From time to time, Kossacks and others will cite Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s summer 2006 article, "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?", as an examplar of investigative reporting into election integrity issues. When Markos recently opined on the front page that "no Diebold trickery was needed to steal" the 2004 election, at least four commenters cited the Rolling Stone article, or Kennedy himself, to assert that kos was wrong. Trouble is, Kennedy's article is riddled with hyperbole, non sequiturs, and outright errors -- some of them bizarre. Kennedy could have written a solid review of election irregularities in Ohio and elsewhere; he just blew it. Over two years later, many people are surprised to hear that there are criticisms of Kennedy's article, so I wanted to walk through some of them.
(If you're more interested in election integrity than you are in RFK Jr. -- good, stick with that, and you can safely skip this diary. Just be wary about recommending Kennedy's articles.)
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