Saturday, April 28, 2012

Re: Fox News Lies

Suck my ass hair Tammy

On Friday, April 27, 2012, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lil' Moonbat,
>  
> My purported "alcohol problem" is really nominal compared to your intake of illicit substances.....Rest assured, the next time that I do indulge in cocktails, we will surely pray for your recovery.
>  
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You really should seek some professional help for that vile hatred and
> nasty wingnut alcohol fueld spew that you generate each and every day
> Lilole' Kiethie!  It's Repugnant!
>
> On Apr 26, 12:51 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You really should seek some help for that vile hatred and nasty spew that
>> you generate each and every day Lil' TommyTomTom!  It's unbecoming!
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Geesh Lil' Tommy!  That is the best that you and the hate site,
>> > FoxNewsLies.com could come up with?  That Steve Doocy lied about President
>> > Obama making the "silver spoon" comment?  Well, President Obama did make
>> > the comment, and FOX News clarified the quote:
>>
>> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/fox-corrects-rec...
>>
>> > Fox News's Steve Doocy has set the record straight on his mangling<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/fox-news-steve-d...>of President Obama's "silver spoon" quote of last week. Whereas President
>> > Obama, in an appearance in Ohio, said this: "I wasn't born with a silver
>> > spoon in my mouth," Doocy phrased it differently in an interview last
>> > Thursday with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: "Unlike some
>> > people, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth."
>>
>> > Wrong: Doocy's prefatory handiwork makes the remark appear as an
>> > unequivocal — not to mention petty — attack on Romney.
>>
>> > This morning Doocy had this to say about the episode (with footnotes added
>> > to facilitate commentary):
>>
>> > Last week President Obama talked about not being born with a silver spoon
>> > in his mouth. That was interpreted as a big dig at Mitt Romney *(1)*.
>> > When I was interviewing Gov. Romney on this show, I asked him about it.
>> > However, I did some some paraphrasing that seemed to misquote *(2)* the
>> > president. So to be clear, the president's exact quote was, "I wasn't born
>> > with a silver spoon in my mouth." *(3)* And I hope that clears up any
>> > confusion.
>>
>> > *(1)* Technically correct: It *was* interpreted as a big dig at Mitt
>> > Romney, especially by the people at Fox News. Others, citing Obama's
>> > extensive use of the silver spoon remark long before Romney 2012, didn't
>> > share<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57417666-503544/why-obamas-sil...>that interpretation.
>>
>> > *(2)* There was no "seeming" involved here. The tape shows conclusively
>> > that Doocy misquoted the president. Had he not misquoted the president,
>> > surely he wouldn't have taken time out of his day to issue this crow-eating
>> > correction.
>>
>> > *(3)* Good that Doocy detailed the president's quote. Yet without
>> > repeating the preface that he attached to it, the quote doesn't do much for
>> > viewers; it may cause as much confusion as it resolves.
>>
>> > And it's too bad Doocy didn't address the telltale smirk<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/fox-news-steve-d...>that accompanied his question to Romney.
>>
>> > Those are quibbles, however. Fox News did the right thing here. Though it
>> > could have been better articulated and more complete, Doocy's correction
>> > was delivered directly to viewers, in the same medium where the mistake
>

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