Promoting segment on Obama, Hardball displayed a photo of bin Laden

[babylonsister]

Promoting segment on Obama, Hardball displayed a photo of bin Laden

Summary: Hardball displayed a photo of Osama bin Laden behind Chris Matthews as he promoted a segment on Sen. Barack Obama, saying: "{W}hat did Barack Obama say and why is it causing controversy? Well, we'll take a look at that fight that erupted today over something Barack said on the campaign trail." Matthews later stated, "You may have noticed a graphic over my shoulder -- a picture we showed over my shoulder -- that was a mistake earlier in the broadcast. We apologize for the error." Matthews provided no further explanation of the error or why it occurred.

The February 18 edition of MSNBC's Hardball displayed a photo of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden behind host Chris Matthews as he promoted an upcoming segment on Sen. Barack Obama, saying: "hat did Barack Obama say and why is it causing controversy? Well, we'll take a look at that fight that erupted today over something Barack said on the campaign trail." Later in the program, Matthews stated, "You may have noticed a graphic over my shoulder -- a picture we showed over my shoulder -- that was a mistake earlier in the broadcast. We apologize for the error." Matthews provided no further explanation of the error or why it occurred.


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Hardball's display of bin Laden's picture and Matthews' subsequent apology have been noted by the website Huffington Post, among others.

Media outlets have made similar errors before. On the January 1, 2007, edition of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer promoted a segment on bin Laden by showing a photo of bin Laden with top lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri along with a caption that asked, "Where's Obama?"

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[Captain Hilts]

1. and they call Clinton Madame DeFarge, Nurse Ratched, etc. nt

[L. Coyote]

2. Bumper sticker idea. Obama CAN find Osama in ONE term!

[Saturday]

3. When Hillary supporters complained of media bias....

against her (particularly by Chris Matthews) didn't the Obama supporters call us "whiners"? Just sayin'.

[mmonk]

4. This is a tad bit darker, don't you think?