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Reuters staffers: That Rubio hit piece was pretty disgraceful, huh?

One senior staffer at Reuters described the episode to me as a “fiasco,” another as a “disgrace.”

It was so bad, in fact, that the editors and writer involved have been asked not to talk about it. (I reached out to editors David Lindsey and Eric Walsh, but have not heard back.)

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And that Adams fella is a bureau chief. Whoa nelly… that’s embarrassing.

beatcanvas on January 27, 2012 at 11:05 PM

Yeah, what about the hitpieces on Palin? Did they ever apologize for them?

promachus on January 27, 2012 at 11:08 PM

Hmm. Rubio sells out for the Democrat in the GOP primary. Moments later, liberal journalists are defending Rubio from their own earlier smears.

joe_doufu on January 27, 2012 at 11:09 PM

Marco Rubio is the most dangerous person to the left in our collective lifetimes. They know that even more than we do. He’s the entire package and so they seek to destroy him.

40 Million Hispanic Republicans. Total and complete destruction of Statism in the US.

Think of that next time you look fondly back at the collective stylings of losers like Tancredo or JD Hayworth.

AYNBLAND on January 27, 2012 at 11:35 PM

joe_doufu on January 27, 2012 at 11:09 PM

hyperbole much?

Book on January 27, 2012 at 11:37 PM

Hmm. Rubio sells out for the Democrat in the GOP primary. Moments later, liberal journalists are defending Rubio from their own earlier smears.

Get help. Believe me, your family wants you to.

kbh on January 28, 2012 at 12:14 AM

Heh, OK, maybe Rubio’s not a total waste. But his support of Romney taints him, especially if Romney wins.

joe_doufu on January 28, 2012 at 12:50 AM

Heh, OK, maybe Rubio’s not a total waste. But his support of Romney taints him, especially if Romney wins.

joe_doufu on January 28, 2012 at 12:50 AM

I dunno. The best part of McCain was Palin and I don’t look sourly on her for joining up with him.

If Romney wins the nomination and chooses Rubio to run with him (I think it will be Susana Martinez – hat tip, Ed Morrissey), then Rubio will carve out his own space.

beatcanvas on January 28, 2012 at 1:11 AM

I think the Reuters guys are just jealous because they aren’t married to a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader…

radjah shelduck on January 28, 2012 at 6:47 AM

One senior staffer at Reuters described the episode to me as a “fiasco,” another as a “disgrace.”

So…put your money where your mouth is Mr. Reuters Senior Staffer and can their asses !

BigSven on January 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM

Below is a quote from Reuters Corrections to the liberal hit piece on Sen Rubio:

Florida’s Rubio a star, but an unlikely VP pick By David Adams MIAMI | Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:00pm EST

(Removes words “and at times has had difficulty paying his mortgage,” paragraph 7; removes “he did not make payments on a $100,000-plus student loan” and instead states “he did not pay down the balance of a $100,000-plus student loan,” paragraph 10; removes “he was caught up in an Internal Revenue Service Investigation” and instead states “his name surfaced in an Internal Revenue Service investigation,” paragraph 12; removes “voted against Sonia Sotomayor, Obama’s Supreme Court nominee” and instead states “opposed President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor,” paragraph 41; removes “voted against Obama’s healthcare overhaul” and instead states “opposed Obama’s healthcare overhaul,” paragraph 41)

Pathetic Reporting leave egg all over Reuters journalistic face….. :(

BigSven on January 28, 2012 at 7:18 AM

Hmm. Rubio sells out for the Democrat in the GOP primary.
joe_doufu on January 27, 2012 at 11:09 PM

Rubio has been very critical of Gingrich, actually.

The Count on January 28, 2012 at 7:37 AM

a cousin of mine reminds me marco. use to own a colmado in havana. slipped tiny stones into the rice when he was weighing it.

he’s already been caught red handed lying about his background. i smell a squish.

renalin on January 28, 2012 at 8:57 AM

Admit it, when you saw the headline was about a “disgraceful Rubio hit piece” you had to click through to find out whether it referred to a hit piece about Rubio or one of the shameful hit pieces by Rubio that came out this week.

joe_doufu on January 28, 2012 at 11:23 AM

For punishment those reporters are limited this week to the yellow stickies. They will be not be given access to the multicolored ones until next month.

slickwillie2001 on January 28, 2012 at 11:25 AM