Posted on 07/21/2010 4:28:02 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
Shepherd Smith just led the 7:00 news hour with a story on the Shirley Sherrod case.
He stated that the original video of her speech to the NAACP (which was released by Andrew Breitbart) was EDITED to present her out of context.
Smith played the portion of the clip that included Sherrod stating that she did not give the white farmer all the help she could have.
Smith then stated that the full clip shows that this was taken out of context and then played the part of the clip in which Shirley said it was revealed to her it was not so much a black vs white thing as a haves vs have-nots thing.
But that part Smith was claiming puts her in context WAS INDEED IN THE EXCERPT THAT BREITBART RELEASED!
Both the part Smith claimed took her out of context AND the part of the video Smith claimed put it INTO context were part of the original excerpt released by Breitbart!
http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-the-naacp-awards-racism2010/
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Is Fox News now trying to support the pathetic White House spin that they were "snookered" by Breitbart by misrepresenting what Breitbart released?
Shepard Smith = Off
Mark Levin = On
Shepherd Smith is the well known POS on Fox news.
REPARATIONS FOR SHIRLEY!! $13 miilion ain’t near enough!
Shep Smith = Token Olbermann
That the administration acted like goofs is not the fault of Breitbart.
Shep is, for the most part, a Liberal. Simple as that.
I caught that too, so I switched to the shopping channel..
Hmmmmmmm.... I remember the MEDIA leaving out the details of the WMD issue, The USS Abraham Lincoln "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" issue, and about a million other things.
Besides, the FULL VIDEO was available on the INTERNET at the same time (actually, it was on the INTERNET WAY BEFORE the BREITBART one) that the partial video was released by BREITBART.
I found it, but then I'm not a journalist or NEWS TALK SHOW HOST.
He was on with Juan Williams earlier today claiming that Breitbart edited the tape to make Sherrod appear racist. He apparently needs to watch his own network more. He also claimed that Breitbart’s site had been widely discredited.
Just last night I saw Breitbart warning that it was only a partial tape and the issue wasn’t Sherrod but the behavior of the NAACP audience.
I don’t get the reversal here. Reverse the races — white government official admits he didn’t help a black person because of the black person’s race. But then later says he does.
All is forgiven?
Notice the entire audience laughed and assented to her discrimination against whites.
Yet now this is worth of an apology?
Also note she admitted pressure came directly from the White House to resign. Today... White House condemns the firing.
Note also the $50,000 tax free going to black “farmers” with the only proof needed to back up their claim being a signed affidavit from a family member. THAT is the real story. But... Won’t be reported.
He is not reporting anything, he is reading what is handed to him.
he always looks like hes wearing eye shadow-that was at least when I was still watching tv 2yrs ago. I threw the tv out anyway-gone-adios-sayonara
For the life of me, I cannot understand why this “man” is on Fox news twice per day.
No Shepard Smith sucks. His reporting on the gulf is nothing but the standard left wing propaganda. I quite watching him. Waste of time.
Why doesn’t he just go over to his friends at CNN?
"UH OH!!!"
I quit watching that guy after Katrina. He’s not very credible.
Shep...I’m ashamed of him as a fellow Ole Miss alum
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