Falsely Portrayed in Media
Communists for Kerry was falsely portrayed as a serious pro-Kerry group several times in the mass media.
During the 2004 presidential campaign, Fox News portrayed the group as a serious organization which actually supported Kerry. In a published story, Fox quoted a "Communists for Kerry" member stating that both he and North Korea supported "Comrade Kerry". The story continued, "It is unclear whether the Kerry campaign has welcomed the Communists' endorsement." Fox later apologized.
The group highlights a less-publicized incident in which The Washington Post reported of an anti-Bush protest, "Kerry might prefer to eschew the four-member "Communists for Kerry" contingent, whose placards advocated a "France First!" foreign policy." KommanderDjin comments on the group's web site, "Do note that this article received zero mention from the leftists out there, while the mistake made by FoxNews, is cause to dismantle the entire news organization."
Also, in Time magazine's April 25, 2005 cover feature on Ann Coulter, a photograph of a Communists for Kerry demonstration was captioned, "Protesters blast Coulter at the G.O.P. Convention in New York City last year." The photograph showed a protester holding a placard in which a picture of Coulter's face was painted over in red with an "x" over her mouth and the word "enemy" on her forehead. The placard had the slogan, "Neo-Imperialist Criminal" and the web address for Communists for Kerry. Time's caption has since been retracted and corrected to, "Pro-G.O.P protesters at the Republican Convention in New York City last year" in Time's online archives.
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