| − | '''JournoList''' is a now-defunct private email listserv of hundreds of left wing journalists, educators, and pundits that was created in 2007 by the [[Washington Post]]'s Ezra Klein.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/06/on_journolist_and_dave_weigel.html On Journolist, and Dave Weigel], WashingtonPost, June 25, 2010.</ref> It has been alleged that there were attempts by some members of the listserv to suppress stories unfavorable to [[liberal]]s and attack conservatives by labeling them racist. Among the stories circulating from the journolist is the attempt to shield candidate [[Barack Obama]] from his relationship with his much-criticized pastor of twenty-years [[Jeremiah Wright]]. | + | '''JournoList''' is a now-defunct private email listserv of hundreds of left wing journalists, educators, and pundits that was created in 2007 by the [[Washington Post]]'s Ezra Klein.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/06/on_journolist_and_dave_weigel.html On Journolist, and Dave Weigel], WashingtonPost, June 25, 2010.</ref> It has been alleged that there were attempts by some members of the listserv to suppress stories unfavorable to [[liberal]]s and attack conservatives by labeling them racist. Among the stories circulating from the journolist is the attempt to shield candidate [[Barack Obama]] from his relationship with his much-criticized pastor of twenty-years, [[Jeremiah Wright]]. |
| | There was allegedly a coordinated attack on [[Sarah Palin]] and her family.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22/when-mccain-picked-palin-liberal-journalists-coordinated-the-best-line-of-attack/print/ When McCain picked Palin, liberal journalists coordinated the best line of attack], The Daily Caller, July 22, 2010.</ref> Also, there were postings to the listerv talking gleefully about how one of the listserv members would love to see the death of [[Rush Limbaugh]].<ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/node/40226/print Rush Limbaugh Responds to JournoLister Wishing His Death], Newsbusters, July 21, 2010.</ref><ref name=rush>[[Rush Limbaugh]]. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072110/content/01125108.guest.html Journolisters Want to Shut Down Fox! (and Wish Rush Death, Too)], RushLimbaugh.com, July 21, 2010.</ref> | | There was allegedly a coordinated attack on [[Sarah Palin]] and her family.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22/when-mccain-picked-palin-liberal-journalists-coordinated-the-best-line-of-attack/print/ When McCain picked Palin, liberal journalists coordinated the best line of attack], The Daily Caller, July 22, 2010.</ref> Also, there were postings to the listerv talking gleefully about how one of the listserv members would love to see the death of [[Rush Limbaugh]].<ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/node/40226/print Rush Limbaugh Responds to JournoLister Wishing His Death], Newsbusters, July 21, 2010.</ref><ref name=rush>[[Rush Limbaugh]]. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072110/content/01125108.guest.html Journolisters Want to Shut Down Fox! (and Wish Rush Death, Too)], RushLimbaugh.com, July 21, 2010.</ref> |