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Boehlert on CNN: Fox News "ought to address" why they were "pushing a patently false story" on Sherrod

July 21, 2010 4:26 pm ET

From the July 21 edition of CNN's Rick's List:

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Boehlert: If Breitbart "had any decency, he'd apologize" to Sherrod for "smear campaign"

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    • Author by nerzog (July 21, 2010 4:35 pm ET)
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      Here's where we hold on to him by the nose and kick him in the ass!

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    • Author by princeofwheels (July 21, 2010 4:36 pm ET)
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      "IF Breitbard HAD any decency.." You have to explain what decency is to a money-grubbing jerk little Andy.
      I'll bet his mom and kids are soooo proud of this guy.

      It is time someone comes up with a video of Breitbard and splashes it all around the world.

      POV..is a lie a point of view.

      Tonite, Hannity will be backing his friend, Brietbard.

      For the Floyds' on this thread...A website called AWOL BUSH offered $100,000.00 years ago to anyone to prove that George Bush actually served his time in Alabama. Funny, no one was able to do it.
      Now we know where Breitbad got his idea.
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (July 21, 2010 4:36 pm ET)
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      because they can
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    • Author by princeofwheels (July 21, 2010 4:37 pm ET)
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      "IF Breitbard HAD any decency.." You have to explain what decency is to a money-grubbing jerk little Andy.
      I'll bet his mom and kids are soooo proud of this guy.

      It is time someone comes up with a video of Breitbard and splashes it all around the world.

      POV..is a lie a point of view.

      Tonite, Hannity will be backing his friend, Brietbard.

      For the Floyds' on this thread...A website called AWOL BUSH offered $100,000.00 years ago to anyone to prove that George Bush actually served his time in Alabama. Funny, no one was able to do it.
      Now we know where Breitbad got his idea.
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    • Author by progressivevoicedaily (July 21, 2010 4:43 pm ET)
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      Rick, give up the whole "I wanna be fair, both sides do it" argument. That's complete BS! Nobody on the left is making things up or editing tape. WE DON'T NEED TO, THEY SAY AND DO CRAZY STUFF EVERY DAY!
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    • Author by bintx (July 21, 2010 4:52 pm ET)
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      Yeah, like that's gonna happen. When hell freezes over.
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    • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (July 21, 2010 5:10 pm ET)
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      Is Rick Sanchez deliberately playing stupid, or does it come naturally? Proof that Breitbart is a lying sack? What kind of rock does this moran live under?...
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    • Author by Dem02020 (July 21, 2010 5:12 pm ET)
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      Yes, correct, Fox television news is the focus here, not Shirley Sherrod... to continue to show Sherrod's face or replay the tape or even talk about her and what she said and what she meant, is to do Fox television's job for them, is to be distracted from talking about and focusing on them.

      They did the damage, and you always stay on point in the direction of the one who is at fault and has done the damage... of course they (Fox television news) are going to distract you away from them, and most likely toward Sherrod and the administration and even the NAACP, and as a last ditch firewall they'll blame this breitalbart character, as their source for the edited video... but just because they do that doesn't mean you have to follow them, you can stay on point and focused, can't you.

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      • Author by nerzog (July 21, 2010 6:02 pm ET)
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        I agree. A Republican Propaganda Mill pretending to be a News Network is the real story, and the MSM won't cover it.
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    • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (July 21, 2010 5:12 pm ET)
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      Oh, and nice false equivalency there, Ricky, suggesting that MMfA does what Brietbart does! Did you get that idea straight from BigLiars.com, or do you have a direct hotline to Fox News? Just when I thought you might actually be a little bit of a real journalist...
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      • Author by Meremark (July 21, 2010 6:49 pm ET)
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        In actual metaphor:
        Breitbart: "The sky is pink" (shows video close-up of cotton candy)

        Boehlert: "The sky is blue. Breitbart speaks false and shows deceptive doctored video."

        Sanchez AND CNN: "CONFLICT! CONFLICT! There are TWO points of view -- equal time, equal validity. Gotchyer CONFLICT! See the CONFLICT! Who might WIN ?? ... stay tuned ...."

        As I watched the clip, every second Sanchez opened his mouth and emitted a word he shrank smaller and smaller and smaller ... until he disappeared behind the lower-third CNN logo and then it did a vertical crawl down off the screen and there was nothing on that channel and a puddle of puke on my cable box, so I threw it out and called the cable co. and shouted "57 channels and THERE's NOTHING on. Not one more payment penny from me that you cable operators put in the pockets of Sanchez, Beck, Hannity, all the others in the Basic Bundle when they SHOULD BE Premium Tier pay-per-view so ONLY their actual viewers fund them ... I, ... I, I'm mad as he!! and I BOYCOTT CABLE (bundled) TV (until FUX News is removed)."

        People, people: Don't pay your cable bill, save yourself gobs of money; eventually FUX News gets ousted and they'll switch you back For Free.

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        • Author by LightningJoe (July 22, 2010 5:54 pm ET)
             
          Re that: push for ala carte selection of cable channels. It's the only way to get cable without Faux. ANY other cable payment system funnels a portion of YOUR money to Faux Noise; even if you never once watch it, they are making money off of YOU, right now.

          Ala carte cable, in which you SELECT WHICH CHANNELS YOU GET, and ONLY PAY FOR THOSE CHANNELS, is THE ONLY way to get me to buy cable. Why should I pay for five hundred channels of lies, when I only watch the three channels I trust? The internet is far superior to cable news already, and the gap is widening...
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    • Author by Treulos (July 21, 2010 5:26 pm ET)
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      I think I spoke too soon in praise of CNN in another thread. Rick, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and sounds like duck, then don't try to dispute if it's a duck. If Fox News lies consistently and so does Breitbart, THEN CALL THEM OUT FOR IT!!! Don't engage in a "Media Matters is a liberal BigGovernment blog" false equivalence. It will only sour the legitimacy you just gained by continuing to treat Fox and Breitbart as reputable sources who simply made some honest mistakes. They're ever mistakes. Get that through your thick skull.
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      • Author by nerzog (July 21, 2010 6:06 pm ET)
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        Absolutely. Britefart didn't make a mistake. He knew exactly what he was doing. He may have misunderestimated how quickly his lie would be exposed, and how real journalists would react, but he knew the story was bogus.
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        • Author by mary59 (July 21, 2010 6:19 pm ET)
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          Agreed. This Rick may be trying to be fair but he is just coming off a bit clueless. And that part about giving Breitbart all the time he wants to respond?! Gak. Enough of this slimy person.
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    • Author by OlbermannIsDumb (July 21, 2010 7:22 pm ET)
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      Although Breitbart was wrong. Boelhart appeared pious and preachy on GMA this morning. Boelhart is a typical of many liberal blowhard hypocrites.
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      • Author by eweston8542983 (July 21, 2010 8:53 pm ET)
           
        So you feel he's not being truthful, and talking over his paygrade then, I guess.

        Support your opinion, or otherwise clarify it.
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      • Author by tman418 (July 23, 2010 11:36 am ET)
           
        So...he's liberal because he is "pious and preachy?"
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