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In reply to the discussion: where the f*ck is the media on this one????? [View all]Celebration
(15,812 posts)19. Good grief
ABC News had to do a whole bunch of spinning to try to get themselves out of this one.
And, they are NOT saying that the White House released a bunch of doctored documents. They are only saying that in context that what they reported was correct, although the wording they reported was INACCURATE. Talk about spin! But even ABC and the source admit that their wording was incorrect. Yet you think this is in QUESTION??? REALLY??
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/more-details-on-benghazi-talking-points-emerge/
I asked my original source today to explain the different wording on the Ben Rhodes e-mail, and the fact that the words State Department were not included in the e-mail provided to CNNs Tapper.
This was my sources response, via e-mail: WH reply was after a long chain of email about State Dept concerns. So when WH emailer says, take into account all equities, he is talking about the State equities, since that is what the email chain was about.
The White House could still clear up this confusion by releasing the full e-mail transcripts that were provided for brief review by a select number of members of Congress earlier this year. If theres no there there, as President Obama himself claimed yesterday, a full release should help his case.
This was my sources response, via e-mail: WH reply was after a long chain of email about State Dept concerns. So when WH emailer says, take into account all equities, he is talking about the State equities, since that is what the email chain was about.
The White House could still clear up this confusion by releasing the full e-mail transcripts that were provided for brief review by a select number of members of Congress earlier this year. If theres no there there, as President Obama himself claimed yesterday, a full release should help his case.
Of course the White House DID clear up the "confusion" but apparently that is not enough for some here. The source did NOT deny that his wording was incorrect.
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It's like trying to convince a sociopath to have empathy for a fellow human being.
BlueCaliDem
May 2013
#28
you would think it would be criminal to alter white house emails? you'd think....
spanone
May 2013
#4
Freedom of speech and of the press are too important to make it a crime to satirize or alter the
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#7
Passing an altered version of what another person wrote or said is simply gossip.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#24
Never claimed that Congress has the power to prosecute. I wrote PERsecute. There's a difference.
BlueCaliDem
May 2013
#41
Yes, of course. I understand the difference. Political PERsecution is a waste of time, and
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#43
But NONE have been as good at it, or were as supported by widespread corporate media,
BlueCaliDem
May 2013
#46
The Republicans have changed a lot since 1931, in particular since 1974 or 1980
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#49
Proving libel requires the establishment of both malicious intent and actual damages
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#66
Naturally their intent is to do as much political damage as possible to their polical opponents
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#70
Opposition parties have been trying to destroy Presidents since John Adams' term
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#79
Please explain your subject line. Lying is protected speech, unless it qualifies as defamation.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#65
Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, Martin Bashir, and especially Lawrence O'Donnell
BlueCaliDem
May 2013
#36
Wow. Can you imagine the change in the political dichotomy if latino/Hispanic and Black Americans
Baitball Blogger
May 2013
#37
It's why NewsCorpse has opened a Fox Latino channel . . . they want to do the same to them
BlueCaliDem
May 2013
#39
Except that most Latinos come from countries that push government propaganda.
Baitball Blogger
May 2013
#40
That appears to be true because they were nonplussed by all the advertising and
BlueCaliDem
May 2013
#45
It's refreshing to see that the sport of muckraking is alive and well in the 21st Century
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#10
Indeed. From what I have read, it seems there are two versions of one sentence in question.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#17
The response from the "original source" seems to be gobbledygook and pettifoggery.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#26
No, they believe there was a coverup because 1500 radio stations and all TV stations
Doctor_J
May 2013
#62
If Obama wants to defeat these assholes he needs to highlight this point
go west young man
May 2013
#22
The media has found a narrative that it likes with the "Obama is the new Nixon" meme.
WIProgressive88
May 2013
#50