Obama stayed in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during attack

[Lakhota]

By TERRY KREPEL

Following in the footsteps of others in the right-wing media, Fox News host Sean Hannity selectively edited a video of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to portray President Obama as "virtually absent" during the September 2012 attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, Panetta testified that White House officials were kept informed of events throughout the incident.

On the February 7 edition of his Fox News program, Hannity said "a major bombshell was revealed" during Panetta's testimony during a congressional briefing that Obama "was virtually absent" during the Benghazi attack. Hannity then played segments of Panetta's testimony.

But Hannity did not air the section of Panetta's testimony in which he pointed out that information about the attack "went to the White House" and that Obama stayed in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during the attack. Hannity also failed to air a clip of Gen. Martin Dempsey stating that White House staff "was engaged with the national military command center pretty constantly through the period, which is the way it would normally work."

Hannity joins numerous other right-wing outlets in selectively editing the testimony of Panetta and Dempsey.

More: Fox's Hannity Joins Right-Wing Media In Selectively Editing Panetta's Testimony | Blog | Media Matters for America

 

[Lakhota]

Why do they lie? Are their viewers really that stupid?

 

[Wicked Jester]

By TERRY KREPEL

Following in the footsteps of others in the right-wing media, Fox News host Sean Hannity selectively edited a video of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to portray President Obama as "virtually absent" during the September 2012 attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, Panetta testified that White House officials were kept informed of events throughout the incident.

On the February 7 edition of his Fox News program, Hannity said "a major bombshell was revealed" during Panetta's testimony during a congressional briefing that Obama "was virtually absent" during the Benghazi attack. Hannity then played segments of Panetta's testimony.

But Hannity did not air the section of Panetta's testimony in which he pointed out that information about the attack "went to the White House" and that Obama stayed in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during the attack. Hannity also failed to air a clip of Gen. Martin Dempsey stating that White House staff "was engaged with the national military command center pretty constantly through the period, which is the way it would normally work."

Hannity joins numerous other right-wing outlets in selectively editing the testimony of Panetta and Dempsey.

More: Fox's Hannity Joins Right-Wing Media In Selectively Editing Panetta's Testimony | Blog | Media Matters for America

Media Matters?.....Bwahahahahahahahaaaa!

And you wonder why nobody takes you seriously up here.

Get back to us when you actually have an original thought, that wasn't spoonfed to you by your loony liberal handlers.

 

[Lakhota]

By TERRY KREPEL

Following in the footsteps of others in the right-wing media, Fox News host Sean Hannity selectively edited a video of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to portray President Obama as "virtually absent" during the September 2012 attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, Panetta testified that White House officials were kept informed of events throughout the incident.

On the February 7 edition of his Fox News program, Hannity said "a major bombshell was revealed" during Panetta's testimony during a congressional briefing that Obama "was virtually absent" during the Benghazi attack. Hannity then played segments of Panetta's testimony.

But Hannity did not air the section of Panetta's testimony in which he pointed out that information about the attack "went to the White House" and that Obama stayed in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during the attack. Hannity also failed to air a clip of Gen. Martin Dempsey stating that White House staff "was engaged with the national military command center pretty constantly through the period, which is the way it would normally work."

Hannity joins numerous other right-wing outlets in selectively editing the testimony of Panetta and Dempsey.

More: Fox's Hannity Joins Right-Wing Media In Selectively Editing Panetta's Testimony | Blog | Media Matters for America

Media Matters?.....Bwahahahahahahahaaaa!

And you wonder why nobody takes you seriously up here.

Get back to us when you actually have an original thought, that wasn't spoonfed to you by your loony liberal handlers.

Did you not listen to Panetta's "unedited" actual live testimony?

 

[The Rabbi]

By TERRY KREPEL

Following in the footsteps of others in the right-wing media, Fox News host Sean Hannity selectively edited a video of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to portray President Obama as "virtually absent" during the September 2012 attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, Panetta testified that White House officials were kept informed of events throughout the incident.

On the February 7 edition of his Fox News program, Hannity said "a major bombshell was revealed" during Panetta's testimony during a congressional briefing that Obama "was virtually absent" during the Benghazi attack. Hannity then played segments of Panetta's testimony.

But Hannity did not air the section of Panetta's testimony in which he pointed out that information about the attack "went to the White House" and that Obama stayed in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during the attack. Hannity also failed to air a clip of Gen. Martin Dempsey stating that White House staff "was engaged with the national military command center pretty constantly through the period, which is the way it would normally work."

Hannity joins numerous other right-wing outlets in selectively editing the testimony of Panetta and Dempsey.

More: Fox's Hannity Joins Right-Wing Media In Selectively Editing Panetta's Testimony | Blog | Media Matters for America

Yeah, right. Obama was AWOL, as always. Probably worrying about his next fundraiser with Jay-Z and Fifty Cent.

 

[Lakhota]

No, Bush was AWOL - Obama was on duty.

 

[The Rabbi]

No, Bush was AWOL - Obama was on duty.

Bush was successful. Obama is a failure.

 

[Charles_Main]

More: Fox's Hannity Joins Right-Wing Media In Selectively Editing Panetta's Testimony | Blog | Media Matters for America

Media Matters?.....Bwahahahahahahahaaaa!

And you wonder why nobody takes you seriously up here.

Get back to us when you actually have an original thought, that wasn't spoonfed to you by your loony liberal handlers.

Did you not listen to Panetta's "unedited" actual live testimony?

Yes I did, and he clearly says Obama was not in contact the whole time, and he was not able to reach him for 3 hours. Clearly you didn't.

Posting a Media Matters story to Debunk Hannity is like Trying to decide who is lying in an argument between 2 Crack Whores.

 

[Clementine]

I figured the administration had to be on top of things. Otherwise, how could they have known to order people to stand down when they wanted to help the ambassador and the others? And who gave the order to stand down? Who gave the order to arrest the general who was going to help anyway? Someone wanted our people to stay out of the way as the attackers did their thing. I can't imagine anyone making such an incredibly brash decision without approval from the top, unless it was discussed beforehand, which would mean they knew it was coming. The General's story about this whole thing being staged becomes more believable every day.

 

[sitarro]

By TERRY KREPEL

Following in the footsteps of others in the right-wing media, Fox News host Sean Hannity selectively edited a video of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to portray President Obama as "virtually absent" during the September 2012 attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, Panetta testified that White House officials were kept informed of events throughout the incident.

On the February 7 edition of his Fox News program, Hannity said "a major bombshell was revealed" during Panetta's testimony during a congressional briefing that Obama "was virtually absent" during the Benghazi attack. Hannity then played segments of Panetta's testimony.

But Hannity did not air the section of Panetta's testimony in which he pointed out that information about the attack "went to the White House" and that Obama stayed in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during the attack. Hannity also failed to air a clip of Gen. Martin Dempsey stating that White House staff "was engaged with the national military command center pretty constantly through the period, which is the way it would normally work."

Hannity joins numerous other right-wing outlets in selectively editing the testimony of Panetta and Dempsey.

More: Fox's Hannity Joins Right-Wing Media In Selectively Editing Panetta's Testimony | Blog | Media Matters for America

Yeah, right. Obama was AWOL, as always. Probably worrying about his next fundraiser with Jay-Z and Fifty Cent.

I believe it's fity......fittycent.

 

[Stephanie]

Man oh man, media matters would put pravda to shame

following in the footsteps of OTHER RIGHT WING MEDIA

lol

 

[NYcarbineer]

You know how you could tell the rightwing version of this story was bullshit?

By the number of threads the 'nuts around here started about it.

The bigger the lie, the more the threads...that's SOP for the rightwing nuts around here.

 

[NoNukes]

Why do they lie? Are their viewers really that stupid?

Yes.

 

[NoNukes]

No, Bush was AWOL - Obama was on duty.

Bush was successful. Obama is a failure.

In your fantasy world, which had Rick Perry as the next President.

 

[Stephanie]

You know how you could tell the rightwing version of this story was bullshit?

By the number of threads the 'nuts around here started about it.

The bigger the lie, the more the threads...that's SOP for the rightwing nuts around here.

lol, the bigger the lie, the more threads..
You mean like this one started by a Obamabot from Media matters the lying propaganda arm of the DNC?

But you fools will eat it up

 

[NYcarbineer]

By TERRY KREPEL

Following in the footsteps of others in the right-wing media, Fox News host Sean Hannity selectively edited a video of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to portray President Obama as "virtually absent" during the September 2012 attack on a diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya. In fact, Panetta testified that White House officials were kept informed of events throughout the incident.

On the February 7 edition of his Fox News program, Hannity said "a major bombshell was revealed" during Panetta's testimony during a congressional briefing that Obama "was virtually absent" during the Benghazi attack. Hannity then played segments of Panetta's testimony.

But Hannity did not air the section of Panetta's testimony in which he pointed out that information about the attack "went to the White House" and that Obama stayed in contact with military officials and was "well-informed" during the attack. Hannity also failed to air a clip of Gen. Martin Dempsey stating that White House staff "was engaged with the national military command center pretty constantly through the period, which is the way it would normally work."

Hannity joins numerous other right-wing outlets in selectively editing the testimony of Panetta and Dempsey.

More: Fox's Hannity Joins Right-Wing Media In Selectively Editing Panetta's Testimony | Blog | Media Matters for America

Media Matters?.....Bwahahahahahahahaaaa!

And you wonder why nobody takes you seriously up here.

Get back to us when you actually have an original thought, that wasn't spoonfed to you by your loony liberal handlers.

What does playing the unedited version of a tape that was edited by the rightwing propaganda machine have to do with bias?

Explain that to us.

 

[NYcarbineer]

You know how you could tell the rightwing version of this story was bullshit?

By the number of threads the 'nuts around here started about it.

The bigger the lie, the more the threads...that's SOP for the rightwing nuts around here.

lol, the bigger the lie, the more threads..
You mean like this one started by a Obamabot from Media matters the lying propaganda arm of the DNC?

But you fools will eat it up

What's the bias in an unedited version of the testimony?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Wasn't it just a week or so ago that you 'nuts were posting 'unedited' versions of that heckling incident during a hearing,

and insisting that the unedited version told the true story??

Wasn't Hannity using the unedited tape of that incident?


lol. You people's stupidity is getting more tedious by the day.

 

[Stephanie]

links and some of the transcript at site

SNIP:
Panetta: Obama never called back to check on Benghazi
posted at 8:01 am on February 8, 2013 by Ed Morrissey

We didn’t get to this yesterday, but it’s definitely worth watching — especially for the skill shown by Lindsey Graham in his examination of Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey. The headline takeaway will be what is remembered most: the revelation that Barack Obama never bothered to keep in touch with his chair of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of Defense after being informed that an American consulate was under attack from terrorists.

But if that’s all you hear from this, you’re missing the big picture. Graham managed to elicit a number of damaging statements from the two.
Not one aircraft had been deployed during the attack; not one boot left the ground outside of Libya.
As far as the 281 concurrent threat reports that Panetta and Dempsey claimed kept them from considering Benghazi a special threat, Graham asks how many of those cables came from US Ambassadors stating specifically (as Stevens’ did) that an American installation was incapable of defending itself against a sustained attack and that government buildings nearby were flying al-Qaeda flags — “because I want to know about them, if they do,” Graham adds.
Dempsey tries to push that off to State, at which time Graham informs Dempsey that Hillary Clinton claimed never to have seen that cable, even though Dempsey clearly had, which he admits is “surprising.”

Graham then circles back to the lack of action from the White House once the attack was under way:

all of it here
Panetta: Obama never called back to check on Benghazi « Hot Air

 

[Stephanie]

Wasn't it just a week or so ago that you 'nuts were posting 'unedited' versions of that heckling incident during a hearing,

and insisting that the unedited version told the true story??

Wasn't Hannity using the unedited tape of that incident?


lol. You people's stupidity is getting more tedious by the day.

ah yes, now everything posted about the Dear Leader is, edited

you got that folks? but remember the video of all the Tea Party events were the truth and the whole truth...

you gotta love it