[Vision2020] Just another story about Obama partying with his terrorist homies and the msm covering his ass

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This story broke on the Gateway Pundit last week:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/confirmed-msm-holds-video-of-barack.html

And has now hit the msm:


McCain camp demands L.A. Times release video

John McCain's campaign is demanding that the Los Angeles Times release
a video of a party for a prominent Palestinian activist that Barack
Obama attended in 2003.

The Times described the going-away party for former University of
Chicago professor, and Obama friend, Rashid Khalidi, in a story in
April. The story reported that Palestinians thought they might have a
friend in Obama because of his friendships in that community, despite
the fact that his positions have never been particularly
pro-Palestinian.

"A major news organization is intentionally suppressing information
that could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid
Khalidi," said McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb, citing Obama's
friendship with Khalidi, who is now a professor at Columbia
University.

He said the video could, among other things, show how Obama responded
to a poem recited at the party accusing Israel of "terrorism" and
warning of consequences for U.S. support for Israel, which Goldfarb
described as "hate speech."

"The election is one week away, and it's unfortunate that the press so
obviously favors Barack Obama that this campaign must publicly request
that the Los Angeles Times do its job — make information public," he
said.

The campaign hadn't previously demanded the video, though conservative
bloggers have, and neither other reporters nor McCain's researchers
have been able to dig up a copy.
Khalidi is a controversial figure, reviled by pro-Israel activists,
though not a marginal one. A former professor at the University of
Chicago, he's now Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia,
and respected by many in academia. He's been criticized most for
saying that Palestinians have a right to resist Israeli occupation and
has been described as a former P.L.O. spokesman, a label he has
denied.

The paper hasn't explained its unwillingness to release the video, and
Peter Wallsten, who found the tape and wrote about it, declined to
discuss it with me last night. He forwarded an e-mail that the paper
has sent readers who have complained as conservative blogs raise the
issue.

"Over six months ago the Los Angeles Times published a detailed
account of the events shown on the videotape. The Times is not
suppressing anything. Just the opposite — the L.A. Times brought the
matter to light," wrote the readers' representative, Jamie Gold.
L.A. Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan wouldn't discuss the decision
not to release the tape in detail.

"When we reported on the tape six months ago, that was our full
report," she said, and asked, "Does Politico release unpublished
information?"

The answer to that question is yes — Politico and most news outlets
constantly make available videos and documents, after describing them
in part, which is why the Times' decision not to release the video is
puzzling. My instinct, and many reporters', is to share as much source
material as possible.

Critics have suggested that the Times is witholding the video for
political reasons, but there are other possibilities: competitive
reasons, or simply out of tradition. In the mechanics of reporting,
there's another possibility as well. The video may have been given to
the paper on the condition it not be released, or releasing it could
compromise its source.

But the Times hasn't explained the move, and the McCain campaign is
turning up the heat on a story that, whether or not the tape is
released, is a reminder that some of Obama's Hyde Park friends stand
well to the left of his stated positions.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/McCain_camp_demands_LA_Times_video.html?showall