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Today Show Implies FNC Hid News of Cheney Beer: Transcript Proves Otherwise
Today Show/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 02/16/2006 4:37:33 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

by Mark Finkelstein

February 16, 2006 - 07:29

An unsuspecting viewer watching this morning's Today show would have thought that Fox News failed to disclose that in his interview by Brit Hume yesterday, VP Cheney acknowledged having a beer at lunch on the day of the shooting incident.

But when it comes to the MSM, it pays to be 'suspecting.'

Here's how NBC White House reporter Kelly O'Donnell artfully chose her words:

"The official White House transcript of the interview shows Cheney said 'I had a beer at lunch.' Fox News did not show that particular clip during Brit Hume's program."

Having watched the Hume/Cheney interview, I was jarred by O'Donnell's statement since I was certain that I had heard reference to the mid-day beer. And sure enough, the interview transcript confirms it:

Brit Hume:

"The Vice-President said he had one beer at lunch, but the afternoon hunt began a couple hours later."

So Hume and Fox News did indeed inform its viewers of the facts, but chose to have Hume report them rather than playing the Cheney clip. Yet the clear inference from the Today show story was that Fox News failed to disclose the lunch-time beer.

If anyone is hiding facts from viewers, it is NBC News and the Today show.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: brithume; cheney; fnc; kellyodonnell; nbc; shootingincident; whittington
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1 posted on 02/16/2006 4:37:37 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

People at the Today show can't read.


2 posted on 02/16/2006 4:38:08 AM PST by TexGuy
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

Today Show/NewsBusters guaranteed-engine-starter ping.


3 posted on 02/16/2006 4:38:30 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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To: TexGuy

People at the Today Show are stuck in Yesterday, when the Lamestream media ruled the airwaves with only 3 major networks. Today, they wander around like dinosaurs wondering why it's getting so cold, and there is nothing to eat.

Good riddance to them.


4 posted on 02/16/2006 4:39:38 AM PST by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

One beer with lunch 5 hours before the incident does not make a drunk hunter...... The media is so juvenile....I can see them holding their breath and turning red....the little darlings just need a nap.


5 posted on 02/16/2006 4:39:44 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Kelley O'Donnell is a liar. That clip was played on the Brit Hume show last evening. O'Donnell fits well at NBS with that a$$ David Gregory.


6 posted on 02/16/2006 4:40:46 AM PST by RushLake (The Democratic party--Mary Jo Kopechne is unavailable for comment.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Who hunts quail sober? JK


7 posted on 02/16/2006 4:42:07 AM PST by AZRepublican ("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I heard Dick Cheney say on Brit Hume that he had a lunch time beer.

Am I misunderstanding that the MSM is saying that Brit did not show the clip, but just reported.

I am confused.
8 posted on 02/16/2006 4:42:09 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
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To: TexGuy; beachn4fun; tomkow6; Echo Talon; pax_et_bonum
The hits just keep on a coming...
9 posted on 02/16/2006 4:42:24 AM PST by Bender2 (Redid my FR Homepage just for ya'll... Now, Vote Republican and vote often!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It was shown on FNC around 2 pm yesterday. Not only is the Today Show a day late, but they're liars.


10 posted on 02/16/2006 4:42:36 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I'm sure Kelly will make a retraction . . .


11 posted on 02/16/2006 4:44:12 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

. . . when hell freezes over.


12 posted on 02/16/2006 4:44:32 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Having watched the Hume/Cheney interview, I was jarred by O'Donnell's statement since I was certain that I had heard reference to the mid-day beer. And sure enough, the interview transcript confirms it: Brit Hume: "The Vice-President said he had one beer at lunch, but the afternoon hunt began a couple hours later." So Hume and Fox News did indeed inform its viewers of the facts, but chose to have Hume report them rather than playing the Cheney clip. Yet the clear inference from the Today show story was that Fox News failed to disclose the lunch-time beer. If anyone is hiding facts from viewers, it is NBC News and the Today show. ----

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Nice catch.......... they lie in so many ways.

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The old established/liberal/socialist media is America's most ruthless, relentless, and destructive enemy.

Huxley: “ The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth." — Old Media lives these words.

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13 posted on 02/16/2006 4:45:19 AM PST by beyond the sea (Let's give them something to talk about............. howaboutlovelovelove?)
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To: Bender2

LOL! MSM at it again.


14 posted on 02/16/2006 4:46:28 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Having one beer two hours before any incident is non-news. It only takes one hour to metabolize one beer.


15 posted on 02/16/2006 4:48:44 AM PST by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington (How long do we have to pretend that Democrats are patriots?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

NBC flat out LIED.

I heard the clip yesterday afternoon on FOX- the VP himself said he had a beer at lunch(the "incident" took place hours later).


16 posted on 02/16/2006 4:49:09 AM PST by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

A beer? Since he was hunting quail in south Texas I would have been more worried if he had a Perrier.


17 posted on 02/16/2006 4:50:56 AM PST by ladtx ("It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." -- -- General Douglas MacArthur)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I watched the interview twice. He said he had a beer at lunch, it wasn't hidden.....I am so tired of this story. It is venom laden.


18 posted on 02/16/2006 4:54:38 AM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

FNC should have some fun with this.


19 posted on 02/16/2006 4:54:47 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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That's right. O'Donnell said the FNC didn't play the clip of Cheney saying he had a beer, but she failed to add that Brit Hume clearly stated the same facts. I can't see it as other than an intentional deception on Today's part.


20 posted on 02/16/2006 4:55:37 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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