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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Amanda Carpenter :: Townhall.com Columnist
MSNBC Teams Up With ACORN, La Raza
by Amanda Carpenter
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MSNBC has launched a news project with a variety of left-wing special interest groups to boost their Election Day coverage and help viewers experiencing problems at the polls.

One of the groups involved in MSNBC's "Election Protection" project is the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now. ACORN has been involved in rampant voter registration fraud across the nation this election cycle and is actively supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for president.

"Our partnership with Election Protection will play a major role in NBC News' 'Making Your Vote Count’ coverage, said Phil Alongi, Executive Producer of NBC News' Election Coverage in an Oct. 22 press release. "Not only will we be able to direct voters who are experiencing problems with a hotline to call, we will also have our team of reporters and producers follow-up on the information Election Protection is gathering."

When asked for comment about ACORN's role in the project MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines wrote Townhall in an email "this a question for them, not us."

Most of the groups MSNBC wants their viewers to contact and shape their news coverage on Election Day have extreme liberal agendas ranging and focus on variety of issues including housing, gay rights, amnesty, environmental policies and labor.

The National Council of La Raza, U.S. Pirg, NAACP, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Law Association, Sierra Club and the Service Employees International Union are among Election Protection's many partners.

ACORN is not listed as a partner on the Election Protection's main website, but is listed as a partner on a promotional flyer that is available on the website.

These groups actively lobby Congress to support liberal policies. Most of them are openly supporting Barack Obama and other Democrats in the November elections.

Election Protection claims to be non-partisan. None of their listed partner groups, however, lean conservative.

Daytime anchor David Shuster promoted the effort Wednesday by telling viewers, "NBC is making your vote count. If you have a question about voting or problems at the polls, our partners at Election Protection can help. They have trained volunteers available to answer your questions. Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE if you have a question or if you run into or see any problems."

Anchor Contessa Brewer has similarly hyped the project. The Election Project features a snippet of her telling viewers about the project on their website. She described MSNBC's relationship with Election Protection as an "exclusive partnership."
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Amanda Carpenter is the author of “The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton,” published in October 2006.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 24, 2008 - 4:49 PM EST
FAR LEFT LIBERAL MEDIA STEALING ELECTION


One thing is for certain and believe me its the talk around the dinner table throughout America about the vicious and never ending assault on Sarah Palin and to a lesser extent John McCain.

From Andrea Mitchell to Campbell Brown and Chris Matthews and even Rick Sanchez. The assaults have gotten nasty and vicious and those who claim to be Conservatives like Peggy Noonan and Kathleen Parker are right in there helping the Far Left out.

So, whats the fuss all about????? Its Sarah Palin holding up her son with Downs Syndrome and the fact that she and her husband descided to keep the baby rather than throw him in a dumpster or conveniently abort him with the help of some abortion clinic or pill popping Pharmaceutical company. These folks hate and I do mean HATE.....the idea and even the remote possibility that someone like Sarah Palin could even come close to becoming Vice-President let alone President.

IN SHORT, THEY ARE SCARED AS HELL OF SARAH PALIN!!! WHY??? Because she helps to remind them that there are bigger things than SELF, GREED, MONEY, AND EVEN POWER!!! THE PROBLEM IS THAT SHE REMINDS THEM OF HOW SHALLOW THEIR HEDONISTIC WORLD IS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOOKING DOWN AT THE GROUND AND SEEING ONLY DIRT AND MUD AND DENYING THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER WHEN WE RAISE OUR HEADS AND LOOK INTO THE HEAVENS TO SEE THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE STARS AND TO IN ESSENCE TOUCH THE FACE OF GOD. THE SO CALLED INTELLECTUALS ARE SO WRAPPED UP IN THEMSELVES THAT THEY DENY THIS HOPE, THE VISION AND THIS BRIGHT SHINING CITY ON A HILL THAT HAS FOR SO LONG ELUDED THEM AND YET THEY STILL SIT IN THEIR IVORY TOWERS CONTEMPLATING PLATO ONLY TO CONTINUE TO INTELLECTUALIZE WHAT HAS FOREVER ELUDED THEM AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD THE CALLING OR HEEDED THE CALL TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BIGGER THAN SELF!!
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Date: Oct 24, 2008 - 3:41 AM EST
I supporse "exclusive" means
republicans need not reply.
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