UPDATE: The Alexandria Echo Press updated this post to correct the highlighted sentence.
In Al Edenloff’s article, “Former aide to Ingebrigtsen charged in bugging of U.S. Senator” of January 29th, 2010, the author repeats a claim that Joseph Basel along with James O’Keefe and two others were involved in a plot to bug the offices of Sen. Mary Landrieu. Aside from the title, the following sentence appears in the sub-heading and in the body of the article:
A former aide to State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, is implicated in a plot to bug the offices of U.S. Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu in New Orleans.
There are no allegations of any bugging plot in the FBI affidavit, and a law enforcement official has conceded that the four men were not attempting to wiretap or intercept calls. Furthermore, legal representation for the accused has gone on record stating there were no intentions to bug phones in the Senator’s office.
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GET 'EM Retracto! Good Llama! I mean Alpaca!
Maybe by "bug" they meant "annoy"? Naw…
Could the powers that be post a scoreboard so we can see who's been served notice and whether or not they have issued retractions or corrections?
All of these liberal / progressive publications are simply showing their belief in method of telling a lie often enough and it will be accepted as the truth, which also shows their true agenda.
I love these.
Have you noticed how the list of those outfits who've posted retractions/corrections is slowly growing?
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Yawn. The media jumped to conclusions. It happens on both my news outlets and yours. Stop whoring what little attention the world is giving you right now. BREEEEEITTTTTBARTTT THIS IS YOUR BIG BREAK!!!!!!!!
The true evil in journalism is "The Narrative"? It is simply another name for bias. Lipstick on prejudice
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Miss Louisiana Purchase is an embarrassment to Louisiana. At the time she was selling us out, you could not get through on any of her telephone lines even to leave a message–much less to talk to anyone. She has no interest in hearing what he constituents have to say–her vote was all about lots of money and helping her brother become mayor of New Orleans. Any of her "town hall meetings" were very controlled–she was not interested in listening.
Apparently there is nothing in the La Constitution that gives the citizens the ability to recall her and she knows it. She is a lot like Obama–arrogant–says one thing and then does another–never held accountable. No wonder the ACORN headquarters are in New Orleans–her voter base.
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