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Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:25:19 +0000

To all the folks who said Fox News/O'Reilly hadn't gotten caught up in Andrew's lies, here's O'Reilly's apology for having gotten caught up in Andrew's lies. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4289777/who-is-shirley... How nice of Andrew to demonstrate how Fox News is just as kneejerk as the "liberal media", LOL!

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:31:52 +0000

For the folks who insist that Fox News was not similarly duped by Andrew's attempt to misrepresent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ursR9ye1KOI Have the balls to at least watch the video in its entirety - including the web posts and news segments where Fox News describes this as absolute proof of racism in the Obama government - before telling me that Andrew did this solely to catch the "liberal" media. Even Limbaugh got caught up in it: http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/205190/shirley-.... "I know that Andrew Breitbart's done great work getting this video of Ms. Sherrod AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE and her supposed racism and so forth saying she's not gonna help a white farmer." Andrew wasn't trying to get to the truth...he was just trying to incite a race fight. The truth was there to be found IF he wanted it. Apparently the "truth" doesn't get as many webhits as the version of the truth he can get from showing only 2-and-a-half minutes of a FORTY-FIVE MINUTE video. This lady was trying to teach an important lesson, which has been drowned out by callous politics looking to make a different score altogether.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:53:57 +0000

I explained what I meant by the use of the word, but feel free to continue to focus on such minutia.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:50:44 +0000

Yes, a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:50:10 +0000

Yeah, THAT'S the real crime, isn't it?

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:35:43 +0000

"Two parts of her speech stood out to me. " Was that the FULL speech, or the abridged version?

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:34:38 +0000

"It's pretty clear Sherrod is a racist. " - That's not what the white farmer who is defending her says....

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:33:58 +0000

The more, the merrier. :)

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:32:50 +0000

It seems your conclusions require as much "proof" as did Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. "You are no longer even in the discussion." - You can prove that when you stop discussing this with me. Otherwise, you will proof the difference between your reality, and the reality outside your mind. :)

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:28:59 +0000

I didn't say it was a crime. I was referring to the act in regards to the intent. Your little dictionary entry misses my point entirely. "These idiots over-reacted" - Fox News and Rush Limbaugh were parroting all this as well.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:22:05 +0000

Had the full video been shown, there would have been no villain. The truth CAN set you free. :) It's LIES that send you to Hell. ;)

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:21:09 +0000

Lack of intelligent retort alert.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:19:37 +0000

Thank you for that post. :)

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:18:06 +0000

Easy, that would be the lack of context he provided. If he knew, then he deliberately withheld it = bad journalism, If he didn't know, then he didn't research it = bad journalism. You can't make an honest case against the rest of the media when you behave as badly as you claim they do. ;)

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:14:04 +0000

Just wanted to say, -51 reputation points in less than 15 minutes. Nice to see I'm being read. Thanks for the attention. :)

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:12:52 +0000

Like the white farmer who is defending her against these cries of racism?

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:08:47 +0000

I guess that means Fox News and Rush are "thick" as well, since they fell for the bait, also.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:02:56 +0000

No, it would be investigative journalism AFTER the fact. What he did amounted to little more than reposting a video, and waiting for the response. This is what's known as entrapment - the situation at hand did not exist until he created it. Furthermore, if - as you imply - he knew that there was more to the video, then he failed to or chose not to) divulge further facts, such as explaining the "truth" behind the video, as opposed to the manufactured "truth" that his snippet provided. In either case, it wasn't journalism in any way, shape, or form.....except maybe Youtube Journalism. I would rather that someone provided ALL the information, rather than picking and choosing snippets. Your mileage obviously varies.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:51:23 +0000

Show me proof that he researched the video beyond those 30 seconds. I guess that kind of hard journalistic work doesn't appeal to conservative bloggers, eh? Nah, let's just post a video instead. Don't even have to get out of my desk to do that. SOMEONE had to edit that tape, otherwise Andrew would have seen the whole 15 minutes, and might even have been smart enough to understand that there was no real story to begin with. But no....he just saw a portion, and released as was....just like Fox News did. For some reason, you take pride in that (in)action.

Big Government : Context Is Everything. NAACP’s Jealous 'Snookered' Himself

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:47:03 +0000

"I am normally not in favor with the teachings of Breitbart. But, here, he did nothing wrong. " He certainly didn't investigate the video beyond what he saw. I guess that kind of work should be left to REAL journalists, rather than conservative bloggers...