The story centers on a former listserv called JournoList. It documents how the members of the listserv - many of them journalists - complained about ABC News' treatment of then-candidate Barack Obama in a 2008 debate.
In the ostensibly-private forum, JournoList members complained about the questions ABC News anchors asked during the debate about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright scandal, the story reveals. One urged other members of the list to call Mr. Obama's conservative critics racist to deflect attention from the scandal, while another pushed for collaboration on an open letter complaining about the questioning. Later, a member of the group called for journalists to ignore the Wright controversy.