I read how Griffin apologized to the National Review.  I can't find where he apologized to Governor Palin for the ambush question.  In fact, Phillips threw salt on the wound by blaming Governor Palin for "jumping in." 

Does anyone believe that this is a case where "the context could be misconstrued" or that this is a "botched question?"  I don't. 

The irony is (drumroll)... Drew Griffin really proved Bryon York's article to be accurate.  

The apology was pitiful.  It's reeeally not his fault. She jumped in and confused him.  The media fears Palin, evidenced by their barrage of insults and lies.

Additionally, a word of advice for future journalists that don't want the diploma and the bullseye:

My great-grandmother always told me that it's better to be quiet and let people wonder if you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. (That phrase has been atributed to many, but there was none like my great-grandmother!)

that I have ever heard (or read).

And as for Kyra Phillips... "We go to journalism school. We should not only graduate with a diploma, but with a big target on our forehead..." Blah, blah, blah. She acts as if CNN and Griffin are the ones that have been wronged here! What a self-righteous little snot she is! 

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

Mamas, don't let your children grow up to be reporters...

Hey look!  What's that?  Something new! Yes!

It's the ceiling on the American Dream!  Capped at a quarter million.  So much for "You can be anything.  You can do anything in America."  That's so.... yesterday. 

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I've just got to share a short note I sent to Kyra Phillips earlier tonight after reading Matthew's post;
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I read the CNN response to the Sarah Palin hit piece by Drew Griffin and your interview with him today. I think your both lying. No “educated adult” could have possibly got such a quote so wrong. The remarks alone by Byron York were an indictment of the mainstream media and I doubt that CNN would ever give Mr. York’s piece airtime if Governor Palin weren’t involved. And as far as Sarah Palin talking over the “reporter”, give me a break. Surely you guys can come up with a better line than that? And while I’m at it, what about the MoveOn.org comment at the end of your remarks? That’s like a radio personality in World War II finishing an interview and giving Tokyo Rose a plug. Are you people ever concerned about how transparent some of your remarks appear on the air? And that remark about “a big target our forehead”. Just report the facts and get the quotes accurate. Just tell the viewing public what’s going on. Quit spreading your opinion around with selected cuts in an interview. When you have a snarl on you face in an interview with a conservative and a smile with a liberal, don’t you think we can see what’s going on? I realize the situation is most likely not going to change but you can always hope.
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I doubt if I get a response back but from what I'm hearing they got a ton of mail on this issue.

Phillips then gave her take on the exchange, that "she [Palin] was jumping in, you were trying to finish, kind of explain the whole quote.

What BS.  The problem is, after having seen the original clip several times, I have a difficult time imagining the syntax that he could have possibly used to explain that it was the media that he was talking about before she "jumped in."  He was trying to pull a Gibson and got caught.

The Communist News Network has an obligation to keep down standards. There is no excuse for this crap and no forgiving the hacks that participate in it.

So Drew, Explain your lead in to the question you asked Palin

The press has been pretty hard on you. The Democrats have been pretty
hard on you. But also, some conservatives have been pretty hard on you
as well. The National Review had a story saying that...

His "example" of a conservative being hard on her follows.

Oh, but now we're being told that we all might have misconstrued what he was saying, and that it would have become clear if only Palin hadn't cut him off.

How many days did it take him to come up with this laughable excuse?

Why does this disingenuous chump still have a job even? He's lied on the air twice.

Oh, he works at CNN.

And when he saw her shocked reaction that this would come out of a conservative publication, why didn't he clarify that was a media perception, not the authors? Thats not an apology or clarification by CNN. Thats CYA.

 I saw this clip played on Fox News last night. Griffin wasn't contrite or humble about the reaction to his selective quoting. Rather, he acted angry and aggressive. He was mad that he was being criticized. I'm telling you, these former journalists think bias is an attribute

McNotObama '08

Drew Griffin is a liar.  Period.  He is not entitled to this phony "plausible deniability" excuse he concocted in the days since this inquisition was first aired.  This was the standard, sleazy shyster "you can't unring a bell" tactic...no doubt employed on countless occasions by John Edwards.  Here's how it works: 1) Judge rules that certain information cannot be presented to a jury (a prejudicial statement, an irrelevant criminal conviction...anything beyond the facts of the case that may cause members of a jury to change their verdict), 2) Sleazy lawyer injects the information into the jury's mind through a question, 3) Opposing lawyer objects, 4) Judge sustains the objection, 5) Knowing his tactic was successful, sleazy lawyer apologizes, concocts some weak excuse about "forgetting", "misunderstanding" the ruling or some such "explanation" to avoid a contempt charge, 6) Judge accepts the "plausible deniability" claim, lets sleazy lawyer off with a warning, and instructs the jury to ignore the information that the attorney "inadvertantly" "let slip"...claiming that it is irrelevant to the facts of the case, 7) Depending on the intellectual makeup of the jury, some or all members will follow the Judge's instructions, ignore the off-limits information and deliberate accordingly...however, the sleazy lawyer may have secured an unfair advantage by poisoning one, some or all of the jury...because once information like that is released into courtroom, human nature takes over.  Some jurors will store the damaged information and use it to come to a decision...then claim that they followed the Judge's instructions, they were not poisoned by this information and that they drew their conclusion based on all the other evidence.  And it only takes one poisoned juror to hang it.  Despite instructions to the contrary, the information is out there...and you can't unring a bell.  This Drew Griffin interview was a textbook case of that sleazy tactic.  He knew what he was doing, he intentionally left out crucial contextual information to put Palin on the defensive (because she could not possibly know that such a thing was written...since it wasn't) and then he concocts a lame explanation, claiming he was "rushed" and "forgot" the author of the piece and where it was found.  He is granted "plausible deniability" by his fellow dishonest hacks at CNN (not to mention the other networks...and probably McLame)...and this is supposed to put the issue of "No Bias, No Bull" to bed?  Bulls---!  He has now poisoned a certain portion of the electorate...no doubt the soft-headed ones, but their votes carry equal weight to the rest (and in close states, that may be all the advantage Ohvomit neeeds), and avoided the ultimate responsibility for his journalistic malpractice.  He may have gotten away with this little scam, but I will always hold him in contempt.

And that bimbo Kyra Phillips should spare us all the self-serving "target on our forehead" cliche.  As far as I'm concerned, if she's not in the can with an open mic dishing on her sister-in-law over the airwaves...she has nothing worth saying.

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The last line should read:

BLITZER: "All right. Thanks very much. Drew Griffin, you're fired."