Did you see the NY Times retraction of their Ron Paul smear?

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http://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/editors-note-the-ron-paul-vid-lash/

A post in The Medium that appeared on Monday about the Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and his purported adoption by white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups contained several errors.
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The original post also repeated a string of assertions by Bill White, the commander of the American National Socialist Workers Party, including the allegation that Paul meets regularly “with members of the Stormfront set, American Renaissance, the Institute for Historic Review and others” at a restaurant in Arlington, Va. Paul never attended these dinners, according to Benton, who also says that Paul has never knowingly met Bill White. 
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The original post should not have been published with these unverified assertions and without any response from Paul.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

It's like an attorney during a trial : Ask a question of a witness/
defendant, knowing it will be objected to, and knowing the judge will side with your opposition. But the jury still had the seed planted in their minds. By the same method, the Times
has accomplished their goal, smearing someone against whom no honest dirt could be found.

:-(

ThomasS · Answer

Yea, I was just reading that. Daily Kos used the original story, so did Little Green IdiotBalls to rant on and on about Paul. THEN the Times prints a retraction. No one else does. Typical. The damage is already done, this is how the media operates. On top of that, the retraction is on a blog section, how many are going to even read it?

Ron Paul is already mainstream, just not mainstream media. When will they catch up? Never. Not enough scandals to keep his face on there for more than a few minutes a week on average. This is not necessarily a bad thing.

For the rest that continue the smear, I'm talking about the Bill White incident that ran on LGF and DK, and the thousands of comments that followed. About the Don Black supporter - Ron took the racists money, snubbed him publicly, waved it in his face, and spread it towards freedom.

What do you suggest we do, check and see every donation to every campaign, and force the front runners to give up this and that to please people's myopic beliefs? I could rattle off a list of donors I don't like for Hillary and Romney, should I be a shepherd for the sheep that will follow me? No, I got better things to do, and more than half a brain - and obviously a lot are with me on this.

stephenmwells · Answer

Another crazy attempt from the media to try and discount a man that has shown only honesty and integrity for all Americans.
A true patriot. Many are now discovering the good Dr. and are starting to see what all the excitement is all about.

Anonymous · Answer

No, I didn't see it.

Anonymous · Answer

Did you see the Yahoo poll? I thought all of you Paulies were going to pull him through to the white house, by way of the internet.
My goodness, that big 3% sure will help a lot. Can't even support him in phoney polls, What a joke.

bfunkmystic · Answer

Alex Jones (as usual has the link)

? · Answer

The John Birch Society has long been associated with right wing new-Nazi sentiments. I'm not surprised this history has finally caught up with Ron Paul.

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Did you see the NY Times retraction of their Ron Paul smear?

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