Obama still wrong on Libya; Crowley blows it

Washington Post ^ | October 17, 2012 | Jennifer Rubin

[NCjim]

In what surely was one of the weirdest incidents in a presidential debate, CNN’s Candy Crowley egregiously sided with President Obama on his false remarks on Libya, was repeatedly and decisively fact-checked post-debate as wrong (somewhere between “mostly wrong” and “pants on fire” in my book) and then backed away from her own incorrect assertion. As was the case in the vice presidential debate, the biggest story may be the after-the-debate tumult over White House misrepresentations on Libya.

[RinaseaofDs]

“I’ve been saying this for years...I think it especially needed now because “bloggers” don’t have the same legal protection as “journalists”. Lawyers must have a license to practice, they must uphold a level of integrity.

If a journalist is going to have special privileges then yes, they should have a license for it that can be revoked if they clearly violate journalistic ethics. Then we can have actual “news organizations” made up of licensed journalists that are clearly separate from bloggers and non-journalists.”

You don’t want that. After a while, the ‘ethics committee’ ends up looking like the UN Human Rights Commission.

Free speech is ugly. Candy Crowley didn’t make it any prettier.

There used to be a thing called ‘The Naked News’. I know why it was invented, but frankly, to me, it took the infotainment business to its logical conclusion. If you aren’t going to report facts, then why hire real investigative reporters (a redundant title created by TV marketing people in the last 20 years)?

Fox has sort of taken that tack - hire hot women to report news that is more to the right of the typical propaganda, but then again not quite fair either.

The Net is going to hammer the journalism business to the point where it will be subsidized by special interests (as they pretty much are today).

Fox has become so bad of late I don’t bother watching any more. The last one over there hot enough and smart enough was Jamie Colby, and she’s only on Saturday’s and Sunday’s. Everybody else is too tired looking for me to tune in even for the eye candy.

[American Constitutionalist]

"Republicans are making this into too big a deal."

Need to respond with " so why is Benghazi some how worse than Watergate and Abu-Grapes when no one died ? "
How is Abu-Grapes worse than Benghazi ?
How is Watergate worse than Benghazi ?

[American Constitutionalist]

Candy Crowley was the face of CNN MSM last night.

There now, fixed.

[American Constitutionalist]

Rice Cakes ?

[houeto]

Stop bringing a knife to a gunfight.

It's more like a spoon with these Bozos.

[History Repeats]

“...and she claims to be a vegitarian?”

As I understand it, most cows are.

[Real Cynic No More]

Obama may have thrown more punches, but Romney was more persuasive and is sympathetic.

For a punch to count, it must land. And I think Romney deflected the vast majority of them. Romney's punches landed and for the most part were not deflected. To wit: Fast and Furious, Obama's pension investments overseas, Current unemployment, oil and gas exploration/production. Some of these, Obama never even attempted to parry.