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MSNBC Admits: ‘Unable to Verify’ False Limbaugh Quote; No Retraction or Apology
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Posted on 10/16/2009 1:53:37 PM PDT by chessplayer
During the 3:00PM ET hour of live coverage on MSNBC Friday, co-host David Shuster admitted that racially charged quotes he and other hosts attributed to Rush Limbaugh had not been verified: “MSNBC attributed that quote to a football player who was opposed to Limbaugh’s NFL bid. However, we have been unable to verify that quote independently. So, just to clarify.” Shuster did not formally retract the quote or apologize.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; cultureofcorruption; dncbrownshirts; fairnessdoctrine; fakebutaccurate; getrush; gossipmongers; healthcare; libel; limbaugh; military; msnbc; neomccarthyism; nonapology; obama; palin; ratherbiased; rush; smearcampaign; sourcetitlenoturl; stalinisttactics
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This is how far into the sewer the US media has fallen. And they enjoy swimming in the feces.
To: chessplayer
They have publicly admitted to spreading gossip as news.
Lawsuit bait.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:54:42 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
To: chessplayer
Rush really needs to continue to legally press these idiots.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:54:46 PM PDT
by
skeeter
(Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
To: chessplayer
All the more reason for Rush to sue.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:55:14 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: chessplayer
In the good old days, duels were fought over when one’s honor was besmirched. There would be much less of this lying by the media if they had to meet someone with pistols at dawn.
To: chessplayer
I saw a Huffington Post article from 2006 that had some of the quotes and they claimed they were sourced by George Soros’ Media Matters (which has been known to lie at least by omission).
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:55:48 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The character assassination of Rush Limbaugh is worse than what the Left accused Joe McCarthy of.)
To: chessplayer
‘It’s the seriousness of the charge’ you know.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:56:04 PM PDT
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
To: chessplayer
Why should they apologize or retract? That is something decent people voluntarily do. Besides, they got what they wanted.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:57:01 PM PDT
by
tal hajus
To: chessplayer
They cant verify them cause Limbaugh didn’t speak them. Sue their ass off.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:57:24 PM PDT
by
Snurple
(VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
To: chessplayer
They are passing the buck for legal liability issues...
“We never said he said that, we reported that this football player said he said it.”
They are trying to CYA with semantics that are false as well.
Forget the truth of anything on this one, the lawyers are in full denial and obfuscate mode.
To: chessplayer
Exceptionally lame, MSNBC!
Not sure, it's a record low, but it's definitely an award winner in the Most Pathetic Major MSM outlet category.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:57:41 PM PDT
by
alecqss
To: chessplayer
This is the same excuse used by Dan Rather.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:57:52 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The character assassination of Rush Limbaugh is worse than what the Left accused Joe McCarthy of.)
To: SpaceBar
To: HiTech RedNeck
Getting ready to part with 8 figures GE\Microsoft\MSNBC. Geesh did these idiots step in it this week with Rush.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:58:01 PM PDT
by
pburgh01
To: chessplayer
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:58:44 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: chessplayer
Nancy Pelosi is a mass murderer.
There, now you can truthfully say that it has been reported that Nancy Pelosi is a mass murderer
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:59:31 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: chessplayer
Remember how the media said it was wrong to report that there may be a tape in which Michelle Obama blamed “whitey”?
Yet here they trafficked in outright attribution (not just rumor) at the direction of members of the Obama White House.
Barack Obama should see how history treated Richard Nixon.
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posted on
10/16/2009 1:59:39 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The character assassination of Rush Limbaugh is worse than what the Left accused Joe McCarthy of.)
To: chessplayer
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posted on
10/16/2009 2:00:45 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
To: DManA
Menopause was not kind to Nancy. She must retain quite a bit of water.
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posted on
10/16/2009 2:01:41 PM PDT
by
Snurple
(VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
To: a fool in paradise
Barack Obama should see how history treated Richard Nixon.Barak Obama's disciples - the media & academia - write the history.
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posted on
10/16/2009 2:02:04 PM PDT
by
skeeter
(Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
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