IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING CONSERVATIVE GROUPS

IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING CONSERVATIVE GROUPS

The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.

Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews.

AP

THE USUAL SUSPECTS: ABC'S ROSS, STEPHANOLPOULOS POINT TO TEA PARTY IN DARK KNIGHT SHOOTING UPDATE: ABC CORRECTS, APOLOGIZES

THE USUAL SUSPECTS: ABC'S ROSS, STEPHANOLPOULOS POINT TO TEA PARTY IN DARK KNIGHT SHOOTING UPDATE: ABC CORRECTS, APOLOGIZES

On Good Morning America, ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanolpoulos suggested that the Tea Party might be connected to the mass shootings early this morning in an Aurora, CO theater during a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. The mainstream media attempted to blame the Tea Party for the Tuscon shootings in January 2011, shortly after Republicans swept the midterm elections. Now, in the critical 2012 elections, the mainstream media seems poised to do the same--and ABC News has led the way.
Here is the exchange between ABC News chief investigator Brian Ross and host George Stephanopoulos about apparent suspect James Holmes:
Stephanolpoulos: I'm going to go to Brian Ross. You've been investigating the background of Jim Holmes here. You found something that might be significant.

BREITBART

TONY DIGIROLAMO- YOU GUYS IN THE LEFTIST OBAMA MEDIA ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL AGENDA TO BLAME. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR PATHETIC PERVERTED JOURNALISTIC ACTIONS!

Stephanolpoulos: "You found something that might be significant." And the keyword here George is "might".

You found this guy named Jim Holmes of Colorado, and assumed that heMIGHT BE the man.

Assumed?!

I smell a huge lawsuit! The press must be held accountable!