MSNBC has "Fingergate" on their webpage!!!!!

[DemsUnited]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/

I am so mad I could spit. Doesn't ANYBODY do any research before going on air with this shit!!! Please help me flood both MSNBC and CNN (before they get on the act too) with the following pictures showing a clearly two finger face scratch *NOT* a flip off.




I believe the first one is from an abc feed of the event.

The second one is a screen capture of 20:56 of this video at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/355941

[rurallib]

1. You gotta be kidding -- No?

How low can they go?

[Teaser]

7. "How long can they go"

"Once again, back is the incredible The rhyme animal The incredible D"

[politicasista]

10. Or in the words of Chuck D, "How low can you go?"

Yawn.

:boring: :boring: :boring:

[SteveM]

18. Chubby Checker was there first ("Limbo Rock")

[politicasista]

68. Cool n/t

[Teaser]

72. Chuck D does not make for yawns

.

[movonne]

44. What has become of this country ... maybe we just need the laugh, because

the world is falling apart around us..this makes it look more like a comedy show than a news show...

[jjchvz]

78. Slo-Mo of The Finger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoOFp-RDpvM

[2rth2pwr]

2. This one is a little more clear.

[Cali_Democrat]

8. self delete

wrong spot

[JackORoses]

11. what about this one?

Both fingers can be clearly seen.

You are fighting a losing battle on this one. It just makes you look like a fool.

[2rth2pwr]

15. Different point in time. He did not lift his hand to his face with it frozen in one position.

Remember a photo is one very small piece of time captured. There are always things happening before AND after.

[JackORoses]

24. yet you continue to posit that your photo is the one that shows what really happened

trusting in Hillary, not your lying eyes, huh?

[meow mix]

16. they prefer the angle that only shows one finger blocking the other.

obscuring the truth is thier standard procedure. more proof of that..

[2rth2pwr]

19. Here is yet another image captured during his movements.

[scheming daemons]

22. LOL..... PLEASE keep this story alive.... it helps him....

[2rth2pwr]

28. That gesture is one of a series, including the Jay-Z shoulder dust-off...

The reaction of the crowd cannot be explained by anything other than the gesture of the raised middle finger "scratching" Obama's cheek. That gesture is one of a series, including the Jay-Z shoulder dust-off and the "got to scrape that sh*t right off your shoes" gesture, not to mention the Best of Reverend Wright "ridin' dirty" hand motion presented in the guise of a knife twist and quickly performed twice, with cheers from the crowd and smirks from Obama.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/obamaflipsoffcl.html#comment-111182784

[scheming daemons]

33. LOL... ok.... keep it up! Seriously.... run with this all weekend and into Tuesday....

Pretty please?

[stillcool]

76. yeah really....

this is the one that's going to stick..:rofl:

[JackORoses]

60. wow, I didn't realize you were so far gone

time to scrape you off of my shoes and move on...

[JackORoses]

31. that is even less conclusive than your other one.

Do you think anybody is going to buy your lie once they see the photos from behind?

Seriously, look at what supporting Hillary has turned you into.
You will do and say anything for her. Do you even think she knows that you exist?

[2rth2pwr]

40. That gesture is one of a series, including the Jay-Z shoulder dust-off

That gesture is one of a series, including the Jay-Z shoulder dust-off and the "got to scrape that sh*t right off your shoes" gesture, not to mention the Best of Reverend Wright "ridin' dirty" hand motion presented in the guise of a knife twist and quickly performed twice, with cheers from the crowd and smirks from Obama.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/obamaflipsoffcl.html#comment-111182784

[Jersey Devil]

29. Well! Check out this one!!

eeeeuuuggghh!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8tPoc99eY

[Warren Stupidity]

51. Snot funny.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

73. I like this one best, 2trthdistorter

[Terran]

3. Wow

Since when is "a stir on the Internet" a newsworthy story?

[Mme. Defarge]

4. UNFORTUNATELY ...

it looks like he just scratched his cheek.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Sounds positively rude

:rofl:

I can't see what the issue is ?

[Yael]

6. Unbelievable.

THIS is what the stir is all about and MSNBC is highlighting it?

Morons.

[tandem5]

9. why don't we keep talking about it?

that makes the whole thing go away faster!

[DemsUnited]

23. I wish it would go away, but when MSNBC has news stories

about it then puts the clip up on their homepage, it just gives it legs.

So we are in the unfortunate, frustrating and absurd position of having to debunk their lazy sensationalistic story.

I am so TIRED of this. If I hear another word about a pin or finger or what obama's hairdresser said I am putting my head in the sand and not moving it until November 3rd...

[scheming daemons]

37. I dont want it to go away... it proves Obama's point about "silly season" and works for him.....

...

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Why doesn't the corporate media just report every "stir" on the internet?

Fucking assholes

[Yael]

13. Screen shot of the homepage

I am embarrassed for them

[IsItJustMe]

56. It's no longer on their front page.

[stillcool]

77. Nice! What a fine job...

the media is doing of showing us their stuff.

[meow mix]

14. K&R

[FrenchieCat]

We all need to send it.....

Send to KO, and those on our side.

[jordi_fanclub]

34. Ooops... they want use the never ending RW tactics?... Ok, let's play!

After I debunked the part I here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5559495&mesg_id=5561265

So I spend all day collecting interesting FINGERWATER® pics.

Let's play... who is FINGERWATERED® here:

[DemsUnited]

42. Okay jordi_fanclub, you just made me smile.

And I've been pretty steamed about this stupid thing all day long!

[L0oniX]

48. We all need to attach this picture to emails to the M$N

:evilgrin:

[L0oniX]

66. I just emailed Keith Olbermann that picture.

:evilgrin:

[Straight Shooter]

17. Help, I'm slipping into the Twilight Zone ....

This can't be real. Good gawd. Talk about jumping the shark.

[JackORoses]

62. only if Hillary is the Shark and Obama jumped her on his way to the White House

[Straight Shooter]

67. I'm talking about MSNBC's pathetic attempt at journalism.

But thanks for playing.

[City Lights]

20. m$nbc is part of the corporate elite media. They are part of the problem.

Countdown is their only show worthy of my time.

The absolute worst of their line up includes Morning Jerk and all the filler they air hosted by their talking bobble heads. Tweety occasionally has something worth watching, as does Gregory (yesterday seeing Mourning Crybaby storm off the set was priceless) and Abrams, but for the most part, they suck.

Trying to make something out of Obama scratching his cheek lowers their credibility even further. :thumbsdown:

If I were in NY, I'd conduct my own FUCK YOU protest so they could see EXACTLY what giving the finger looks like.

[shadowknows69]

21. unfucking real

Give me video of anyone scratching their face and I'll be able to find a frame where one finger lingers higher than the other.

[zulchzulu]

25. Just when you thought it was strange, it got a lot stranger...

Has Wolfson released anything yet on this? What a pantload...

[ProSense]

26. It's truly a sign that they didn't get the desired devastating effect they were after with

bitter-gate and the debate. They as in the media.

[adoraz]

27. Flood them with complaints!

this is quite possibly the worst reporting I have ever seen.

[adoraz]

35. actually on second thought...

I really doubt this will affect him at all, but it is still unbelievable that this is a story.

[islandmkl]

30. it all started like this...

[malik flavors]

32. They joked about it earlier. Nobody is taking this seriously. Quit freaking out.

[DemsUnited]

50. I know that Contessa Brewer called it the silly season and I

had no problem with her segment although I wish they had shown the video from the other side showing this as a clearly two finger face scratch.

What I don't like is MSNBC having it on their front page with the caption "did obama flip off clinton" because a lot of people don't look any further than the picture and the caption.

Plus all the stupid right wing blogs will point to it as validation.

As I said before, I guess I'm just fed up with pins and other distractions that (for me) this is the last straw. But will take your advice to chill out.

[McCamy Taylor]

36. People at DU were CHEERING him giving her the finger last night.

Where do you think the MSM got the idea that he gave Hillary the finger? It was from the crowd's laughter and from Obama supporters all assuming that that was what he was doing and talking about it and praising it here and at YouTube.

His own supporters started this mess.

[scheming daemons]

39. It's not a mess... it's AWESOME.... if this is what we're talking about the next 3 days, Obama is ..

going to kick butt on Tuesday.

[WHAT]

49. OMG

it was an innocent gesture...

I sincerely believe that...

olo

[stillcool]

79. well yeah...

who started the shit...Larry Johnson? :rofl:

[gateley]

38. This has been abuzz on the blogs (embarrassingly)

so that means it'll draw viewers/responses on their site and news shows.

It's all for ratings and advertising revenue.

If we didn't go so far off track, the MSM wouldn't pay any attention.

We have a lot of power, but we can also cause a lot of harm.

That being said, can you imagine Walter Conkrite and those of his ilk/era even giving this a second thought?

Both of our candidates are respected, august Senators, not third graders giggling at naughty gestures.

[Bensthename]

41. MSM is horrible.. They try to take him down, but can't.. He is superman.

[L0oniX]

43. G0d help him if he ever farts near a mic.

:eyes:

[2rth2pwr]

53. Blasphemy!

[gcomeau]

45. They also have a nasty letter from me in their inbox.

Obama flips off Clinton?

The link to the video just made your front page on your website. How do you people sleep at night? The blogosphere broke AND DEFINITIVELY DEBUNKED this ridiculous claim in about 15 minutes last night and it still makes it onto MSNBC news with the worst possible camera angle and an open question about whether he did it or not the next day? "You decide" if he did it or not? Seriously?

from: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/355941 at 20:55.

Last time I checked you don't use two fingers to flip someone off. You people are journalists right? You occasionally *investigate* stories before broadcasting baseless juvenile insinuations about people like... oh... presidential candidates... on national television? ABC mangling the debate earlier this week wasn't enough, now we need to get you guys trying to push some fabricated gaffe that doesn't even exist on us as news?

And even if he HAD only used his middle finger to scratch his cheek, which he didn't... he's scratching his damn cheek for god's sake! Clinton isn't even in the room, or the town for that matter... how in the hell do you get to "flipping Clinton off" from there?

I trust there will be a very public and very sincere apology and correction to this. Immediately.

[DemsUnited]

54. great letter! The one I sent was a little more restrained but

I threw in some "shame on you's" and (like you) questioned their journalistic integrity.

[jjchvz]

74. A Slow Motion Video From Another Angle

This is bull!!! They go to any lengths to see what they want to see!!!!


Jeeeeez.....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoOFp-RDpvM

[liberaldem4ever]

46. Just the GD idea

Of a serious candidate for the presidency of the United States flipping off the other candidate during a debate watched by millions knowing they were being filmed from every angle is so freaking insulting to my intelligence I could scream! Why would MSNBC put this kind of stupidity on their website even in a joking manner?? It's so insulting to Barack Obama. What kind of ignorant people would actually believe this crap? :argh:

[catgirl]

47. OMG. And we thought we'd seen it all.

MSM is pathetic.

[2rth2pwr]

52. Why are you surprised that Obama would do this? He basically flipped off the small town folk

12 days ago.

[scheming daemons]

55. LOL.... keep it up.. this is funny shit......

Do you realize how BADLY this "fingergate" will play for Hillary and how GOOD it will play for Obama?


You're playing checkers again.

[lligrd]

57. Yet, They Let These Go With Nary A Word

But these were just for the American people anyway.

[durrrty libby]

58. Hahaha That is awesome. BO exposed for the passive aggressive

immature juvenile that he is.:headbang:

BTW www.gretawire.com has a poll on it and more than 26,000 vote. 70% think he did it on purpose

[shayes51]

61. Better be careful.

Obama's people will picket your house and send you petitions.

[lligrd]

64. Actually, That Is 70% Who Think He Should Have Done It

on purpose. Or maybe that figure would be even higher.

[JackORoses]

65. I just knew you were a GretaHead.

You probably can't watch anything but Fox nowadays what with your candidate nearing the end of the line and all.

[TheDonkey]

59. GOOD! Let the media beat this faux-gate more and turn more people to Obama

it is backfiring on shillbots trying to fan these flames.

[Texas Hill Country]

63. hahahaha - the media giveth and the media shanks you when you aren't lookin!

[DevonRex]

69. Done. Thanks for the pics. nt

[BeyondGeography]

70. It'll be PussyfingerGate when they find about about Obama's cat

[DearAbby]

71. Oh how stupid can the Media be?

DON'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION...ITS JUST RHETORICAL
::imagining 500 posts telling me how stupid the media can be::

This is all they have? Jesus, they really have too much time on their hands...say maybe they can report say....NEWS? how about what is happening in Iraq...just a thought, instead of this contrived BULLSHIT!

[NoodleyAppendage]

75. Ahh...as I suspected. A stupid fluff piece by the MSNBC mentally retarded Contessa Brewer. n/t

J

[Erin Elizabeth]

80. ROFL!!!

Let me preface my post by stating that I haven't watched any TV news in about six years. None of it--local, national, MSNBC, CNN, Fox, whatever other networks they have now. Nothing since 2002. I get my news from the internet and a few newspapers and that's it.

So you'll excuse me if I'm about to bust a gut laughing at the absurdity of this. I bet if you took video footage of every public figure out there, you could get a screen shot or two of them doing something that looks silly/wrong when just taken a frame at a time. In fact, I know you could.

It's sad that TV news is so incredibly bad. It was a good decision to turn my back on it permanently. It's asinine.