Posted on 04/09/2009 2:09:55 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
In the brief "Closing Arguments" segment on Wednesday's "Nightline," ABC's Terry Moran credulously repeated the White House contention that Barack Obama didn't bow to the King of Saudi Arabia last week at the G-20 summit. As video of the incident played, Moran narrated, "He sees King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Goes in for the hello. There's a hand shake. Obama bends at the waist. But was it a bow?" [Audio available here.]
He then recited, "The White House called it a lean, pointing out the King's shorter than the President." Inviting people to respond on his Twitter page, Moran wondered, "So, tonight, we ask you, was it a bow and do you care?" A search of @TerryMoran responses on Twitter shows a healthy number of people somewhat incredulous at the host's lack of skepticism. DesigningDi instructed, "Are you blind? Of course he's bowing. Don't play stupid!"
ABC should be given credit for actually showing the video, but the question is, was Moran attempting to dismiss the situation as frivolous and not important or actually investigate its relevance?
A transcript of the brief segment, which aired at 12:04am on April 9, follows:
TERRY MORAN: ["Closing Arguments" logo comes up]: That means it's time for tonight's closing argument. President Barack Obama standing among fellow leaders at the G-20. [Video of the incident.] He sees King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Goes in for the hello. There's a hand shake. Obama bends at the waste. But was it a bow? A breach of presidential protocol when greeting royalty. The White House called it a lean, pointing out the King's shorter than the President. So, tonight, we ask you, was it a bow and do you care? Tell us on the "Nightline" page at ABCNews.com, the "Nightline" Twitter page or at my Twitter page.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
It was a lean.
Uh-huh. Sure.
it was a lean toward Mecca.....
And Obama really was scratching his cheek with his middle finger.
LOL! A lean, eh?
They really are efforting themselves to minimise the impact and media footprint of this gesture.
I don’t really care about the bow. I care about the fact that if it was merely a sign of respect, then why didn’t he do the same thing for any other world leader? That is what makes this significant.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Heh.
This is what passes for journalism today.
BOWelGate: Obama Shaking hands with shorter People - a story in pics
I’d still like to know if obama actually kissed the hand as we do not know but I guess actually know that the media will never ask this question
a lean, dropping something, dropped contact
for heavens sake this is a slap in the face of every American first he does the bow and then they lie blatantly.
come on media do your job
Obozo spits in the face of Americans everyday
Wait a minute...
just yesterday the “White Hut” said that it was just because 0bama offered a two handed handshake to a shorter person.
This is what the liberals do best - they bend and twist words. A lean? They can call it whatever word they want but the meaning is still the same - he was performing some kind of reverential gesture of some sort and it sure makes ME uneasy. I never saw any other president do anything even remotely like that.
That's what Larry Sinclair has been saying for years!
the Queen is much shorter so was Sarkozy and others yet he never felt the need to bow to them
why media , ask your messiah.
Another thing which has not been pointed out
look at the photo and you see a handful of leaders especially Sarkozy laughing right at the face of obama.
for the first time in my life I have watched the President being laughed at to his face and this idiot has no clue
A BOW? Hell, he’s almost genuflecting; which is really the point isn’t it?
He used his left hand to shake? I thought that was a big no-no for Arabs/Muslims.
A repeat moron/lying offender.
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