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Mighty Wurlitzer
Talking Points Memo —
... We talk to an actual eyewitness witness on the scene in that bogus 'black panther' voter intimidation story Drudge and Fox are pushing. ...
Black Panthers vs Fox News Reporter At Polling Place In Philadelphia (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... A University of Pennsylvania student reported that a Black Panther wielding a "night stick" intimidated voters at a polling place in Philadelphia (video below). The Black Panther allegedly claimed he was "tired of white supremacy." An Obama volunteer on the scene disputed this account, saying there was no intimidation of voters occurring at the polling place. ...
Black Panthers vs Fox News Reporter At Polling Place In Philadelphia (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... A University of Pennsylvania student reported that a Black Panther wielding a "night stick" intimidated voters at a polling place in Philadelphia (video below). The Black Panther allegedly claimed he was "tired of white supremacy." An Obama volunteer on the scene disputed this account, saying there was no intimidation of voters occurring at the polling place. ...
Race Card Till The End
Talking Points Memo —
... People affiliated with the McCain campaign showed up, to photograph or possibly provoke an incident. The police were called. One of the two guys was asked to leave; and he left. The other guys turned out to be an official poll watcher. That was probably the best resolution. As near as we can tell there's all sort of misinformation being disseminated about whites being prevented from voting, etc. We talked to an Obama campaign volunteer who saw the whole thing. And you can see her account here. This is just a kinder, gentler version of the Ashley Todd 'Carved B' ...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... on Wall Street. * Fox News' pathetic reporting notwithstanding, there was no Black Panther violence in Philadelphia today. * Palin promised two weeks ago to release her medical records. Her aides waited until late last night to instead issue ...
Cavuto Tries to Win it For McCain By Scaring People With a Fake Story About Black Panthers and Voter Intimidation
News Hounds —
... Fox News is pushing a fake story today (November 4, 2008) about how alleged Black Panthers at a Philadelphia polling station were allegedly intimidating voters and "confronting" a Fox reporter. TalkingPointsMemo interviewed an eyewitness whose account makes the whole thing sound like a set up by outside parties, including the McCain camp ( ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... . And those Black Panthers that conservatives are worrying about don't seem to be Black Panthers, writes TPM Election Central's Greg Sargent . One of them is reportedly a GOP poll watcher, Sargent writes. FROM THE BLOGS: ...
Black Panther or Dirty Fox?
The Latest on Air America —
... . It says one of two black panthers on the scene was "allegedly blocking the door," says another was "holding a nightstick." and adds that "the concern was that they were intimidating people who were trying to go inside to vote." Click here for the rest.
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
... Obama is sworn in
Brad DeLong: On Larry Summers...
Senate Guru: Looking at GA-Sen through the prism of Veterans Day. Meanwhile, in other still undecided Senate races
Endless Simmer: White House Guessing Game: Who will cook for Barack??
ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: An increasingly clueless 'Dean'...NPR softballs for a liar...Oh look, another made-up story from the wingmutts...Fox News' Black Panther bullsh*t...Pro-Obama Media?...Press pretended that they ...
