Wed Jan 4, 2012, 11:39 PM
Gman (24,780 posts)
Exposed: A Spammer Fooled MSM & America with Edited NDAA Video
So this is rather embarrassing.
It turns out that the edited NDAA video of Carl Levin that was inaccurately cited in the mainstream media as proof that Obama wanted to detain US citizens was originally posted by a spammer. As we know, the President did not ask for language giving him the right to detain US citizens, he asked for the opposite. But that story wouldn’t get very many clicks for a spammer….. Thanks to the hard work of several writers, we now know the truth behind the tin foil hat insanity trip of the edited Levin NDAA video that went viral. Congratulations, mainstream media – you got PWNED by a spammer. http://www.politicususa.com/en/edited-ndaa-video -------------------------------- I hope this puts an end to this BS and outright lie that's being perpetuated by people here that hate Obama. (Posted just now on KO's FB page)
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Author | Time | Post |
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Gman | Jan 2012 | OP |
joshcryer | Jan 2012 | #1 | |
jaxx | Jan 2012 | #2 | |
Summer Hathaway | Jan 2012 | #3 | |
Scootaloo | Jan 2012 | #4 | |
Summer Hathaway | Jan 2012 | #8 | |
MADem | Jan 2012 | #6 | |
Summer Hathaway | Jan 2012 | #9 | |
Gman | Jan 2012 | #11 | |
alcibiades_mystery | Jan 2012 | #12 | |
Gman | Jan 2012 | #14 | |
bhikkhu | Jan 2012 | #5 | |
spanone | Jan 2012 | #7 | |
Tx4obama | Jan 2012 | #10 | |
99Forever | Jan 2012 | #13 | |
msanthrope | Jan 2012 | #15 |
Response to Gman (Original post)
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 11:41 PM
joshcryer (62,164 posts)
1. A lot of people bought into this.
It was a really low point.
And the capitalist spammer got what he wanted. |
Response to Gman (Original post)
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 11:48 PM
jaxx (9,236 posts)
2. Thanks for posting this.
It's good to have the truth.
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Response to Gman (Original post)
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 11:48 PM
Summer Hathaway (2,770 posts)
3. Wha, wha, what?
A spammer fooled the MSM?
Imagine that ... someone was able to shoot fish in a barrel. Can't imagine an easier target than what currently passes for 'journalists' in the mainstream media today. |
Response to Summer Hathaway (Reply #3)
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 11:58 PM
Scootaloo (25,699 posts)
4. And he fooled "Progressives" too
Of course, when it comes to hating Obama and liberals, it's not hard to fool Progressives.
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Response to Scootaloo (Reply #4)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:18 AM
Summer Hathaway (2,770 posts)
8. Well, like I said
shooting fish in a barrel. They're ALL just SO easy to fool!
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Response to Summer Hathaway (Reply #3)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:08 AM
MADem (135,425 posts)
6. He fooled some people here, too--the ones who were over-eager to believe what he was selling. nt
Response to MADem (Reply #6)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:21 AM
Summer Hathaway (2,770 posts)
9. It's all just so amusing
I'm anxious to watch for the sputtering replies from the over-eager ...
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Response to Summer Hathaway (Reply #9)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 07:29 AM
Gman (24,780 posts)
11. None have said a word overnight
They won't say much today. Some couldn't imagine they were wrong. Some are the usual planted trolls whose numbers grow here exponentially in election years. And just like over at their home at FR, they ignore bad news.
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Response to Summer Hathaway (Reply #9)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 07:58 AM
alcibiades_mystery (36,437 posts)
12. Their self-justification knows no bounds
They will interpret this as an attempt to silence their brave truth-tellin' ways, even if in this case, their truth-tellin' was, in fact, outright lie-tellin'. They got pwned utterly, probably by a conservative as per usual, but if you bring it up, then you're practically shipping them to Auschwitz, and besides, they're holding "Obama's feet to the fire," just like the he asked them to anyway, hrmph hrmph hrmph, and why all the celebration about them being wrong here anyway, step away from the computer, and all that.
They literally have no compass that tells them when to shut the fuck up and apologize for their bullshit. |
Response to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #12)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 08:26 AM
Gman (24,780 posts)
14. +1
Well said!
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Response to Gman (Original post)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:07 AM
bhikkhu (10,643 posts)
5. Unfortunately it works all too well, and consistently
Whether its O'keefe editing up a video to take down acorn, or the NPR president...different audience, same effect. A lie is designed to "go viral", and once its been repeated a few times people believe it implicitly.
Going into a big election year, I'd just advise people to fact-check everything, don't form opinions based on other people's opinions and commentary without looking at their sources. If their sources are other people's opinions, move on. Stay off bandwagons of every sort, and, again, fact-check everything. |
Response to Gman (Original post)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:11 AM
spanone (132,835 posts)
7. where's kkkarl ?
Response to Gman (Original post)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 08:04 AM
99Forever (14,524 posts)
13. Ahh, I see..
.. so President Obama didn't didn't sign into law the NDAA with said clause that allows for indefinite detention?
Great news, thank you. |
Response to Gman (Original post)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 08:28 AM
msanthrope (37,549 posts)
15. I was checking this thread for the posted apologies....
Oh, right.
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