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Raising The Specter Of Cancer: Bias By Omission
Cancer is a terrible disease. It is a slow, painful way to die, and the best of modern medicine can only sometimes beat back its advances. Also notable: 
Cancer is a nonpartisan disease, attacking the Jack Kemps and Ted Kennedys of the world with equal impunity. Only a true cynic could see cancer as a political fundraising opportunity.
Enter the appropriately named Senator Arlen Specter, stage left. The media-beloved Specter has been the subject of much discussion recently, following his decision to switch his party affiliation to Democrat. Some in the mainstream media have painted Specter as a consummate moderate, while others have seen in his party switch the death-knell for the Republican party’s electoral aspirations in the Northeast.
As a guest on Sunday’s “Face The Nation”, Specter plugged a Web site, under the guise of medical research funding [h/t Michelle Malkin]:
“And one of the items that I’m working on, Bob, is funding for medical research. I’ve been the spear carrier to increase medical research. And I’ve even established a Web site, Specterforthecure.com, to try to get people to put more pressure on Congress to join me in getting more funding.”
Raising money for cancer research is undeniably a wonderful public service, and Specter would deserve credit for such – if he were actually raising money for that research. But a closer look at the Web site reveals the following small-print:
Federal election law requires political committees to use best efforts to report the name, mailing address, occupation, and name of employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 during an election cycle. An individual may not contribute more than a total of $2400 per election to the committee. Federal law prohibits contributions to the committee from the general treasury funds of a corporation, labor organizations or national banks (including corporate or other business entity credit cards), from any person contributing another’s funds, from a Federal government contractor, or from a foreign national who lacks permanent resident status. Contributions are not deductible for Federal income tax purposes.
And now, the coup de grace:
Paid for by Citizens for Arlen Specter
Now one might wonder if the newly-minted Democrat from Pennsylvania might see a change in the preferred media storyline – a storyline which has trumpeted the death of the Republican party in the Northeast, complete with doomsday-for-conservatism braying. But only a truly cynical media could ignore this, the exploitation of cancer as a fundraising tool.
Compare for yourself: Arlen Specter’s campaign contribution page can be found here, and the offending Web site can be found here.
Article source NewsBusters.org
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