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
ROFLMAO !!!
On Saturday morning, VP Biden had a two hour meeting with Sec. Clinton on Epypt. Pres. Obama was playing basketball with his daughters.
Saturday afternoon, Pres. Obama attended a one hour briefing on Egypt. VP Biden was also there.
Saturday evening, Pres. Obama went to a party for Axelrod. VP Biden’s name was not on the list of attendees.
Tally for Saturday of hours spent focused on Egypt: Biden 3, Obama 1.
Media Matters spends all day, every day smearing people, so hilarious such a charge comes from those hateful bigots.
No they didn’t. But there was no need. They think it’s a smear to point out Obama partying while Egypt burns.
Sensitivity to what?
Someone not knowing history?.....
They can't handle the truth!
I bet they would just love my current tagline.
I am extremely intolerant of intolerance combined with totalitarianism.
That’s a good description of Media Matters’ tactics.
Great job kristinn!
“White House Dossier” stealing your stuff from FR without credit?
Shouldn't we SPAM him instead?
Oh! The horrors! lol
Liberals, you’d all be hilarious if you weren’t so destructive to my country.
“If you are talking flak, you must be over the target”
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kristinn, messing with the media’s narrative since 1998!
Smattering on about Free Republic being a "Right-Wing Media Smear Machine"?
Who cares? If an infinite number smatterers typing at an infinite number of typewriters . . . .
Time Obama spent partying with reporters and Axelrod Saturday night: Two hours.
Telling the truth is not a “smear”.
They invented smear.
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