MSNBC Sees Gun, Shoots Self

MSNBC Sees Gun, Shoots Self
Thursday, August 20, 2009



I imagine many of you have seen this by now.

Several conservative bloggers, including Hot Air, RedState, and NewsBusters, have taken MSNBC to task for not identifying a man with a gun at an Obama event as an African-American in a segment that discussed the "racial overtones" of those packing heat at presidential town halls.

A combination of fancy editing and fast talking, both done stupidly because it's MSNBC (If a moron can make it in this business, hey, why not you?).

As expected, MSNBC just sloughs it off:

An MSNBC spokesperson responded to POLITICO: "Contessa was speaking generally and not about that specific person with the automatic weapon."

UPDATE: Bill Wilson, president of Americans for Limited Government, is now calling on MSNBC to fire those involved with the broadcast.

What's more surprising, that MSNBC did it and maybe doesn't even realize it, or that the Right expects accountability from someone paying Keith Olbermann six figures to do anything that requires continuing to breathe?

Don't get me wrong, it isn't as if I'm simply excusing it. But, consider the source. Their marketing slogan should be, MSNBC, the network that takes irrelevancy to the next level better than any one else around!

The Newsbuster's guy assigned to watch them regularly is the saddest guy in the bunch in all this. He or she deserves a raise.

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/08/msnbc-sees-gun-shoots-self.html


http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2009/08/20/gun-rights-group-calls-out-msnbc-claiming-gun-carrying-protesters-raci