Tumulty of Time.com is either really dumb, Or Intentionally Making Biden Look Bad

[MadBadger]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1615356,00.html


No hits, no runs, no errors. The much-anticipated first "debate" of the 2008
Democratic candidates Thursday night at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., was a polite event — and not a particularly enlightening one. Part of the problem was the format, in which candidates were limited to 60-second answers and not allowed to engage each other. Part of it was the sheer number of people onstage: eight candidates in all. But after 90 minutes, it was hard to pick out a single memorable answer. The only thing made clearer is why the candidates, who are facing scores of requests to repeat the exercise, are trying to put a limit to the number of debates in which they will participate.

The top three contenders — Clinton, Obama, and Edwards — did little to hurt or help themselves. That made it a wash for them. None of the so-called "second tier" — Senators Joe Biden and Chris Dodd and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson — managed what they were hoping for, which was a badly needed breakout moment. Biden, however, got the biggest laugh of the night when moderator Brian Williams brought up his well deserved reputation for talking too much and committing gaffes. "Can you reassure voters in this country that you would have the discipline you would need on the world stage, Senator?" Williams asked. Biden's answer: "No." Which was followed by a long, pregnant silence.

I dont know how you make that mistake.

[ClassWarrior]

1. Being a twit helps.

:eyes:

NGU.

[MadBadger]

2. She deserves a Second Worst Person in the World for this IMO

[BeyondGeography]

3. She didn't even get the one-word answer right

It was, "Yes."

What a twit.

[MadBadger]

4. I dont know how she screws up that word. Because changing the word makes Biden look terrible.

[BeyondGeography]

5. I just sent them a note requesting a correction

[Cogito ergo doleo]

6. She found nothing memorable in hearing the truth for 90 minutes

from eight distinguished states-persons-- and she blew Biden's great response. This should give a hint as to how she functions.

[Colobo]

7. A "Yes" is different from a "No"... VERY different...

[Laurab]

8. I wrote and asked for a correction, too - please kick this

others may want to do it, too.

[MadBadger]

9. Where did you write to?

[Laurab]

15. I see it's corrected now - but at the top of the article

if you clicked on the author's name, it gave you a form to write to the editor.

[progdonkey]

10. a "Yes" followed by laughter becomes a "No" followed by silence?

Ah, gotta love that journamalism. :banghead:

[KT2000]

11. How do these people

get their jobs?!?!?

(Sent correction request to Time.com)

[MadBadger]

12. I have no fucking clue

[BeyondGeography]

13. Time made the correction...

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1615356,00.html

[KharmaTrain]

14. That's Not A Correction, That's A Whitewash

Hopefully someone got a screen cap of this...as the "corrected" version doesn't mention how Tumulty butchered this quote in the first place....and as others here have noted, it changes the whole context of things. Shameless ass covering.

[MadBadger]

16. It still wasnt followed by a silence

But by laughter