Here's the Truth About Bernie Sanders' Deceptively-Edited Barack Obama Ad

[highplainsdem]

Mediaite article with video clips:


https://www.mediaite.com/news/heres-the-truth-about-bernie-sanders-deceptively-edited-barack-obama-ad/

That last shot, in which Obama says “That’s right, feel the Bern!”, is from his 2016 Democratic National Convention speech, right after he’d told the crowd to vote straight up and down the Democratic ticket — which included then-nominee Hillary Clinton.

The shot was enough to fool several media outlets who pegged the speech as the source of the quotes that preceded it — while others simply didn’t try to identify them — but in fact, those quotes weren’t even made by President Obama.

The first part of the ad, during which Obama says “Bernie is somebody who has the virtue of saying exactly what he believes” and praises Bernie’s “great authenticity” and “great passion” comes from a January 2016 podcast interview with Glenn Thrush, during which he diplomatically praised both then-candidates for the Democratic nomination — and in which Obama notes he doesn’t know Sanders as well as he knows Clinton.

But the part Sanders knitted together with that clip from the 2016 DNC is actually made up of quotes from Senator Barack Obama, when he campaigned for Sanders’ Senate bid on March 10, 2006. The snippets were cut out of a segment in which Obama ribbed Sanders about his off-the-rack couture, and offered the praise quoted in the ad for Sanders and Peter Welch.

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[uponit7771]

1. K&R, now Sanders wants some establishment

[Gothmog]

9. I am amused

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[uponit7771]

10. WOW !!!

[Cha]

18. Obama: "Moving too far left is not the answer."

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[Kittycow]

2. How annoying.

The truth always comes out so why even bother trying to be deceptive, in a case like this anyway.

[DonaldsRump]

3. I'm feeling berned by the Bern!

Mighty deceptive, I have to say.

[Mellomugwump]

4. At least Bloomberg's ad....

Had dates noted that the clips were from. A little less misleading.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. ...and shamelessly reposted on DU earlier this afternoon.

tsk: :

[NurseJackie]

6. That's deceptive. What kind of candidate would do something like that?

[NYMinute]

7. If a corporation did this, the FTC would file a criminal complaint

[Gothmog]

8. This is a better ad of Bernie & Obama

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[highplainsdem]

12. +1,000,000

[Gothmog]

13. Here is another variation of sanders' ad using sanders' actual wordd about President Obama

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[Cha]

16. Retweeted! Thank you, Goth!

[betsuni]

11. K&R

[Gothmog]

14. Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders

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[Cha]

17. Again Retweeted.. TY Goth!!

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[Cha]

15. Damn! This infuriates me.. Thank Goodness

Don Lemon called them out on it on his show!

Don Lemon is not happy about Bernie's Obama ad

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=632377

I hope this blowsback.. people are smarter than this.

[Gothmog]

19. Every time you see the Bernie video with Barack Obama. Remember this

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