Posted on 10/24/2008 11:23:24 AM PDT by kddid
Stop the presses CNN is taking responsibility for falsely stating that National Review magazine called Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt or all of the above.
I think ideology has now overridden any kind of journalistic ethics at all, Fox News host Bill OReilly told his audience when he learned of the distortion. And I think thats the bottom line here.
An interview with Palin that aired Tuesday on CNNs The Situation Room touched off the controversy. CNN correspondent Drew Griffin twisted the meaning of a National Review column during a question he posed to Palin about whether her message is reaching the public.
Griffins question: Governor youve been mocked in the press. The press had been pretty hard on you, Democrats have been pretty hard on you, but also some conservatives have been pretty hard on you. The National Review had a story saying, I cant tell if Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt or all of the above.
Palin immediately asked, Who wrote that?
Griffin stammered, T-that was in The National Review. I dont know who wrote that.
Who wrote it? Palin replied, obviously concerned. Id like to talk to that person.
On Thursday, Griffin appeared on two CNN programs, "Newsroom" and "Situation Room," to confess the error.
Said Griffin, I never really explained the point of the National Review before she finished answering the question. In no way did I intend to misquote The National Review.
Griffin also said, Unfortunately, my question I botched it.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
There has been a whole lot of botching going on for decades in this world. CNN the Clinton mouth speak for liberalism always blame somebody else for their lies and deception.
I agree wholeheartedly with your post.
Why didn’t they just hold their confession until Nov. 5th?
Wasn’t a mistake..It was a deliberate lie.
He should be fired for malpractice.
I was just pointing out that it was more than I expected him to do. That’s all.
HAHAHAHA! She just jumped in there before he could explain the question? Riiiigggghhht. Hardly - he tossed a grenade at her and then waited to see the response. Despicable.
Pachy,
Conducting my own research, I have determined that Griffin conducts himself in a polite manner during interviews. He doesn’t “talk over” or interrupt the people he interviews. This is evident in other Griffin interviews I’ve observed of late.
As a “Reagan Republican” who practices keeping an eye on the other side, I find Griffin’s reporting to be surprisingly honest compared to that of most reporters found on liberal news programs.
Please consider the evidence before you judge.
Griffin is pure queer.
A bitch boy voting his anus and letting that orificic love cloud any journalistic integrity he may have ever had.
Anderson....you’re are not qualified to call yourself a Mississippian, boy.
Did you see the interview? And you don’t agree that he thought he had a “gotcha” moment with the question insinuating that even a conservative publication like National Review thought she was stupid and/or incompetent?
How would a person reasonably be expected to respond to a question like that?
CNN,ABC,NBC...you stinking, rotten, totally irrelevant a-holes. If there is a God in heaven you will be held accountable to him for what you have been doing to this decent woman.
He, not she. Did you see the interview?
ping
However moot, now I take the time to respond.
Yes, Pachy, I saw and read the interview.
The portion Griffin cited from THE NATIONAL REVIEW:
Watching press coverage of the Republican candidate for vice president, it’s sometimes hard to decide whether Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, backward, or or, well, all of the above.
Griffin said NR said it, rather than that NR said people give that impression. As a lawyer states inadmissable evidence during trial and then apologizes, NR presented the above premise to its readers.
Griffin asked Palin for her response to it. At the end of the interview Griffin also admitted to Palin that “we” (CNN) would not likely have given Palin a similar “pass” afforded Joe Biden.
Pretty candid, IMHO.
Also note Griffin interviews exposing Obama’s winning his first election by clearing the ballot of all challengers; Exposing ACORN of impropriety in Obama’s favor, etc.
The point remains, judge after reviewing the available information.
Best wishes to you, yours, and us all in the coming years.
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