This Is What's Wrong With The Damn Media: Timeline of Breitbart's Sherrod smear

[SunsetDreams]

Timeline of Breitbart's Sherrod Smear

Media Matters has documented a timeline of Andrew Breitbart's smear of Shirley Sherrod, from Breitbart's initial posting of his deceptively edited clip of Sherrod -- which was amplified by Fox News and other right-wing media -- through the release of the full video of Sherrod's comments, which made clear the context of her remarks.

Monday
8:18 a.m.: Breitbart posts Sherrod video, calls her "racist," claims "Context is everything." Breitbart posted the heavily edited video of Sherrod and falsely suggested that Sherrod discriminated against a white farmer in her capacity as the Agriculture Department's Georgia Director of Rural Development:

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Fox News amplifies Breitbart's deceptively edited video. On July 19, FoxNews.com reported: "Days after the NAACP clashed with Tea Party members over allegations of racism, a video has surfaced showing an Agriculture Department official regaling an NAACP audience with a story about how she withheld help to a white farmer facing bankruptcy." The FoxNews.com article further reported that "he video clip was first posted by BigGovernment.com" and that "FoxNews.com is seeking a response from both the NAACP and the USDA." The article is no longer available on FoxNews.com but was republished on another website:

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12:13 p.m.: Hoft runs with Breitbart video. In a Gateway Pundit post titled, "More Racism at NAACP: Radical Obama Official Admits That She Openly Discriminates Against Whites," Jim Hoft posted Breitbart's video clip and wrote: "The former civil rights group known as the NAACP does not just invite anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan and radical America-hating Marxist Jeremiah Wright to speak at their events ...They also invite government officials who hate whitey, too." Hoft further wrote that "Sherrod admits in a speech at the NAACP that she discriminated against farmers because they were white."

More here: http://mediamatters.org/research/201007220004

When is the media going to stop being tabloid in nature and actually do fact checks on stories before rinsing and repeating everything? I expect this out of Faux news, but the other outlets? Why do they continue to carry this tabloid journalism. They all need to have thier asses handed to them for this, and a lesson learned. This is beyond disgusting, and cruel!

Oh and BTW, I will say it so Shirley Sherrod, doesn't have to. FUCK YOU FAUX! FUCK YOU BREITBART!

[Jennicut]

1. It is hilarious to try and see everyone at Faux try and backtrack.

They try to blame Vilsack and Obama. Of course, Vilsack acted without the facts and is to blame too. But Faux never takes any responsibility. And neither does Breitbart.

[SunsetDreams]

2. exactly

same shit, different day.
Take a look around at all the "I just know he had something to do with it, well, just because. That's my story and I'm sticking to it" :eyes:

[LiberalFighter]

3. The event took place March 27 and it just now comes out?

[SunsetDreams]

4. Yes, and you want to know my opinion?

The reason this just came out, is recently the NAACP went after the Tea Party, as having racial elements. Breitbart is a member of the Tea Party. He had to have went searching through NAACP meetings to find this video, and then spliced it up to make the NAACP look bad. The ultimate victim was Shirley Sherrod.

[baldguy]

5. They had it waiting & ready to go.

The RW planned on this. Misquoting Shirley Sherrod was deliberate & premeditated.

[dgibby]

6. On a good note, however,

CNN had the story and decided NOT to run with it because they felt they didn't have enough info, independent resources, etc. That's why they were able to get interviews with Sherrod before anyone else did. Yesterday, Rick Sanchez aired the entire video of her speech, not just soundbites.

[SunsetDreams]

11. I didn't realize that about CNN

are you sure none of them did? I love Rick Sanchez, he tells it like it is, and doesn't put up with BS.

[niceypoo]

7. FOX news isnt 'the media'

FOX news is a propaganda outlet. They will never stop being tabloid in nature because propaganda is tabloid in nature.

[rbixby]

8. I wonder how long they were holding onto this thing

Timing is everything, you bait your intended victim into a fight, then you go full force into them with whatever weapon you have. Unfortunately, their weapon, while it made a lot of noise, was nothing more than a fart in a stiff wind.

[SunsetDreams]

12. honestly, I don't think they had it that long

IMO it is a direct result of the recent NAACP callout of the teaparty for having racist elements. That was just a few weeks ago.

[time_has_come]

9. Missing from that timeline: when did admin. officials start calling her to pressure her resignation?

when did they throw one of their own under the bus in response to their fear of FOX?

[Phx_Dem]

10. It's the White House's fault the media can't do their jobs.

Keith and Rachel should look at their own network. In fact, I don't recall either of them mentioning Morning Joe's airing of the edited tape.

[MikeW]

13. I'll get flamed for this but ... the real problem

is that the media has aired this 24/7 since it happened.

MEANWHILE IN THE REAL WORLD I can tell you this after listening to people at work MOST PEOPLE DONT CARE!!!

Ok so they wronged her ok ... they offered her a better job she turned it down. Good luck suing the Government Shirley you wont win no one does against the Feds. You'll have better luck against the media with a good lawyer.

I mean come on people Obama signed some SIG. BILLS THIS WEEK.

How much of that was on the news? Nothing .... Nada !! Not a peep this am on the morning shows.

The WH is in trouble because they dont control the message anymore and the message right now should be

JOBS JOBS JOBS.