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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust now Santorum's spokesperson on MSNBC called talked about Obama's "radical Islamic" policies
. . .was actually talking about his "radical environmentalist" policies and slipped up with the "radical Islamic." She can spin it anyway she wants, it was locked and loaded in what Eddie Murphy once called "your mental Rolodex."
peace frog
(5,609 posts)In today's lexicon, "radical" is nearly always followed by "Islamic". Santorum isn't sharp enough, or honest enough, to catch and correct his own errors.
NAO
(3,425 posts)gtar100
(4,192 posts)"how is that related to Islam"...
Instead they let this stuff drift into the public media discourse as if it had any authenticity at all.
SunSeeker
(51,797 posts)They just repeat press releases verbatim, or at best, attribute it to the person who released the statement. But they almost never inform the reader as to whether the statement is true. I guess they figure that is Politifact's job, because, uh, they do it so well.
emulatorloo
(44,268 posts)Only Republicans get the free pass treatment.
SunSeeker
(51,797 posts)wndycty
(17,445 posts)n/t
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)underpants
(183,007 posts)of course this "son of the coal fields" got obliterated in his last election run - he lost by 18% to Casey
zbdent
(35,392 posts)a Christian ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002331718#post1
but then, I don't think this is a slip, or an "error" ... they are likely to keep hounding this ...
Kinda like, in court ... "The jury is instructed to disregard the statement." - but it's now in their minds.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)he just said that mainline Protestants, of which Obama is one, are "gone from the world of Christianity".
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)for the burning of heretics when he becomes president?
wndycty
(17,445 posts). . .just now.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)from my friends'.
usregimechange
(18,373 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)way to go, Andrea. Guess you just dont' have any kind of a spine or what should pass as journalistic integrity because the truth should have been charging out of your mouth when she said that.
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)like the rest of us.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)underpants
(183,007 posts)in a friendly type way.
When I was available to watch her show I always did. It is not that she actually reflects any specific point (see Kathleen Parker) or that she is an actual journalist - what it is is that she reflects the conventional wisdom of the upper most crust of the DC and Wall Street elite. That includes both and all sides. Watching her show lets one know exactly what we are up against. She unflinchingly (expressionless mostly) lets us know what the most powerful have already decided.
BTW she is a horrific journalist - when Freiss made his jackass comment she said nothing. .... she tweeted "What should I have asked???" - uh if you don't know then you shouldn't be on air.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)I mean really. Happens every day.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)After all, the talking point of the day was Santorum's support for the global-warming-is-a-hoax hoax.
Now, I suppose she really wanted to argue about how not blah man should ever be president.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)she's trying to retred a blown out tire from 2 years ago when the tea booggers were all in the streets with their side arms strapped to their legs.
Bucky
(54,094 posts)ty
CAPHAVOC
(1,138 posts)angrychair
(8,753 posts)We should be shocked and horrified at this disgusting show of behavior by both of these ladies. First and foremost for Ms. Stewart saying it at all and second at Ms. Mitchell for allowing her to continue unchallenged and then to allow Ms. Stewart to interject herself back into the conversation by attempting to roll back her racist and unconscionable comments.
Andre Mitchell should have higher standards than this and MSNBC should hold their reporters to a higher standard than this. To even allow Ms. Stewart to call back and say, "oh, sorry, meant to say this....honest mistake" requires a level of cognizant dissonance on the part of the listener as to be in total free fall from reality. Everyone knows that she meant what she said and said what she meant to say. The whole incident is deplorable and we should not let it go unanswered:
andreamitchell@msnbc.com (not positive on this one but its the only one I could find)
also find her on Twitter
phil.griffin@nbcuni.com (president MSNBC)
We must all make a point to start calling things like this out and shame them when they get it wrong.