Thomas Lindaman writes:
They're at it again, this time defending Barack Obama taking money from BP. Their spin? Media outlets are spreading a lie about Obama being the single biggest recipient of BP's campaign contributions.
One tiny problem: he was the single biggest recipient of BP's campaign cash in 2008. And not by a slight margin, either.
Sure, Media Matters is trying their own bit of spin, saying the money came almost entirely from BP employees, not from the company itself, and that it represents very little of the total amount of money he raised in contributions.
And that's the truth. So now the truth is "spin"?
That's as may be, but the fact remains that people connected to BP gave more money to Obama than to any other politician in 2008 by a wide margin.
"People connected to BP"? This, Lindaman, is what spin actually is.
The numbers don't lie, but Media Matters often does.
They haven't lied about a goddamn thing. You, on the other hand, haven't been honest in this post about Media Matters, or the one before it.
Money from employees is not money from the fucking corporation. If you give money to a campaign, it's not from who you work for, it's from you. Why is this so difficult for you to understand?
Good god, you're just not going to be happy until Luthor drops dead from screaming.
They're at it again, this time defending Barack Obama taking money from BP. Their spin? Media outlets are spreading a lie about Obama being the single biggest recipient of BP's campaign contributions.
One tiny problem: he was the single biggest recipient of BP's campaign cash in 2008. And not by a slight margin, either.
Sure, Media Matters is trying their own bit of spin, saying the money came almost entirely from BP employees, not from the company itself, and that it represents very little of the total amount of money he raised in contributions.
And that's the truth. So now the truth is "spin"?
That's as may be, but the fact remains that people connected to BP gave more money to Obama than to any other politician in 2008 by a wide margin.
"People connected to BP"? This, Lindaman, is what spin actually is.
The numbers don't lie, but Media Matters often does.
They haven't lied about a goddamn thing. You, on the other hand, haven't been honest in this post about Media Matters, or the one before it.
Money from employees is not money from the fucking corporation. If you give money to a campaign, it's not from who you work for, it's from you. Why is this so difficult for you to understand?
Good god, you're just not going to be happy until Luthor drops dead from screaming.