Posted on 09/17/2008 12:11:48 PM PDT by Babwa
In her first post-nomination interview, Governor Sarah Palin was confronted by ABC's Charlie Gibson with the following question:
"You said recently, in your old church, 'Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from G-d.' Are we fighting a holy war?"
The record after this is a little confusing because ABC has edited the video and their transcripts several times, before and after it first aired. .....
Some commentators have noted that Gibson's question and quote were "out of context," but they do not point out the obvious intellectual dishonesty at play. In all likelihood most commentators have not listened to nor read the real interview (almost impossible to find anymore) or to the Governor's complete remarks at her former church. This is not some subtle nuanced contextual point, but a serious case of fabrication through selective editing and rewriting of the Governor's words.
This is what was and was not broadcast on Thursday 9/11 on The ABC World News. ..... [Go to full article to read transcript and see how the words were edited and changed!!!!] .... ....
ABC obviously realizes the seriousness of this fraud, and they have attempted to cover-up their dishonesty. Most of the posted videos have been re-edited, and they even omitted this complete topic from what they now title "Gov. Sarah Palin: The Full Interview,". which they broadcast on Friday night Sept. 12 on their 20/20 broadcast. Interestingly, the so-called "Full Interview" also omits Gibson's now discredited question about "The Bush Doctrine."
But neither ABC nor Charlie Gibson has issued a public apology for this affront to Governor Palin and all religious people of the United States who they tried to defame with their dishonest portrayal. If only they accepted the concept of shame, we could say Shame on You!
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
He even shows how they are now trying to cover-up their fraud by removing the fraudulent portions from their latest version of the interview.
Can she sue? Would it even be worth it? Should the Republican Party sue instead?
It seems that much of the left truly believe that the ends justify the means.
The MSM is a disgrace.
ABC is only good for two things: “Lost” and 20/20’s John Stossel.
Only way to hit back at ABC an Charlie Gibson is to write a letter to the companies that sponsor the news show.
Watch the abc news tonight, get the names of a few of the national companies that run ads and write them a letter regarding your distrust for the show and that their association with abc news is suspect.
fake but accurate is their motto. bastards.
The media has always engaged in yellow journalism. The media owners have just denied that broadcast media ever dabbled in it. They got nervous when their bias came out at the DNC 1968 convention (where even the journalists were protesting the DNC inside and outside the convention).
I read a book that had a lengthy article about the media’s attempt at a mea culpa to lull the masses. It originally appeared in TV Guide.
“You said recently, in your old church, ‘Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from G-d.’ Are we fighting a holy war?”
Yeah, so did Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, etc. Yes, our country’s greatest Presidents have uttered the word “God” in conjunction with past military conflicts....
OH NO!!!!!!!!
Angry
Biased
Commies
Here’s my take. In the past, Palin has been a bit more skeptical about the Iraq war than most of us. I believe she was quoted in saying that she believed there should be some timetable for troop withdrawl, or something to that effect. It would not surprise me if she was a bit more of a paleoconservative on the issue, and I have no problem with that. What she said was that we should pray that our national leaders have sent out or military on a mission from God. In other words, pray that we are doing the right thing. Sounds good to me.
Why? They tried to set her up and she still came out looking great. The MSM has been exposed as the fools they are.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave.....
The confusion and chaos are just beginning...
She could probably sue for libel, but it will make her look petty.
ABC News will get away with it. They’ve covered their tracks sufficiently to hide it from most people, and articles like this one — while excellent — will not get the press that they merit.
The best way to handle this is for Vice President Palin to never grant an interview to ABC News ever again, and say WHY.
I’m a big fan of the Jewish World View website.
You know this. I know this. Sam Silver knows this. The problem is that you can fool many of the people most of the time and some of these mis/uninformed fools vote
MOREOVER....In Kerry’s 2004 acceptance speech, he used the same quote from Lincoln near the end.
Before the Gibson interview this video of Palin’s comments was already on YouTube for all to see. Therefore when I saw his interview and he showed the video it was clear he had cut off the video and her comments which continued further, comments plainly contradictory to his assertion about a crusade and that she was asserting this WAS God’s will. My wife told me to keep it down as I started yelling at the set, lol!
Gibson and ABC should pay a heavy price for this ... ala Dan Rather.
The MSM are public relation services for the DNC. An interview with ABC is like a screening for an Obama ad. Gibson was mucking around for anything he could throw at Sarah.
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