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SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 01:07 AM Feb 2016

Chris Hayes apologizes for editing Bill Clinton clip to make it sound like he was attacking Obama.

I just saw Chris Hayes apologize on his show tonight, saying "we shouldn’t have done that" in editing a Bill Clinton clip. Mediate ripped Hayes over the edited clip, which aired Friday night:

Busted: MSNBC Butchers Bill Clinton Mid-Quote to Make Him ‘Slam’ Obama

by Tommy Christopher | 3:27 pm, February 13th, 2016

Hayes: If that’s Clinton’s winning strategy, she might want to make sure her husband is in the loop. Bill seemed to go a bit off-message last night in Tennessee while campaigning for his wife.

Clinton: She’s always making something good happen. She’s the best change maker I’ve ever known. A lot of people say, you don’t understand. It’s different now. It’s rigged. Yeah, it’s rigged because you don’t have a president who is a change maker.(clip stops)

Hayes: (knowing glance)
...
The “slam,” in case you missed it, is that by extension, President Clinton must be saying that Barack Obama is not a change-maker. He must be. Mustn’t he be? I mean, it can’t be that MSNBC cut him off in mid-sentence right before he was about to get the crowd to deliver a huge ovation for President Obama, could it? Not in mid sentence!

(Full Clinton statement:

She’s always making something good happen. She’s the best change maker I’ve ever known. A lot of people say, you don’t understand. It’s different now. It’s rigged. Yeah, it’s rigged because you don’t have a president who is a change maker with a Congress who will work with him. But the president has done a better job than he has gotten credit for. And don’t you forget it!

(Applause so huge Bill has to wait for it to die down, then continue talking because it won’t)

Don’t you forget it! Don’t you forget it! I’ve been there, and we shared the same feeling. We only had a Democratic Congress for two years. And then we lost it. And yet some of the loudest voices in my party said, it’s unbelievable, said “Well the only reason we had it for two years is that President Obama isn’t liberal enough!”

Is there one soul in this crowd that believes that?


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/busted-msnbc-butchers-bill-clinton-mid-quote-to-make-him-slam-obama/

The bold text is what Hayes cut off, completely changing the meaning of the sentence. Unfuckingbelievable. Nice to see Hayes apologize, but what a hack job. And there are still folks who insist MSNBC is in the tank for Hillary!
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Chris Hayes apologizes for editing Bill Clinton clip to make it sound like he was attacking Obama. (Original Post) SunSeeker Feb 2016 OP
It was shameless bravenak Feb 2016 #1
That wasn't an apology. DURHAM D Feb 2016 #2
Yes, you're right, I should put apology in quotes. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #6
Which isn't good enough! pandr32 Feb 2016 #17
What's "obvious" is that it was rigged in the first place. MADem Feb 2016 #3
Good! I heard that and was looking for a link.. Mahalo SunSeeker! I posted about it yesterday.. Cha Feb 2016 #4
Thanks, Cha. I missed your earlier post. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #5
I just happened to see it on the Obama Diary and couldn't Cha Feb 2016 #7
To the trash with him. He's a little shit. LuvLoogie Feb 2016 #8
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #9
K&R fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #10
What a little shit. sheshe2 Feb 2016 #11
The only one who might be is Chris Matthews FloridaBlues Feb 2016 #12
The only reason he appologized is because he got caught. still_one Feb 2016 #13
Maybe MSNBC is auditioning to become the next FOX, it is not important on FOX to give Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #14
Puh-lease... MrWendel Feb 2016 #15
MSNBC is so unrelentingly awful I rarely watch them anymore. comradebillyboy Feb 2016 #16
Sorry to see a post in this thread hidden, when it spoke the truth. Fla Dem Feb 2016 #18
. George II Feb 2016 #20
Apologies are easy after the fact. GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT in the first place, dammit. George II Feb 2016 #19

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
6. Yes, you're right, I should put apology in quotes.
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 01:40 AM
Feb 2016

Hayes said they shouldn't have done that, but he still maintained he was correct in saying Bill Clinton went "off script," whatever the fuck that means.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. What's "obvious" is that it was rigged in the first place.
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 01:14 AM
Feb 2016

That corporate entity known as NBC is in the tank for the same team they were in the tank for back in the days when Tim Russert hid his campaign button under his lapel.

They're just taking an interestingly circuitous route to get there.

Cha

(295,926 posts)
4. Good! I heard that and was looking for a link.. Mahalo SunSeeker! I posted about it yesterday..
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 01:29 AM
Feb 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110747152

I didn't have my hopes up for a correction.. so this is great.

Cha

(295,926 posts)
7. I just happened to see it on the Obama Diary and couldn't
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 01:42 AM
Feb 2016

not post about it.. The forces against Hillary are despicable.

He apologized .. but how many people saw that as opposed to what they did?

I'm glad you saw it and are posting it here, SunSeeker!

LuvLoogie

(6,855 posts)
8. To the trash with him. He's a little shit.
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 02:07 AM
Feb 2016

"WE shouldn't have done that..."

It's your show. Own it you weasel.

Response to SunSeeker (Original post)

FloridaBlues

(3,993 posts)
12. The only one who might be is Chris Matthews
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 06:58 AM
Feb 2016

Maybe it has something to with their union (broadcasting Union) not sure but I stopped watching Rachael and hays show months ago

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
14. Maybe MSNBC is auditioning to become the next FOX, it is not important on FOX to give
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 10:08 AM
Feb 2016

the straight truth, their listeners fall for all the lies, ergo, no more Morning Joe at my house.

MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
15. Puh-lease...
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 11:33 AM
Feb 2016

when nut hugging Bernie is on the level of Thom Hartman, the young turks, and Bill Press, I guess he thought I could get away with it and no one would call him on his shit.

comradebillyboy

(10,119 posts)
16. MSNBC is so unrelentingly awful I rarely watch them anymore.
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 12:11 PM
Feb 2016

It's obvious the network is desperately flailing around trying to find some formula to attract viewers. They don't seem to be doing a very credible job. Hayes has thrown away any pretense of objectivity. What's he going to do when Hillary wins the nomination? Who will still be left in his tiny audience?

Fla Dem

(23,352 posts)
18. Sorry to see a post in this thread hidden, when it spoke the truth.
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 02:09 PM
Feb 2016

For the life of me can't see the reason for the hide. Just super sensitive and paranoid Bernie Bugs I guess.


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