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Posted on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 01:26:27 PM EST
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Breitbart feels bad that "they" made it about Shirley Sherrod and that "they" misconstrued what Sherrod said:

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    So See Oh Path (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by Dadler on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 01:36:44 PM EST
    The only things dumber than bricks are those who consult the bricks for "insight."

    BTD, you are killing me here... (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by Anne on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 01:45:17 PM EST
    Between Jim Messina's high-fiving over the "decisive action" taken by Vilsack with the WH's approval, and what I imagine (because I just cannot watch him) is Breitbart forgetting (1) what he has already said on this subject and (2) that he is fooling fewer people than he thinks, I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

    I used to feel we had gone down the rabbit hole when Bush was president; now I'm sure that's where we've fallen, but I think the drugs are heavier-duty.  And it's not helping.

    But, (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by free the wm3 on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 01:46:55 PM EST
    hasn't Oceania always been at war with Eastasia?

    What a difference a day makes (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by ding7777 on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 01:57:45 PM EST
    HANNITY: Let me ask you a last question. How do you feel about the White House's firing of her in light of everything that we know and what we've learned? Do you think it was the right decision? And do you think, you know, what she -- how do you feel in total about what she said on that tape?

    Do you think it was racist? Did you want her fired?

    BREITBART: I don't. I don't -- I have to be honest with you. I'm agnostic on the issue because I'm invested in getting the NAACP and the Democratic Party and the Congressional Black Caucus to stop constantly calling the Tea Party racist. That's my job.

    I could care less about Shirley Sherrod, to be honest with you. This is not about Shirley Sherrod.

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    Heh (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 02:13:13 PM EST


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    Feeling bad... (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by kdog on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 02:07:50 PM EST
    and 14 bucks will get you a pack of smokes in NYC...the question is does he feel bad enough to change his blogging ways?

    Didn't think so pal...

    Breitbart tv got rolling sometime in '07, right? (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by FoxholeAtheist on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 02:21:02 PM EST
    Probably for the express purpose of doing right wing dirty tricks in the '08 primaries and GE. Unfortunately, since then, Breitbart tv has had a lot of success with going vile and going viral. Among their many successes, they've been particularly effective in going after strong women.

    Remember, in late May of '08, Breitbart tv was a primary purveyor of the video wherein Hillary Clinton referenced the RFK assassination. TPM was also really quick to get up their own video of that -- hmm, wonder if if they got it from Breitbart. Anyway, that did not go well for Clinton -- to say the least.

    More recently, in June of this year, Breitbart tv was the primary purveyor of the video of Helen Thomas commenting on the Israeli occupation of Palestine. That certainly didn't end well for Thomas.

    And now, they've has taken out a hit on Shirley Sherrod. Hopefully that is being nipped in the bud.

    In this case, nice to see TPM being pissed off about the rapacious mendacity of Breitbart tv.

    Agreed. But today, anyway, CNN (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by Cream City on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 03:34:40 PM EST
    is discussing the role of Fox News.  David Gergen has entered the room, watching Sherrod's now-famous speech, and the discussion has elevated.

    Btw, even Gergen, with all that he has seen from the inside, is simply stunned by how badly the White House has handled this.  Revelation after revelation of Sherrod's life has him amazed that no one at the White House apparently realized her connections.  (Of course, that brings back memories of the concern of some civil rights leaders about Obama being a Northerner, not being of the Southern slavery-and-civil rights legacy, etc.)

    This woman's life is one of those lenses on the civil rights movement in the South that would make for another wonderful book to join those that are just starting to come about the role of women in the movement.  Maybe she'll get a book deal!

    Oh, and check the interview with her when told that the president is not going to apologize. . . .

    CNN has done a good job on this story. (none / 0) (#15)
    by DFLer on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 04:11:00 PM EST
    and the first to get Sherrod's story and the first, I believe, to report on the whole tape's content.

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    Not a coincidence, I think (none / 0) (#17)
    by gyrfalcon on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 09:07:37 PM EST
    that CNN's coverage of both the NAACP/Tea Party flap and this was driven by their three black anchors.  I'm not entirely convinced they would have jumped on it so fast if not for the presence of those guys on the network, Tony Harris in particular.

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    contrast it with FOX (none / 0) (#25)
    by Socraticsilence on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 01:01:55 PM EST
    Where Shep Smith stands out for being sane despite obviously being a conservative.

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    Indeed (5.00 / 1) (#27)
    by gyrfalcon on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 11:08:02 PM EST
    But my point is that neither Shep Smith nor anybody on MSNBC spent any effort to dig into this, and CNN did.

    I can't help but think that's because the story and the characterization of Sherrod struck home for those three black guys on CNN in a way that it doesn't for the white guys, and they immediately took it seriously and got to work on it.

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    It would be interesting to see (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by samtaylor2 on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 03:42:49 PM EST
    If fox news or any other TV media outlet has even mentioned the systematic (and proven) discrimination of Black farmers and what is owned them, or the systemiatic discrimination that latino farmers have been forced to endure (without any compensation)?

    But a simple mention of one individual white farmer being discriminated against, even though it was false, goes viral.  

    I have to watch more Fox (none / 0) (#18)
    by gyrfalcon on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 09:10:45 PM EST
    than I would like, and FWIW, I haven't heard word one about it except from Shepard Smith, who declined to run a story about this on day one when everybody else on his network was banging it hard, and who delivered a pretty good tirade about the whole mess this afternoon-- without, of course, acknowledging that it was his own network that was the primary driver of this event.

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    Shep is definitely the best of that bunch (none / 0) (#24)
    by DFLer on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 11:01:51 AM EST


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    Kind of had sympathy for the guy (none / 0) (#26)
    by Socraticsilence on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 01:03:51 PM EST
    after his breakdown over Katrina- only time in recent memory where I thought I saw a major media personality commit career suicide live.

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    He's gonna have whiplash (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by Yman on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 06:40:03 PM EST
    ... from that 180.

    In this piece you will see video evidence of racism coming from a federal appointee and NAACP award recipient and in another clip from the same event a perfect rationalization for why the Tea Party needs to exist.

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    And his twitter

    Video Proof: NAACP Awards Racism-2010; Federal Appointee Brags About Discriminating Against Whites, Says Can't Get Fired from Govmnt Jobs.

    Does he really believe anyone is going to buy this?

    He's not right in the head (none / 0) (#19)
    by gyrfalcon on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 09:11:35 PM EST
    seriously, he's not.

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    Fox used its power against a private citizen, not (none / 0) (#9)
    by esmense on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 03:18:15 PM EST
    a politician. This story isn't about political "debate" or competition between political players or ideas. Its about a powerful media owner and various media personalities and players casually willing to destroy private individuals in aid of nothing more than ratings and self-promotion.

    The FCC needs to step in and put a stop to this kind of crap. It is 10,000 times more offensive and outrageous than Janet Jackson's nipple.

    It's a bad scene over at Fox Corp... (none / 0) (#10)
    by kdog on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 03:26:02 PM EST
    but I don't think we want the FCC involved...too many free speech implications.

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    Gah! (none / 0) (#11)
    by lilburro on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 03:28:43 PM EST
    Love the Heathers reference!  

    And I agree completely that this story is pathetic.  

    Where's the mob . . . (none / 0) (#12)
    by Doc Rock on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 03:32:52 PM EST
    . . . demanding Breitbart's and Fox's execution??? Where's the moral outrage for trumped up charges and character assassination? Where the hell's the journalism profession? Are there any real journalists left??????

    This whole story (none / 0) (#22)
    by Chuck0 on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 10:07:14 AM EST
    confirms my belief that a way too large part of this country is populated by scumbags. I gotta get back find a way to immigrate to the Netherlands and stop breathing the same air as the knuckle draggers known as Americans.

    Don't let the squeaky wheels... (5.00 / 1) (#23)
    by kdog on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 10:54:18 AM EST
    warp your respective Chuck...we've got our share of knuckleheads, to be sure, and they are often the squeakiest wheels...but this is still a country occupied by many a good egg...even the Netherlands has knuckleheads, there is no knucklehead-free utopia, things are tough all over.

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