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MSNBC‘s Andrea Mitchell Doesn’t Apologize for Taking Romney Out of Context — Plays More of Clip Instead
You can’t even call this half-hearted.
Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday did not apologize for heavily editing a clip of Mitt Romney (hear her original edit here) talking about a Wawa gas station at a recent campaign stop. Instead, she made an excuse, saying she didn’t get a “chance” to play the whole thing on Monday and played more of the clip to try and soften the blow meant to portray him as out of touch:
The clip Mitchell played Tuesday does offer a little more context, but it should be noted that Mitchell — after laughing at it yesterday — did not take the time to explain the full context: Romney was discussing how private enterprise is more efficient than government.
And all this raises the question: If it was simply a case of Mitchell not having the “chance” to play the full clip on Monday, then why did she even play it in the first place? If the point was to have a fair discussion on Romney and his statements, then there would be no question that she and her team would have played the full clip and given the context.
But I think we know the points wasn’t a fair discussion. It was to get a cheap laugh and mock the former governor. And they achieved their goal.
This time they just got caught.
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MSNBC’s Deceptive practices know no boundary’s
You’ve got that right. How do these people sleep at night, knowing that they’re intentionally deceiving the public, when it’s their job to truthfully inform them? No conscience, clearly.
Reblogged this on Boudica BPI Weblog and commented:
Romney was not my first choice but once again the media is in the bag for Osama!
Thank you for re-posting this my friend.
Part 2 of “Marxism and the Obama Administration” is up at http://righthook38.wordpress.com. Check it out!
The lesson here is if you think you’re getting the facts by watching the news or reading the MSM news, you may as well be watching re-runs of the Twilight Zone. Reality TV isn’t edited as much as some of the “news” clips.
I watched the “edited” version and the 3-minute “real” video. Not even on the same planet.
Their audience is in the tank.The people that still view this garbage don’t have the sense to switch the channel.
Breaking News on Eric Holder at Voting American
http://votingamerican.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/obamagate-president-issues-executive-order-releasing-eric-holder-from-congressional-contempt-charges/
While MSNBC is the worst, the big 3 are only marginally better. CBS (following the bloggers that BROKE Fast and Furious) has followed through–though now that Holder is inches away from being held in contempt, none of them are covering it. What do they think? It’s NOT 30 years ago. If they don’t cover it, it’s still happening and people have MANY other resources. Network news and most of cable news is a joke.
Unbelievable isn’t it? MSNBC should lose their FCC License! Period, end of story.
Peacock pride: NBC ignores 'Wawagate' furorTwo days after one of its highest-profile news anchors played manipulated video that made Mitt Romney appear out of touch with everyday voters, NBC officials seem content to let the controversy die down without an apology or explanation.
Other than issuing a terse, one-sentence statement late Tuesday afternoon, NBC has virtually ignored what the blogosphere dubbed “Wawagate.” The carefully-edited segment, aired on Monday’s edition of “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” spliced together a Romney speech, making it appear that he was expressing genuine amazement at a convenience store’s use of technology to take sandwich orders. In reality, he was facetiously comparing the tech-savvy private sector to the clumsy government bureaucracy.
“All standards have gone out the window,” said Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, which compared the edited MSNBC clip to unedited video of the rally on YouTube.
“They are editing at will and it doesn’t matter that they are caught. My guess is that they will continue to do it,” Bozell added.
Former MSNBC anchor David Shuster said the network should have owned up to its mistake.
“Covering up Wawa video is bad for accuracy,” said Shuster, who was guest hosting for Bill Press on MSNBC competitor Current TV. “Digging in their heels, they have made this, instead of a one-day story, a three-day story,” he said.
Writing in Investor’s Business Daily, Andrew Malcolm recalled similar distortions aimed at Dan Quayle and President George Bush.
“The repetitive media meme for Republicans is ‘out of touch,’” Malcolm wrote. “Well, this may be the best/worst one yet.”
Still, the network declined to comment on Wednesday, apparently standing on a Tuesday statement denying any wrongdoing.
“MSNBC did not edit anything out of order or out of sequence and at no time did we intend to deceive our viewers,” NBC spokeswoman Lauren Skowronski said in a written statement provided to FoxNews.com.
Romney’s comment came on a Pennsylvania campaign stop in which he discussed ordering a sandwich at convenience chain Wawa.
“It’s amazing,” Romney said, as the Pennsylvania crowd appeared to laugh. Then viewers saw Romney say, “You have a touchtone keypad, and you touch that, touch this, go pay the cashier, there’s your sandwich. It’s amazing.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/20/nbc-ignoring-call-for-explanation-in-wawagate-gaffe/#ixzz1yQ72q8lH
New Post is up at Twilight’s Last Gleaming on MSNBC’s Ann Romney Attacks:
http://twighlightslastgleaming.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/neil-covuto-slams-msnbc-on-multiple-sclerosis-claims-against-ann-romney/
Part 3 of my Marxism and the Obama Administration is up. http://righthook38.wordpress.com
Thank you for sharing this link with us. I was already there and hope everyone else will check out your series on this most important subject.
New Post is up about ObamaGate at Village of the Banned:
http://ireporters.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/obamagate-the-question-of-executive-privilege-or-obstructing-justice/
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