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On MSNBC, Media Matters' Frisch discusses how media jumped on "misconstruction" of Obama photo

July 10, 2009 5:04 pm ET

From the July 10th edition of MSNBC Live:

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Previously:
Following Free Republic, Drudge's lead, media run with Obama photo that doesn't show what they claim
"Busted?" Fox News still running with Obama G8 photo story day after Van Susteren debunked it

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    • Author by blueline99 (July 10, 2009 5:14 pm ET)
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      "I'm not advocating fighting..." Pretty good line, but she's right, thank you Media Matters for calling them out on this. If you haven't heard Tammy Bruce's tirade, it's ridiculous and embarrassing. You know she won't apologize for the awful things she's saying.

      Kudos to Greta for debunking this immediately. I think she was trying to save her bosses some embarrassment, but the story was too juicy to pass...

      It's one of those things that the right doesn't care if it's true or not, the image is out there and some people will further judge President Obama on this.
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      • Author by snoopy (July 10, 2009 5:55 pm ET)
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        Maybe we should take up fisticuffs. Logic and facts sure don't stop them.

        But a hats off to Karl, if this was his first public speaking engagement, he knocked it out of the park.
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        • Author by Limit Corp. Ownership (July 10, 2009 6:44 pm ET)
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          I agree,
          Karl hit a 4-bagger.

          I like the way he pointed out how this whole thing percolated through the echo chamber. And he had a little twinkle in his eye, which helps everyone get a nice chuckle from conservative scum.
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        • Author by Limit Corp. Ownership (July 10, 2009 6:46 pm ET)
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          I agree,
          Karl hit a 4-bagger.

          I like the way he pointed out how this whole thing percolated through the echo chamber. And he had a little twinkle in his eye, which helps everyone get a nice chuckle from conservative scum.
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          • Author by eweston8542983 (July 10, 2009 8:02 pm ET)
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            Agreed and thanks to MSNBC for the time to stretch out a little. No rush job of dueling voices, good info. More please.
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    • Author by jlmincey (July 10, 2009 5:19 pm ET)
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      I have to admit when i first saw this picture I thought "oh my god, what in the world is he doing" (and quite frankly I am still thinking that about sarkosey (I have no idea how to spell his name), but I have to say props to media matters and MSNBC for debunking this picture that a lot of people were showing, not just the conservative propoganda nut-jobs. And this is a perfect example of how you can take sometthing simple and harmless and twist it out of context to vilify someone you don't like.
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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (July 10, 2009 5:23 pm ET)
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      Just show how the right wing crackpots will do anything and everything to embarass the president.

      Wonder where the right wing crackpots that post around here are? Come on defend this one !
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      • Author by nerzog (July 10, 2009 5:36 pm ET)
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        They seem eerily silent on this matter. I guess at some point even their absurdity threshold maxes out.
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        • Author by Oneildennis (July 10, 2009 5:44 pm ET)
             
          It takes time for a wolf in wolves clothing to finaly reach the tip to their tale. But if they keep chewing in consistant verosity, they will eventually reach the fowl odor of their extremities.
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        • Author by snoopy (July 10, 2009 5:59 pm ET)
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          Don't count on it. They're over at redstate congratulating themselves for manipulating the media again.
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    • Author by haywood jabuzoff (July 10, 2009 5:38 pm ET)
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      If I could only use one word to describe the people at Fox, it would smarmy. I can't take more than 10 minutes of it, then I must shower. Where do they find these liars?
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    • Author by TheDayV (July 10, 2009 6:36 pm ET)
         
      I think we're all missing the bigger picture here; Sarkozy's a wily little Frenchman.
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      • Author by blueline99 (July 10, 2009 7:04 pm ET)
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        But it's France... Europe isn't isn't sexually oppressed. Mistresses are accepted there. Europe looks at the US and all the scandal with the affairs and such and they laugh. They wonder why we are wound so tight.
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        • Author by TheDayV (July 10, 2009 8:29 pm ET)
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          I'm not saying it's funny because Sarkozy can, I'm saying it's funny because Obama didn't and Sarkozy definitely did. The difference is the joke, especially concerning the context of the issue.

          Given the normal dismal nature of the posted items, this one made me laugh.
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      • Author by blueline99 (July 10, 2009 7:05 pm ET)
           
        But it's France... Europe isn't isn't sexually oppressed. Mistresses are accepted there. Europe looks at the US and all the scandal with the affairs and such and they laugh. They wonder why we are wound so tight.

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      • Author by blueline99 (July 10, 2009 7:05 pm ET)
           
        But it's France... Europe isn't isn't sexually oppressed. Mistresses are accepted there. Europe looks at the US and all the scandal with the affairs and such and they laugh. They wonder why we are wound so tight.

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    • Author by Sullmiester (July 10, 2009 11:03 pm ET)
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      Funny, no one says anything when Shuster and the left wing nuts at P-MSNBC rip Palin, calling her a slu... flight attendant and the million other Palin Derangement Syndrome antics they employ there. But when the conservatives make a joke about the president looking at a teenage girls rear, all heck breaks loose and heads should roll. The left is truly a pathetic bunch of hypocrites. The lefts motto: We are open minded, just as long as your opinion fits our narrow minded perspective of the issue!
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      • Author by political_left-religious_right (July 13, 2009 3:08 pm ET)
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        Funny, no one says anything when Shuster and the left wing nuts at P-MSNBC rip Palin, calling her a slu... flight attendant and the million other Palin Derangement Syndrome antics they employ there.

        Okay, who referred to Palin as a slu... flight attendant? Links, please. That should be easy if there are a "million" of them. Besides, haven't you been paying attention? It's actually easier to find conservatives lambasting Palin.

        But when the conservatives make a joke about the president looking at a teenage girls rear, all heck breaks loose and heads should roll.

        "A joke"? This whole episode showed Obama being completely correct in his conduct throughout, and some (we're not painting with a broad brush, contra "the conservatives") conservatives have made many jokes. Not funny ones, of course, but that's a deficiency common to the right.

        Besides, who has said that heads should roll? I haven't heard anyone calling for anyone's firing over this. MMFA says that apologies should be made. If that's the same to you as calling for someone's head, then you're the one wish issues, buddy.

        The left is truly a pathetic bunch of hypocrites.

        If this is true, you certainly haven't proven it. Better luck next time.
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    • Author by Sullmiester (July 10, 2009 11:05 pm ET)
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      Funny, no one says anything when Shuster and the left wing nuts at P-MSNBC rip Palin, calling her a slu... flight attendant and the million other Palin Derangement Syndrome antics they employ there. But when the conservatives make a joke about the president looking at a teenage girls rear, all heck breaks loose and heads should roll. The left is truly a pathetic bunch of hypocrites. The lefts motto: We are open minded, just as long as your opinion fits our narrow minded perspective of the issue!
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