Mitt Makes discoveries!

[rightwinger]

What "real" story.

The real story is what an oddball Romney is..

He's also done the very same thing..you are complaining about in his very first advertisement. And FOX, which doesn't admit to being pundits..but advertizes itself as news does this sort of thing, daily.

It's okay when his very own campaign does it. When FOX does it..but when a pundit station does it..it's somehow bad?

Jane Akre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the sort of bullshit you guys opened the floodgates on..

Deal.

You consider it punditry if any information that would make Obama look bad is broadcast.

As opposed to MSNBC which ignores Fast & Furious and throws a fit calling for armed insurrection after losing elections. They're just good journalists.

You watch MSNBC?

Muddy has the hots for Rachel Maddow

 

[American Horse]

What "real" story.

The real story is what an oddball Romney is..

He's also done the very same thing..you are complaining about in his very first advertisement. And FOX, which doesn't admit to being pundits..but advertizes itself as news does this sort of thing, daily.

It's okay when his very own campaign does it. When FOX does it..but when a pundit station does it..it's somehow bad?

Jane Akre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the sort of bullshit you guys opened the floodgates on..
Deal.

That was a Fox Affiliate not the Fox Corp. and Akre refused to do the job she was assigned and went off on her own; like the Roimney story you opened this thread with there's a huge back story behind the Akre thing.

FROM YOUR LINK:

This is the part that was germane..

An appeal was filed, and a ruling in February 2003 came down in favor of WTVT, who successfully argued that the FCC policy against falsification was not a "law, rule, or regulation", and so the whistle-blower law did not qualify as the required "law, rule, or regulation" under section 448.102 of the Florida Statutes.[8] ... Because the FCC's news distortion policy is not a "law, rule, or regulation" under section 448.102 of the Florida Statutes,[8] Akre has failed to state a claim under the whistle-blower's statute."[6] The appeal did not address any falsification claims, noting that "as a threshold matter ... Akre failed to state a claim under the whistle-blower's statute," but noted that the lower court ruled against all of Wilson's charges and all of Akre's claims with the exception of the whistleblower claim that was overturned.[6]

So the "decency" clause of the FCC, which has shut down many television shows, like Richard Pryor's, gone after Howard Stern and fined the Super Bowl is somehow "enforceable"..but telling lies on a "news" station is not?

That's ******* amazing.

At least we should have a fair reading of the case to get a feel for events and what the suit was about. - From the Legal Record:

In December 1996, WTVT hired the Appellee, Jane Akre, and her husband, Steve Wilson, as a husband-and-wife investigative reporting team. Shortly after Akre and Wilson arrived at WTVT, they began working on a story about the use of synthetic bovine growth hormone (“BGH”) in Florida dairy cattle. Their work on this story led to what could be characterized as an eight-month tug-of-war between the reporters and WTVT’s management and lawyers over the content of the story. Each time the station asked Wilson and Akre to provide supporting documentation for statements in the story or to make changes in the content of the story, the reporters accused the station of attempting to distort the story to favor the manufacturer of BGH.

In September 1997, WTVT notified Akre and Wilson that it was exercising the option to terminate their employment contracts without cause. Akre and Wilson responded in writing to WTVT threatening to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) alleging that the station had “illegally” edited the still unfinished BGH report in violation of an FCC policy against federally licensed broadcasters deliberately distorting the news. The parties never resolved their differences regarding the content of the story, and consequently, the story never aired.

In April 1998, Akre and Wilson sued WTVT alleging, among other things, claims under the whistle-blower’s statute. Those claims alleged that their terminations had been in retaliation for their resisting WTVT’s attempts to distort or suppress the BGH story and for threatening to report the alleged news distortion to the FCC. Akre also brought claims for declaratory relief and for breach of contract. After a four-week trial, a jury found against Wilson on all his claims. The trial court directed a verdict against Akre on her breach of contract claim, Akre abandoned her claim for declaratory relief, and the trial court let her whistle-blower claims go to the jury. The jury rejected all of Akre’s claims except her claim that WTVT retaliated against her in response to her threat to disclose the alleged news distortion to the FCC. The jury awarded Akre $425,000 in damages.

While WTVT has raised a number of challenges to the judgment obtained by Akre, we need not address each challenge because we find as a threshold matter that Akre failed to state her claim under the whistle-blower’s statue. . . .

[see link below for details]

We agree with WTVT that the FCC’s policy against the intentional falsification of the news – which the FCC has called its “news distortion policy” – does not qualify as the required “law, rule, or regulation” under section 448.102. . . .

[see link below for details]

Recognizing an uncodified agency policy developed through the adjudicative process as the equivalent of a formally adopted rule is not consistent with this policy, and it would expand the scope of conduct that could subject an employer to liability beyond what Florida’s Legislature could have contemplated with it enacted the whistle-blower’s statute. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment in her favor and remand for entry of a judgment in favor of WTVT.

CASANUEVA, J., and GREEN, OLIVER L., SENIOR JUDGE, CONCUR


http://www.2dca.org/opinions/Opinion_Pages/Opinion_Page_2003/February/February 14, 2003/2D01-529.pdf[/QUOTE]

 

[Sallow]

You consider it punditry if any information that would make Obama look bad is broadcast.

As opposed to MSNBC which ignores Fast & Furious and throws a fit calling for armed insurrection after losing elections. They're just good journalists.

You watch MSNBC?

Muddy has the hots for Rachel Maddow

Yeah..but they report on the "Fast and Furious" hearing, daily.

So either he doesn't watch..or he's making a false statement.

 

[blastoff]

How is a machine that makes a sandwich so radically different from a machine that lets you select a coffee then add cream? Those have been around for decades. I agree that this story is stupid, but Romney's amazement at it does make him look like an idiot.

He was comparing the competitive efficiency of private industry vs. the bumbling of federal bureaucracy. It's clear to anyone who listened to his whole statement, except of course the Dimocrats who are anxious for some, any, phony issue to keep the spotlight off of Barry's minor league administration.

Which "competitive efficient private industry" ever won a war for the US?

Oh..and by the way..

People of Romney's ilk want to squash competition..not foster it.

Try to keep up. The issue is NBC getting caught selectively editing Romney's comments in a way that infers he's out of touch when in fact he was pointing out the difference between government bureaucracy and private industry.

What any of that has to do with winning wars you'll have to explain since you brought it up.

 

[Katzndogz]

It didn't take long for this revelation by the liberal media to be shown to be a total lie did it? Like everything else democrats try it backfired. It backfired big time because the real clip was shown over and over again getting a much bigger audience than it ever would have.

 

[thanatos144]

It didn't take long for this revelation by the liberal media to be shown to be a total lie did it? Like everything else democrats try it backfired. It backfired big time because the real clip was shown over and over again getting a much bigger audience than it ever would have.

all it took was a honest citizen with a phone........The exposer of the media is happening more and more cause of citizen reporters...You know just bloggers.

 

[Dr.House]

Is this OP fail thread still going?..

That's ******* funny as hell....lol

 

[Dr.House]

It didn't take long for this revelation by the liberal media to be shown to be a total lie did it? Like everything else democrats try it backfired. It backfired big time because the real clip was shown over and over again getting a much bigger audience than it ever would have.

all it took was a honest citizen with a phone........The exposer of the media is happening more and more cause of citizen reporters...You know just bloggers.

Now everyone who owns a cell phone capable of recording out there can stop the bullshit quickly...

Gotta love technology beating bullshit...

 

[blastoff]

It didn't take long for this revelation by the liberal media to be shown to be a total lie did it? Like everything else democrats try it backfired. It backfired big time because the real clip was shown over and over again getting a much bigger audience than it ever would have.

I was a tiny bit surprised they'd try something like this so soon after getting caught just a few weeks ago with their edits that made Zimmerman sound like he was profiling by telling the 911 operator the suspicious person he was calling about was black. But now as everyone knows he was simply replying to the operator's inquiry whether the suspect was black or Hispanic.

Wonder what the over/under in days is until they do it again?

 

[Nunz]

Lets not forget this little 3-year old gem, about the angry white men (and their guns) who hate this black president!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRLAQCFhCA]Msnbc Hate Mongering - YouTube[/ame]


This (pic below) is what they focused on in the above story, they looped the footage, never showing the face of the angry white man, who evidently has a problem with a black man presiding over the nation!

Incidentally, the part MSNBC edited out...what the angry white man with the semi-auto looks like!

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Mitt Romney Is Amazed By WaWa - YouTube

Apparently he's never been to a WaWa or used a vending machine.

:BZZT: Amazing :BZZT;

LOL you got caught up in someone's political hackery Sallow, go look at what he said next.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-c1ahIBDcw&feature=related]MSNBC edits Romney rally speech - YouTube[/ame]


oh such a dishonest spin and so easily exposed.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTrmwDmOjy4]Tom Corbett Introduces Mitt Romney In Pennsylvania: Ron Paul Supporter Waits Opportunity Part 5 - YouTube[/ame]


Imagine that, context

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Mitt Romney Is Amazed By WaWa - YouTube

Apparently he's never been to a WaWa or used a vending machine.

:BZZT: Amazing :BZZT;

Never having been to WaWa's is not any big deal, but I really didn't get his amazement over a vending machine. He is a bit out of step with average Americans, but that wouldn't be my biggest concern with him.

I don't think he was amazed at a vending machine. He was amazed at the efficient process of ordering sandwiches in a crowded convenience store

I thought he was amazed that the government couldn't be half as efficient as a crowded convenience store.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Mitt Romney Is Amazed By WaWa - YouTube

Apparently he's never been to a WaWa or used a vending machine.

:BZZT: Amazing :BZZT;

Dumb ass....

NBC edits Romney rally speech to portray candidate as out of touch | Fox News


Love how you ignore reality in favor of hackery.

“The RNC and the campaign both reached out to us saying that Romney had more to say about that visit, about federal bureaucracy and innovation in the private sector,” she added before playing the unedited clip from the rally.

At least they had the decency to play the whole segment.



Again... dumb ass.

i dont believe that change of address story.....there is more too it than what Mitt says,or he is exaggerating to make his point or he is full of shit and it never happened .....people change their addresses all the time down there.....you fill out one form and its changed.....

I guess you missed the part about it being a change of address required by medicare for payments from the government. Does it make you feel better to pretend he was talking about the Post Office, or are you just stupid?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

How is a machine that makes a sandwich so radically different from a machine that lets you select a coffee then add cream? Those have been around for decades. I agree that this story is stupid, but Romney's amazement at it does make him look like an idiot.

He was comparing the competitive efficiency of private industry vs. the bumbling of federal bureaucracy. It's clear to anyone who listened to his whole statement, except of course the Dimocrats who are anxious for some, any, phony issue to keep the spotlight off of Barry's minor league administration.

Which "competitive efficient private industry" ever won a war for the US?

Oh..and by the way..

People of Romney's ilk want to squash competition..not foster it.

Thank you for agreeing with me that Citizen's United is not going to result in a corporate takeover of the US.

 

[rightwinger]

Next up.....Mitt discovers Taco Bell

" You won't believe it. They have these things called "Nachos". Tastes like Fritos with velveeta. What will they think of next?"

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Mitt Romney Is Amazed By WaWa - YouTube

Apparently he's never been to a WaWa or used a vending machine.

:BZZT: Amazing :BZZT;

LOL you got caught up in someone's political hackery Sallow, go look at what he said next.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-c1ahIBDcw&feature=related]MSNBC edits Romney rally speech - YouTube[/ame]


oh such a dishonest spin and so easily exposed.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTrmwDmOjy4]Tom Corbett Introduces Mitt Romney In Pennsylvania: Ron Paul Supporter Waits Opportunity Part 5 - YouTube[/ame]


Imagine that, context

Yea. I was going to post this last night; but I couldn't remember the name of this pathetic thread.

When I watched the original video, I thought the hosts were being pretentious deuche wads.

But you watch the whole video and it's clear that Mitt Romney is not only not being the doddering fool that the edit tried to make him appear to be; but he is actually making a very cogent point. He mentioned a doctor that had to fill out a 33 page form to change his address to receive payment for medicare services rendered. And they come back to him and simply say it's not filled out right and he can't get his money. And in the mean time, the Wa Wa's is simple b/c the private sector knows that all that bs doesn't fly in a competitive market. And then he basically said it was amazing in jest. Then you watch the MSNBC vid; and they make him seem perplexed at the technology when that wasn't the context. And MSNBC's explanation? Well nothing was edited out of sequence? LMAO. Don't worry Mitt. Zimmerman knows how you feel too.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Dumb ass....

NBC edits Romney rally speech to portray candidate as out of touch | Fox News


Love how you ignore reality in favor of hackery.



At least they had the decency to play the whole segment.



Again... dumb ass.

i dont believe that change of address story.....there is more too it than what Mitt says,or he is exaggerating to make his point or he is full of shit and it never happened .....people change their addresses all the time down there.....you fill out one form and its changed.....

I guess you missed the part about it being a change of address required by medicare for payments from the government. Does it make you feel better to pretend he was talking about the Post Office, or are you just stupid?

.....what does this say from the ******* article......

What viewers didn't see or hear was nearly three minutes of Romney discussing the nightmare of paperwork faced by an optometrist he'd talked to in trying to get the post office to change his address.

if it was for ******* Medicare.....then he should have said MEDICARE....he said getting the ******* POST OFFICE to change his Address.....the ******* PO will send that check to wherever you want it too.....got it stupid?.....maybe Dean was right about you.....

 

[rightwinger]

Never having been to WaWa's is not any big deal, but I really didn't get his amazement over a vending machine. He is a bit out of step with average Americans, but that wouldn't be my biggest concern with him.

I don't think he was amazed at a vending machine. He was amazed at the efficient process of ordering sandwiches in a crowded convenience store

I thought he was amazed that the government couldn't be half as efficient as a crowded convenience store.

Mitt should hire WaWa clerks for his cabinet

 

[RoadVirus]

He was comparing the competitive efficiency of private industry vs. the bumbling of federal bureaucracy. It's clear to anyone who listened to his whole statement, except of course the Dimocrats who are anxious for some, any, phony issue to keep the spotlight off of Barry's minor league administration.

Which "competitive efficient private industry" ever won a war for the US?

Oh..and by the way..

People of Romney's ilk want to squash competition..not foster it.

Try to keep up. The issue is NBC getting caught selectively editing Romney's comments in a way that infers he's out of touch when in fact he was pointing out the difference between government bureaucracy and private industry.

NBC, which is part of NBCUniversal Media, which is owned partly by GE, who's CEO is Jeffrey Immelt, Obama's outsourcing butt buddy.

 

[Dr.House]

I don't think he was amazed at a vending machine. He was amazed at the efficient process of ordering sandwiches in a crowded convenience store

I thought he was amazed that the government couldn't be half as efficient as a crowded convenience store.

Mitt should hire WaWa clerks for his cabinet

Are you still trying to spin this?

You fuckers got caught... Time to move on to the next fauxtrage...