NYT stalks minor McCain children
The Washington Times reports this morning that a New York Times reporter working on a typical hit piece in Arizona resorted to stalking the McCain minor children in her attempts to dredge up slime;
The newspaper had been working on a profile of Cindy McCain and sending reporters to Arizona and around the country to scoop up a story.
But the assignment heated up after NYT reporter Jodi Kantor sent a Facebook message to a 16-year-old schoolmate of the McCain family’s daughter, Bridget.
The Washington Times quotes part of the email message;
“I saw on facebook that you went to Xavier, and if you don’t mind, I’d love to ask you some advice about a story. I’m a reporter at the New York Times, writing a profile of Cindy McCain, and we are trying to get a sense of what she is like as a mother. So I’m reaching out to fellow parents at her kids’ schools. My understanding is that some of her older kids went to Brophy/Xavier, but I’m trying to figure out what school her 16 year old daughter Bridget attends– and a few people said it was PCDS. Do you know if that’s right? Again, we’re not really reporting on the kids, just seeking some fellow parents who can talk about what Mrs. McCain is like.
Also, if you know anyone else who I should talk to — basically anyone who has encountered Mrs. McCain and might be able to share impressions — that would be great.Thanks so much for any help you can give me.”
The Obama thug-ocracy just disgusts the living crap out of me. What they’ve done to Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin and everyone else who’s deviated from the Obama narrative is just disgusting. But the worst part will come when John McCain wins the election. Mark my words.
Category: Politics
Were they my children, said “journalist” would possibly be looking down the business end of a 12 gauge(in battery)
How professional! Trolling for info on facebook!
This is stalking, not reporting.
So let me get this straight… Some ditz Obama supporter sics the Secret Service on a McCain backer on a BS complaint, but some Perv can stalk McCain’s daughter with impunity. Nice. I’m with GM… I’d be racking the slide on my 870 if this was my daughter.
Jonn, Cindy McCain’s lawyer fired back at the New York Slimes: Dear Mr. Keller: I represent Cindy McCain. I write to appeal to your sense of fairness, balance and decency in deciding whether to publish another story about her. I do this well knowing your obvious bias for Barack Obama and your obvious bias hostility to John McCain. I ask you to put your biases and agendas aside. I understand that Cindy is in the public eye, but you have already profiled her extensively (Jennifer Steinhauer reported), written about her financial situation (including an editorial on her tax returns) and about her role at Hensley and Company. I am advised that you assigned two of your top investigative reporters who have spent an extensive amount of time in Arizona and around the country investigating Cindy’s life including her charity, her addiction and her marriage to Senator McCain. None of these subjects are news. I am also advised that your reporters are speaking to Tom Gosinski and her cousin Jamie Clark, neither of whom are reliable or credible sources. Mr. Gosinski has been publicly exposed as a liar and blackmailer on the subject of Cindy McCain. Jamie Clark has very serious drug and stability issues and has failed in a number of attempts to blackmail Cindy. She is simply not credible. In 1994, Mr. Gosinski drafted a civil complaint for damages claiming, among other things, that Cindy had defamed him with prospective employers after he was discharged from AVMT. Those allegations were utterly false. He was unable to produce any prospective employers and Cindy had not discussed his deficiencies as an employee with anyone outside of AVMT. Indeed, his termination was demonstrated to be appropriate and when he was let go, Cindy gave him severance pay. When confronted with this evidence, his lawyer resigned. Gosinski never filed the complaint in Court and could produce no evidence to support any of its allegations. He attempted to have Cindy pay him $250,000 in exchange for not filing the complaint. Cindy refused and made his attempt to extort her public. Thereafter, he amended his… Read more »