Posted by caleb on Nov 6, 2011 in
Personal As the news media continues to attempt to skew what happened under the sky bridge at the Washington Convention Center on November 4, 2011, my firsthand video of the car/protestor accident continues to be used to show what happened.
I was one of the first to break the story of OccupyDC protestors mobbing a random car driving east down L Street. We had finally been able to leave the building after security broke through the blockade and ushered us outside. Almost immediately afterward, this event occurred.
In new developments, the Associated Press has apparently decided to appropriate my footage, without any attribution.
I first discovered this blatant plagiarism in this article (written by Madeleine Morgenstern) on The Blaze that uses information from the AP.
I’ve written Ms. Morgenstern about this gross oversight, since she is the only reporter listed on the article on The Blaze.
Madeleine,
My name is Caleb Hays, and I was an attendee this weekend at AFPF’s Defending the American Dream Summit. We were right next to the scene of the first accident involving the Lexus and a woman when the vehicle struck the protestor.
It appears the original Associated Press article may have inadvertently included footage from my recording without proper attribution. Since you did not include the name of the author of the original post, I’m including these screen capture shots to show the distinct similarities between my video and the clip of footage used in the AP video.
Mine:
Clip from the AP footage, apparently zoomed in, but taken from the exact same location where I was standing. There weren’t that many people under the skybridge that weren’t protestors, and no one was standing next to or near me.
I would appreciate your help in resolving this issue.
Cordially,
Caleb Hays
xxx.xxx.xxxx
xxxxxx@xxxxx.com
@calebhays
I believe the similarities are striking – and are definitely taken from the same original footage. Here’s to hoping the AP comes clean.
—Update 7:50 p.m. 11/6/11—
Ms. Morgenstern replied with an apology and some further contact information to reach the author of the wire story which was included in her article. I sent a similar email to the AP and will let you know their response.
Tags: #Dream11, #OccupyDC, #OWS, AFP, AFPF, ap, Associate Press, DC, Defending the American Dream 2011, Defending the American Dream Summit, District of Columbia, hit and run, Madeleine Morgenstern, Metro Police, The Blaze, TheBlaze.com
I know what the polls say, but friends, I pray you do not despair, because I don’t believe they are correct.
Let me give my prediction for the outcome of tomorrow’s election. I think we’ll see a decisive McCain victory, not necessarily a landslide, but perhaps close to one.
Let me tell you why, as one last piece of encouragement.
- Most, if not all, polls have been re-calibrated this election season to account for a huge influx of young voters and African American voters. However, according to early results, there has been no large increase in youth voters. This means, as usual, the polls have a sampling error.
- Many polls also over sample Democrats, and therefore, show Obama in a higher lead than is actually the case.
- Obama, with the intense and overbearing endorsement of the liberal media, has claimed the status of an incumbent. Undecideds usually break for the challenger, and that’s John McCain.
- Even with the over-sampled polls, the numbers have been trending in McCain’s direction, and he has said he believes he’ll win, and that’s not a statement to be taken lightly when it comes from John McCain.
For more insight, here’s a good voice on the matter of dishonest polling.
The most important thing to do is to pray intensely for the future of our country and, more specifically, for a John McCain and Sarah Palin victory tomorrow. Pray that they do win by a decisive amount, because our way of life and the future of our nation and Christianity in America depends upon it.
The second most important thing to do is to get out and vote! Take your friends and neighbors and anyone you find on the street who supports McCain-Palin with you to the polls. This is a turnout election, and, truly, the man with the most votes wins (unless ACORN’s involved…). No excuses, now, get yourself out of bed and vote, and vote early!
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Others who also predict a decisive McCain victory:
Andy Martin, Executive Editor, ContrarianCommentary.com.
Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard.
Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show (says polls were inaccurate before, too).
The Associated Press
Pat Boone
Geoff Metcalf
Not a complete or conclusive list by any means, but definitely some good voices.
Tags: andy martin, ap, contrariancommentary.com, fred barnes, geoff metcalf, mccain, Palin, pat boone, polls, presidential election, Presidential Election 2008, rush limbaugh, the associated press, the rush limbaugh show, the weekly standard
