ABC News Uses Michelle Obama's NAACP Speech to Accuse Tea Party of Racism

newsbusters ^ | 7/13/10 | Noel Sheppard

[Nachum]

ABC News on Monday used Michelle Obama's speech before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to accuse the Tea Party movement of racism.

The news network prominently featured at its website a story with the headline "Michelle Obama Rouses NAACP Before Vote Condemning 'Racist' Elements of Tea Party."

The problem is the First Lady didn't talk about the Tea Party at her address to the NAACP Monday. She didn't even mention the group. NOT ONCE.

She was there to talk about childhood obesity.

[dalebert]

thought she has already done that..we need a speech about how Michelle and the left have declared war on working class US citizens...

[WakeUpAndVote]

Another manufactured event by ABC.

[MozarkDawg]

ABC News Uses insert topic here to Accuse Tea Party of Racism

[A_Former_Democrat]

Further proof this is all they have. They can’t win on the issues so the children have to manufacture “issues” to propagandize the idiots that buy their BS.

These are disgusting people, pure and simple. Small wonder they’ve effed up everything they’ve touched.

[RitaOK]

The Newsbusters comments section revealed the influence of media on skewing the facts, and how one poster fell for the extrapolation of racism into the Tea Party. It's cool when our side keeps a cold, clear eye on the facts, and besides, there is plenty with which to nail the regime that doesn't require extrapolation.

[FormerACLUmember]

Michelle and Barack's election stealing racist thugs: "Kill all the white babies."

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

You Know The Drill
Click the Pic

Hey! FReepers!
Help Fill The Tank!
How About It? Huh?
It Ain't Askin' Too Much
Ya Know....

[Nateman]

Racist Tea Party singer (And Freeper!) Lloyd Marcus with young terrorist.

[Don Corleone]

This is ALINSKYISM at its finest.

[Commander X]

The Obamas are trying to foment a race war to deflect attention away from their incompetence and subsequent growing unpopularity. It may become a “long hot summer” after all.

[VRW Conspirator]

ABC News on Monday used Michelle Obama's speech before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to accuse the Tea Party movement of racism.

And so the narrative goes...

The MSM bought a nice picture frame,
they have mounted the frame on the wall,
they captioned the frame at the base "Tea Party people are racists"
Now all they need is a picture or video to complete the narrative.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

I saw that immediately when I read the story on Drudge. This is a blatant attempt to mislead and further fan the flames of racism. Mrs. Obama made no such references to the Tea Party or the possible actions the NAACP proposes to take. I'll take umbrage with policy when I find it unacceptable, but don't make news where there is none, and don't make me angry by having to support an administration I already take a great deal of exception to by virtue of its policies. There's enough meat on the bone to tear apart. Nothing has to be invented and no one has to smear an otherwise innocuous speech with racism.

[Spok]

What’s ABC’s position on the comments of King Shabaaz? I know, crickets...

[Enterprise]

A..holes
Bashing
Caucasians

[Beaten Valve]

ABC News just repeats the WH talking points...

[popdonnelly]

The tea partiers are innocent. The NAACP has convinced me that I have to side with the tea partiers.

[DustyMoment]

ABC News on Monday used Michelle Obama's speech before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to accuse the Tea Party movement of racism.

It's not as though ABC is a real news organization, so we shouldn't be surprised by this. To actually report real news, they would have to do something besides read zero's teleprompter.

[PLD]

Did the first moron lady know that the NAACP was founded by whites,of course not, she is ignorant like the rest of the democrat morons and her husband.. It was founded February 12, 1909..

The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909 by a diverse group composed of Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimké, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William English Walling (the last son of a former slave-holding family),[9][10] and Florence Kelley, a social reformer and friend of Du Bois.[11]

[Matchett-PI]