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Selective Editing Syndrome and the News
Sharyl Attkisson ^ | SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 | Sharyl Attkisson

Posted on 09/19/2016 9:10:51 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Consider a different edit that CBS News could have made that would have also saved time:

“Frequently — well, not frequently, rarely, on more than one occasion, over the last many, many years, the same sort of thing’s happened to her when she got severely dehydrated, and she’s worked like a demon, as you know, as secretary of State, as a senator and in the year since.”

The fact is, when they edited out “frequently,” they made a choice that advanced one narrative (Hillary rarely gets severely dehydrated and falls when she works hard) rather than another (Hillary frequently gets severely dehydrated and falls when she works hard).

When I had great executive producers at CBS News, and I did in most of my 21 years there, it wouldn’t have even been a question. They wouldn’t have balked at the three seconds it took to keep the entire sentence in the story. They would have found three less-important seconds to cut from somewhere else. They would have understood, without explanation, how questionable it might look to some viewers if they were to discover we edited out certain words.

This certainly isn’t the first case of selective editing. You’ll recall NBC’s editing of a 911 call that falsely made it appear as though George Zimmerman had made a racial remark in the Trayvon Martin death case. (A judge later dismissed a defamation lawsuit finding there was no evidence the edit was made with “actual malice.”)

(Excerpt) Read more at sharylattkisson.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mediabias

1 posted on 09/19/2016 9:10:52 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Selective reporting = Lies
Abbreviated reporting = Lies
Partial reporting = Lies
One-sided reporting = Lies
Etc. etc.....

Our MSM has not been unbiased for a VERY long time.


2 posted on 09/19/2016 9:15:21 AM PDT by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: Hojczyk
Hashtag of #ZombieHillary has been banned from the Twitterverse. I can only guess this would be banned, too.

3 posted on 09/19/2016 9:16:21 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Hojczyk

I absolutely love the work of this woman. I wish she would make herself more available for the talk show circuit than she does.


4 posted on 09/19/2016 9:16:43 AM PDT by Navin Johnson
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To: upchuck
PING! To Sharyl's List Upchuck :D

WOW! She is one of my Role Models

Knocks it out of the park!

5 posted on 09/19/2016 9:17:30 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: KC_Lion

If anyone at Fox had a brain she would get Greta’s slot.


6 posted on 09/19/2016 9:36:21 AM PDT by sportscaster ("LET'S ROLL")
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To: Hojczyk

Any claims or shrugs by CBS that it wasn’t intentional are of course a lie, not just because they are known to be vicious liars, but because these edits never ever go the other way and inadvertently make conservatives look good or leftists look bad.


7 posted on 09/19/2016 9:45:04 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: jiggyboy; Hojczyk

I’ve been watching CBS Evening News for about 5 minutes in the evening, just to keep an eye on how the MSM is spinning things, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that every word and every picture that CBS broadcasts is a contribution in kind to Hillary Clinton and the Democrat Party.


8 posted on 09/19/2016 9:59:36 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: Death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.)
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To: Hardastarboard

The head of CBS is the Brother to Ben Rhodes of the Obama Administration and the one most attribute to the talking points of Benghazi being a video incited event.

Yeah, it’s one big viper den.


9 posted on 09/19/2016 10:15:28 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: Hardastarboard

The Main Stream Media is self destructive. Most people no longer believe what is being reported as news, because it is only a mouth piece for the Democrat Party. If Hillary wins, the Main Stream Media ratings will sink to the bottom of the sea. Who is going to want to watch more lies and manipulations? Many of us find the news in other places without watching the ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN Networks. We are tired of the bias and spin.


10 posted on 09/19/2016 10:24:50 AM PDT by FreedBird
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To: Hojczyk

Here is this a succinct way to describe Hillary Clinton:

Hillary is a brain-damage psychopath that experiences frequent seizures when under stress.


11 posted on 09/19/2016 10:47:52 AM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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To: sportscaster

fox has jumped the shark and gone left.

some wealthy conservatives need to start a news service


12 posted on 09/19/2016 11:30:07 AM PDT by rolling_stone (our founders are rolling over in their graves, and yelling 2nd amendment when all else fails)
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To: SERKIT

Well, plaudits to her make up team. She is on TV this morning and obviously a Hollywood Make UP team has worked her over. Gawd forbid she gets elected, but if so, that 3AM phone call she gets will be for makeup and hair...daily!


13 posted on 09/19/2016 12:11:04 PM PDT by kiltie65
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To: KC_Lion; al baby; AllAmericanGirl44; BatGuano; Batman11; ColdOne; Dr. Ursus; eCSMaster; ...
Thanks for the ping KC. Sheryl is awesome!


Sharyl Attkisson Ping!

Amazon link to Sharyl's latest book.

Good news! Sharyl is now hosting "Full Measure," a half-hour Sunday morning talk show on the Sinclair network. More info.

Want on or off this ping list? Just drop me a FReep mail.

14 posted on 09/19/2016 1:36:06 PM PDT by upchuck (Proud member of the 50% in the deplorable basket. Go Trump/Pence!)
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To: FreedBird
Many of us find the news in other places without watching the ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN Networks. We are tired of the bias and spin.

Want to get daily news about the thug culture, black on white crime, black on black crime, dozens of incredibly brutal and senseless murders, tortures, gang rapes and black yutes riots a day that don't pop up on American MSM?

Go to British Newspapers on line... or

Read more books like Don't Make the Black Kids Angry, by Colin Flaherty, available at Amazon in Kindle format.

Dozens and dozens of pages of thug mayhem and murder, riots, mindless horrible injuries that you have never and will never see in our domestic MSM, Each and all documented by date and source that you can ignore, or see for yourself.

15 posted on 09/19/2016 1:46:00 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: upchuck

Go Sharyl


16 posted on 09/19/2016 4:39:50 PM PDT by WENDLE (Hillary's favorite pizza ---- LITTLE SEIZURES)
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To: Hojczyk
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: We’re Very Lucky Rahami Tried To Use Explosives, Rather Than Guns…
17 posted on 09/19/2016 4:46:15 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: SERKIT

18 posted on 09/19/2016 5:00:45 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Bracken: Stonewalled In Obama’s Garden Of Beasts

https://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/bracken-stonewalled-in-obamas-garden-of-beasts/


19 posted on 09/19/2016 5:01:51 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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