CNN's Sanchez: "We didn't confirm" bogus Limbaugh quote

National Review Online ^ | 10/15/2009

[GVnana]

Rick Sanchez:

i've know rush. in person,i like him. his rhetoric,however is inexcusably divisive. he's right tho. we didn't confirm quote. our bad.

[McGavin999]

They didn’t confirm a vicious quote and they say RUSH is devisive? “Our bad”? Open your pocketbooks baby, you are about to get cleaned out.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“he's right tho. we didn't confirm quote. our bad.”

In other words they lied and slandered.
Sue them.

[LoveUSA]

NYT v. Sullivan: With respect to the failure of those persons to make the check, the record shows that they relied upon their knowledge of the good reputation of many of those whose names were listed as sponsors of the advertisement, and upon the letter from A. Philip Randolph, known to them as a responsible individual, certifying that the use of the names was authorized. There was testimony that the persons handling the advertisement saw nothing in it that would render it unacceptable

So wouldn't this statement imply the reverse consideration is true?: "everyone" knew Rush to be provocative and "divisive" so the people who spread the lie saw nothing in it that would render it unacceptable.

By having a court decide in this way, the drive-drunk-and-run-over media will put the cap on the public sentiment that Rush is nothing more than a rude, insulting, racist.

[MamaTexan]

CNN's Sanchez: "We didn't confirm" bogus Limbaugh quote

Now is NOT the time to be nice. Every time the lefties get caught with their pants down, conservatives take the high road, cover their eyes and refuse to LOOK....much less point and laugh.

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Sue, Rush! SUE!

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Doesn’t the Sanchez admission prove libel? Seems like Rush could sue and handily win.

[Cboldt]

-- So wouldn't this statement imply the reverse consideration is true?: "everyone" knew Rush to be provocative and "divisive" so the people who spread the lie saw nothing in it that would render it unacceptable. --

Limbaugh wouldn't have a case if the CNN reports were "Limbaugh is provocative and divisive." Both of those conclusions are in the realm of opinion. Limbaugh's case stems from the reports that "Limbaugh said 'quote' blah-blah-blah 'endquote'" where the quote is a complete fabrication.

[Republic of Texas]

Now that we got the result we wanted, “our bad”.

[stevie_d_64]

This is why Sanchez is a frappin’ idiot...But a useful one...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The current news corps give out selected and edited results - not the news as a whole!

 Half the truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin Franklin

[highlander_UW]

i've know rush. in person,i like him. his rhetoric,however is inexcusably divisive. he's right tho. we didn't confirm quote. our bad.

Not bad...incompetent! "Journalists" not checking facts is journalistic mal practice...and they better warm up their legal department because it's also slander.

[NCC-1701]

Isn’t this the same guy Rush was talking about the other day? The one that hit and killed someone after a Dolphins game last year? If so, why isn’t he in jail for manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident?

[ExTxMarine]

D@MN! I knew I was good, but I didn’t know that Ol’ Ben was going to paraphrase me too!

I am grateful and humbled by this and I accept this on behalf of America. Wait, sorry, I think I heard this crap before!?!?!

[WinOne4TheGipper]

i've know rush. in person,i like him. his rhetoric,however is inexcusably divisive. he's right tho. we didn't confirm quote. our bad.

First of all, real journalists don't write like this.

Second, the only reason that his comments are divisive is because people like this guy take them out of context. So, he's not divisive, the liars in the media are the people that are divisive.

Finally, "our bad" is not sufficient enough. You tried to destroy a person's character and succeeded in blocking an economic opportunity. That's vicious, vile hatred based on lies. "Our bad" doesn't come close to rectifying the situation. You played with fire and now you're gonna get burned. Rush isn't a wimp like other Republicans you're used to dealing with. He will fight back.

[Lx]

“Our bad” ... what a wuss

"Our Bad" or "My Bad" is so 1995.

Add, "Wait for it...

[Terpfen]

for the one questionable thing he said re: McNabb

He didn't say a thing about McNabb. He talked about the media's portrayal of McNabb. Why is it that even our side gets this wrong?

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

"I think Rush wasn’t just ‘targeted’, I believe he was purposefully set up to be discredited"

But it is not Limbaugh who has been damaged here, it is the media. It is now obvious that the claims of what he said were totally false. It is Limbaugh who is the victim here and the media who are the bullies.

Because Rush didn't withdraw. He insisted that Checketts fire him publicly. That fact made a huge difference in how things were perceived.

Rush is very shrewed in how to play the media.

[MozarkDawg]

But it is not Limbaugh who has been damaged here, it is the media. It is now obvious that the claims of what he said were totally false. It is Limbaugh who is the victim here and the media who are the bullies.

Except the vast majority of non-thinkers in this country will see it as Rush didn't get to buy in to an NFL team because he's a racist and not the actuality of the bogus charges and lack of journalistic ethics.

I'd like to believe that the lamestream will be hurt by this, the admitting at CNN at least, that they did not confirm with the minimum journalism standard of two independent sources. This, along with the way they completely shut down everything to cover the balloon-bust yesterday, I hope it does go a ways to exposing not just the partisianship/ideological stranglehold but the utter incompetence across the newsrooms.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

BOR is wrong. Ask the National Enquirer they have been sued many times and had to pay up.

BO has to be the most ignorant newsman in the history of journalism.

His favorite line is "I don't get it".

[MozarkDawg]

" ... or with reckless disregard of whether it was true or false."

That *or* is important, Sanchez admitting to not verifying indicates recklessness, the media has a professional standard to bear. Jackson and Sharpton did act with malice, they had no vested interest in whether or not Rush or any other person buys in to an NFL franchise, their only goal was to secure his failure, they accomplished said goal. People keep claiming public figures cannot sue for libel, this is demonstrably false, Carol Burnett and Tom Selleck only two examples. I'm no lawyer, and I do understand the law is different from actuality at times, but this one seems so ridiculous. If it actually can be proffered that anyone may say anything about anybody, so long as he's some kind of celebrity, then we are in a world of hurt in this country.

[GatorGirl]

Let’s not split hairs here. The comments were about the media AND McNabb!