Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Staging of Obama photo taken after TV announcement of bin Laden's death.
REUTERS vis Drudge Report ^ | 5/4/2011 | Al Tompkins

Posted on 05/04/2011 3:33:11 PM PDT by Sprite518

“As President Obama continued his nine-minute address in front of just one main network camera, the photographers were held outside the room by staff and asked to remain completely silent. Once Obama was off the air, we were escorted in front of that teleprompter and the President then re-enacted the walk-out and first 30 seconds of the statement for us.”

(Excerpt) Read more at poynter.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acheatandaliar; chrichristie2012; enemedia; fakebutaccurate; fakephotos; fauxtography; liarliar; mediawar; mitt2012; newt2012; obama; obama2012; obamalegacy; obamalied; orwelliannightmare; palin2012; pantsonfire; pawlenty2012; photoops; pravdamedia; reuters; ronpaul2012; stalinisttactics; thelyinking; trump2012; trustme; waronerror
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-50 next last
To: Scotswife

Osama might be dead, but his successor is alive and watching.


21 posted on 05/04/2011 3:59:55 PM PDT by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Sprite518

Fake but accurate??


22 posted on 05/04/2011 4:01:39 PM PDT by BreitbartSentMe (ATLAS SHRUGGED was supposed to be a warning, NOT a newspaper.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: knarf

Maybe stoned, or maybe sad that his orders caused the death of a fellow Muslim?


23 posted on 05/04/2011 4:01:54 PM PDT by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Bockscar

Coach Teleprompter please report to the Won immediately.


24 posted on 05/04/2011 4:03:37 PM PDT by Boardwalk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Bockscar

“He has no substance. He is an empty suit with a teleprompter.”

He would have made a fine General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.


25 posted on 05/04/2011 4:06:50 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Who is John Galt?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

Comment #26 Removed by Moderator

To: knarf
Nothing is beyond belief when it comes to this administration. If you go back to Sunday night when this news first broke, just remember the initial reports that Obama would give his address around 10:30 PM . . . which turned into 11:00 PM . . . which then turned into 11:30 PM by the time all was said and done.

At the time, I wondered if that delay was related to a desperate attempt by his White House handlers to come up with "the right story" for the American public.

The never-ending changes in the accounts of Osama bin Laden's demise since Sunday night are very telling, in my mind.

27 posted on 05/04/2011 4:08:40 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: MizSterious
"Maybe stoned, or maybe sad that his orders caused the death of a fellow Muslim?"

Or perhaps a fifth column really IS in place ... suicide by (alleged presidential) dictate ?

Consider ... We don't like the bastard and we can't ice 'im, but we CAN do something that will bring a fatwah on his ass ... "


Yeah ... THAT'S the ticket.

28 posted on 05/04/2011 4:11:22 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: A. Morgan
Staging reading from a teleprompter

Obama's teleprompter speech cadence is so unnatural. Do you think he may use inflextion according to the end of a teleprompter line instead of according to the meaning of the words? I just don't understand the he's-a-great-orator opinion.

29 posted on 05/04/2011 4:12:05 PM PDT by Freee-dame
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

Go back a night earlier to the correspondents’ dinner. The president seemed ashen when he was “joking,” and his delivery was very stiff. I was surprised when anyone said they thought his remarks were humorous. They were awful. I thought he must’ve been in a really bad mood due to Trump. Now we know the rest of the story. Or part of the rest of the story. Or part of the ever-evolving story.


30 posted on 05/04/2011 4:12:43 PM PDT by petitfour (Are you a Dead Fish American?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

Comment #31 Removed by Moderator

To: Alberta's Child

Yep ... the guy was trashed.


32 posted on 05/04/2011 4:13:22 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: A. Morgan

Obama is a sick FRAUD!


33 posted on 05/04/2011 4:14:43 PM PDT by tsowellfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: MizSterious

Or maybe angry that his orders had been ignored, and afraid that his benefactors would think the death of a fellow muslim was his order.


34 posted on 05/04/2011 4:16:56 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: tsowellfan

BINGO!


35 posted on 05/04/2011 4:19:48 PM PDT by A. Morgan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: Sprite518
Obama: "Here is a photo of Osama bin Laden's compound after the Predator strike the raid by a crack Navy SEALs unit."

Obama: "And we have a movie coming out tomorrow about this event that is sure to be a box-office sensation. It has already received great reviews from Michael Moore, Jimmy Carter and Cindy Sheehan."


36 posted on 05/04/2011 4:27:23 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sprite518

According to the article this has been standard practice for decades.

The president does his live speech for the video camera, during which time no still cameras are allowed. This is to keep the clicking of the shutters from interfering with the audio. Then the president goes back and walks up to the podium again and rereads a few sentences of the speech. This gives the still photographers a chance to get their shots of him.


37 posted on 05/04/2011 4:30:15 PM PDT by Yardstick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yardstick

Ha ha the media was “escorted in front of the teleprompter” LOL


38 posted on 05/04/2011 4:34:19 PM PDT by Boardwalk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: Yardstick

Has been since at least Reagan, according to the photogs themselves. Cutlines from the wires state that Obama’s speaking “to photographers,” but it depends on your local copy editors how it appears in your local daily.


39 posted on 05/04/2011 4:44:51 PM PDT by OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: Sprite518

Nothing this usurper does is real.

It is all staged.

He is an actor trained to be an imposter, playing the part of a president.

His only skill is that he can sometimes read words off teleprompters in a convincing tone.

Who is he really?
Where was he trained?
Who is the money-man behind his rise from nowhere in a few short years?
Who created the legend of Barack the Harvard man/lawyer/Community Organizer/author/politician?
We can see he isn’t too bright - who is real the brains behind the scene?
Who is writing the script for him?


40 posted on 05/04/2011 4:45:41 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. -- John Steinbeck)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-50 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson