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CNN Interviews Faux College Republican?
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ABC News' Molly Hunter reports: CNN, the cable news channel, has apologized for mistakenly labeling a supposedly demoralized college Republican lamenting a lack of support on his campus for the Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
"While [Eric Perlmutter] attends USC and says that he is a registered Republican, he was inadvertently fonted as a member of the USC College Republicans organization. We regret that fonting error," a CNN spokesperson told ABC News Friday.
CNN interviewed Perlmutter Thursday in a taped report on CNN's "American Morning," who suggested the College Republicans at the University of Southern California are having trouble getting people to their meetings.
"We try to get people to our college Republican meetings and we can't seem to draw the same type of vocal support [as the Obama supporters get]," said Perlmutter, who was identified as a member of the "USC Young Republicans."
The trouble is, Perlmutter isn't a member of the group.
"I've never met him, heard of him, talked with him, nothing," USC College Republican president Ben Myers told ABCNews.com.
Myers said he's infuriated with CNN, and argued his group is attracting a lot of support on campus.
"We get a ton of people at our meetings, and a ton of really enthusiastic people," Myers said, "there is a lot of enthusiasm for McCain and for the conservative movement in general."
CNN will air an interview with Ben Myers on Monday's "American Morning."
A CNN website story quoting Perlmutter and titled "Young Conservatives Worry About McCain's Appeal" updated Thursday evening to correctly label Perlmutter as a "Republican and a USC student."
The spelling of Perlmutter's name has also been corrected, which was originally aired as "Pearlmutter."
July 25, 2008 in Hunter, Duncan, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (30)
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Posted by: JoMomma | Jul 25, 2008 7:37:08 PM
Posted by: Bill Hobson | Jul 25, 2008 6:15:14 PM
Dream on Mother!!!!!
Posted by: mess | Jul 25, 2008 7:46:29 PM
A sane person will not vote for insane McCain. Folks go to the public library and do your own research on John McCain. Do not use the spin on the net or news. If you really do research him , no way will a sane person vote for him.
Posted by: Westacan | Jul 25, 2008 8:09:46 PM
"Would this supposed college republican be related to the Rep.Perlmutter, democrat from Denver?"
Does it matter? Do all of YOUR family members belong to the same party? Mine certainly don't.
Posted by: Wild Bill | Jul 25, 2008 8:54:51 PM
REREAD THIS COMMENT that was posted. This says it all for me:
I personally cannot stand the republican party even though I am way to conservative for the democrats.
The republicans and their horrible policies and unwillingness to change their misguided ways has caused America to be in horrible turmoil with no end in sight.
The economy, the war, world opinion are all horribly ran and if tracked back end up right at the feet of the republican party.
Posted by: Juan | Jul 25, 2008 10:22:49 PM
This isn't the first time CNN has had a "technical error". They are all in the tank for Obama and the leftist radicals and they'll do anything to convince you that "everyone else" agrees with them.
Posted by: Kara | Jul 25, 2008 10:51:14 PM
Typical Liberal Behavior
Posted by: TLB | Jul 26, 2008 9:09:11 AM
Information Ministry of Oceana-style stuff. Orwell lives! He'd dig CNN and their oh-so-obvious and open propagandizing.
Posted by: leahlipschultz | Jul 26, 2008 12:08:41 PM
"A ton of people?" Ten 200 lb. people, wow, that's a lot!
Posted by: Bob Scofield | Jul 26, 2008 11:51:27 PM
What I would like to know is if this young man is any relation to Bruce Perlmutter, a CNN producer. Also it's odd they originally misspelled his name as Pearlmutter.
Posted by: Judi | Jul 27, 2008 10:50:52 PM
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