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May 15, 2007
Video: MSNBC quotes WhiteHouse.org on Falwell's political influence
Even 'liberal lefty' Chris Mathews calls it a "nasty shot."In referring to what it calls, "The most infamous, relentlessly anti-Bush parody site on the 'Net," Hot Air puts up a parody on a parody unintentionally but stupidly performed by an MSNBC announcer, hoping to make a political statement on the death of Jerry Falwell - as only MSNBC can do so well:
You can imagine how it played out. Producer to intern: "We need a fawning description of him from the White House website to show how influential he was with conservatives." Intern to producer: "Great! I'll just google white house falwell..."Then along comes Josh Marshall at TPM, nailing MSNBC, showing MSNBC talking head Contessa Brewer citing anti-Bush spoof site Whitehouse.org as a source for administration praise of Jerry Falwell, who died today at 73: Ahhh, research, research, research.
[For the Kool-Aid drinkers, we probably need to note that Josh's final comment on how easy it is to mistake "whitehouse.org" as the official Whitehouse website, is a highly facetious remark. After all, moonbats have a lot of trouble understanding humor and sarcasm, especially when they're the target.]So here we have a man John McCain and surely many others refer to in terms of him being "a man of distinguished accomplishment who devoted his life to serving his faith and country," who suddenly dies today, and all MSNBC can do is try to make political hay out of it.
I quess it's just a sign of our times and the nature of the liberal media we put up with.
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Posted by Richard at May 15, 2007 7:00 PM
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Nice- I like how you guys quote other opinionated right-wing sites as if they're journalists or some seperate entity with journalistic standards. A parody on a parody? What a maroon.
The msnbc thing was a goof but leave it to the quasi-fascist koolaid drinkers to scream foul, only to return to calling anyone who disagrees with them defeatists, traitors, f4ggots, liberally biased, and/or Godless. Always easier to blame the facts, blame the messenger, reframe the debate, blah blah blah. if the media is liberal, it's supply and demand, right? so the market has spoken and the American public has proven itself to be "liberally biased." It's what's on tv because it's what Americans want. Explain that away.
What a bunch of science-bashing, factually challenged, intellectual lightweights.
You are desperate for any kind of red meat, anything to get the "wackos" riled up (delay/rove terminology- not mine).
Congrats on being on the wrong side of every important social, humanitarian, and environmental issue for 100 years. wtf is a republican anyway? Besides someone who hates gays and minorities? Oh yeah "Small gov't" "lower taxes" etc right? So we'd all be happier,and the world would be better if our yearly budget was 2 trillion instead of 3 trillion?
Wake up and grow up.
You've got yourself and regionalized party founded on a "southern strategy" by "dixie-crats" and financed by the biggest industries in the world, with the hopes of what? Abolishing the Dept of Education? Your party is dead.
What a bunch of sad, hate-spewing old greedy rednecks. I can't wait to see America evolve beyond the republican mantra: "me me me."
Posted by: Televangefrist at May 16, 2007 12:48 AM
Televangefrist appears to have just had a meltdown, not uncommon among the poorly informed, easily misled, and, as exemplified in the above post, those who suffer from a quite severe case of BDS.
However, we always enjoy the entertainment, and are greatful he/she/it/whatever stopped by to share with the less deluded.
And by the way, Josh wasn't used as a news source. He was used because of his witty comments. The new source was linked and pointed to. Most would see this readily, but then I do understand that it's over the head of some.
Posted by: Abdul at May 16, 2007 9:20 AM
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