DSCC Blogger Blows Rice Assignment
Youth, inexperience and a lack of fact-checking has lots of folks laughing about the blog posts and video report of one Amy Rubin, a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee staffer who was sent to Oklahoma from Washington to support the campaign of liberal Andrew Rice.
Among the errors in Rubin's report was one in which she reported visiting "Custard County." It's assumed the reference is to Custer County.
Worse, Rubin asserted in her report that most Oklahoma farms are operated by corporations: "I learned that farmers used to dry out cow dung to use as fuel and that the cost of fuel and production over the last seven years has devasted the family farmer. In fact, most farms in Oklahoma are now large corporate operations."
However, the statistics don't support that assertion; 78,197 of the 83,300 farms in Oklahoma are family owned. See Rubin's video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PempZ_0aM_Y&feature=user. (Note: Since our story went national earlier today, changes have been made to the video, including correction of "Custard County" to Custer County.)
Among the errors in Rubin's report was one in which she reported visiting "Custard County." It's assumed the reference is to Custer County.
Worse, Rubin asserted in her report that most Oklahoma farms are operated by corporations: "I learned that farmers used to dry out cow dung to use as fuel and that the cost of fuel and production over the last seven years has devasted the family farmer. In fact, most farms in Oklahoma are now large corporate operations."
However, the statistics don't support that assertion; 78,197 of the 83,300 farms in Oklahoma are family owned. See Rubin's video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PempZ_0aM_Y&feature=user. (Note: Since our story went national earlier today, changes have been made to the video, including correction of "Custard County" to Custer County.)
Labels: Amy Rubin, Andrew Rice, DSCC Misfires
posted by Mike McCarville @ 9:14 PM
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