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Media Matters Accuses Free Republic of Anti-Obama "Right-Wing Media Smear Machine"
Sunday, January 30,2011
| Kristinn
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
TOPICS: Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; freerepublic; georgesoros; mediamatters; obama; soros; sorosfrontgroup; spookydude
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To: kristinn
141
posted on
01/30/2011 7:15:47 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Is a child a person? Of course. Which is why we MUST ban abortion NOW.)
To: kristinn
Most excellent. Media Matters dot borg and David Brock in particular invented the media smear.
They work hard at it ... and party even harder.
142
posted on
01/30/2011 7:16:44 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: kristinn
143
posted on
01/30/2011 7:16:50 PM PST
by
gitmo
( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
To: kristinn
Is this like when movies were “banned in Boston”?
144
posted on
01/30/2011 7:17:10 PM PST
by
timestax
(Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
To: kristinn
145
posted on
01/30/2011 7:21:38 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Art in Idaho
You forgot that BASTION of modern journalism that O & Co. endorsed right off the bat—Daily Kaos! LOL.
146
posted on
01/30/2011 7:23:54 PM PST
by
pillut48
(Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
To: kristinn
How many years have we been friends, kristinn? In all of those years, I've never known you to post one false word here on FR. Your posts are thoughtful, well constructed, and you know what you are talking about.
Keep up your good work.......
147
posted on
01/30/2011 7:24:49 PM PST
by
basil
(It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
To: EternalVigilance
That should be a golf club or basketball instead of a lyre (or an ice cream cone!) but then again, a lyre for a liar is apropos as well!
148
posted on
01/30/2011 7:29:10 PM PST
by
pillut48
(Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
To: kristinn
Well, I think they got the “anti-Obama” part right.
149
posted on
01/30/2011 7:29:25 PM PST
by
Rocky
(REPEAL IT!)
To: kristinn
How does one “smear” with truth?
150
posted on
01/30/2011 7:31:26 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Liberty Valance
What the heck is that, are they poster children for some supposed genetic component to homosexuality or what? There’s clearly something chromosomal going on there, one way or the other..
To: kristinn
The FR thread spoke the truth. So what’s their problem? What whiney, little babies.
152
posted on
01/30/2011 7:33:36 PM PST
by
azishot
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
To: Lancey Howard
Barack Obama is as aloof as a cat when it comes to actual important world affairs. Parties and vacations are his first order of business.
153
posted on
01/30/2011 7:33:50 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: azishot
That comparison is an insult to whiny, little babies.
154
posted on
01/30/2011 7:34:40 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: kristinn
WooooHoooo!!! Truth hurts eh libtards.
155
posted on
01/30/2011 7:36:43 PM PST
by
eaglesiniowa
((Hope is not a course of action))
To: HiTech RedNeck
156
posted on
01/30/2011 7:37:52 PM PST
by
azishot
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
To: kristinn
What a bunch of whiners!
157
posted on
01/30/2011 7:39:32 PM PST
by
ladyvet
( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
To: basil
2nd that...been here a while also!
158
posted on
01/30/2011 7:41:52 PM PST
by
harpu
( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
To: pillut48
It was just what I found on Google when I searched for “Obama fiddles while Rome burns.”
:-)
159
posted on
01/30/2011 7:42:48 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Is a child a person? Of course. Which is why we MUST ban abortion NOW.)
To: pillut48
You forgot that BASTION of modern journalism that O & Co. endorsed right off the batDaily Kaos! LOL.Oh yes, how did I leave Kaos out?! : )
160
posted on
01/30/2011 7:43:40 PM PST
by
Art in Idaho
(Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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