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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:10 PM May 2013

ABC Admits That They Never Read Benghazi Emails That They Smeared Obama With


ABC Admits That They Never Read Benghazi Emails That They Smeared Obama With

After Jake Tapper exposed ABC’s Benghazi email scoop as edited to make Obama look bad, ABC News admitted that they lied to America. They never actually read the original emails.

In their May 10th exclusive, ABC News claimed that they had obtained the Benghazi emails, “ABC News has obtained 12 different versions of the talking points that show they were extensively edited as they evolved from the drafts first written entirely by the CIA to the final version distributed to Congress and to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice before she appeared on five talk shows the Sunday after that attack.”

Later in the same story, ABC’s Jonathan Karl wrote, “White House emails reviewed by ABC News suggest the edits were made with extensive input from the State Department.”

After CNN’s Jake Tapper exposed ABC’s report was based on information that was edited in order to make the Obama administration look bad, ABC tried to explain away their lies by claiming that their inaccurate story, and the actual emails are the same thing, “Assuming the email cited by Jake Tapper is accurate, it is consistent with the summary quoted by Jon Karl.”

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ABC Admits That They Never Read Benghazi Emails That They Smeared Obama With (Original Post) Tx4obama May 2013 OP
You won't see this on the cable news channels. hrmjustin May 2013 #1
Just get that story first, then ooops look like an ass. sheshe2 May 2013 #2
Reminiscent of Pathway to 911, fuck ABC. BootinUp May 2013 #3
The scary thing is ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #4
Oh, no! They would have to think ahead to the purpose of it all, too. Heaven forbid! freshwest May 2013 #9
That's funny. n/t 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #12
It's been a long time in the making for me but I'm already Cha May 2013 #10
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #15
The Benghazi thig is a manufactured thing Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #5
Holy Gravy Poop! Sur-prize, sur-prize!!! MADem May 2013 #6
can you say C-O-M-P-L-I-C-I-T? Skittles May 2013 #7
K&R&T. n/t jenmito May 2013 #8
What a tangled freaking snake pit. Cha May 2013 #11
Remember this? Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #13
ABC = Disney = ESPN Botany May 2013 #14
And people call the Daily Show "fake news." Pfft. n/t Beartracks May 2013 #16
So which ABC reporter gets the "Rather" treatment? nt Pholus May 2013 #17
Disney railsback May 2013 #18
When in thee hell SCVDem May 2013 #19
The CEO of ABC is a hard core Republican and she was a large Bush supporter. Kablooie May 2013 #20
Why aren't we outraged at the lack of coverage for this story? Try and find this story okaawhatever May 2013 #21
The irony is that Jack Tapper use to work for ABC davidpdx May 2013 #22

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
2. Just get that story first, then ooops look like an ass.
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:16 PM
May 2013
The corporate media has proven time and again that they can’t be trusted. For profit news is about getting the story first, not getting it right. They have also shown aren’t beneath lying and smearing a president with a bogus conspiracy if it will make their corporate owners even richer.


Thanks, Tx.

BootinUp

(47,141 posts)
3. Reminiscent of Pathway to 911, fuck ABC.
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:17 PM
May 2013

If you don't recognize the reference heres former Pres Clinton talking about it.

?t=3m20s skip to 3:20. If you like it there is also a part 2 and 3
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
4. The scary thing is ...
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:32 PM
May 2013

all of this is leading to a point where no one will believe anything reported by anyone (except, of course, those reporting what we already believe).

Can't trust the media ... Can't trust the government ... can't trust either party ... why, people will have to think for themselves!

Cha

(297,154 posts)
10. It's been a long time in the making for me but I'm already
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:01 AM
May 2013

way past believing news media.

Call me crazy.. I trust Whitehouse.gov.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
15. Well ...
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:15 AM
May 2013

I must be crazy too. But I've watched 4 1/2 years of this "gotcha ... No, gotcha this time ... No, I really gotcha this time" B.S., only to watch the "gotcha" fall apart. So until things change, I'ma dance with thems that I brought.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
5. The Benghazi thig is a manufactured thing
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:46 PM
May 2013

aimed to hit Democrats and ready to pave a way through for the GOP. The electorate are tired of this.

Botany

(70,496 posts)
14. ABC = Disney = ESPN
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:14 AM
May 2013

They are a right wing mouth piece.

BTW NPR is in on it too ...... I heard them yesterday talking about Obama's major
problems w/the IRS and Benghazi.

"they" are selling lies as real news in order to hurt a President who won in a landslide.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
19. When in thee hell
Wed May 15, 2013, 01:30 AM
May 2013

do people get prosecuted for treason and attempting to take down our duly elected President?

How much time and money is being wasted by these worthless, dime a dozen fucks?

You are fired MF!

Kablooie

(18,626 posts)
20. The CEO of ABC is a hard core Republican and she was a large Bush supporter.
Wed May 15, 2013, 01:37 AM
May 2013

But the CEO of Disney is a dedicated Democrat and Obama supporter, so there ya go.

okaawhatever

(9,461 posts)
21. Why aren't we outraged at the lack of coverage for this story? Try and find this story
Wed May 15, 2013, 01:52 AM
May 2013

in the msm. I saw it for a nanosecond on huffpo. This should get double the press the original emails did.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
22. The irony is that Jack Tapper use to work for ABC
Wed May 15, 2013, 08:25 AM
May 2013

I'm guessing they aren't too happy about one of their former reporters making them look bad.

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