Rachel just called on ABC to apologize

[deminks]

for their quoting a Benghazi memo which they did not read; nor did their source have in hand and whose notes were in error.

That should just about take care of the Benghazi "scandal".

And, she said she did not say that lightly.

[Zoeisright]

1. AbSleaze doesn't know the meaning of the word.

They're lazy, stupid, deliberately ignorant, and wouldn't know the truth if it bit them in their pasty white asses.

[deminks]

2. And it's May Sweeps. They'll obviously do anything for ratings.

Even if they have to make it up.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Remember when Dan Rather got fired for a whole lot less?

[BlueToTheBone]

7. no, no. He got fired for telling the truth

about * military "service"

[freshwest]

8. Yes, telling the truth is dangerous on cable news. Let's hope Rachel doesn't get canned.

[watoos]

17. You mean like

Phil Donahue, Keith Olbermann, Cenk Uyngar, and Dylan Ratigan?

[SCVDem]

22. Cenk got canned?

I thought he was on vacation.

[Lobo27]

28. Yeah, apparently another host at MSNBC w/ a lot of power didn't care much for him.

I've always thought it was Mathews but who really knows.

[Rebl]

35. I believe it was

Joe Scarborough.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. When the media becomes the story, they're operating from

EPIC FAIL!

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Count me among those

NOT holding our breaths while awaiting that apology.

[malaise]

6. +1 n/t

[NewJeffCT]

9. Has this doctored memo even made the mainstream media

outside of a few evening hosts on MSNBC and the liberal blogosphere?

[Cha]

10. I hope this and calling outs like this, of Rachel's has

huge Gigantic LEGS!

thanks deminks!

[0rganism]

11. does ABC have an "ombudsman" equivalent who could be contacted about this?

Perhaps an email campaign is in order...

[chuckstevens]

12. No; that only happens when the right gets hysterical!l

GOP officials and their talking heads are the only ones who can successfully raise such a hysterical fuss that people cower. Liberal Media my ass! When will the Wimpocrats start learning to do the same thing? They don't even raise hell when it is legitimate scandal like ABC's MAJOR blunder.

[spanone]

13. this week should prove to all americans that our media has become some form of reality teevee

it's pathetic

and has nothing to do with reality

[BlueCaliDem]

19. I beg to differ. This week proves that our fourth estate is dead, and in its place

propaganda sources have taken hold - propaganda that favors pro-corporate "news" for the AlwaysWrongRight.

[lastlib]

14. the "smoking gun" was just a bong..................

[love_katz]

16. DUzy!

[Quixote1818]

15. Kick

[LibDemAlways]

18. If ABC and the other corporate whores had to apologize for sloppy "journalism,"

they'd have to launch a new channel dedicated to doing nothing but. n/t

[Cobalt-60]

20. ABC...Hmm there used to be a network by that name

But I edited them out of existence after their phony baloney movie about Clinton and Bin Ladin.
I recommend everyone with the tech to do so remove ABC from their channel lineups.
I don't intend to forgive a speck of collaboration with Republicans.

[Little Star]

21. Was it Jake Tapper who did that faulty reporting? I think so, but not sure?

[zipplewrath]

25. Works for CNN now

Jake works for CNN now, I suspect it post dates his time at ABC.

[Little Star]

31. Maybe he's the one who uncovered the ABC hatchet job regarding the emails....

I think I remember reading it was CNN who said that ABC's quoting was not true quoting but just sourced info.

Sorry if I got that one half ass back wards regarding Jake.

[riverbendviewgal]

23. Wasn't the reporter who reported this from ABC Dick cheney's biographer

anyone know his name?

[deminks]

24. Jonathan Karl was the ABC reporter's name.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/shouldnt-jonathan-karl-re_b_3286898.html

[Little Star]

30. TY

[Gothmog]

26. Maybe Howie Kurtz will cover this on Reliable Sources on Sunday

Hopefully, Howie Kutz can discuss this on Reliable Sources on Sunday.

[Berlum]

27. ABC (R) jumped the cred shark long ago

...as did virtually all of the Corporate Media, Inc. (R).

?w=700&h=700

[David Zephyr]

29. K&R.

Thank you for your OP, deminks.

[MinM]

32. Jonathan Karl is a Right Wing Plant

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101663490#post1

Hat tip to erpowers.

[MinM]

36. The Collegiate Network provides financial and technical assistance to right-wing student newspapers

As with James O'Keefe .. Jonathan Karl is a product of "The Collegiate Network"

The Collegiate Network was established in 1979 to provide financial and technical assistance to right-wing student newspapers on college campuses. It is heavily funded by right-wing foundations and claims its newspapers have a combined distribution of more than two million each year.

Collegiate Network
3901 Centerville Road
P.O. Box 4431
Wilmington, DE 19807
Website: www.collegiatenetwork.org

President: T. Kenneth Cribb
Finances: $1,249,161 (2003)
Affiliated with: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Publications: Campus magazine, Stop the Presses!, online news; Start the Presses!, handbook; and a network of 80 student-run college newspapers
Formally known as: Institute for Educational Affairs (changed in 1980)

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/collegiate-network

[cui bono]

33. As I said before... is that ABC someone going to go the way of Dan Rather?

Or is it only when something is done against the GOP or BushCo that that happens?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

34. The Sales Dept. is still milking it.

So any apology might be a while.They will scream bloody murder if it is given to soon. It will be an objection from a big fish advertiser that will get it done any sooner.

This whole thing stinks of one of their stunts. They get wind of this e-mail and scream, yell, and drive the News Director so nuts that they or their journalists can not get an work done till they air it A.S.A.P.


The Sales Dept. also cry to the owners so they will also put heat on the newsroom. Many a Director and Producer have had to decide between having a job and doing their job many a sad time due to the Sales Dept.