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MSNBC Mistakes Trump Administration's Raj Shah for Obama Administration's Rajiv Shah
PJ Media ^ | February 7, 2018 | Tom Knighton

Posted on 02/07/2018 11:05:31 AM PST by Kaslin

There's a thing where racists supposedly think all members of one ethnicity look alike. While it doesn't actually make someone racist to not recognize the feature variations of an ethnic group he hasn't been as exposed to, the Left likes to think it does. Which makes Leftist news network MSNBC's gaffe even more hilarious.

MSNBC host Chris Hayes was talking about White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah. As usual on television news, if you're going to talk about someone, you show an image of them.

However, apparently his staff didn't bother to look too deep. Either that, or they figured all people of Indian descent look alike. They showed a photo of former Obama administration official Rajiv Shah.

While the names are very similar, a news show should know these are two different people.

Playing by the Left's own rules, this should be a massive, racially charged incident at MSNBC, one that should require firings and self-flagellation by the network in order to atone for the sin of WrongThink. If this had been Fox News or any other conservative network, the Leftist media would be abuzz over the racist overtones of the mistake.

Yet when they do it ... well, it's just not that big of a deal.

Maybe they'll offer an apology and call it a day. Leftists will pretend anyone upset over this is deranged, but we all know that if I'd made that same mistake here at PJ Media, all hell would break loose.

Most likely, someone was just absolutely clueless and didn't know these are two different people. I don't know and, after filing this story, it's not something I'm going to think too much about in the future.

But what I do know is that they wouldn't give anyone on the right the same benefit of the doubt.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: media; msm; msnbc; rajivshah; rajshah; shah
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1 posted on 02/07/2018 11:05:31 AM PST by Kaslin
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The retard channel....how they still have any type audience is beyond me.


2 posted on 02/07/2018 11:08:03 AM PST by cranked
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These are the people that sit on their butts every day and call other people stupid hillbillies.


3 posted on 02/07/2018 11:08:08 AM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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MSNBC, the network that hires a lesbo that looks like a dude..a woman whose father thinks he’s a chick..and an anchor who goes around sexually harassing women but keeps his job


4 posted on 02/07/2018 11:11:20 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Kaslin

“Oh, they all look alike.”


5 posted on 02/07/2018 11:16:19 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The revolution will not be televised (at least, not by CNN).)
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To: Kaslin
Looks like CNN did the same thing back in December.

Stupid is as stupid does?

6 posted on 02/07/2018 11:16:32 AM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (Back from the dead)
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Stupid is as stupid does!


7 posted on 02/07/2018 11:19:20 AM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Glad I saw your post. I was going to submit the same comment.


8 posted on 02/07/2018 11:19:27 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Kaslin
They aren't much better at geography...


9 posted on 02/07/2018 11:19:35 AM PST by dfwgator
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Crack research staff at MSNBC...


10 posted on 02/07/2018 11:21:19 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Kaslin

I was thinking it odd that ‘our’ Shah runs around the West Wing in Fuschia lipstick by L’Oreal...


11 posted on 02/07/2018 11:22:15 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that’


12 posted on 02/07/2018 11:24:39 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: Kaslin

At least it wasn’t a pic of Apu from the Simpsons.


13 posted on 02/07/2018 11:29:42 AM PST by Leep (The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

BMTI!.......................


14 posted on 02/07/2018 11:31:27 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: Kaslin

MSNBC the darling of the left and host to Madcow.


15 posted on 02/07/2018 11:32:03 AM PST by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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Roge Pshaw Raj Shah

Really not that much resemblance.

16 posted on 02/07/2018 11:43:33 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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17 posted on 02/07/2018 12:00:21 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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18 posted on 02/07/2018 12:28:01 PM PST by JPG (MAGA)
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Bigots. They probably think they all look alike.


19 posted on 02/07/2018 12:47:00 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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"You have mistaken me for my cousin, racist MSM. Thank you for shopping at Kwik-E-Mart; come again!"


20 posted on 02/07/2018 1:25:13 PM PST by Fedora
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