A Staggering Display Of Partisanship From The Cincinnati Enquirer

In all my years of blogging, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a piece by the MSM more blatantly partisan as this one from the Cincinnati Enquirer’s blog.

The title alone, “Portman and ‘birthers:’ Is this a real controversy?”, tries to steer readers before they even have a chance examine any facts that might be printed in the article.

And right after that readers are greeted by bright red text quoting none other than Third Base Politics, a blog with more flips and spin than Cirque Du Soleil which mainly exists as a sandbox for the Kasich campaign to test new talking points.

I fired off an email to the author, which you can find below, detailing a few more things I find very disturbing about the piece.

Mr Weiser,

While catching up on the news this morning I came across your post titled “Portman and ‘birthers:’ Is this a real controversy?” and was very disappointed in your lack of objectivity.

First off we have the matter of you citing Third Base Politics, a blog that has been disavowed by even other Republican blogs for the shear amount of spin the author engages in.

We also have the statement from the Portman campaign with one key part highlighted:

“The comments were inapproriate, but it’s unfortunate that all Democrats have to offer are cheap political attacks meant to distract people from the economic serious challenges we’re facing in Ohio. Rob Portman will continue to focus on developing solutions to help Ohioans get back to work.”

It’s odd that Portman’s staff should attack Democrats (including myself) for the very same thing we’re outraged about. These so called “birther” jokes are cheap political attacks, yet Portman’s staff only spends four words condemning them.

You also fail to point out that this is the second time in less than a month the Portman campaign has had to distance themselves from the remarks of their associates (the first being COAST).

Finally, to judge your angle on all this, I’d like to ask you directly and on the record: Do you personally believe Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States?

Thank you for your time,

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David Potts