheehan than about anything of substance or facts.......................................
Jimmy Massey is proof that the MSM is eager and will jump out of their skin for operatives like Massey who will tell their customers what a healthy percentage of the MSM itself wishes to promote. It is also a great example of why you should view such stories from the MSM with a healthy dose of skepticism. There is a strong degree of activist journalism within the MSM that wants to promote the message of Jimmy Massey and they will rush to publish stories of this nature and this angle. Readers beware......................
In my previous post I said that the departure of former Editor Ellen Soeteber was a great development for St. Louis in terms of removing a liberal activist from the reigns of the paper. I now wonder if this story had anything to do with her announcement to resign on Friday. I have no information that is the case but I wonder if it did. The reason I wonder is that the Post is an extremely liberal paper and this type of story just does not find it's way into publication usually at all, let alone in the form of a front page lead story. It will be interesting to see if there is any connection.
That said, I salute the Post for running a great article that needed to be run and will provide a great deal of information and insight into how the anti-war establishment has been conducting their business and have been trying to sway public opinion with false information and spinners of outright lies................
Congratulation to Ron Harris on breaking this important article that will have national and international impact. This was some top-rated journalism. Also congratulations to the new St. Louis Post Dispatch management for putting such an important article upfront and center. This is "watchdog journalism" watching the left side of the field an a piece that has been missing..........................
I may owe new Editor Arnie Robbins an apology, and if the product at the Post continues to enforce that I do in fact owe him an apology, then I will be very happy to give him just such an apology "loud and thankfully"......................
posted by Steve at 7:34 PM
