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MSNBC Labels Obama Stare Photo 'Right Wing Smear;' Singles Out Drudge, Fox (FR Too)
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| 7/10/2009
| Matthew Balan
Posted on 07/10/2009 5:26:50 PM PDT by Pyro7480
MSNBC’s David Shuster and Tamron Hall labeled the circulation of a photo of President Obama...a “right wing smear,” and singled out Fox News and Drudge as culprits. They brought on a Media Matters spokesman, who accused these sites of being motivated by a “racist stereotype of an oversexed black man being a predator.” They let this accusation go unanswered (audio clip from the promos and the segment available here).
Shuster and Hall promoted the segment on the Obama picture from the start of the 4 pm Eastern hour of MSNBC’s live coverage. A graphic on-screen at the top of the hour pondered, “Right Wing Smear?,” as Shuster read the first teaser: “Plus, smearing President Obama- some on the Right went crazy over this photo they claimed shows President Obama with a wandering eye. But check the tape- the actual video shows a far different story- why the Right was so wrong with this one.”
...They played what purported to be the video from the moment the photo was taken, but upon examination, it was a snippet from immediately after that specific point in time (ABC’s Good Morning America played the entire sequence; see the video clip here for MSNBC’s version).
Shuster then introduced Carl Frisch...and asked, “Carl, this has been bouncing around all over the conservative blogosphere, conservative networks. What are they doing here?”
Frisch immediately launched into his accusations:
FRISCH: It started yesterday afternoon on FreeRepublic.com, which is an extremely conservative message board, and basically, they posted this Reuters photo, asking their readers to caption it, and what followed was a string of racial expletives, and just kind of gutter swamp verbiage that I don’t think anybody would want to hear on television....
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhog8summit; bootygate; corruption; leftists; mediabias; msnbc; obama; scumbags; secondstimulus; shuster; smear; tailtothechief; tamronhall; vrwc
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Check it out! FR gets attacked yet again.
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:26:51 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
To: Pyro7480
Looks to me like he is a predator. IIRC, Drudge got the picture from Yahoo and the international press is all over it.
2
posted on
07/10/2009 5:29:06 PM PDT
by
FTJM
To: Pyro7480
Sure. Just like this one where Hussein "wasn't really bowing"......
3
posted on
07/10/2009 5:29:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("A new Dark Ages made all the more terrible and prolonged by the sinister powers of science.")
To: Pyro7480
Sounds like the “messiah’s” apostles are a little upset. They’ll get over it.
4
posted on
07/10/2009 5:29:47 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out?)
To: Pyro7480
Unfair! my caption was not a racial expletive!
5
posted on
07/10/2009 5:29:59 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Proud Obamaphobe)
To: Pyro7480
The photo is worth a thousand words.
To: Pyro7480
what followed was a string of racial expletives,A complete and utter lie.
7
posted on
07/10/2009 5:30:28 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("A new Dark Ages made all the more terrible and prolonged by the sinister powers of science.")
To: Pyro7480; All
8
posted on
07/10/2009 5:30:35 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: FTJM
the problem is that MSNBC believes it’s own press Drudge has nothing to do with the photo and if I ‘m wrong i’ll stand corrected.
The liberal media published this pic w/it’s headliners
9
posted on
07/10/2009 5:30:50 PM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
To: Pyro7480
All I had to hear about two weeks ago was about some Governor cheating on his wife with some hottie from Argentina.
Back at yA Meth-NBC!!!
10
posted on
07/10/2009 5:31:09 PM PDT
by
CommieCutter
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/qt/3013_08.html)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: Pyro7480
Are these pantloads saying the picture was photoshopped? Isn’t a smear necessarily a lie? Morons.
12
posted on
07/10/2009 5:31:22 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Pyro7480
They should be glad, We no longer think he is gay, we now know he is probably bisexual. LOL
13
posted on
07/10/2009 5:31:34 PM PDT
by
indylindy
(Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
To: Pyro7480
Given the chance, David Shuster, Tamron Hall and Herr Olbermann would march every Freeper into the gas chambers.
14
posted on
07/10/2009 5:31:41 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.)
To: CommieCutter
Meth-NBC!!!
Meth-NBC!!!
Meth-NBC!!!
Meth-NBC!!!
15
posted on
07/10/2009 5:31:46 PM PDT
by
CommieCutter
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/qt/3013_08.html)
To: Pyro7480
16
posted on
07/10/2009 5:32:21 PM PDT
by
abishai
To: Pyro7480
Right winger made me check dat!
17
posted on
07/10/2009 5:32:22 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(RKBA: last line of defense against vote fraud)
To: Pyro7480
Yes, all us Freepers engaged in a joint-effort of mind control and we forced Obama to stare at that girl’s a**.
18
posted on
07/10/2009 5:32:38 PM PDT
by
wolf24
(HOLD FAST)
To: Pyro7480
They brought on a Media Matters spokesman, who accused these sites of being motivated by a “racist stereotype of an oversexed black man being a predator.” I'm assuming they were equally outraged over the Clarence Thomas hearings.
19
posted on
07/10/2009 5:32:50 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("Baldrick, to you the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?")
To: FTJM
20
posted on
07/10/2009 5:32:54 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Proud Obamaphobe)
To: Pyro7480
Remember the ridicule MSNBC heaped on the people that participated in the tea parties?
To: FTJM
Drudge did not caption the picture “Mr President”
He captioned it “Second Stimulus”
22
posted on
07/10/2009 5:34:01 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
To: Pyro7480
Screw the liberal media, the whole world has seen these pictures and they can decide for themselves that hussein is staring at the 16 year old. No spin can change that.
23
posted on
07/10/2009 5:34:35 PM PDT
by
bfree
(Obamie the Commie-- FBO)
To: Pyro7480
To quote Sally Quinn, “That’s life.”
24
posted on
07/10/2009 5:35:23 PM PDT
by
healy61
To: Pyro7480
consider the source....the bomb got caught
25
posted on
07/10/2009 5:35:23 PM PDT
by
The Wizard
(Democrat Party: a criminal enterprise)
To: Chickensoup
He captioned it “Second Stimulus” lol
26
posted on
07/10/2009 5:35:34 PM PDT
by
wolf24
(HOLD FAST)
To: BenLurkin
He is a disgraceful ingrate to say the least.
27
posted on
07/10/2009 5:35:46 PM PDT
by
boomop1
To: Pyro7480
FRISCH: It started yesterday afternoon on FreeRepublic.com, which is an extremely conservative message board, and basically, they posted this Reuters photo, asking their readers to caption it, and what followed was a string of racial expletives, and just kind of gutter swamp verbiage that I don’t think anybody would want to hear on television.... Guilty. I did compare him to Bill Clinton.
28
posted on
07/10/2009 5:36:10 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Don't explain; your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe you anyway)
To: Pyro7480
29
posted on
07/10/2009 5:36:50 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Pyro7480
What he didn't check out the girls ass? Hell I though it was an improvement to his image because it showed he was not gay
30
posted on
07/10/2009 5:37:08 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Obama plans to fix America like he fixed his dog)
To: Pyro7480
You know, one of the things that was said on Free Republic was comparing President Obama to Michael Jackson, calling him a pedophile.... So, they are now admitting that Michael Jackson was a pedophile? Went back and the comment on that thread was "Obama was picking up Michael Jackson's mantle".. they made the jump to pedophile, maybe folks where referring to pop culture celebrity?
31
posted on
07/10/2009 5:37:09 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: Pyro7480
Hey mediaWHORES...FU!!!! YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS HATE YOU!! YOU GUYS ARE GOING DOWN...DOWN...DOWN...
OH and THANKS FOR THE PLUG...BAWHAHHAHAHHA...IDOTS!! Damn fools!!
To: Pyro7480
but of course, the Alikskyites first rule is to cry racism to deflect any criticism
33
posted on
07/10/2009 5:37:47 PM PDT
by
blueplum
Comment #34 Removed by Moderator
To: Pyro7480
“You must remember this, a glimpse is not a glimpse; a bow is not a bow. The fundamental truths slide by, in the liberal medias’ eyes.”
35
posted on
07/10/2009 5:38:55 PM PDT
by
Shqipo
(When Conservatives bicker and stay away from the polls, the country dies a little faster.)
To: Pyro7480
Blame Reuters, they distributed the photo in the first place.
To: Pyro7480
Obama drives record Fox News ratings, bumps MSNBC by CNN
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/07/obama-fox-news-msnbc-cnn-.html
President Barack Obama may be obsessed with the critical coverage of Fox News, as often reported. But the cable news channel sure must love him.
Latest ratings out for the second quarter of 2009 show the top-rated FNC having one of the best quarters in its entire history with prime-time ratings jumping an astounding 34%, not all of them Obama fans. That 8-11 p.m. slot is crucial for viewers -- and ad dollars -- which includes Fox's showcase "The O'Reilly Factor."
Throughout the viewing day, Fox News did even better with its 1.2 million viewers, on average, more than doubling CNN's 598,000 and more than tripling third-place trailer MSNBC's average audience of 392,000.
37
posted on
07/10/2009 5:39:48 PM PDT
by
MikeWUSAF
(Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
To: Pyro7480
Oh sure...we have a natural OBLIGATION to cover this stuff up, sure...
I say we keep giving him the *David Letterman approved level of understanding*, OK?
GOOD JOB, FREEPERS..!!!
38
posted on
07/10/2009 5:40:15 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: omega4179
What’s funny is could you imagine being this young lady and getting razzed by all your friends and relatives over this?...
39
posted on
07/10/2009 5:40:38 PM PDT
by
oust the louse
(This Country now has a smelly BO problem.....)
To: tophat9000
Yeah, thats what I thought. Many gave Obama a pass on that.
40
posted on
07/10/2009 5:40:58 PM PDT
by
indylindy
(Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
To: Pyro7480
“FreeRepublic.com, which is an extremely conservative message board”
THIS is “extremely” conservative? I kind of had it pegged as mainstream conservative.
41
posted on
07/10/2009 5:41:11 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(Does a crowded elevator smell different to midgets?)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
42
posted on
07/10/2009 5:41:55 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out?)
To: Pyro7480
accused these sites of being motivated by a “racist stereotype of an oversexed black man being a predator.”
43
posted on
07/10/2009 5:42:29 PM PDT
by
Mojave
(Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
To: goldwaterepublican
He looked he just didn’t stare. Which is what most guys do.
44
posted on
07/10/2009 5:42:52 PM PDT
by
linn37
(cue the circus music the democrats are back in charge)
To: goldwaterepublican
I watched the video and he looked at her butt, no way around that one.
Here's another one:
45
posted on
07/10/2009 5:43:16 PM PDT
by
FTJM
To: Mojave
accused these sites of being motivated by a “racist stereotype of an oversexed black man being a predator.” Actually, the stereotype is of the career politician being an oversexed predator- race never comes into play, it is all about the kind of people politics attracts.
46
posted on
07/10/2009 5:44:02 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: Pyro7480
47
posted on
07/10/2009 5:44:14 PM PDT
by
Nasher
To: FTJM
48
posted on
07/10/2009 5:44:55 PM PDT
by
Nasher
To: FTJM
Another one??? LOL!!! Oh my gosh.
To: Pyro7480
Show me just ONE “racial expletives” that was used in this context on FR. The pinhead-looking guy on PMSNBC is a bald-faced liar.
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:45:33 PM PDT
by
bigbob
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