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NY Times Retracts Arnold Hitler Bombshell
NewsMax.Com ^
| 10-04-03
| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 10/04/2003 10:44:40 AM PDT by jmstein7
The New York Times issued a defacto retraction on Saturday after misreporting two days earlier that Arnold Schwarzenegger once said he admired Adolf Hitler for what he did with his power.
In early Friday editions, the so-called paper of record quoted the California gubernatorial front-runner as saying, "I admire [Hitler] for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it." Schwarzenegger's critics used the toxic quote to suggest he approved of the Holocaust.
But an actual transcript of outtakes from Schwarzenegger's 1975 bodybuilding classic "Pumping Iron" shows that what the actor actually said was exactly the opposite: "I didn't admire [Hitler] for what he did with it."
The incendiary Schwarzenegger quote was corrected by the film's producer George Butler during an interview Friday where he admitted he misquoted the GOP frontrunner in a 1997 book proposal.
Butler told the Times that the error stemmed from the fact that the book proposal quote, which was widely circulated after the Times and ABC News published the bogus story, had "dropped a few words."
The full and corrected Schwarzenegger quote, which was printed by the Times on Saturday, went like this:
"In many ways I admired people It depends for what. I admired Hitler for instance because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. And I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for his way of getting to the people and so on.
"But I didn't admire him for what he did with it. It is very hard to say who I admired and who are my heroes. And I admired basically people who are powerful people, like Kennedy. Who people listen to and just wait until he comes out with telling them what to do. People like that I admire a lot."
Butler couldn't explain how he made the mistake, telling the Times, "I am amazed that something like that escaped me."
But what's perhaps more amazing is that the Times, ABC News and the rest of the mainstream press ran wih a bogus story they knew could severly damage Schwarzenegger's reputation without verifying the poisonous quote.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: breaking; ca; culture; deceit; elections; government; hitler; misquotes; news; ny; nyt; recall; retraction; schwarzenegger; yellowjournalism
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10/04/2003 10:44:41 AM PDT
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:45:13 AM PDT
by
Registered
(Gray Davis won't be baaaaahhck)
To: jmstein7
So, where was this retraction? Page 98B?
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:46:34 AM PDT
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Chad Fairbanks
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10/04/2003 10:47:35 AM PDT
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To: Chad Fairbanks
What a convenient way to avoid defamation charges.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:47:42 AM PDT
by
jmstein7
To: jmstein7
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:48:28 AM PDT
by
fqued
(Arnold, in spite of a "vote for Tom McClintock being a vote for Pia Zadora.")
To: jmstein7
However, the misrepresentation is still out there, in people's minds. Also, look for the rabid, wild-eyed, unhinged left to repeat the lie, in hopes of making it a truth.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:49:06 AM PDT
by
Paul Atreides
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To: jmstein7
But what's perhaps more amazing is that the Times, ABC News and the rest of the mainstream press ran wih a bogus story they knew could severly damage Schwarzenegger's reputation without verifying the poisonous quote. I don't find it amazing at all. Isn't it Standard Operating Procedure?
To: jmstein7
Of course. Print the damaging stuff ront page above the fold, then wait a few days for it to sink in, then print the retraction in teh classified section ;0)
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:49:26 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.)
To: jmstein7
It's this sort of malevolent assault on all who are even remotely connected with conservatism that makes me want Arnold to win by a huge margin. Davis, The Beast and his False Prophet Billary all need to be cast into political oblivion.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:49:45 AM PDT
by
glaux
To: jmstein7
But what's perhaps more amazing is that the Times, ABC News and the rest of the mainstream press ran wih a bogus story they knew could severly damage Schwarzenegger's reputation without verifying the poisonous quote.
What's so amazing about the Slimes (NY or LA) or the rest of the mainstream media putting out stuff like this?
Standard Operating Procedure
To: jmstein7
Butler couldn't explain how he made the mistake, telling the Times, "I am amazed that something like that escaped me."Try laying off the Kool-Aid.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:50:16 AM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(The socialist revolution is almost complete.)
To: jmstein7
Well ARNOLD tells the truth that is for sure. He admitted his boorish behavior without much hesitation and also stated he never said he approved of Hitler.
I am so sick of the media..arghhhhhh
Also today many are saying Rush is facing no charges even if he was getting some pills illegally because he would have to be caught with the actual pills. Hence no evidence that can make it to court.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:50:18 AM PDT
by
alisasny
(I SCORED AT A DEANLINK MEETUP)
To: jmstein7
As often as the Times gets caught with their pants down, they really ought to be supporting Mary Carey for Governor.
To: jmstein7
Bumping!
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:50:50 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: jmstein7
"
But what's perhaps more amazing is that the Times, ABC News and the rest of the mainstream press ran wih a bogus story they knew could severly damage Schwarzenegger's reputation without verifying the poisonous quote."
Are you series?
Nothing amazing about it.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:51:59 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
(Lessons of life need not be fatal)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Yup.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:52:20 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Mat. 5:44)
To: Chad Fairbanks
In a faded 6-point typeface.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:52:22 AM PDT
by
Paul Atreides
(Bringing you quality, non-unnecessarily-excerpted threads since 2002)
To: jmstein7
Tony Snow doing this story now.
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posted on
10/04/2003 10:52:41 AM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(The socialist revolution is almost complete.)
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