(WABC's) Charlie Gibson on Acorn Scandal: I Don't Even Know About It
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Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:02:59 PM by ETL
This morning, the ACORN scandal was raised to Charlie Gibson in an interview on WLS AM Chicagos Don Wade & Roma Morning Show.
TRANSCRIPT:
Don: Ok heres my question, Senate bill yesterday passes cutting off funds to this group called ACORN. Now we got the we got that bill passing, we got the embarrassing video of ACORN staff giving tax advice on how to set up a brothel with 13 year old hookers. It has everything you could want corruption and sleazy action at tax funded organizations thats got government ties. But nobodys covering that story why?
Charlie Gibson: (laugh) I dont even know about it. Uh, so you got me at a loss, I dont know. Uh, uh, but, but My goodness if its got everything including sleaziness in it we should talk about it this morning.
Roma: This is the American way
Charlie Gibson: Well maybe, maybe thats one you just leave to the cables.
Roma: Well I think that this is a huge issue because theres so much funding that goes into this organization and its a multi
Charlie Gibson: Well, I know weve done some stories about ACORN before but uh, uh this one I dont know about.
Roma: Jake Tapper did some blogging on it. I know hes at least blogged once on this scandal.
Charlie Gibson: You guys, you guys are really up on the uh on the website.
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Footage of the San Bernardino investigation was not available at the time of the interview.
Thank you to WLS AM Chicago for providing the audio.
Listen to the audio here:
[begins about 4 minutes, 30 secs into the audio clip. More incredible audio clips from the new Acorn videos later in the audio (apprx 11 mins into it) - total length of audio: apprx 35 mins. you can slide the bar over to the 4-1/2 min mark]
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=8e38a801-07a5-41be-b6a1-fac443716e71
Apparently they leave a whole lot to the cables!
We need to turn some of our frustration and protests towards the complicit media.
They have FAILED MISERABLY in their traditional role as watchdog.
They didnt ask any questions, even now they arent asking the tough questions.
Americans are coming to a point where we wont ever rely on the main stream media for our information again.
Good ol’ Charlie “uh” Gibson
Gibson’s admission that he knows nothing about the ACORN scandal remind me of Tom Brokaw on Charlie Rose’s program the weekend before the election last November.
Both Brokaw and Rose talked about how they — the media — knew little about Obama, about what Obama believes.
Yet, the ‘fringe’ media claim they are entrusted with vetting rights. They cry foul whenever blogs and Internet websites get stories out that they have sat on. They cry not at the content, but at the method.