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Media Matters' Boehlert: Breitbart's "incredibly reckless defamation seemed to go out of his way to conceal the truth"

July 29, 2010 7:06 pm ET

From the July 29 edition of MSNBC's The Ed Show:

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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 29, 2010 7:51 pm ET)
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      Going out of the way to conceal the truth is a Breitbart trademark.
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      • Author by Bad News (July 30, 2010 12:31 am ET)
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        Is it true Shirley Sherrod is Suing Andrew Breitbart?
        If so can Hannah Giles Sue "The Poet" after i Rightfully called her a Tart?
        I've been Surfing the Right-Wing Blogs & it seems they're Patting Mr. Breitbart on the Back.
        For Slander? Is this the Tea-Party "Trademark", to attack Ms. Sherrod just for being Black?

        Speak truth to power.


        Mr. News
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    • Author by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© (July 29, 2010 8:18 pm ET)
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      And Chris Matthews is a buffoon.

      by digby

      This is simply unbelievable. On Hardball today, Matthews asked Howard Dean and Joan Walsh about Shirley Sherrod's lawsuit:

      Dean: I'm not a lawyer Chris, but there are two things about this first of all he cut off the tape he didn't show the whole story....

      Matthew: He didn't? What did he cut out?

      Dean: No, he cut off the stuff about the redemption part

      Matthews: I thought that was in there

      Dean: No it was not on the tape that was aired on Fox News

      Mattews: yes it was

      Dean: It was not on what Fox news reported on their blog

      Joan Walsh: It was not on the Brietbart ...

      Matthews: Of course it was on Breitbart. He didn't edit it. Not that I know about.


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      • Author by IRONY 101 (July 29, 2010 8:37 pm ET)
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        I have often seen Chris Matthews unprepared for an interview...where I'm yelling at the the TV like an idiot, "Ask him <such and such>..." ;>)
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        • Author by eekeller (July 29, 2010 10:47 pm ET)
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          I'm so glad I'm not the only one ranting out loud at my TV, and especially at Tweety.
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          • Author by Conchobhar (July 29, 2010 10:51 pm ET)
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            It's why I don't wear loafers: too easy to slip off and throw at the screen.
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            • Author by classicreserve (July 30, 2010 4:59 pm ET)
                 
              do you really know anything about Anne Duham whare she was born and who did Obama hang out with? William Ayers, Louis Farakkan his part muslim neighbor, Van Jones, Rules for radicals by saul alinsky and Tony rezko went to prison.
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      • Author by Maverick1850 (July 31, 2010 2:33 am ET)
           
        Yes, Buffoon-in-Chief
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    • Author by GBU-15 (July 29, 2010 8:26 pm ET)
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      What is also very sad is the way NeanderCon nutjobs are treated with such credibility. I have seen where MMFA is labeled as a left wing site and dissmissed by the Right out of hand. That is why so many trolls appear here. They cite the high ratings of their favorite propagandists and move foward with righteous indignation. They have no idea of the accuracy of the talking points they have been fed. They just assume they are correct because they feel they have been "legitimized".
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      • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 29, 2010 9:52 pm ET)
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        LOL. Exactly.
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      • Author by Unreality (July 30, 2010 3:05 am ET)
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        no idea of the accuracy
        May I suggest an edit, "no idea of the inaccuracy."
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      • Author by CoolSlaw (July 30, 2010 6:29 pm ET)
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        This is the way totalitarian regimes have often used the media to their advantage. Who are we to argue with the talking heads and their reporters, you can sit back and accept that things aren't as bad as they appear because "official sources" of news with high ratings are telling you the story.

        We've undergone a major media paradigm shift here in America within the last two decades. The old guard of real journalists are retiring or passing on from the mortal coil. Still others are being let go for more cost effective celebrity entertainment and simple cherry picked reads off the major wires. And then there is Fox, a network that unashamedly reports all news through a thick partisan filter, supporting smears and non-credentialed partisan hacks as legitimate news so long as it supports their own partisan leanings. It becomes an echo chamber where people like Brietbart create smears that then become drawn into the mainstream news, that then goes back to legitimize people like Brietbart, who then become accepted as news sources.
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        • Author by Maverick1850 (July 31, 2010 3:11 am ET)
             
          Didn't you ever learn about "run-on' sentences in school? No, probably not. The other progressives already eliminated any kind of fancy lernin.

          You are right, though, about no real journalists anymore. The so called journalists we have now sold their leftist souls to the Chosen One and can't see nor report the truth even if it hit them over the head. The Messiah has bamboozled all of you into believing he is benevolent and caring when,in fact,he is demonic.
          God help us if we have to suffer through another term with him and his court jesters.
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      • Author by Maverick1850 (July 31, 2010 2:55 am ET)
           
        Get a grip on reality. We "NeanderCon nutjobs"know that MMFA is a left wing site and come here to read the mindless drivel you call intelligent dialogue. You find the most inane subjects to whine about. How about something important, like Pelosi's LIE about cleaning up Congressional ethics, and then not prosecuting Rangel? He should go to jail just like any other tax evader. Al Capone comes to mind.
        We have no need for legitimization because the "talking points" are not the issues. The real issues are the destruction of the country by this regime funded by your boy, Soros, the radicals surrounding the Appeaser-in-Chief, the bankrupting of the country,and the overall corruption of the government.
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    • Author by Jen7 (July 29, 2010 11:57 pm ET)
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      Breibart admits to getting this tape in March. He had 4 months to verify the tape...and did not. What does that tell you?
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    • Author by Gravity_78 (July 30, 2010 1:44 am ET)
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      I'm all for Ms. Sherrod suing this snake and taking him to the cleaners for the crap he his pulled. Plus the mother of the man that got in a shot out with cops in Cali, needs to sue Glenn Beck for his crap.
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      • Author by MiniTru (July 30, 2010 9:00 am ET)
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        The mother of the man who got in the shootout with the cops was as big a wingnut as her son.
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      • Author by Maverick1850 (July 31, 2010 3:17 am ET)
           
        You always come back to Glenn Beck to blame as if no one has their own free will. Are you a bunch of children?
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    • Author by artemis34 (July 30, 2010 1:41 pm ET)
         
      Breitbart told Wired magazine that the truth of a story doesn't matter, only the usefulness.

      This story is useful b/c the plan was all along to discredit anyone in the administration for taking the bait.

      They set themselves up in a win-win scenario.
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    • Author by Space-Pedestrian (July 31, 2010 10:19 am ET)
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      Is Ed Schultz not the biggest hack on TV right now? What a twerp.
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      • Author by congero6189599 (July 31, 2010 12:06 pm ET)
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        No I'd say any of the right-wing hacks on Faux. What disgraces they are.
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