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Mitchell Also Circulated Obama's Conspiracy Theory Over Cancelled Troop Visit
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 08/18/2008 3:06:42 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Andrea Mitchell's floating of the Obama-camp accusation that John McCain cheated by overhearing Obama's responses at the Saddleback forum, as NewsBuster D.S. Hube reported, isn't the first time the NBC correspondent has made herself the propagator-in-chief of Obama's conspiracy theories. As NewsBuster Noel Sheppard has noted, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis has now written NBC to protest Mitchell's behavior. Here's an excerpt from his letter to NBC News president Steve Capus [emphasis added]:

"[I]nstead of taking a critical journalistic approach to this spin, Andrea Mitchell did what has become a pattern for her of simply repeating Obama campaign talking points."

In asserting a "pattern" of such behavior by Mitchell, what did Davis have in mind? Almost surely it included a very similar stunt that Mitchell pulled in connection with Obama's cancellation of his planned visit to injured troops while in Germany for his speech in Berlin. As I noted here at the time, Mitchell passed along the Obama camp's unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that McCain had pulled strings with his Pentagon buddies to have them withdraw permission for the visit.

View video here.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: andreamitchell; barackobama; conspiracytheory; injuredtroops; mccain; mccainforpresident; mccainpalin; nbcnews; obamavisit; propagandawingofdnc; saddleback; snub
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To: hershey; july4thfreedomfoundation; maizey
Mitchell is despicable.

Andrea Mitchell, aka Mrs. Alan Greenspan, should be fired.

The fact that anyone watching that crap called the NBC Nightly News in the first place is amazing.

...She really should be fired!

BUMP! BUMP! Thanks. BUMP!

21 posted on 08/18/2008 4:36:14 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The old grey mare she ain’t what she used to be...
Should we expect anything else from DNBC??

Pray for W and Our Troops


22 posted on 08/18/2008 4:59:40 AM PDT by bray (Drill Congress!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She’s starting to look like her husband!


23 posted on 08/18/2008 5:09:35 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: bmwcyle
She is only a Pimp for Obama

I can't figure out if she is a pimp or his whore, but I'm sure that SHE IS UGLY.

24 posted on 08/18/2008 5:29:29 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If I heard right, Doucey on Fox&Friends implied that Team McCain are now backing away from the ‘McCain was traveling’ spin while Obama was being interviewed.

Apparently, McCain was in a ‘sitting room’ while part of Obama’s questioning was going on.


25 posted on 08/18/2008 5:44:03 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: maizey

I’m more than willing to write a protest letter but where do I contact them at?


26 posted on 08/18/2008 5:49:11 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Glad McCain is going after NBC for this - wonder if Andrea even realizes how deep is her bias.


27 posted on 08/18/2008 5:50:44 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I am waiting for her to report the latest from KOS and DU.

The newest arrow in their quiver is that Mc made up the story of the cross.

28 posted on 08/18/2008 5:51:25 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: TomGuy
Tom I heard that he arrived a half hour into the interview with Obama.
29 posted on 08/18/2008 5:54:06 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E. That spells free. freerepublic.com baby)
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To: SE Mom
wonder if Andrea even realizes how deep is her bias.

They actually believe that they are fair and balanced.

'Journalists' have a different kind of ethic. They think the story takes precedent over everything else. And, of course, they are the only ones who can present the story, because they 'know' they are impartial.


30 posted on 08/18/2008 6:00:05 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

WRITE MEET THE PRESS:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/

Demand that Andrea Mitchell or any other partisan not be allowed to host Meet the Press again otherwise you will stop tuning in.


31 posted on 08/18/2008 6:01:10 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

...what all y’all said...she ugly too


32 posted on 08/18/2008 6:06:46 AM PDT by palomonte
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To: palomonte

You people have no sense of humor!

33 posted on 08/18/2008 6:13:23 AM PDT by They'reGone2000 (And I DON'T want to have to change my name to They'reBack2008!)
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To: They'reGone2000

too early in the week and the morning for those optics.


34 posted on 08/18/2008 6:14:54 AM PDT by palomonte
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

This woman is starting to look like a camel.


35 posted on 08/18/2008 6:22:17 AM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: eaglestar

Thanks, e-mail was just sent.


36 posted on 08/18/2008 7:10:33 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It’s very obvious who the Obambi spinmeisters go to in order to help them get their word out, just about everyone at nbc and msnbc. I’m sure Andrea gets the same briefing/spin that Matthews, Olberman, Shuster and Gregory get.


37 posted on 08/18/2008 7:18:59 AM PDT by moose2004 (Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill And Then Drill Some More)
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To: TomGuy

It doesn’t matter. McCain answered questions that only he
was asked (because Obama was so long-winded) and there was
no change in his performance and no surprise from him.


38 posted on 08/18/2008 8:40:38 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...

ping!


39 posted on 08/18/2008 9:18:17 AM PDT by nutmeg (Imagine Commander-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama... appointing US Supreme Court justices)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It doesn’t matter if McCain was in a “cone of silence” or not, I am sure he would Never Cheat, on anyone or in any way. He is a former naval officer and an honorable man. That’s the kind of man we need in the White House.


40 posted on 08/18/2008 11:52:19 AM PDT by FFranco
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