CBS Reporters Conspire Against Joe Miller - Audio

Just as in Milwaukee's liberal media, there are "willing partners" conspiring to assist the Democrats (aka "Independent" Lisa Murkowski) in Alaska.

Reporters from Anchorage affiliate KTVA were caught on tape conspiring against Republican Joe Miller.

I don't call this journalistic integrity.

It's unprofessional. It's unethical. It's a disgrace.

Read the full story at Big Journalism.



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KTVA says the accusations are bogus.

The Washington Post does its best to help KTVA out of this awkward situation.

Breitbart's Big Journalism site is making an incendiary accusation: That reporters at the Anchorage CBS affiliate KTVA were caught conspiring to damage Tea Party Senate candidate Joe Miller. Big Journalism posted a snippet of audio allegedly showing this: It features KTVA reporters talking among themselves while -- unbeknownst to them -- they were accidentally being recorded on the voicemail of Miller's campaign manager.

But it's unclear from the recording precisely what, if anything, was being plotted. And now the station is adamantly denying the charges, claiming the audio was clipped and taken out of the fuller context. KTVA general manager Jerry Bever sends over a statement claiming the "complete recording was about what others might be able to do to cause disruption within the Miller campaign."

If this is true, it wouldn't be the first time this has happened, as you may recall.

Big Journalism's audio was picked up on by Sarah Palin on Fox News this morning, and by the NRSC, which issued a statement claiming: "It should trouble all Americans that any member of the media would attempt to purposefully smear a nominee for the U.S. Senate."

But here's the response from Bever, the general manager of KTVA:

"It's unfortunate that this recording has happened. It's unfortunate because it does not accurately reflect the journalistic standards of our newsroom and the garbled context will no doubt leave more questions than answers. The Miller campaign's analysis of the recording is incorrect in many material ways ranging from personnel involved in the conversation, the interpretation of conversation snippets and the reported transcript of the perceived garbled conversation.

"While the recording is real, the allegations are untrue. The recording was the result of a cell phone not being hung up after a call was placed to Randy DeSoto, Joe Miller campaign spokesperson, Thursday afternoon to discuss Joe Miller's appearance on that evening's newscast. That phone call was placed near the end of a coverage planning meeting in our newsroom regarding that evening's Miller rally in downtown Anchorage. The group of KTVA news personnel was reviewing potential "what-if" scenarios, discussing the likelihood of events at the rally and how KTVA might logistically disseminate any breaking news.

"The perception that this garbled, out of context recording may leave is unfortunate, but to allege that our staff was discussing or planning to create or fabricate stories regarding candidate Miller is absurd. The complete conversation was about what others might be able to do to cause disruption within the Miller campaign, not what KTVA could do."

We're to believe that's how legitimate "planning meetings" go in the KTVA newsroom, reviewing the sort of "what-if" scenarios discussed on the recording?

I don't think so.
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Here's an e-mail message about the race in Alaska from Democrat J.B. Poersch, the DSCC's Executive Director:

How would you like to plant the Democratic flag in Sarah Palin’s backyard?

We have a real shot at winning Alaska with polls showing we’re now ahead of the Tea Party candidate. This would be a major blow to Sarah Palin (I’m told you can see Russia from her house) and the Tea Party, who expected to waltz to victory.

But because it’s such a late-breaking opportunity, it wasn’t in our budget. Although we can pull this off if we get $175,000 in the door today. We’ve got the ads on the air and the turnout operation on the ground. This win would be huge.

If you’re looking for a way to make a difference in the final hours, here you go. Kick in $5 and let’s win this.

Let’s take the fight to Sarah Palin’s doorstep!

J.B.

No anger or rage from the Left?

Yeah, right.
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Ann Coulter: WHAT IF obama were a muslim and biden a child molester?: (AK radio station claims only discussing "what if" scenarios)