Media Matters exposes Washington Post's distortion of Edwards' poverty tour

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Wash. Post's Kornblut claimed Edwards launched "new poverty tour" to distract from the "three H's"

==In a July 10 Washington Post article, staff writer Anne E. Kornblut wrote that Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards "is battling back the 'three H's' that have dogged his campaign -- expensive haircuts, a lavish new house and a stint working for a hedge fund," adding: "Now, he is trying to put emphasis on a 'P' -- his new poverty tour across the South and the Midwest." Kornblut's suggestion, however, that Edwards' "emphasis" on poverty is intended to distract from the "three H's" is baseless -- poverty has been a signature issue of Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign, as it was during his 2004 campaign. Kornblut herself reported on July 25, 2006, while she was with The New York Times, that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) "did not, however, go as far down the populist path as other possible presidential candidates, in particular Senator John Edwards, who is focused almost exclusively on poverty as he campaigns in early primary voting states."

On February 4, 2005, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill announced the creation of a "Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity that will be led by former U.S. Senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards." During the 2004 Democratic National Convention, then-vice presidential candidate Edwards said: "We can also do something about 35 million Americans who live in poverty every day. And here's why we shouldn't just talk about, but do something about the millions of Americans who live in poverty: because it is wrong. And we have a moral responsibility to lift those families up."

According to the Post article:

John Edwards is battling back the "three H's" that have dogged his campaign -- expensive haircuts, a lavish new house and a stint working for a hedge fund.

Now, he is trying to put emphasis on a "P" -- his new poverty tour across the South and the Midwest.==

Read the rest at http://mediamatters.org/items/200707100011?f=h_latest

[jsamuel]

1. that is such a nonsense set of statements from the "reporter."

[sallyseven]

2. Kornbutt is a snaky little

know nothing. She is a republican tool. Just like Broader. She use to be in the Boston Globe but she no longer writes for them. Thank god.

[Catchawave]

3. Here's a good response to the WaPo *warning GRAPHIC*

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2007/7/11/81143/9950/86#c86

[draft_mario_cuomo]

4. LMAO!

How hilarious would it be if JE actually did do that?

[Catchawave]

5. He's still "muy caliente" :)

I wonder if we should nominate this for a DUzy ?

[draft_mario_cuomo]

6. What is a DUzy? nt

[Catchawave]

7. It's a weekly thread by JeffR....

Very funny, this is last week's:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1264173

[draft_mario_cuomo]

8. Oh thanks, good stuff! nt