I'm suddenly reminded of what a TV station in Detroit did during a recent Super Bowl, when the network covering it hired fired Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen as an analyst. It ran a crawl every time he appeared that essentially said, "Do you believe the opinions of someone who ran the franchise into the ground?" Of course, it's TV, ot journalism, and I don't think anyone would do that ...
Rich (h/t Deb and the others who let me know about yesterday's mail unpleasantness. Think I have it licked, and even though it wasn't my fault, apologizes. It is still October, after all ...) ________________________________ From: debbie speer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 10:35:28 AM Subject: Re: Failing Upward: Breitbart To Be Featured in ABC's 2010 ElectionCoverage We will not be watching ABC election coverage in my home for the first time in decades. Maybe ever. It was bad enough when they brought clowns like O'Reilly and Beck on GMA. This is th kind of stuff that denigrates the word whoring. Peter Jennings, we hardly knew ye. --Deb Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ________________________________ From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:25:09 -0400 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: Failing Upward: Breitbart To Be Featured in ABC's 2010 Election Coverage This is sad, sad, sad. ABC's ethics just took a serious nose-dive. and so it goes (my respect for ABC), Kevin Brabant [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Kevin G. Barkes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 7:01 am Subject: Failing Upward: Breitbart To Be Featured in ABC's 2010 Election Coverage Failing Upward: Breitbart To Be Featured in ABC's 2010 Election Coverage October 29, 2010 5:33 pm ET by Matt Gertz Media Matters has confirmed that noted propagandist Andrew Breitbart will provide analysis for ABC News during their election night coverage. After Breitbart's BigJournalism.com website reported that Breitbart would "be bringing analysis live from Arizona" for ABC, Media Matters confirmed his participation in a town hall meeting anchored by ABC's David Muir and Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg that will be featured in the network's coverage. Asked about Breitbart's history of unethical behavior and misinformation, ABC News' David Ford told Media Matters: "He will be one of many voices on our air, including Bill Adair of Politifact. If Andrew Breitbart says something that is incorrect, we have other voices to call him on it." Media figures and outlets from across the board rejected Breitbart's race-baiting lies after he smeared former USDA official Shirley Sherrod as a "racist," using as "proof" a heavily edited video of comments she made during a March NAACP event that he posted on his site BigGovernment.com. ABC's Terry Moran subsequently reported that "Breitbart had released only a clip of her speech, which distorted her real meaning, that she was wrong and had learned from her error," while Donna Brazile said that Breitbart "should apologize" to Sherrod. Both Brazile and Moran will also be featured during ABC's election night coverage. Breitbart has repeatedly appeared on ABC to explain his false smears. In a July appearance on Good Morning America, George Stephanopoulos called out Breitbart for pushing claims about Sherrod that are "clearly not true." During Breitbart's joint interview with James O'Keefe on the June 1 edition of Good Morning America, Stephanopoulos revealed a clip that had been excluded from an O'Keefe video posted on Breitbart's website of New Jersey census supervisors that undermined O'Keefe's contention. Other highlights of Andrew Breitbart's recent career of authoring and promoting falsehood-laden journalism include: "Nationwide ACORN child prostitution investigation" Platform for anti-gay Jennings smears Breitbart-promoted video falsely accuses Democrats of reconciliation hypocrisy Wild accusations over Gladney case Breitbart's websites make baseless claim that NEA engaged in lawbreaking Bertha Lewis' nonexistent White House visit The Maoist Christmas tree ornaments The ACORN "document dump" False claims of community organizers "praying" to Obama Regards, KGB ----- Kevin G. 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