Breitbart Smear: Obama (And Thousands More) "Marched With" New Black Panthers

[underpants]

Source: Media Matters

Under the headline "Shock Photos: Candidate Obama Appeared And Marched With New Black Panther Party in 2007," Breitbart reports that at a March 2007 march in Selma, "then-Senator Obama was joined by a group of Panthers who had come to support his candidacy."

Breitbart is providing some publicity for charges that New Black Panther Party fabulist J. Christian Adams leveled at the president in his new book Injustice: Exposing The Racial Agenda Of The Obama Justice Department, which comes out tomorrow. Breitbart provided a blurb for the back of the book, and in the acknowledgements Adams thanks Breitbart, whom he describes as his "soul brother and pied piper."

In claiming that Obama was "joined by" the Panthers, "appeared and marched with" them, and "shar(ed) the same podium" with them, Breitbart carefully avoids explaining just what the event in question was. References to Obama campaigning "in Selma, Alabama in March 2007" and a mention of how "then-Senator Hillary Clinton and Al Sharpton were also in Selma at the same event" do more to confuse the readers than explain it to them.



But a less-cropped version of the image and the YouTube video Breitbart pulls it from shows Obama walking several feet ahead of the Panthers in the middle of a crowd of people:



Looks a little different in context, doesn't it?



Read more: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201110030013

---

THIS, as you can imagine, is all the rage on RW media and will probably be "discussed" on the rest of the media.

[fascisthunter]

1. BREAKING: Breitbart is a Racist and a Fascist

next!

[Ohio Joe]

2. Breitbart is a liar - nt

[Botany]

3. So Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Al Sharpton .....

.... marched in a black panther parade in Selma, Alabama in 2007?

How does Breitbart keep getting press?

[Poll_Blind]

4. Seriously, this is a non-story of non-stories. Why promote it, esp. in LBN?

I mean, what the hell. I'm not keen on seeing every tenacious connection Breitbart wants to draw between Obama and the Black Panthers, The Nation of Islam, The Grinch, Mister Roper or anyone else. This is not news.

PB

[underpants]

5. Because it will be promoted for the next few days on the TV news

and it will become legend and lore in the rightwing world.

I knew it was BS but I couldn't find out how or to what degree until I was able to get home and look it up.

[Enrique]

6. lol, they have an American flag

why does Breitbart hate America so much he doesn't want our president to be seen with people carrying an American flag.

[Submariner]

7. And there's a UFO hovering behind the right side of Obama's head too!

OMG

[Kahuna]

8. LOL! Whew boy! That's a good one...

:rofl:

[underpants]

9. I heard this on RW radio and couldn't wait to get home to find out what a load it was

thank you Media Matters!!!

[saras]

10. Why is Breitbart still on the Internet?

[rucky]

11. We all know it's faked, but he's going to have to step down anyway.

It's the law of Breitbart

[Crowman1979]

12. There probably wearing ASU Hornets shirts for all we know.

New black panthers my ass! Not to mention that this pic is blurry as hell.

BTW, ASU means Alabama State University.