Alright. I get it. I totally understand.
But WTF is going on here?
Yes, Shirley Sherrod should NOT have been forced out of her job. She should have been given a chance to explain for herself. It is a damn shame that she was pulled to the side of the road and forced to "text" in her resignation. NAACP should not have condemned her without watching the entire tape.
BUT SERIOUSLY, WTF?!?
I am flipping though Morning Joe, CNN Morning and Fox and Freaks and apparently the huge story here is that President Obama failed, NAACP failed and the USDA failed.
But what about Andrew Breitbart. And Fox News. WTF?!
This man deliberately put out an edited tape, falsely labeling this woman as a racist and causing her to lose her job. And the Media has nothing to say about that?
Fox News jumped the gun and put the tape on loop ALL DAY LONG. And now with egg on its face---the media has turned the story around and made it about the failure about the Obama administration.
Keith has stated (via Twitter):
Look at the full tape - Breitbart has just cut the RW media's throat
Well, unless someone actually calls out Breitbart and Fox Noise...I HIGHLY doubt this is the death of the RW media.
Just imagine if it was the other way around. JUST F*CKING imagine if a Liberal website....sayyy....DAILYKOS put out an edited tape on someone in the Bush administration---it ran all day and night on MSNBC and he/she was forced to resign. Later, the full tape comes out and it seems everyone was deceived with an edited tape.
The story would be ALL about the EVIL LIBERAL MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
Instead, all I am hearing about is the failure of President Obama and the NAACP.
Maybe this is what Breitbart planned all along?
Updating-
From grannyhelen's diary:
I think it's important to keep this one proven fact front and center: Andrew Breitbart is a liar. His website, biggovernment.com, is a delivery vehicle for lies. His misguided minions who engage in their own version of what they like to term "journalism" are practicing the not so subtle art of lying.
The media is all over the President and Vilsack--and rightfully so--but shouldn't there be some kind of coverage on the MASSIVE Breitbart and Fox Noise Fail?
Update #2:
Thanks for pushing this diary up to the rec list. I really wasn't expecting that. It was more of a rant than a diary---and I know some disagree with me...but when do we EVER agree?
Anyways appreciated.
Update #3:
The REAL Media needs to grow a pair and call out Breitbart and FOX NEWS.
They are beating around the bush but are too scared(?) to state the obvious of what happened here.
Chuck Todd NBC NEWS:
Every time you think the "media" has hit an all-time low, the bottom falls out.
I think a lot of folks know what happened today and know it's a problem.
Big "prove their credibility" day for media critics.
Jake Tapper ABC NEWS:
fuller video has Sherrod telling story of white farmer getting screwed by white lawyer, so she helps save his farm
NAACP says the tape was changed at the 21:00 mark. no edits, just a tape change.
context is always important for everyone.
Norah O'Donnell MSNBC NEWS:
RT @GStephanopoulos: Fired USDA official Sharrod tells me on GMA that she's "not sure" she'll return to USDA if Vilsack offers her job back
RT @todayshow: "They call me a racist. When you look at my work, when you look at everything I've done, you know that I'm not a racist" ...
Why is the media so afraid of FOX NEWS? Call Them OUT!