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KevinTheOmnivore · #1

I heard something about this on Air America (God help me) about two weeks ago...

Now, having unfortunately worked in direct mail, I know that caging is a pretty common term. So if they have Rove or somebody simply referring to "caging," then it isn't necessarily anything illegal. I probably used that word five times a day, it's a reference to sorting and purging lists.

But I know Greg Palast claims to have e-mail evidence of some nefarious "caging," so we'll see.

Damn me, I leave direct mail just when a word gets sexy!

mburbank · #2

Yeah, it's a question of what the used the 'caged' list to purge. It's (I gather, and you know WAY more about this then I do) That caged kists are generally used to purge the original mail list itself, so you don't send more mail to folks who won't get it. The accusation is that the 'caged' list was then used to purge the registered voter list, which is quite illegal.

And if Greg Palast has proof, why isn't the NYT, CNN, etc. asking to see it? Which now that Lithwick mentioned it, they might.

For me, it's all about the stenography mentality the Main stream media has fallen to. They say 'cow', we print "A presidential spokeperson on conditions of anonimity said 'cow' " Where's the damn digging? Where's the damn fact checking and background?

And I hasten to say, should Hillary Clinton be our next president, I would want media to dig just as deeply if not deeper. The job of the press should make be to make it as hard as possible for the administration to say 'Cow' and get it out as a message without a thorough analysis of what 'cow' means, if there's any 'cow' there at all and who pays the 'cow's salary.