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In this age of blogosphes, viral videos and talking points substituting for real journalistic integrity, at or near the bottom of the pile is Mr. Breitbart. In full-on Joe McCarthy style, he went about framing an innocent USDA employee, declaring racism when it did not exist. And, pompous ass that he is, refuses to apologize, even going so far as to declare the white farmer who has defended Ms. Sherrod to be a fake.
And to their utmost shame, the Main Stream media picked this fraud up and ran with it. The result? Without so much as a glimmer of fact-checking, Ms. Sherrod was vilified by the media, and subsequently asked to resign.
Not only does Ms. Sherrod deserve an abject, face-to-face apology by President Obama and the NAACP, but she also deserves a front-page and lead-story apology from every Broadcast and Print News Media outlet that ran with this fraud of a story and didn't bother to check it's authenticity.
It is this kind of garbage disguised as journalism that is the real danger to this country. The misinformation and half-truth glut that serves only to further whatever cause these frauds ascribe to. Half-truths are lies, and, yes, context matters. read on:
Sherrod's case parallels deceptions used in that other big smear -- and offers a chance to restore lost standards
Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod, a dedicated public servant innocent of the prejudice and misconduct falsely imputed to her, deserves justice. As soon as the White House and Tom Vilsack restore her job, with an appropriate apology, they will begin to remove a stain of cowardice from their administration. But while that may be all the government can do, it isn’t sufficient to close this case.
You assertions re: Mr. Breitbart are inane, childish, idiotic, asinine, groundless, baseless and demonstrate with crystal clarity that you don't believe in a free press, preferring, instead, that the media be a house organ of the ruling elites.
For the real and true record, Breitbart is doing an excellent job, along with Fox News, Rush, Mark, Sean and all the others who balance out the non-journalists embedded in MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, et al.
Stop concentrating on what some posters may be saying and look at the truth. The video was posted to show the crowd reaction, it didn't have anything to do with WHO was speaking.
It was edited, and cost this woman her job. All in an effort to "get" the NAACP, and to support his argument that they are rife with racists.
I've said this several times, what part of it do you not get?
Was it ok for Dan Rather to use faked evidence to "get" President Bush? Should he have kept his job?
They know that..for the RW, it's just all about concocting excuses, no matter how crazy they sound.
This reminds me somewhat of the "infiltrators" excuse to explain away racist teabagger signs .
How pathetic.
how quickly the leftists forget.
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Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.
Who set him up by sending the video in the first place???
Think about it.
Who had this video in the first place, I'm sure he didn't.
Who sent it to him and for what reason if not to set him up and try to start something?
Why didn't he investigate the video before using it? He has said in interviews that the video was first sent to him in April of 2010.
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