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Friday, March 03, 2006
Compound Spin
Warren wrote on his blog:
People I like - Blamb, Stephen Taylor among them - have been going at my pal Ben Chin over his C.V. Some of those attacks have been showing up on the pro-NDP site, Rabble. Between the partisan silliness, Rabble has published statements that have been, in my opinion, expressions of bigotry.
I'm not "going at" Ben Chin, I saw a glaring piece of spin and noted it. It's something that could have been easily dealt with by issuing a simple clarification. The ad clearly provided an incomplete story and the gaps piqued my interest and made me curious about the "real" story. If there is no "real" story, the ad copy did more damage than good.
Instead, by crying "bigotry" (because of one lame post in a long thread), this issue is finding legs and dragging on, making more people curious about the "real" story ... which may or may not even exist. The ad was a curiosity, the inability of Chin's campaign to address questions about it is troubling.
Update: The story drags on, speculation and rumour ensues.
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