Breitbart, Fox and Their Rush To Judgement

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

As the dust settles on the fake racist story surrounding Ms. Shirley Sherrod, the one thing that must be remembered is that both Andrew Breitbart and Fox News failed to proper journalistic prodcedures and in doing so showed a clear lack of ethics.

The big push now, on Fox of course is that "Breitbart was set up." Poor Andrew is now the victim. Not true

Breitbart had an obligation to insure that the video clips he used gave a full, complete and accurate portrayal of the events as they transpired in the meeting that Ms. Sherrod was addressing and he FAILED TO DO SO.

Breitbart claims that he asked "The relevent clips." The adress by Ms. Sherrod to the N.A.A.C.P. lasted 40-Minutes, yet only the clip made available lasted at best 2-minutes, and was heavily edited. The clip of Ms. Sherrod attempted to show that she was addressing a very recent meeting of the N.A.A.C.P., when in fact the clip shown dated back to at least 1986. In 1986 Ms. Sherrod WAS NOT an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture. In fact, Ms. Sherrod did not join the federal work force until 2009. At no time did Breitbart make any attempt to let people who would view the tape know that the meeting was over 20 years old, nor did Breitbart attempt demonstrate that Ms. Sherrod, at the time of vid, was NOT employed by the Federal Government.

Breitbart, who claims to be a journalist/blogger failed to do the most basic of research on this story, and instead used a doctored tape in an attempt to show an African-American Woman, a State Employee telling an audience that she had engaged in discrimination against a Caucasian Farmer.

Fox News, who claims to be "Fair and Balanced" did not check the validity of the tape, nor did Fox attempt to proper research on the meeting, where the meeting was held or when (1986) the meeting was held. Instead of doing basic source checking, Fox ran story after story of how Ms. Sherrod, a Government Official had engaged racial discrimination against a poor White Farmer. Never mind the fact that the Farmer, who has since come forward to say that Ms. Sherrod treated him fairly and did the very best she could for him and did in fact save his farm, has said he considers Ms. Sherrod a friend.

In the past both Breitbart and Fox have been caught using heavily edited tapes to create stories that in the end have proven not to be true. The "A.C.O.R.N." scandle comes to mind. Where some wanna be right-wing tool, dressed as a pimp and a woman wearing a skirt that went all the way up to glory, taped (without permission) staff of A.C.O.R.N. offices giving "Advice" on how to bring in under age girls to work as prostitutes. Fox played this footage day after day, calling A.C.O.R.N. out for helping a pimp and hooker to bring young girls to work for them.

Well, it turns out that the tape(s) used in that story were in fact edited for content and in no way actually, honestly, or factually showed what transpired.

In fact, "Pimp" boy is now facing criminal prosecution in California, because under California State Law, it is IN FACT AGAINST THE LAW TO TAPE AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS UNKNOWN WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION!!!

Fox and Breitbart have shown time and again that rather than attempting to discern fact from fiction, they are about sensational stories that have little or nothing to do with reality.

Breitbart is once again proven to a liar. Fox is hardly fair and balanced.

Anyone who uses them as a source should remember this. Unless of course your more interested in posting lies than the truth.

OOPS your wrong, lol

http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...ine-of-events-wow-its-not-fox-news-fault.html

 

[Mad Scientist]

Negged for bald faced lying. Fox News didn't report the story until AFTER the White House pressured her to pull over and put a bullet into her career.

I hear a Neg Train a' comin"!

 

[Avatar4321]

I agree with you; "there will be more like this to come". The Breibart incident in the end shows everyones true colors.
Hopefully the conservatives and the Republicans will not let the far right hijack their party. Incidents like this show the true colors of the far right, untruthful, devisive, hateful.

The extremists on the left and the right are the problem with our current system. When the extremists become main stream we have a major problem.

I actually agree with you that this has shown everyones true colors.

It's shown that Brietbart is sloppy with his work.

It shows that Obama and the administration are absolutely terrified of Glenn Beck and are willing to make decisions without knowledge.

It shows that the NAACP really needs to watch their own videos before they comment on them.

It shows that OReilly needs to verify his sources.

And it shows that the left doesn't really care about the facts as long as they can falsely blame Fox and the right for the controversy.

Context matters. It's a shame there are so many willing to ignore it. and "act stupidly"

 

[Sinatra]

Ah, and imagine if the Obama White House issues its begging apology, only to have yet more evidence come out that Mrs. Sharron has yet more ugly examples of racism and bigotry to come out.

Another telling example of that video was the supportive tone of the NAACP members listening to her share that story of government-funded racism against the White farmers.

Clear evidence of openly accepted racism on the part of the NAACP.

A very very sad statement of a once proud organization...

 

[Zona]

Kinda leaves one wondering about the NAACP, the USDA and the WH rush to judgment.

But, whatever floats your boat ther Traveler.

I guarentee you fox will go on a rampage against this woman. They will go on the attack against her.

Wait for it.

 

[Zona]

Negged for bald faced lying. Fox News didn't report the story until AFTER the White House pressured her to pull over and put a bullet into her career.

I hear a Neg Train a' comin"!

Even if that is true, so what? How does this take away from the fact that Fox ran a story that was bullshit..?

Exactly how?

Fair and balanced my ass.

 

[Sinatra]

Still waiting for proof that Fox ran a BS story regarding this...

Please link to the specific example.


Thank you!!!

 

[Sinatra]

Still no proof of a FOX "bogus" story regarding Sharrod????

It would appear, minus the very brief mention of the initial Sharrod video by O'Reilly, that Fox News did not cover the story until after Sharrod resigned - with Mrs. Sharrod proclaiming she did so under immense pressure from the White House.

That's a very legit news story.

Even the mention of the story on the Fox News website makes mention that the intial clip was a partial clip - and that the intent of Mrs. Sharrod's comments were unclear.

What does appear clear is that Fox News has once again been on the outset of a developing news story - outmatching the hapless mainstream media.

To those who continue to assert Fox News did a "bogus" report on the Sharrod story - please provide specific proof. And don't attempt to utilize the Maddow revisionism of the story - for Maddow, while crying out against the initial "edited" clip of Mrs. Sharrod, then proceeds to offer up even further edited clips of Mrs. Sharrod in an attempt to portray her commentary in the most positive light possible. Maddow's attempt was almost as laughable as Olberamann's rant on the same subject...

 

[Quantum Windbag]

As the dust settles on the fake racist story surrounding Ms. Shirley Sherrod, the one thing that must be remembered is that both Andrew Breitbart and Fox News failed to proper journalistic prodcedures and in doing so showed a clear lack of ethics.

The big push now, on Fox of course is that "Breitbart was set up." Poor Andrew is now the victim. Not true

Breitbart had an obligation to insure that the video clips he used gave a full, complete and accurate portrayal of the events as they transpired in the meeting that Ms. Sherrod was addressing and he FAILED TO DO SO.

Breitbart claims that he asked "The relevent clips." The adress by Ms. Sherrod to the N.A.A.C.P. lasted 40-Minutes, yet only the clip made available lasted at best 2-minutes, and was heavily edited. The clip of Ms. Sherrod attempted to show that she was addressing a very recent meeting of the N.A.A.C.P., when in fact the clip shown dated back to at least 1986. In 1986 Ms. Sherrod WAS NOT an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture. In fact, Ms. Sherrod did not join the federal work force until 2009. At no time did Breitbart make any attempt to let people who would view the tape know that the meeting was over 20 years old, nor did Breitbart attempt demonstrate that Ms. Sherrod, at the time of vid, was NOT employed by the Federal Government.

Breitbart, who claims to be a journalist/blogger failed to do the most basic of research on this story, and instead used a doctored tape in an attempt to show an African-American Woman, a State Employee telling an audience that she had engaged in discrimination against a Caucasian Farmer.

Fox News, who claims to be "Fair and Balanced" did not check the validity of the tape, nor did Fox attempt to proper research on the meeting, where the meeting was held or when (1986) the meeting was held. Instead of doing basic source checking, Fox ran story after story of how Ms. Sherrod, a Government Official had engaged racial discrimination against a poor White Farmer. Never mind the fact that the Farmer, who has since come forward to say that Ms. Sherrod treated him fairly and did the very best she could for him and did in fact save his farm, has said he considers Ms. Sherrod a friend.

In the past both Breitbart and Fox have been caught using heavily edited tapes to create stories that in the end have proven not to be true. The "A.C.O.R.N." scandle comes to mind. Where some wanna be right-wing tool, dressed as a pimp and a woman wearing a skirt that went all the way up to glory, taped (without permission) staff of A.C.O.R.N. offices giving "Advice" on how to bring in under age girls to work as prostitutes. Fox played this footage day after day, calling A.C.O.R.N. out for helping a pimp and hooker to bring young girls to work for them.

Well, it turns out that the tape(s) used in that story were in fact edited for content and in no way actually, honestly, or factually showed what transpired.

In fact, "Pimp" boy is now facing criminal prosecution in California, because under California State Law, it is IN FACT AGAINST THE LAW TO TAPE AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS UNKNOWN WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION!!!

Fox and Breitbart have shown time and again that rather than attempting to discern fact from fiction, they are about sensational stories that have little or nothing to do with reality.

Breitbart is once again proven to a liar. Fox is hardly fair and balanced.

Anyone who uses them as a source should remember this. Unless of course your more interested in posting lies than the truth.

Guess who else rushed to judgement?

The NAACP, the USDA, and the rest of the Obama administration.

Guess who didn't?

The Anchoress | A First Things Blog

Hot Air USDA official resigns over Breitbart tape of NAACP speech

Wow, look at that, conservatives protesting that this seems just a little to pat to them, and that she seemed to be heading somewhere else with her story.

 

[traveler52]

It is truely amazing the number of posts (from the Cons of course) that start with "The Real Rush To Judgement Started When She Was Fired." or words to that effect.

These are of course, the same Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists who watched the heavily edited tape of Shirley Sherrod, and jumped in the line, trying to butt their to head of that line in fact to say, "See, she's the racist, not us." Then came demands (From the same Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists) that Shirley Sherrod should be fired from job for being a racist.

Each and everyone of those Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists were more than willing to demand that Ms. Sherrod be fired, based on that single, heavily editied tape provided to them by Breitbart.

I see now that they really did not mean for her to fired, she should never have been fired, there was no Conservative, Republicant rush to judgement....oh no we never demanded she be fired.

LIARS...YOU ARE LIARS AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIARS.

You jumped on that train so fast it was beyond belief. You decided after watching just one heavily edited tape from a man who has been known to post heavily edited tapes, a man known to lie and you bought into the lie of the tape of Ms. Sherrod hook, line and sinker.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BOUGHT INTO THE LIES OF BREITBART AND FOX AND YOU KNOW YOU BOUGHT INTO EACH AND EVERY LIE TOLD TO BREITBART AND FOX.

The Rush To Judgement started with heavily edited tape and ended when you decided that rather than wait for the truth to come, each and everyone of demanded Ms. Sherrod be fired or resign.

Just remember you lying bunch of low life, belly crawling cowards, it was YOU that bought the LIES of BREITBART AND FOX....YOU BOUGHT THE LIES.

Instead of trying as hard as you can to deflect and deny, it was you. You who watch infotainment from a network that has lied to you in past and will continue to lie you in the future.

 

[Wicked Jester]

It is truely amazing the number of posts (from the Cons of course) that start with "The Real Rush To Judgement Started When She Was Fired." or words to that effect.

These are of course, the same Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists who watched the heavily edited tape of Shirley Sherrod, and jumped in the line, trying to butt their to head of that line in fact to say, "See, she's the racist, not us." Then came demands (From the same Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists) that Shirley Sherrod should be fired from job for being a racist.

Each and everyone of those Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists were more than willing to demand that Ms. Sherrod be fired, based on that single, heavily editied tape provided to them by Breitbart.

I see now that they really did not mean for her to fired, she should never have been fired, there was no Conservative, Republicant rush to judgement....oh no we never demanded she be fired.

LIARS...YOU ARE LIARS AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIARS.

You jumped on that train so fast it was beyond belief. You decided after watching just one heavily edited tape from a man who has been known to post heavily edited tapes, a man known to lie and you bought into the lie of the tape of Ms. Sherrod hook, line and sinker.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BOUGHT INTO THE LIES OF BREITBART AND FOX AND YOU KNOW YOU BOUGHT INTO EACH AND EVERY LIE TOLD TO BREITBART AND FOX.

The Rush To Judgement started with heavily edited tape and ended when you decided that rather than wait for the truth to come, each and everyone of demanded Ms. Sherrod be fired or resign.

Just remember you lying bunch of low life, belly crawling cowards, it was YOU that bought the LIES of BREITBART AND FOX....YOU BOUGHT THE LIES.

Instead of trying as hard as you can to deflect and deny, it was you. You who watch infotainment from a network that has lied to you in past and will continue to lie you in the future.

Actually, Sherrod admitted that she didn't use her full powers because the farmer was white. Despite what she said after that ridiculous statement, it's quite clear that deep down inside the woman IS a friggin racist. As are all the blacks in the crowd who giggled at her ridiculous statement, further proving that the NAACP is a racist organization to the core. Anybody who thinks otherwise is a friggin' idiot.

Unfortunately, for those racist bastards in the NAACP, they just don't understand that the liberals who CLAIM to support them, are racist against them. And want to keep them oppressed for political gain......That's just the way it's always been with liberals.

 

[Sky Dancer]

It is truely amazing the number of posts (from the Cons of course) that start with "The Real Rush To Judgement Started When She Was Fired." or words to that effect.

These are of course, the same Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists who watched the heavily edited tape of Shirley Sherrod, and jumped in the line, trying to butt their to head of that line in fact to say, "See, she's the racist, not us." Then came demands (From the same Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists) that Shirley Sherrod should be fired from job for being a racist.

Each and everyone of those Cons, Repugs and Tea Hadists were more than willing to demand that Ms. Sherrod be fired, based on that single, heavily editied tape provided to them by Breitbart.

I see now that they really did not mean for her to fired, she should never have been fired, there was no Conservative, Republicant rush to judgement....oh no we never demanded she be fired.

LIARS...YOU ARE LIARS AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIARS.

You jumped on that train so fast it was beyond belief. You decided after watching just one heavily edited tape from a man who has been known to post heavily edited tapes, a man known to lie and you bought into the lie of the tape of Ms. Sherrod hook, line and sinker.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BOUGHT INTO THE LIES OF BREITBART AND FOX AND YOU KNOW YOU BOUGHT INTO EACH AND EVERY LIE TOLD TO BREITBART AND FOX.

The Rush To Judgement started with heavily edited tape and ended when you decided that rather than wait for the truth to come, each and everyone of demanded Ms. Sherrod be fired or resign.

Just remember you lying bunch of low life, belly crawling cowards, it was YOU that bought the LIES of BREITBART AND FOX....YOU BOUGHT THE LIES.

Instead of trying as hard as you can to deflect and deny, it was you. You who watch infotainment from a network that has lied to you in past and will continue to lie you in the future.

The truth is we all bought the lies due to the speed the story came out. 24/7 news has it's down side. Apparently, journalists don't vet their stories any more. Rumor is good enough.

 

[Wicked Jester]

Kinda leaves one wondering about the NAACP, the USDA and the WH rush to judgment.

But, whatever floats your boat ther Traveler.

I guarentee you fox will go on a rampage against this woman. They will go on the attack against her.

Wait for it.

And you also claimed that Obama would be an effective leader. Oh how wrong you were.

Get tired of being wrong much?

LMAO!

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

It is truely amazing the number of posts (from the Cons of course) that start with "The Real Rush To Judgement Started When She Was Fired." or words to that effect.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...ine-of-events-wow-its-not-fox-news-fault.html

Traveler she had resigned BEFORE the fox news channel aired a story about it on cable news.

Also the Obama admin asked for her resignation based of Breitbart's Blog (which happened to contain the part of the video where she said this judgement of hers on white vs black was wrong). I find it amazing and disturbing that Obama's admin was willing to make a judgement based off of Breitbart.

I feel that it was a rush to judgment by the USDA and Obama on this one.

I also feel fox news did not do due diligence in background checking the story once they did report on it after she resigned.

 

[Rinata]

Anyone else find it funny that this is the second time the admin has had to apologize for a rush to judgement in a race issue in less than two years? (ie. Cambridge police)

Personally I think it's fucking hilarious.

Well, good for you. Amuse easily, do you??

Why would any american citizen be amused by a president who continually steps on his dick and rushes to judgement without all the facts?

Personally, i'm amused at the fact that he and so many of the lemmings who voted for him actually think he's capable of running this great country as he continues to prove he couldn't run a group of school children across a fucking street......The man is a complete disaster, and quite frankly, an embarrasment to ALL US citizens.

The FACT is, this president is proving to be completely clueless on so many issues. It's why his approval ratings are completely in the tank. He's finished. He knows it, and we will no doubt see more desperation out of he and his ignorant supporters as '12 draws near.

That's your opinion. And I'm sure it's not based with any objectivity on your part.

 

[Jarhead]

Well, good for you. Amuse easily, do you??

Why would any american citizen be amused by a president who continually steps on his dick and rushes to judgement without all the facts?

Personally, i'm amused at the fact that he and so many of the lemmings who voted for him actually think he's capable of running this great country as he continues to prove he couldn't run a group of school children across a fucking street......The man is a complete disaster, and quite frankly, an embarrasment to ALL US citizens.

The FACT is, this president is proving to be completely clueless on so many issues. It's why his approval ratings are completely in the tank. He's finished. He knows it, and we will no doubt see more desperation out of he and his ignorant supporters as '12 draws near.

That's your opinion. And I'm sure it's not based with any objectivity on your part.

My opinion is based on fact.

Fact: He rushed to judgement regarding the Cambridge situation; he allowed his own bias to get in the way.

Fact: He rushed to judegement with the Sherrod situation. He allowed his own fear of his administrations image to get in the way.

You know, with all of the faults that GWB had, one thing he did that no one can deny was act as a leader. He accepted all criticism, he absorbed it and he moved on. He did not cast blame outward and he did not allow the people of this country to become divided.

Now sure, those not happy with GWB can say "well, who elkse can he blame"...but not once did I ever hear him say "the democratic majority" or once did I hear him say "but Dod and Frank are chairing that committee...ask them".

All I hear from Obama and his administration is "the republicans" and "the last administration" and "fox news" and "ask the FDA"....

A leader accepts criticism and does not pass the buck or the blame.

 

[Wicked Jester]

Why would any american citizen be amused by a president who continually steps on his dick and rushes to judgement without all the facts?

Personally, i'm amused at the fact that he and so many of the lemmings who voted for him actually think he's capable of running this great country as he continues to prove he couldn't run a group of school children across a fucking street......The man is a complete disaster, and quite frankly, an embarrasment to ALL US citizens.

The FACT is, this president is proving to be completely clueless on so many issues. It's why his approval ratings are completely in the tank. He's finished. He knows it, and we will no doubt see more desperation out of he and his ignorant supporters as '12 draws near.

That's your opinion. And I'm sure it's not based with any objectivity on your part.

My opinion is based on fact.

Fact: He rushed to judgement regarding the Cambridge situation; he allowed his own bias to get in the way.

Fact: He rushed to judegement with the Sherrod situation. He allowed his own fear of his administrations image to get in the way.

You know, with all of the faults that GWB had, one thing he did that no one can deny was act as a leader. He accepted all criticism, he absorbed it and he moved on. He did not cast blame outward and he did not allow the people of this country to become divided.

Now sure, those not happy with GWB can say "well, who elkse can he blame"...but not once did I ever hear him say "the democratic majority" or once did I hear him say "but Dod and Frank are chairing that committee...ask them".

All I hear from Obama and his administration is "the republicans" and "the last administration" and "fox news" and "ask the FDA"....

A leader accepts criticism and does not pass the buck or the blame.

Obama is fully proving to be a knee-jerk liberal reactionist.

A knee-jerk reactionist ANYBODY in the whitehouse is a very dangerous thing.

 

[Stephanie]

OMG, are liberals just programmed mindless sheep?

They are STILL ranting that it was the FAULT OF FOX news AND Breitbart that this woman was let go.

Thankfully most Americans with some brains know the REAL FRIGGEN TRUTH.

It was the OBAMA and his comrades in Arms administration who FIRED the poor wittle victim.

man oh man, Progressive sure aren't lacking for TOOLS.

 

[Foxfyre]

OMG, are liberals just programmed mindless sheep?

They are STILL ranting that it was the FAULT OF FOX news AND Breitbart that this woman was let go.

Thankfully most Americans with some brains know the REAL FRIGGEN TRUTH.

It was the OBAMA and his comrades in Arms administration who FIRED the poor wittle victim.

man oh man, Progressive sure aren't lacking for TOOLS.

Well let's not indict all progressives here because there are some who have seen and acknowledged the truth. I've actually seen a couple admit it on television. I suspect many of those staying away from this thread and others like it are probably among those who do understand how this all went down. I wish they would join in the debate, but that's really tough to do sometimes.

So that leaves us with those who are doing exactly what they accuse Fox News of doing. Fox initially erred, yes, but they have corrected their error up front, honestly, and prominently so there was no mistake that they acknowledged and corrected their error.

Do you suppose there is any possibility that those who are going completely out of context or using only dishonest sources will ever admit their error and correct it?

Anybody want to lay odds on that?

 

[Wicked Jester]

OMG, are liberals just programmed mindless sheep?

They are STILL ranting that it was the FAULT OF FOX news AND Breitbart that this woman was let go.

Thankfully most Americans with some brains know the REAL FRIGGEN TRUTH.

It was the OBAMA and his comrades in Arms administration who FIRED the poor wittle victim.

man oh man, Progressive sure aren't lacking for TOOLS.

Well let's not indict all progressives here because there are some who have seen and acknowledged the truth. I've actually seen a couple admit it on television. I suspect many of those staying away from this thread and others like it are probably among those who do understand how this all went down. I wish they would join in the debate, but that's really tough to do sometimes.

So that leaves us with those who are doing exactly what they accuse Fox News of doing. Fox initially erred, yes, but they have corrected their error up front, honestly, and prominently so there was no mistake that they acknowledged and corrected their error.

Do you suppose there is any possibility that those who are going completely out of context or using only dishonest sources will ever admit their error and correct it?

Anybody want to lay odds on that?

Hell, i'm still waiting for MSNBC to admit they erred when they tried to claim that a black man holding a gun at a tea party rally was actually white.

Something tells me we'll be waiting forever for them to correct that BLATANT LIE!