Archive for February 17th, 2008



New York Post story nominated for “most ignored of 2008 award.”

New York Post reporter Ginger Otis has been nominated for the prestigious Most Ignored Story of 2008 award, for her recent story, “Obama Robbed in New York.” The story details how, in NYC, which happens to be Hillary Clinton’s “home town,” whoever counted the votes seemed not to notice that Mr. Obama had any.

From the article:

February 16, 2008 — Barack Obama’s primary-night results were strikingly under recorded in several congressional districts around the city – in some cases leaving him with zero votes when, in fact, he had pulled in hundreds, the Board of Elections said today
Unofficial primary results gave Obama no votes in nearly 80 districts, including Harlem’s 94th and other historically black areas – but many of those initial tallies proved to be wildly off the mark, the Board of Elections confirmed.
Truth is, in some districts getting a recount, the senator from Illinois is even close to defeating Hillary Clinton…

In a predominantly black Brooklyn district for which Clinton was given credit for a 118-0 victory on Primary Night, the Board of Elections’ latest figures indicate that she may not even come out the winner – Obama currently has 116 votes to her 118.

Since stories about possible electoral fraud are routinely ignored by the rest of the Media — forgotten as if they’d never existed in the first place — observers believe Ms. Otis’s story has a fair shot at winning the award. “However,” noted Brad Friedman, four-time past winner of the award, “it’s early yet. We haven’t even gotten to the general election, anything can happen.” Indeed, Ms. Otis looks to be facing several other strong contenders. The story of 50,000 Los Angeles votes not counting has already been largely forgotten, and given the historic Democratic primaries and the omnipresence of school shootings, Britney Spears, and cleaver-murders, nobody seems to be paying much attention to stories about anything the current Administration or Congress are doing. But for now, Ms. Otis’s story is an early favorite.

When asked for comment, Ms. Otis added: “What story?”