Reuters reporting Swift Boat press release as "news" -- they claim they didn't lie!

[villager]

And Reuters runs it as an "article:"

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS193075+06-Dec-2007+PRN20071206

[VP505]

1. What we have here

IMO, is just another diversion to draw attention off of the corrupt and criminal cabal in the White House. There is NOTHING the Swift Boat liars can say, or do, regardless of how many books they get published, that will EVER convince me that they are anything more than LIARS and Bu$hbots.

[villager]

2. The "article" has a "PR Newswire" dateline on it!

And yet Reuters is running it with a straight face!

[VP505]

4. To me

this line stood out like a red flag that this is just like the original Swift Boat lies, complete bullshit, and Reuters should be ashamed of themselves.

"These new media outlets made it impossible for the liberal
press to hide or dismiss what the veterans had to say."

[villager]

6. exactly -- and yet Reuters is running it straight. I used to think Reuters was reliable...

But I guess none of them are, really...

[papau]

5. PR is not a "news" source as we would think of such - it puts out the various public relations

announcements of corporations and organizations - just as they have written them.

It does no "news".

[seasat]

7. Don't they also have to pay to put it on PRnewswire?

If I remember correctly, they pay a fee for these PR news services to put out their press releases.

[papau]

11. That is my understanding also :-)

[LittleClarkie]

3. Good God, it's an advertisement for the damn book

First historical account my Aunt Fanny

[Harper_is_Bush]

8. Wow. That is fucked up sick. n/t

[Harper_is_Bush]

9. GO HERE TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO REUTERS:

http://reuters-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/reuters_en.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=XqEnDzSi&p_lva=&p_li=&p_accessibility=&p_redirect=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&p_new_search=1&p_prod_lvl1=&p_masthead=us&p_pv=2.47&p_prods=19%2C47&prod_lvl1=19&prod_lvl2=47

[Harper_is_Bush]

10. My feedback:

Don't copy it :)

Hello

This Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS193075+06-Dec-2007+PRN20071206

is listed under "news". This is quite clearly the badly sourced work of a partisan agenda. It makes sweeping claims without applying any journalistic standards.

regards