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Coulter says Breitbart was "set up" with edited Sherrod tape

July 21, 2010 9:36 pm ET

From the July 21 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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Fox News' response to Sherrod fallout: Ignore, whitewash, mislead

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    • Author by MickD (July 21, 2010 9:39 pm ET)
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      The Heritage Foundation spins doctors are whirling dervishes tonight.
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      • Author by indigo1968 (July 21, 2010 11:13 pm ET)
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        Yes, poor, poor Andrew Breitbart - as much a victim of the left-wing hit machine as the equally maligned BP.

        But I take it that from now on whenever someone on the right (not that the WH didn't handle this whole Sharrod business shamefully) is called to task for their own conduct, it's time to cry victimhood?

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    • Author by Jen7 (July 21, 2010 9:39 pm ET)
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      So, Breitbart shoulnd't have...I dunno...double checked this source?!?! She's blaming the source and not the idiot who put it out there for all to see! WOW. They dig deeper and deeper.
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    • Author by avination (July 21, 2010 9:40 pm ET)
         
      yea he is the victim.
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    • Author by Bad News (July 21, 2010 9:42 pm ET)
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      Andrew Breitbart is Slime.
      The Racist Enabler of his Time.
      Ann Coulter is a Woman with no Shame.
      She should marry Dick Morris since they see things pretty much the Same.

      Speak truth to power.


      Mr. news
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    • Author by MidnightWriter (July 21, 2010 9:44 pm ET)
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      Set up, eh? Well, that's a fine theory if you can prove it.

      Nevertheless, even if that can be proven, Breitbart failed to vet the story before offering it up as "proof."

      I think it's far more likely that Andrew's own biases set him up. But you and Sean keep making those terribly weak excuses, Ann. Oh my, how you idiots are giving us the giggles.
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      • Author by einreb (July 21, 2010 10:03 pm ET)
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        Give me a break. These folks aren't bright enough to successfully arrange a three car funeral.
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    • Author by thaneb (July 21, 2010 9:44 pm ET)
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      Perfect. Appeal to conspiracy theorists. At least they will believe. {Roll theme to X-Files}
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    • Author by dmhack (July 21, 2010 9:45 pm ET)
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      Wah! He was set up. If only he could have got his hands on the complete tape, but that was impossible.

      Oh, wait... it was totally possible.

      Thanks for playing Ann.
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      • Author by usp (July 21, 2010 10:12 pm ET)
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        i didn't know she was still around. if she had some family she could take time off to spend with them. but...after the surgery, they sort of...drifted apart.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (July 21, 2010 9:45 pm ET)
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      Andy Breitbart is an overgrown frat boy...a college Young Republican who never grew up and still thinks that dirty tricks are the heart of politics. A slimy POS who deserves to get his a** kicked...
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      • Author by Onyxcat (July 21, 2010 10:17 pm ET)
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        If the guy worked for a creditable news station he would be out the door for such tricks. But since fix news is not really a new station and will gather to its borders the wingnets it should be a warning what will happen. But fix news has done this to us 4 times so far during the last year. Why don't we learn?
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      • Author by indigo1968 (July 21, 2010 11:13 pm ET)
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        No, he deserves to get sued.
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        • Author by srichardson (July 21, 2010 11:45 pm ET)
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          I agree. I would hope this would be one example of absolute slander against an innocent person and I hope she sues his pants off.
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    • Author by dogbreath (July 21, 2010 9:49 pm ET)
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      Keep living the fantasy, Ann.
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    • Author by progressiveright (July 21, 2010 9:51 pm ET)
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      This is about a man who does not know how to use unedited video to make a point. I call BS.
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    • Author by voodoomojo (July 21, 2010 9:53 pm ET)
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      Even if he was set up...that's karma for ya - both for Breitbart and Fox!!
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    • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (July 21, 2010 9:54 pm ET)
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      Well, now we know how Fox is going to play this--Breitbart's the victim. "Prob'ly some lib'rul plant sent 'im the video"...
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    • Author by ScienceBuff (July 21, 2010 9:56 pm ET)
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      Remember how they laughed at and ridiculed those who suggested that Dan Rather might have been set up? And Breitbart was in a better position to vet his evidence before making it public while Rather's evidence has yet to be disproved. But look who faced the greater price. OTOH, Rather at least had a good reputation to be damaged. Breitbart, not so much.
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    • Author by Unreality (July 21, 2010 11:21 pm ET)
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      So Breitbart was merely... gullible? Who could have possibly set up Breitbart, and of course, FauxNoise, Hannity, Dana Perino, the FauxNoise news operation, Limbaugh, Beck, Morris, Baier, Krauthammer, et al?

      How could anyone at FauxNoise have known the context of Ms. Sherrod's speech wasn't racist?

      C'mon Ms. Coulter, are the Tea Party funding folks the people who supplied Breitbart with the video? If you're inside the FauxNews building you know the answer to that question, don't you? They were seeking to discredit the NAACP for calling out the Tea Party to denounce guys like Williams.


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    • Author by srichardson (July 21, 2010 11:43 pm ET)
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      Poor, poor Andrew! Set up by someone to make him look stupid. Come on lady, get a clue! This man probably edited the tape himself. If you get caught in a lie who better to blame than some imaginary "source". These people amaze me when they take up for each other even when one is clearly in the wrong. Why can't they just wipe the egg off of their face and admit they are NOT journalist and their only goal is to ruin Obama and make his administration look evil.
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    • Author by Hypsomnia (July 22, 2010 12:23 am ET)
         
      Wow...Jeremy Irons-I mean Ann Coulter will sink to the lowest of depths to defend Republicans won't he?
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    • Author by tgsaad (July 22, 2010 12:39 am ET)
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      Tom Vilsack said that Sherrod tried to email him about the edited video on Thursday (July 15). The video was not released until Monday (July 19). What or who gave her the indication that an edited version of her speech was about to be released on the internet?
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    • Author by MaineiacMan (July 22, 2010 9:59 am ET)
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      I say he was setup too.

      BUT....that doesnt really matter. He still took the bait and ran with it without researching it.

      Call it a setup if you want, but it still shows his true colors.
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      • Author by bintx (July 22, 2010 10:51 am ET)
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        I say that he was the one doing the setup.

        I gave you a thumbs up. I totally agree that this incident shows Breitbart's true colors . . . and they are slimy green and brown.
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