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DallasNE

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13. Yahoo! Won't Even Comment?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 03:28 PM

Jun 2013

Not even to say that Hartman misspoke and meant to say "country of his ancestors"? How tough can that be. Also, why would Obama be expected to stop in Kenya when the issue is trade and in this case means South Africa and Tanzania. Hartman is not just wrong, she is wacky.

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They just can't get over it-Obama birthplace mistake: Yahoo! News declines comment [View all] n2doc Jun 2013 OP

Just like the GOP lpbk2713 Jun 2013 #1

Goes to show how looney they are that the 2011 release treestar Jun 2013 #2

She's an JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #3

Hartman didn't miss the birther story--in fact, she wrote this about it at the time: pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #4

Which makes it even weirder. Maybe a journalism intern wrote the recent piece mainer Jun 2013 #12

Or it was careless writing PatSeg Jun 2013 #25

That is disgusting... ljm2002 Jun 2013 #5

Because she made a mistake? Or because she is a woman who made a mistake? SylviaD Jun 2013 #14

OMG that is truly hilarious... ljm2002 Jun 2013 #16

It was an error, the reporter quickly filed an amended story. Why should she lose her livelihood? SylviaD Jun 2013 #30

Glad to hear that... ljm2002 Jun 2013 #32

I do apologize for my original response. n/t SylviaD Jun 2013 #35

Oh Good Grief! Yes, of course its all about gender, the "mistake" is just a convenient pretext n/t progree Jun 2013 #19

Sexism does lurk behind a lot of things. Are you willfully blind? n/t SylviaD Jun 2013 #31

Not EVERYTHING is sexist. There was nothing, *NOTHING* in ljm2002's post that was sexist progree Jun 2013 #33

I apologize for the willfully blind remark. n/t SylviaD Jun 2013 #36

ljm2002 is female, BTW. progree Jun 2013 #34

We need to keep a sharp eye on new and revised history textbooks as they are released. tridim Jun 2013 #6

He'll be listed in Newspeak as #666 instead of #44. freshwest Jun 2013 #20

Oh boy... Scurrilous Jun 2013 #7

Birther FAIL Initech Jun 2013 #8

I'll give her the benifit of the doubt, she could just be ignorant. n/t Ganja Ninja Jun 2013 #9

As somebody posted above, she actually wrote about the birther crap n2doc Jun 2013 #10

anyone who would write such crap simply is not credible Skittles Jun 2013 #11

Yahoo! Won't Even Comment? DallasNE Jun 2013 #13

Birthers just double down. NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #15

"ancestors"? neglecting his Irish roots. Ireland should be all in her face. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2013 #18

That's pretty great that he can meet his relatives like that. Can you imagine okaawhatever Jun 2013 #28

tweeted ms. hartman SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2013 #17

The reader comments at the WaPo make my head hurt. The Stupid.. it burns... Hekate Jun 2013 #21

Maybe it was just a sly joke struggle4progress Jun 2013 #22

Or maybe she's a moron tkmorris Jun 2013 #23

Links upthread indicate she wrote stories debunking the birther crap struggle4progress Jun 2013 #24

It looks like a mistake. Strange that nobody apologized. Makes you wonder. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #26

It just goes on and on. One smear fails, bring back an old one. graham4anything Jun 2013 #27

Since she had a reasonable and informed story on the birthers, i'll assume it was okaawhatever Jun 2013 #29