Josh Marshall passes along a Daily Kos item criticizing the National Press Club for providing a platform to an Obama critic from the lunatic fringe. The Kos piece — by Markos himself — urges readers to sign a petition asking the press club to disinvite the wingnut in question, someone named Larry Sinclair.
In fact, the National Press Club is merely renting space to a group called Veritas Federal Media, which is sponsoring the news conference. Click here and scroll down to June 18. You'll see this: "This event is not affiliated with the National Press Club or the Eric Friedheim Library." (The library is part of the press club.)
That said, the press club could certainly do a better job on its home page, where you'll find a plug that looks very much like an official notice saying: "Larry reveals the truth about Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama."
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wrong on the National Press Club
Posted by Dan Kennedy at 9:23 PM
Labels: Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Josh Marshall, politics
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Do you know if this guy was convicted after his arrest for theft and forgery?
I think it's definitely worth investigating.
To answer your question, Sinclair is a fugitive. There's still an outstanding warrant pertaining to those charges, which prevent him from returning to Colorado. He has a pretty extensive criminal record, however, and is a convicted felon who has done jail time.
Post a Comment