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Platapus
07-17-10, 06:27 PM
A day after the Federal Elections Commission slapped Joe Biden with a $219,000 fine for spending violations during his failed presidential bid, a spokeswoman for the vice president is calling the ruling "commonplace."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/17/biden.campaign.fine/index.html?hpt=T1

Commonplace for those who break the FEC regulations anyway. :nope:

But CNN, get your story straight. Is it a fine or a repayment?

They are not the same. A little research would have revealed that this is a repayment not a fine.

Way to go CNN in fabricating a headline to incite emotions instead of accurately reporting the news. :nope:

The Biden Campaign Manager F-ed up and should be investigated. But the FEC has not "fined" the Biden Campaign, merely requested a repayment according to the FEC regulations.

At least I will be able to tell my grand children about the times when Journalism was a profession. They won't believe it......Maybe I don't believe it either. :shifty: