Posted on 01/30/2011 5:57:38 PM PST by kristinn
Democratic Party front group Media Matters for America this afternoon accused Free Republic of being an instigator of the "Right-Wing Media Smear Machine" because of an article posted at Free Republic this morning about Barack Obama spending Saturday night partying with reporters from the White House press corps rather than burning the midnight oil keeping tabs on the crisis in Egypt. The article was titled, "As Egypt Burns, Obama and News Media Party Hearty Saturday Night." Media Matters calls criticism of Obama's partying while Egypt burns as a "particularly hollow smear."
Media Matters was upset that Jim Hoft picked up the Free Republic article for a piece at Gateway Pundit and that Hoft's piece was subsequently picked up by Fox Nation. In fact, it's the lead, banner story at Fox Nation tonight with over 1200 comments. The Fox Nation article updated its headline to read "As Egypt Burns...Obama Parties", based on Hoft's headline, "As Egypt Burns...Obama Parties, Watches B-ball" that was based on the Free Republic headline.
Making things worse for Media Matters was that the Drudge Report picked up a piece from the site White House Dossier published Sunday afternoon (an hour after the FR article) about Obama's night out partying. That article was headlined "While Cairo Burns, Obama Parties."
The Free Republic article noted that Greta Van Sustern appeared to be the only reporter who reported about the presidential party. Further research showed Politico had a short article published Saturday night that nixed mentioning that reporters were partying with Obama. Media Bistro also posted about Obama partying, even correcting the pool report that Linda Douglass works for Atlantic Media, not the National Journal as the pool reported.
The Media Matters article was titled Watch the Right-Wing Media Smear Machine in Action: Obama/Egypt Edition
We should all wear their label as if it were a badge of honor!
I agree with everything but the word ‘smear’.
The report seems well sourced. Looks like FR may be on the cutting edge.
Badge of honor.
I keep hosting the Beck TV threads in vain hopes of being featured in Fecal Matters. LOL
Kewl!
So are they saying that he *didn’t* party? You darned right-wingers; he was probably playing golf.
It’s a shame to have to comment on this stuff - it give Media Matters a tinge of credibility that they don’t deserve.
I am happy to know that the red diaper doper baby neo-Marxist are reading FR.
Maybe they will grow up and learn something.
“Hollow smear”? No - a hollow pResident.
Dear goodness. FreeRepublic is Anti-Obama?
Jim is da’ man.
I would expect nothing less from MM...Soros can’t be pleased at what he gets for his money.
Well, Did zer0 party or not ? Was it a lie ? or accurate ? If true, how could it be a smear ?
We hit the “Big Time”!
I wonder what media Matters don’t call a smear?
Nicely done, kristinn.
Telling the truth = “smear.”
These people are scary dumb.
media matters.....Stalinesque like propaganda in the age of the internet. Just doesn’t work anymore.
Well, what did people expect him to do? Too dark for golf...
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