political : RIGHTWING MEDIA RAN WITH AN OBVIOUSLY FALSIFIED STORY ABOUT NANCY PELOSI [+] serious ballot by cranky ACTIVE Wed Nov 29, 06 - Mon Aug 24, 09 Right-Wing Attack On Pelosi Over ‘Union Hypocrisy’ Systematically Debunked Right-wing media outlets are engaged in an effort to tar House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who won the Cesar Chavez award from the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation in 2003, as anti-worker. The conservative claim, initiated by Hoover Institution fellow Peter Schweizer, is that Pelosi and her husband are guilty of hypocrisy over workers’ rights because they own a vineyard in Napa Valley that is non-union. The claim has filtered up through the blogs to Fox News and conservative print outlets like Investor’s Business Daily. Last night, the ABC News affiliate in San Francisco filed an investigative report that systematically debunks the charge. Here are the key facts: 1) Pelosi treats her workers better than unionized vineyard workers. “The Pelosis pay more than union workers are paid in the same valley — that from the pastor at St. Helena’s Catholic Church, a well known advocate for farm workers who’s involved in labor negotiations with the same labor manager the Pelosis use. … Monsignor Brenkle says the Pelosis pay a $1.25 an hour more than workers at Napa’s biggest union winery. … Of the more than 300 vineyards, fewer than four are union, and most of the farm workers in the Napa Valley get paid better.” 2) Pelosi is prohibited by law from helping her workers unionize. If Pelosi wanted to have union workers, “she could not ask the union for a contract. It’s illegal and has been since 1975.” Marc Grossman of the United Farm Workers Union explains: “It is patently illegal for any grower to even discuss a union contract, which is the only way you can supply union workers, without the workers first having voted in a state conducted secret ballot election.” An ABC News reporter asked Peter Schweizer “if he had researched those facts before he called Pelosi a hypocrite.” Schweitzer responded, “It’s not my responsibility to go and find out how every single particular circumstance is handled on the Pelosi vineyard.” Why burden yourself with the facts? (Think Progress) * * * * * * * * This seems like the whole situation could have been prevented with a 5 minute phone call. Do you think this amounts to simple carelessness and the rightwing media is merely incompetent, or do you believe they intentionally don't check their facts too carefully if the story is appealing to them? Careless incompetence Intentionally negligent bias Smear tactics desperation Ballot #106095 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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