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Jackson's Obama comments almost went unnoticed [FNC Holds Back More Damaging Revelations]
LA Times.com ^ | matea gold

Posted on 07/10/2008 1:25:14 PM PDT by indcons

The news that the Rev. Jesse Jackson took a crude swipe at Sen. Barack Obama this week put renewed scrutiny on the relationship between the veteran civil rights activist and Democratic presidential contender.

But Jackson's vulgar criticism of Obama came close to going unreported.

Jackson made the comments to a guest before an interview on Sunday's "Fox & Friends," whispering that Obama was "talking down to black people" and that Jackson wanted to "cut his nuts off."

The comments went unnoticed in the control room, Bill Shine, Fox News' senior vice president for programming, said Thursday.

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O'Reilly told viewers that the network had decided to air only portions of what Jackson had said, saying there was "more damaging" material.

Shine declined to comment on what else Jackson said, adding that news executives were in discussions about whether to air more of the tape.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho; coverup; cuthisnutsout; fox; foxnews; jessejackson; nuts; obama; oreilly
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To: kristinn

Bill O’Reilly AKA Mr. Loofah lies about FR but refuses to expose the truth about Jesse Jackson - even when it is on tape.


21 posted on 07/10/2008 1:47:46 PM PDT by indcons
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To: servantboy777

Jackson is an imposter on so many levels.


22 posted on 07/10/2008 1:48:06 PM PDT by hoe_cake ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." MTwain)
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To: indcons

Why do we need our media to censor news.

And the left accuses the right of propaganda.


24 posted on 07/10/2008 1:49:00 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: GunRunner

This might damage the “Messiah’s” standing with blacks - they’ve been trending close to 100% for him and are the biggest factor in favor of Obama’s attempt to capture a couple of Southern states.


25 posted on 07/10/2008 1:50:16 PM PDT by indcons
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To: musicman

Ugh. Listening to Warner Wolf this morning. Defending Obama on his suggestion that we all teach our children to speak Spanish.

Wolf has been all for her heiney till now. So once a dem always a dem despite his insisting he’s not political.

Blech.


26 posted on 07/10/2008 1:52:37 PM PDT by Carley
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To: indcons

Rush was all over this today on his show. I thought I would die laughing...


27 posted on 07/10/2008 1:53:03 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: indcons

This whole thing smells like an engineered event

- Clintons have always said that Obama may be seen by white voters just another Jesse Jackson
- who better to dis Obama then, than Jackson?
- Jackson didn’t even call FNC, he immediately called CNN, before this was released, to “apologize”, ensuring a media blitz
- Is it a surprise that Jackson’s son is Obama’s campaign manager?
- Imagine this all happening at a FOX News studio, knowing that FOX will run with it big time (vs, say MSNBC).
- Not a big deal for Jackson to sacrifice himself for Obama. He is not running for public office again anyway, and neither will lose a single black vote over the issue anyway
- Meanwhile Obama gets to position himself as a centrist, esp. for white voters
- Obama will politely “forgive” Jackson, thus allowing the MSM to crown him as a “uniter.”


28 posted on 07/10/2008 2:00:44 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: indcons

I’ll stand my earlier post that Jackson probably called Obama a “house-n%%%r”

I’m not sure why Fox wouldn’t release the tape unless they fear a race war over the use of that word or BOR begged them so that he can get Jackson back on his show as a guest.

In any case, it’s only a matter of time before some employees grabs a copy and throws it up on youtube.


29 posted on 07/10/2008 2:02:42 PM PDT by wilco200 (Typical White Person)
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To: indcons
This is a well crafted scam to make voters think Obeyme isn't such a bad guy along with the Rev. Wright distancing.
Ain't buying it.
30 posted on 07/10/2008 2:02:47 PM PDT by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
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To: indcons

Fox News: “We report, (well, mostly) You decide”.


31 posted on 07/10/2008 2:07:01 PM PDT by hope
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To: indcons
"Duh, we're don't know if this is newsworthy or not and if we'll be called racist"

Geezzzz

32 posted on 07/10/2008 2:09:50 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

Linked at Drudge now. It will get some play.


33 posted on 07/10/2008 2:12:04 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: Williams
Bill O’Reilly pretends to be in charge of everything, he also has to constantly demonstrate his “fairness” with bizarre and flippant defenses of liberals.

And having on that Code Pink babe twice in one week. I can't watch anymore...it's an Obama swoon fest. And for a real and rare treat tonight--Dick Morris will be on! (another know-it-all)
34 posted on 07/10/2008 2:12:49 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: for-q-clinton

I’m going for Option B.


35 posted on 07/10/2008 2:13:10 PM PDT by Unlikely Hero ("Time is a wonderful teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its pupils." --Berlioz)
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To: what_not2007
The guy makes me cringe every time I hear him speak. Same goes with Sharpton and Boxer. yuck
36 posted on 07/10/2008 2:13:46 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: george76
‘We held back some of this conversation... we didn’t feel it had any relevance to the conversation this evening. We are not out to get Jesse Jackson. We are not out to embarrass him and we are not out to make him look bad. If we were, we would have used what we had, which is more damaging than what you have heard’...

O'Reilly has been in the last 6 or 7 years mostly about making sure that he gets the special guests from the left and from the right. The reason for that is to get higher ratings. Once he surpassed Larry King, he needed to do something to keep rising in the ratings. If he can only get guests from the right, then both FOX and O'Reilly would not get as many viewers from the left as they would like in order to get the higher ratings they seek.

If O'Reilly were to report the complete truth on both Obama and Jackson, then they could expect to kiss those two goodbye as special guests. O'Reilly cannot afford to be confrontational with any guests who he would like to get back for future shows. To get higher ratings which include whatever viewers they can get from the left, O'Reilly and Fox are sacrificing confrontation; getting at the truth is confrontational to democrats and that's why there are many liberal senators and congresspeople who will not agree to appear on FOX. And, O'Reilly and FOX know especially well that with the campaign season in full swing, they can't demean, confront, or challenge the guests that they need from the democrats.

O'Reilly and FOX have lately been mostly about kissing the democrats' butts than confronting those lefties about the truth. Ratings are more important to O'Reilly than reporting the truth. O'Reilly is all about ratings, as witnessed by his bragging on a monthly basis when the ratings are reported. O'Reilly is not about getting to the bottom of the story or getting at the truth. and unfortunately, neither is FOX.
37 posted on 07/10/2008 2:15:48 PM PDT by adorno
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To: adorno
O'Reilly and FOX have lately been mostly about kissing the democrats' butts than confronting those lefties about the truth. Ratings are more important to O'Reilly than reporting the truth.

Lately I can't get past the Talking Points. Last night the top three stories were to be about Barry Hussein...I turned him off. Again.
38 posted on 07/10/2008 2:19:27 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: PGR88

IMHO, you nailed it.

BUMP!


39 posted on 07/10/2008 2:20:21 PM PDT by upchuck (As we doggedly march towards dystopia, my poor country is losing it's mind. God help us!)
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To: indcons

amazing how everything — that’s e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g — somehow is reported as “helping” Obama.


40 posted on 07/10/2008 2:32:13 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (please consider the environment when purchasing the New York Times)
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