MSNBC error on spending of Repub. candidates

[JohnCrabtree]

In the MSNMC story "Presidential hopefuls increase spending," http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19786465/ there is at least one factually incorrect statement. The story states "Only Rudy Giuliani, the Republican with the most cash on hand, kept his spending below his fund-raising."

This is untrue because candidate Ron Paul had $2.4 million in donations in the second quarter and hasnt spent any of it. He is still working off of Q1 money.

At first I thought that this was a factual error on the writer, but in a local paper, the South Bend Tribune and on Yahoo and Newsvine the story is printed correctly.

"Only Rudy Giuliani, the Republican with the most cash on hand, and long-shot candidate Ron Paul kept their spending below their fundraising."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money


http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/15/838164-2008-candidates-increase-their-spending

I emailed them and also my local paper the Herald Palladium had this written the same way as well. Are they changing the AP article to omit Ron Paul, or did the South Bend Tribune, Yahoo, and Newsvine change it to be factually correct?

[LastoftheMohicans]

In the MSNMC story "Presidential hopefuls increase spending," http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19786465/ there is at least one factually incorrect statement. The story states "Only Rudy Giuliani, the Republican with the most cash on hand, kept his spending below his fund-raising."

This is untrue because candidate Ron Paul had $2.4 million in donations in the second quarter and hasnt spent any of it. He is still working off of Q1 money.

At first I thought that this was a factual error on the writer, but in a local paper, the South Bend Tribune and on Yahoo and Newsvine the story is printed correctly.

"Only Rudy Giuliani, the Republican with the most cash on hand, and long-shot candidate Ron Paul kept their spending below their fundraising."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money


http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/15/838164-2008-candidates-increase-their-spending

I emailed them and also my local paper the Herald Palladium had this written the same way as well. Are they changing the AP article to omit Ron Paul, or did the South Bend Tribune, Yahoo, and Newsvine change it to be factually correct?

By the numbers I saw, it looked like the RP campaign spent a little more than their first quarter haul. Therefore, they tapped a little into their 2Q funds.

[JohnCrabtree]

Even if that is the case, he still kept his spending lower than his income which is what the article states about Giuliani being the only one to do.

[LastoftheMohicans]

Even if that is the case, he still kept his spending lower than his income which is what the article states about Giuliani being the only one to do.

Sorry. I misread what you wrote.

[The Dane]

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[The Dane]

The same journalist rewrote the piece 2 times. So there are different versions of the same article.

-The first one had something like "long short raises 2.4 million" as headline.

-The one inbetween mentions RP in the article in the same way but its shorter (like 8 lines).

-The Yahoo piece (and the MSNBC one ?) dosent even mention RP.

On Yahoo they changed it from the first to the second to the third. I guess the reporter made this mistake in the editing.

[jd603]

MSNBC is also a biased propaganda machine. Today around noon I turned on my televsion and they were disucssing how americans should "be on the look out" and spy on their neighbors and report anything they see.. "better safe then sorry". They also scared the audience talking about how strong al qaeda is now. same shit different network.


In the MSNMC story "Presidential hopefuls increase spending," http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19786465/ there is at least one factually incorrect statement. The story states "Only Rudy Giuliani, the Republican with the most cash on hand, kept his spending below his fund-raising."

This is untrue because candidate Ron Paul had $2.4 million in donations in the second quarter and hasnt spent any of it. He is still working off of Q1 money.

At first I thought that this was a factual error on the writer, but in a local paper, the South Bend Tribune and on Yahoo and Newsvine the story is printed correctly.

"Only Rudy Giuliani, the Republican with the most cash on hand, and long-shot candidate Ron Paul kept their spending below their fundraising."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money


http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/15/838164-2008-candidates-increase-their-spending

I emailed them and also my local paper the Herald Palladium had this written the same way as well. Are they changing the AP article to omit Ron Paul, or did the South Bend Tribune, Yahoo, and Newsvine change it to be factually correct?

[drinkbleach]

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