Mitchell Finds It Relevant to Highlight on NBC How MSNBC.com Users Reject Palin’s Retort
Sarah Palin’s use in a video commentary of the “blood libel” phrase, against those exploiting the Tucson shooting in order to discredit her, inflamed television journalists with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell ridiculously highlighting on Wednesday’s Nightly News how “more than 375,000 people have expressed their views in an online poll on MSNBC.com” and “nearly 59 percent do not agree with Palin.” As if MSNBC.com attracts any kind of representative audience.
On the CBS Evening News, Chip Reid maintained: “She ignited a new controversy by using the term ‘blood libel,’ which refers to false allegations from the Middle Ages that Jews murdered Christian children to use their blood in religious ceremonies.” Claire Shipman, on ABC’s World News, relayed how “she uses a phrase many view as particularly incendiary, ‘blood libel.’”
Mitchell asserted “Palin’s response is now setting off more controversy” as evidenced by how “the Internet was immediately on fire over two words in her speech, ‘blood libel,’ a central myth of anti-Semitism” which “is offensive say critics.”
The MSNBC.com question Mitchell found relevant:
Sarah Palin said the responsibility for the Arizona shootings rests solely with the alleged shooter and blamed “journalists and pundits” for manufacturing a “blood libel” by blaming it on political rhetoric. Do you agree?
The options:
# Yes -- There is no evidence that the accused shooter had any political motives and blaming his actions on words used by Palin and others is a way to score political points.
# No -- Regardless of the motive involved, political rhetoric has become too destructive in recent years and the use of a term like “blood libel” only makes it worse.
# I’m not sure -- Our national leaders do need to be more careful about the words they use but it’s also unfair to single out certain individuals for statements or imagery that are also used by others.
From the Wednesday, January 12 NBC Nightly News:
ANDREA MITCHELL: ...Palin’s response is now setting off more controversy....But the Internet was immediately on fire over two words in her speech, “blood libel," a central myth of anti-Semitism used in the Middle Ages to justify the massacre of Jews by falsely accusing them of using the blood of slain Christian children for rituals. A Wall Street Journal opinion column also used the phrase Monday to defend Palin's gun rhetoric. Was that Palin's inspiration? In both cases, it is offensive say critics.
SIMON GREER, JEWISH FUNDS FOR JUSTICE: It's been the basis for terrible anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish fervor over the ages and through the centuries.
DAVID REMNICK, THE NEW YORKER: I don't know why she could use that phrase. Ignorance may be the best of not a particularly satisfying explanation for it.
MITCHELL: Some Republicans say it also raise questions about Palin's small group of advisers.
VIN WEBER, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Is that operation going to aimed at making her into a genuine national leader or simply to enhancing her role as the leader of a faction within the Republican Party?
MITCHELL: Palin supporters say she is right to defend her gun rhetoric because it is central to who she is, not inflammatory.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, ON HIS RADIO SHOW: Sarah Palin, I don't know what she was doing Saturday. All I know, she was hunting a moose, maybe watching football, but I know that she wasn’t in Tucson.
MITCHELL: Since Palin's video went up just this morning, more than 375,000 people have expressed their views in an online poll on MSNBC.com. That's not scientific, but nearly 59 percent do not agree with Palin. Brian?
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Speaking of "blood libel."
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 9:58pm.
Speaking of "blood libel," my wife just finished baking a cake, I think it's called "Red Velvet," or something, that is blood red in color! After seeing it cooling on the rack, I made a joke about her baking Jewish Pound Cake (I didn't give in to the temptation of asking if it was some new type of matzo, but it was a struggle). She didn't appreciate the humor. My daughter just made a suggestion that I take a picture of it and post it on the internet.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Ah, yes, Red Velvet...the
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 9:59pm.
Ah, yes, Red Velvet...the southern staple.
In "Steel Magnolias" it was "Bleedin' Armadillo" cake.
Delicious Irony
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:02pm.
I just hope the cake is as delicious as the irony it represents considering the Palin "blood libel" faux controversy we were discussing just before she made that cake.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
59% of MSNBC viewers?
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 9:53pm.
Wonder how many times each of them voted? Probably more than 10,000 times each. That includes the MSNBC editorial interns and employees who are ordered to vote or lose their jobs.
The irrelevant mainstream media is generating this "controversy" through the DNC and White House daily spin meetings. Funny how the public is not buying the argument.
MSNBC viewers are against Palin????
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:01pm.
MSNBC viewers are against Palin????
Both of them??
Let me show you my shocked face.
2,593,097 People Like This
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:10pm.
So, around 150,000 people who visit MSNBC don't agree with Mrs. Palin's facebook posting, yet at the time of this posting, Facebook reports that over 2 and half million people "like" her page.
I know that's not "scientific," but it blows that MSNBC poll out of the water. Way to go Sarah!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I love how she twists their
Submitted by mattm on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:11pm.
I love how she twists their wigs!
THIS JUST IN....
Submitted by The_Pumpcrop on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:12pm.
75% of the demons in hell agree with Satan... Astounding..... Back to you Rachel......
Perhaps Andy, er Andrea
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:28pm.
should consult with Alan Dershowitz on Sarah's use of the term, "Blood Libel"? http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/01/12/exclusive-alan-dershowitz-de...
And, 59% of MessNBC viewers? That would be what, 59 or 118?
The next full moon in DC is Jan. 19. Then the Mummy must return
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:34pm.
to her tomb...
or be transformed in a hideous dried-up husk with a really bad wig.
Oopsies...
Epic Fail
Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:37pm.
Thir own poll tells them that not even their own audience is swallowing their tripe hook, line and sinker anymore.
In trying to tout it as some more anti-Palin propaganda, they smack themselves without even realizing it.
The echo chamber that is NBC is imploding right before our eyes.
LOL. Nation of the Easily Offended(TM)
Submitted by krendler on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:46pm.
How dare she not scrub her comments of potential off-limit / reserved words and phrases.
How DARE she use that term. Filthy anti-semite.
LOL. The screeching Left. There for amusement purposes only at this point.
Quote: "It is offensive say critics."
Submitted by krendler on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 10:49pm.
Quote: "It is offensive say critics."
"critics", meaning "People that don't like Sarah Palin to begin with."
Exactly
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:50pm.
Apparently, when Washington Post columnists Eugene Robinson used the term, "critics" didn't notice. But then again, maybe Robinson has no "critics" in the MSM.
Far Left law professor Alan Dershowitz -- himself a Jew -- dismissed the criticism of Palin use of the term by explaining that it has entered the lexicon and its meaning has broadened beyond its original context.
375,000 web visitors? MSNBC?
Submitted by Duff on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:02pm.
I'm going sleddin' with Lucifer.
Really, Andrea, really?
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:08pm.
I can understand your aversion to incendiary language, or incendiary anything. Considering your dessicated state, you could go up with a spark.
Good one!
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:16pm.
HAHAHAHA! That was a good one! Let's hope your joke doesn't cause any friction amongst the liberals.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
yankin' their chain
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:14pm.
Sarah can make them screech and howl any time she she chooses to. She didn't use that term not knowing that it would be tossed back at her. She's a master at keeping her name in everyones conversation. She would be a tough opponant in the primaries. She can suck all the oxygen out of a room.
This blood libel thing will go nowhere with the casual news consumers because it is such an obscure phrase. People will just go 'Huh?".
Sorry
Submitted by paulnashtn on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:12pm.
I just do NOT believe that there are 375,000 MSNBC viewers that voted in an online poll
I DO believe that there probably were 375,000 votes but probably 10 votes per person and even then, the max they could manufacture is 59%
Mitchell was simply
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:13pm.
Mitchell was simply showboating because everyone there is just as shocked as the rest of us, there is still anyone left in America paying attention to them in the first place.
I would bet their polling equipment will allow the same 200 people to just keep reentering anonymously over & over again over the course of one hour or so, as that number of interested participants for them is simply not believable.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Oh, if she hadn't used that
Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:24pm.
Oh, if she hadn't used that phrase, they would've said, "Palin used the word "the", which some people find extremely offensive"
One of the most striking
Submitted by mattm on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:40pm.
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
--Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
Twain must have had the media in mind when he wrote this.
So, She insulted you, eh?
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 12:17am.
Come on, journalists. The issue isn't a "controversy" over the use of "blood libel." The REAL issue is that you were publicly scolded by Mrs Palin and, acting like a bunch of spoiled brats, you're running around, pointing fingers, generating nonexistent controversies and making false accusations in order to tarnish her public image, all in an effort to PUNISH Sarah for daring to insult your integrity. As far as I'm concerned, you're all a bunch of whiny babies and you deserve a public scolding. You deserve a LOT of them!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Mark Levin - I will Sue Anyone That Says I Had A Hand In The Tuc
Submitted by im41 on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 12:30am.
Levin is fighting back
Stay Classy
Submitted by astonrickenbach on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 12:32am.
She needs to fire her writers or do better research. When the main target and victim of the shooting is Jewish you'd think she may want to shy away from using a term used to persecute jews for the last couple of hundred years.
→ But why?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 12:39am.
Is a "vandetta" reserved only for Corsican feuds?
Is "holocaust" reserved only for those who are consumed by fire?
Words take on more liberally interpreted meanings over time, so where "holocaust" once meant the fiery consumption of a sacrificial offering, it doesn't exactly fit only that definition anymore, does it?
How about the " N word " can
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:47pm.
How about the " N word " can only be uttered if you're a ......... This is fun......more.....more.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Then Eugene Robinson shouldn't have used the term?
Submitted by KyWriter on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:22am.
Or the Wall Street Journal two days before Palin used it?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703667904576071913818696964.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
Why?
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:24am.
Why are you trying to turn into a blood libel the fact that Sarah Palin said Talking heads were manufactuting some kind of blood libel?
Two years and five weeks and this is post #3
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:29am.
Hmm.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Ah yes, I see another troll bites the dust
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 9:07am.
Shown the error of it's ways by it's betters. Nice job guys.
Ah yes, I see another troll bites the dust Read more: http://ne
Submitted by astonrickenbach on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:14pm.
Were you referring to me? I live on the East Coast and went to bed. I am actually and Independent and consider myself a moderate republican.
My point was/is if the Tea Party or the Republicans want Palin to be accepted as a serious canidate then she needs to act like a serious canidate.
Did she use that phrase not knowing the meaning and how some people might respond to it? Or did she use the phrase knowing the meaning and used it just to be a lightning rod?
Do you think her use of that phrase will make Jewish people more or less likely to vote for her?
IMO the elections are going to be decided in the future by the independents and neither party can win without them.
In June her approval rating was 29% and her disapproval rating was 43%. Do you think comments like these help her with the independents?
I also think Obama (as president) shouldn't be using the "knife to a gunfight" analogy among other things.
~"Guys, really, I'm a Republican!"
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:22pm.
"I can recite Palin's poll numbers off the top of my head, see? Then I can offer some critique of her implying she's either ignorant or an a-hole while throwing in a little something about Obama to give myself credibility!"
*jazz hands*
You stop that. Right now missy.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:27pm.
He is smart. Really. He just watchin' out fer her. 's all. Just wants her to get better writers is all. Cuz you know, I got lots of writers. Got 'em after I got my facebook account just like Sarah. Yeah, that facebook stuff really pays good. Pays a whole trailer full of writers.
~Oh well
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 3:05pm.
In that case, I must be way off. Obviously, he's a real deal Republican just tryin' to help out the party. (Actually, that last sentence could very well be true considering how the GOP feels about Palin..)
Hey. I got an idea!
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:29pm.
Maybe Sarah could hire him with all that facebook money. Fire a coupla those stupid writers that turn everything into a blood libel and put that silly phrase off limits.
Do it for the independents.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:31pm.
Please, let's remember the children, no, dang it, the independents, yeah do it for them.
Now I am getting PM's again.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:36pm.
Look people, he is smart. He managed to squeeze that quote from Restless1 in the subject line. Almost got the Read More: part that the New Newsbusters tries to squeeze in on every single cut & paste. If only the Subject Line was a little bigger. Say like this field here where we can type and type and type to our hearts content.
But whatever, blood fued, blah blah blah.
Ok. Maybe he ain't that smart but he has a good memory.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:42pm.
AshtonKutcher'sButt:I also think Obama (as president) shouldn't be using the "knife to a gunfight" analogy among other things.
Yeah, then Senator and Presidential Candidate Obama said that in 2008. Not as President. But Whatever. Blue Bloods Blah Blah Blah. Bad Words.
AshtonKutcher'sButt:
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:48pm.
Some things just belong in the subject line, HA!
Uhh. Dude? Mister? Sir? Smartest guy in the room?
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:24pm.
I believe Restless was referring to your brutal beating with the Stupid Stick. But whatever. Turn it into a blood libel now.
astonrickenbach,
Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:37pm.
Just last week my Jewish friends were sitting around the table with me eating something Kosher and we were discussing that we just don't hear the term 'blood libel' used much anymore. <sarc>
Did you really make an immediate connection or did you have to wait for the talking heads to come out and tell you what that phrase "really" means? How many people do you think really knew what it meant right away?
She used the term because of the bloody attack and the media libel and because it was a recognizable if not well know phrase. This is a fairly common practice done by the media all the time to make new ideas, shows or concepts familiar and memorable.
I don't have a problem with President Obama using the line from the Untouchables because it was very applicable for a Chicago politician entering a ideological battle. He has said many things that I though were inappropriate but that was not one. It actually thought is was rather funny and Palin's use of the term 'blood libel' referring to media people attacking conservatives while using the death of six people as a shield is spot on.
Hey Slick,
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:37pm.
did you see this? It's a lawyer, who happens to be Jewish, defending Palin's use of the term, "blood libel". I know it's an inconvenient fact, but there it is.
http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/01/12/exclusive-alan-dershowit...
What you consider yourself and I what I consider you
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:38pm.
Are obviously two very different things. You, however are wrong, or lying.
We need to get some things straight. Sara has NOT announced a run for President. I hope she doesn't run, for various reasons.
Since this is the case as of this moment, I don't give a rat's ass how the Jewish will vote. If they can't see the broader use of the term, as explained by Alan Dershowitz in a link provided above, then oh well. Too bad.
I don't know if she knew the narrow meaning of the term as it applied in the past. As I said, it has a broader meaning now.
The thing is, I reject the premise of liberals such as yourself that there is anything incendiary about her previous remarks, the map, or her video. I think the left wants to make something out of nothing to further their agenda. Polls show that the public is not buying it. That the left is a bunch of panty waste, thin skinned haters doesn't mean metaphors are now verboten. It means toughen up buttercup.
restless
Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:44pm.
It is not that there skin is thin that is just fake umbrage. If anything their skin is resilient because they will change colors like a chameleon in order to make political points.
You obviously don't even know the meaning of the term
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:36pm.
The term itself was not used to persecute Jews. Blood libel was what false accusations were called.
The false accusations themselves were the persecution.
Understand now?
Better research
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:07pm.
It's obvious that astonrickenbach needs to do better research.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Your right I missed it.
Submitted by astonrickenbach on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:04pm.
Your right I missed it.
Dangit people.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:15pm.
You know there is a special place in hell for people that point out the multitude of errors in a troll's postings. And that reserved special place is MY HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT - TROLL ROASTING PARTY EVERYONE!
BYOT - Bring your own troll.
I'll bring the beer.
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:20pm.
I'll bring the beer.
And we got Blood Sausage!
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:29pm.
Oh dear, I can't say that. Blah Blah Blah. I hope nobody gets a bleeding heart over.... oh fudge. That too?
Have to admit I was wrong
Submitted by astonrickenbach on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:02pm.
Have to admit I was wrong about the phrase in relation to Sarah Palin's use. I thought it was distasteful for her to use the phrase as I thought the phrase was used rarely. Hard to place any blame in her court when you see others using them same phrase with no blowback years ago. Even more so when you hear Jewish people coming out and saying they aren't offended by it.
I stand corrected.
Not entirely wrong
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:09pm.
It's just that terms take on different meanings over time. As I noted yesterday, "holocaust" originally meant "complete consumption of a sacrifice by fire". It has taken another meaning since WWII, and is even used today to describe America's abortion industry.
Nice relativism there.
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:09pm.
"When the main target and victim of the shooting is Jewish..."
The main victim? So the others who were injured or died are, what, secondary to the importance of the injured Congresswoman? Hay, a CHILD died in that attack! I would classify that child as the "main" victim.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
To clarify, I mistyped I
Submitted by astonrickenbach on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:14pm.
To clarify, I mistyped I meant to say "when the main target and a victim". What I was getting at was the reason the shooter went there was to shoot the primary target which was the congresswoman. So in the shooters mind, yes everyone else who was injured and killed were secondary importance to the congresswoman. Obviously he didn't care who else he injured.
I don't think I ever used the terminology of "main" victims. Naturally, they (and all of their families) are all victims.
Seriously: How many of you even HEARD the term "BLOOD LIBEL"?
Submitted by gopcongress on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 12:36am.
Seriously: How many of you even HEARD the term "BLOOD LIBEL" before today? Show of hands....don't be shy.... yep, thought so.
PDS: the next gen BDS gone viral...
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
Actually...
Submitted by mrbuddhafreak on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:51am.
I have heard and know the term. It fits.
90% of visitors to I-heart-BetaMax.com love their Beta.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:22am.
10% said "Dude, what is a BetaMax?"
You don't tout the poll results from your own site. People are drawn to your site for a reason. It is called being of a like mind. Any polls conducted on your site will naturally be skewed, awfully skewed.
She Ought To Know
Submitted by WastedForHim on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:03am.
Well Andrea Mitchell is a Jew, she ought to understand loud and clear what she meant. Palin picked those words for a reason. Look, James Wolfensohn from the World Bank even open admits in his book Jewish control of the US Economy and now they want to move that 80% of the worlds money to China and leave 35%. Why not get it out there that they control the media networks as well. Palin is indirectly doing just that. In the Talmud, a Jew is forgiven of robbing a Goy (cattle, gentile), but not another fellow Jew. I find it interesting, because Murdoch allowing Beck to attack Soros, was kind of boarderline breaking the Jewish Law.
A 23 hour wonder,
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:43pm.
who is also an anti-Semite. Wow, as has been said, the trolls are oozing out of the woodwork around NB.
What's next, Wasted? A rant about the Illuminati? And, really, the first word in your s/n says it all.
i wasn't aware so many words
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 4:20am.
i wasn't aware so many words were OWNED by a certain group of people. I have heard the term "blood libel" be used a lot by Jewish people but I guess you MUST be Jewish if you are going to use that word. Is this kinda like the N-Word hypocricy with black folks? You can use it, I can't?
And how does this help race relations? Ol' whitey needs to dance around everyone else and basically say NOTHING??????? Don't upset the Jew! Don't upset the black guy. Don't upset the Mexican guy! Watch the Puerto Rican guy! Watch that Chinese guy!! Hey, don't piss off that Indian guy.....and on......and on....
No wonder some people still don't want minorities in their clubs: they don't want to walk on eggshells all day.
Andrea Mitchell using an MSNBC poll to back Lib talking points..
Submitted by NavyBuckeye on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 5:32am.
is like polling convicted sex offenders and using the data to say 59% of individuals polled agree that sex is ok when she does say no, because no means yes. And to try and solidfy the statement they bring on Ben Roethlisburger as the guest speaker.
Utterly ridiculous and misleading.
375,000 People Read MSNBC.com -- REALLLY?
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 9:02am.
MSNBC.com did not conduct a poll. It was comments made by their interns and their 5% online readers on the article about Palin.
This bubble head gives new meaning to the word "lying through your teeth".
On Butchering the Language
Submitted by V the K on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 9:44am.
Since when have the media cared about restraining words to their narrow meaning? Every blizzard on the Eastern Seaboard is now called a “Nor’easter,” not because the weather pattern fits narrow definition, but because “Nor’easter” just sounds cooler. And every shift in the political paradigm is a “sea change.” That’s not even close to what “sea change” means, you media morons. So where do these pinheads get off lecturing Sarah Palin?
The real reason the left is apoplectic is that the use of the phrase "blood libel," while not technically accurate, carries the sting of truth.
Exactly
Submitted by JustAl on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 11:47am.
It's all about sound bite imapact. Every gun that looks "scarry" is an "assault weapon". Everyone who isn't a liberal is a "right winger" and is therefore "controversial". And don't even start on what the media's definition of "bigot" or "racist" might be.
Just don't say that word OK?
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 12:15pm.
No, not blood libel. ObamaCare. That is off limits too.
On-line polls on MSNBC are as
Submitted by Cowboy on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:50pm.
On-line polls on MSNBC are as meaningful and accurate as the rest of what they do...
MSLSD is
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 2:02pm.
A subsidiary of NBC
Who is a subsidiary of GE
Who is subsidized by our federal tax dollars.
Anyone really think there is no collusion between this Admin and the press?
MSNBC
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:11pm.
When will we be just as quick to point out that the "MS" in MSNBC stands for MicroSoft?
But trust me, I'm no fan of General Electric, nor the Stimulus sleight-of-hand the government played through GE in order to purchase thousands of Chevy Volts with taxpayer money.
Doesn't Matter
Submitted by Rycher660 on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 8:24pm.
Doesn't matter what she said... they were going to find Something to complain about. It's what they do when it comes to Palin.