On Special Report, Hume selectively quoted Sen. Clinton to portray her as laudatory of Bush
SUMMARY: Brit Hume selectively quoted remarks by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in order to portray her as laudatory of President Bush. Hume noted that Clinton praised Bush's "charm and charisma" and credited Bush with "t[aking] care of New York" after 9-11. However, Hume did not note that Clinton's statements came during an hour-long discussion in which she criticized the Bush administration's refusal to acknowledge air quality concerns at Ground Zero.
During the May 10 broadcast of Fox News' Special Report, host and Fox News Washington managing editor Brit Hume selectively quoted remarks Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) made on May 9 at the National Archives in order to portray her as laudatory of President Bush. In particular, Hume noted that Clinton praised Bush's "charm and charisma" and credited Bush with "t[aking] care of New York" after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. However, Hume did not note that Clinton's statements were prompted by a question to "say something nice" about the president and came during an hour-long discussion in which she criticized the Bush administration's refusal to acknowledge air quality concerns at Ground Zero, potentially jeopardizing rescue workers, and also "blamed the White House for having "squandered" the bipartisan national goodwill the country enjoyed in the days following the attacks," as Newsday noted in a May 10 article.
From the May 10 broadcast of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
HUME: Senator Hillary Clinton is praising, of all people, President Bush, who she says took care of New York after 9-11. The New York Democrat says, quote, "He made sure we got the resources that we needed and I'm very grateful to him for that. I'm very appreciative in the time when the people I represented needed his help, he was there for us." The senator also praised the president's personality, saying, quote, "He is someone who has a lot of charm and charisma," adding, quote, "he's been very willing to talk, he's been affable, he's been good company." End quote. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on President Bush.
From the May 10 Newsday article by Glenn Thrush:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a thorny olive branch to President George W. Bush last night, praising his "charm and charisma" while claiming the administration covered up Sept. 11-related health problems in New York.
Clinton, speaking at an hour-long political chat with the head of the National Archives, was asked to say something nice about a man she recently described as one of the worst presidents in American history.
"He's been very willing to talk. He's been affable. He's been good company," said the New York Democrat, referring to her one-on-one exchanges with the Republican president. "He is someone who has a lot of charm and charisma, and I think in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, I was very grateful to him for his support for New York."
Clinton, recalling her discussions with Bush in the days after Sept. 11, thanked him for quickly authorizing $20 billion in federal recovery funds she requested.
"He always kept it on track," she said. "He made sure we got the resources that we needed and I'm very grateful to him for that."
Her tone couldn't have been more different when discussing the administration's response to the health complaints of rescue workers and residents following the attacks.
"I warned that the air wasn't safe after 9/11, the administration basically covered that up and refused to deal with it," she said.
She also blamed the White House for having "squandered" the bipartisan national good will the country enjoyed in the days following the attacks.
let's see. you liberals get all ruffled when she is portrayed as mean and nasty by the press. now you have just about had it because she is being presented as being nice and congratulatory. i am confused? no, wait a minute. it's all about bush, isn't it? just don't let her ever, EVER say anything complimentary about him. sure to show up here, FAST!
She was being civil. If you got your news elsewhere you'd also see she was very critical of the Bush regime. It's funny when politicians decide to take the high road isn't it?
You are confused.
maybe she could point the way to the high road for you. and thanks for the compliment, any insult coming from a left liberal is high praise and i know my thinking is right on target.
Your ridiculous rantings prove you deserve no better. Keep up the good work.
Let me spell it out for you in very easy to understand language. Hillary blast Bush for an hour. Being a decent person she say a few things good about him. Fox act like Hillary effusively praising Bush. Not true. Misinformation. Got it? sorry about four syllable word. look it up.
if fox had only covered her blasting bush for an hour, you would have a fit. so they point out her decent comments, putting her in a good light, and you still have a fit. do you have idea how confused you sound right now? face it, hatred of any one politician is injurious to your common sense.
Not sure if you realize this... but, I think we're responding to YOUR tone. Who cares what FOX says (well... you might). But, you throw out these blanket statements predicting what all of us "liberals" are going to say... and think and do (in a pretty harsh and indignant manner, I might add). Please. What do you expect? Candy and flowers?
More of that self-fulfilling prophecy...
he throws out an insult initially, and then when people respond in kind he starts whining about the tone. he can post under 50 different names. he's still the same one trick pony.
How about they actually cover what was said? Huh, she blasted him for the most part and also said some nice things about him. Comprehensive, non biased, these words must seem like a foriegn language and certainly never had anything to do with FOX. It is however quite doable.
You 'liberals' and your 'logic'! Man... "cover what was said"... what are you thinking??!!
Yes, isn't it interesting that when Bush was at an approval rating over 80%, anytime Clinton (or any other dem, for that matter) said anything negative FOX had it plastered on every show. Now that he is under 35%, FOX will post this. It is clear to see why they would do this. Moderates who have turned on Bush will see her as "part of the probelm", and those hardcore conservatives (see above) can still hate her just for being a "librul woman". It would be funny if so many fools didn't fall for this crap (again, see above).
It's the principle of being misrepresented for the millionth time at the expense of 99% of what she was saying, the same as every other time Fox pulls the same stunt. After all, you'd scream blue murder if a statement like "Al-Qaeda's capitalising of the insurgency in Iraq has galvanised much of the Middle East against America" was reported as supposed praise because, to selectively quote, "Al-Qeada ... have galvanised ... the Middle East".
Admittedly this is in nowhere near the same league, but still. Principle's no different.
IYAM - it's a bad title but he did misrepresent the quotes from HC by prefacing them with statement: Senator Hillary Clinton is praising, of all people, President Bush, who she says took care of New York after 9-11. She did praise him about having "charm and charisma". But saying, HC praised Bush as someone "...who she says took care of New York after 9-11" is just plain wrong. A more accurate (and somewhat too long) title would be: Hume misrepresented Sen. Clinton quotes to say he "took care of New York"
I can't stand HC but do you have a clue how pathetic your attempt is to smear her?
is the fact that there wasn't any attention payed to the hazardous substances spewed in the air after the towers fell. HC spoke about the fact that the one group of people who should have been looking out for such a situation, ie. the government, weren't. We're going to see the effects of respiratory problems with all the brave volunteers and workers cleaning up the WTC for some time to come. The Bush Administration didn't feel it was important to acknowledge the hazardous situation, which HC was commenting on. If the government over looked the situation, for whatever reason, why would it not be important to point out the fact?
Hilary making nice comments about Bush, or the fact that rescuers/volunteers/workers are dying from resperatory problems from 9/11 and the Bush Administration ignored this fact? I would hope a news channel would vote for the ladder.
Senator Clinton was giving her opinion , why shouldnt Hume report this?
Hume was taking only PART of her FULL opinion and presenting ONLY that. Do you understand, now?
Let's put it this way: If I got up and said "George Bush is an adulterer, a liar, a drunk, and a mass murderer but he's got an inexplicable charm and charisma" and Hume decided to EDIT my statement so that his audience saw and heard only my saying "George Bush. . .'s got an inexplicable charm and charisma", well, that would be a MASSIVE change from the original sentence, would it not? It would not be a case of REPORTING the news, but (quite literally) MAKING the news, something which is not evidence of a responsible journalist.
Then, again, Hume works for Fox which, in itself, is evidence of an irresponsible journalist.
I'be heard Ted Bundy and OJ were charming also. I don't consider it a compliment, but no matter. I don't see why Fox News, Chris Matthews, etc. concentrate more on personality style than content of character and policies (or lack thereof). Molly Ivins even says Bush is a "nice guy". She still thinks he's a snake in the grass. Most of the MSM sycophants thinks he's just swell. But this proves (again) how hollow the "reportage" on Fox news is.....couldn't be bothered by the content of the rest of the speech.
I find Brit Hume one of the more reasonable conservative commentators. His reporting only part of the story is no different than you posting only part of New Gingrich's exchange with Alan Colmes. In effect, the way you posted it made it appear that Newt thought the NSA wiretapping was completely out of line when in truth, he felt the way it was handled with the poor communication with the public was the problem. He said at least twice in the short snippet you provided he was in favor of AGGRESSIVE ANTITERRORIST ACTIVITY. A little balance is in order here if you are to be taken seriously.
You say that hume's report was no different than [MMFA] posting only part of New Gingrich's exchange with Alan Colmes, and the way [MMFA] posted it made it appear that Newt thought the NSA wiretapping was completely out of line. But you also recognize that He said at least twice in the short snippet you provided he was in favor of AGGRESSIVE ANTITERRORIST ACTIVITY.
So the MMFA report DID NOT, in fact, misrepresent newt's position. Right?
great job Hume on making Sen. Clinton look like a bush lover. you should ask for a raze from the bush administration or a job.