ABC Parrots White House Spin for Booing of Michelle Obama: 'Not Clear' What Intent Was

Newsbusters ^ | 11/21/11 | Scott Whitlock

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Good Morning America on Monday repeated White House talking points in regard to the booing of Michelle Obama at a NASCAR event on Sunday. News reader Josh Elliott played a clip of the booing and then parroted, "The White House says it was a chaotic event. It was not clear, perhaps, what the boos were specifically for."

The Today show didn't cover the event at all. On the Early Show, Jeff Glor linked, "Some people booed [Michelle Obama and Jill Biden] when they showed up last night. They were on hand to honor military troops and their families." So, is the implication that NASCAR fans were booing the military?

Co-host Erica Hill later repeated, "At other sporting events, this has happened as well. Not everybody always happy but they were there as part of their joining forces initiative to highlight military families."

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I saw those tweets, lol. I’ve been reading threads all this time, amazing comments......well, amazing isn’t the word, lol.

Heading off.

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CHOWTIME FOR MOOCHELLE

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Audience: Boo! Boo!
Burns: Smithers...are they booing me?
Smithers: Uh, no, they’re saying “Boo-urns! Boo-urns!”
Burns: Are you saying “boo” or “Boo-urns”?
Audience: Boo! Boo!
Hans: I was saying “Boo-urns”...