They just can't get it right. Yesterday on ABC News' Political Radar, senior political reporter Rick Klein wrote of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards calling conservative author Ann Coulter a "she-devil." Part of the background Klein provided:
In June, Coulter went on ABC's "Good Morning America" and said she had learned her lesson after being blasted for suggesting in a joke before the Conservative Political Action Conference that Edwards was a "faggot." "If I'm gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot," Coulter said.
As Noel Sheppard pointed out in his June 26, 2007 NewsBusters item, the complete Ann Coulter quote was:
About the - oh yeah. I wouldn't, I wouldn't insult gays by comparing them to John Edwards. Now, that would be mean. But about the same time, you know, Bill Maher was not joking and saying he wished Dick Cheney had been killed in a terrorist attack. So I've learned my lesson. If I'm gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.
On his June 28, 2007 ABC News Political Punch blog, senior national correspondent Jake Tapper wrote:
I've seen major media outlets only quote that last sentence -- "If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist assassination plot."
That's not fair.
Even if you think Coulter is vile, even if you believe her joking about Edwards' death at all is inappropriate, to quote just that last bit isn't an accurate representation to viewers or readers of what she said.
In this instance, Mr. Tapper is correct. What his colleague Rick Klein did in reporting less than the whole story is unfair. Not that he's alone of course. In its story on the incident, United Press International also only reported only part of it.
Just another day in the newsroom I guess.
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August 18, 2007 - 10:23 ET by VT Con ManCan you imagine the uproar and complete disdain unleashed on any Republican candidate, should they ever utter a whiny retort to any MSM "commentator"?
Edwards has continued to lower the bar. Just like a typical liberal whiner, backed by the MSM. Instead of their pointing out how utterly stupid he is to "get into it", with a right leaning writer.
Disdain
August 18, 2007 - 10:28 ET by Mike BatesCan you imagine the uproar and complete disdain unleashed on any Republican candidate. . .
Yup. Just about all of 'em. Except for the ones who've shown "growth" by moving left.
}}---> Edwards needs donations again
August 18, 2007 - 10:24 ET by Cool ArrowEdwards is still in a huff that he lost the spokesmodel competition on Star Search.
He can't get his wife to step out there again so he calls on ABC news to do it.
Now that perfect coif and those pouty quivering lips are stuck on stupid, complaining to the teacher "Ann called me poopoo" sniff
How Presidential can ya' get.
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Edwards needs donations again
August 18, 2007 - 10:27 ET by Mike BatesThose dang trial lawyers just won't give enough.
Edwards
August 18, 2007 - 10:40 ET by iveseenitallEdwards calls Coulter a "she-devil" in one breath and they says we should't get into name-calling in the next. Do these hypocrites ever see themselves? This man and his wife live in a self-centered bubble and probably will for the rest of their lives. God help us if, by some freak accident, these two ever get into the White House.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
She-devil Coulter
August 18, 2007 - 10:47 ET by Mike BatesMaybe if Ann would just ask taxpayers to pay for her health care, Edwards would take a liking to her.
"What's wrong with America and what will you do to change it?"
This quote is how old now?
August 18, 2007 - 14:12 ET by general companySooo, what exactly are they trying to prove by misquoting Ann? She isn't running for anything. As far as Edwards is concerned he should be happy to have Ann mention his name, that is the only time he is relevant.
Relevant
August 18, 2007 - 15:43 ET by Mike BatesAs far as Edwards is concerned he should be happy to have Ann mention his name, that is the only time he is relevant.
That's unfair. I'll bet his bank considers him quite relevant when he deposits those hedge fund earnings.
That's half the fun of Ann
August 18, 2007 - 11:43 ET by balboaThat's half the fun of Ann Coulter: She's so misquotable, it's almost too easy, which I'm sure she really enjoys.
"They just can't get it
August 18, 2007 - 12:01 ET by Nortonalec"They just can't get it right." That was sarcasm, right?
Nortonalec
They just can't get it right
August 18, 2007 - 12:24 ET by Mike Bates"They just can't get it right." That was sarcasm, right?
Er, I thought so.
Half the fun of Ann
August 18, 2007 - 12:34 ET by Mike BatesThat's half the fun of Ann Coulter: She's so misquotable, it's almost too easy, which I'm sure she really enjoys.
You're probably right. And it doesn't hurt book sales either.
Ann Coulter the Vixen of liberal dreams
August 18, 2007 - 12:05 ET by Lame CherryNow do not take this wrong as I think Ann Coulter needs a nice gentleman to cherish her and treat her more girly and feed her as she needs some curves.......
but ask yourself why John Edwards and these liberals are all fixated on Ann Coulter? She certainly is no more mouthy than that Estrich creature and she certainly never tried to be co president, so why hate Ann so much if you are a liberal?
The answer is simple:
Elizabeth (married) Edwards attack her along with drooling Chris Matthews.....
Johnny Edwards features Ann Coulter again as a "she devil".
The answer is obvious that John Edwards has the hots for Ann Coulter as the blonde uber frau to his pole axe wife Liz. Liz is ticked off by it and with horn dog Matthews pounce on Coulter to give her some cat fight lovin'.
All these liberal males are just panting over Ann as she won't have anything to do with them and I will bet Diane Sawyer and that shemale lot all go home at night to husbands who beg them to "play Ann Coulter" in the bedroom so they can be with a real hot chic.
This is making liberal furious.....even that Sean Penn goes psychotic in lust over Ann in torturing a doll of her.....and remember which parts he was burning were sexual parts....that means Sean knows he can not handle this woman who so entrances all the liberals with lust.
As I said, I would feed up Ann some on steak and sherbet, but I can see why liberals all have the hots for her as she is one dynamo.
In closing Newbusters Jurors, given the choice of Ann Coulter in daisy dukes on a desert isle and Hillary Clinton naked.......which would you prefer to be alone with????? Yeah you know the answer and that is what liberals all are thinking too.
I rest my case. Ann Coulter is thee Vixen of liberals with a CAP V.
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Ann Coulter, Vixen
August 18, 2007 - 12:28 ET by Mike BatesElizabeth (married) Edwards attack her along with drooling Chris Matthews.....
But doesn't Chris drool all the time? Girls only make it worse for him, as with Erin Burnett and Michelle Malkin.
}}---> Vixen
August 18, 2007 - 12:44 ET by Cool ArrowVixen. . .kinda makes me feel all quiverry inside.
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MMB -- that's a horrible
August 18, 2007 - 12:47 ET by Jack BauerMMB -- that's a horrible image.
Do you think Matthews has a drool bucket or spitoon under his table?
Under the table
August 18, 2007 - 12:49 ET by Mike BatesDo you think Matthews has a drool bucket or spitoon under his table?
If he doesn't, Jack, his producer isn't doing his job.
eDrool
August 18, 2007 - 13:06 ET by Jack BauerSome enterprising person should collect genuine Chris Matthews' Drool, and auction it on eBay!
Enterprising on eBay
August 18, 2007 - 13:06 ET by Mike BatesSome enterprising person should collect genuine Christ Matthews' Drool, and auction it on eBay!
Even those nice folks over at the Democratic Underground wouldn't bid on it. Well, most of them anyway.
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August 18, 2007 - 13:07 ET by Cool ArrowWant to bid on some fresh sputum?
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It depends
August 18, 2007 - 12:49 ET by Cool ArrowDepends on whether it's love or lust with Olberman.
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love or lust with Olbermann
August 18, 2007 - 12:54 ET by Mike BatesHe IS hot, isn't he? Sorta like a modern-day Heinrich Himmler, only without the personality.
Ann Coulter in daisy dukes?
August 20, 2007 - 13:32 ET by Chidi NwachukhuAnn Coulter in daisy dukes? Have you ever seen the Crying Game?
Ann Coulter in daisy dukes?
August 20, 2007 - 13:38 ET by MightyMouthSTOP TEASING US!!!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Say what?
August 18, 2007 - 12:47 ET by BarkerActual Quote: "ABC News is a great example of a left-wing propaganda machine masquerading as a news program."
ABC Quote: "ABC News is a great...news program."
"ABC News is a great...news program"
August 18, 2007 - 12:50 ET by Mike BatesSeems to meet the "fake but accurate" criterion.
If you're offended by the
August 18, 2007 - 13:01 ET by wiwfIf you're offended by the word "faggot" you've never been in the real world. What was the word on the guys locker in Breakfast Club? I do believe it was "faggot!"
I got both of Coulter's jokes right away. The terrorist assassination joke is such an inside joke, people think it's offensive.
Not to mention that there are NUMEROUS cases of the the word "faggot" or "fag" being used in pop culture and earlier.
This stuff riles me up almost as much as people saying that the word/term "gay" ONLY applies to homosexuals. Who says the homosexual community has all rights, privileges, copyrights, etc. to that word?
GROW A PAIR.
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage
morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested,
exiled, or hanged." -Abraham Lincoln
The homosexual community
August 18, 2007 - 13:04 ET by Mike BatesWho says the homosexual community has all rights, privileges, copyrights, etc. to that word?
I keep wondering exactly where that homosexual "community" is.
Homosexual community.....
August 18, 2007 - 13:43 ET by Army BratI dunno Michael...but when you search "homosexual community", ya get a buncha folks from different cities that claim to represent or defend same using the words "homosexual community" to describe their gay populations or in the name of their various related organizations. Happy Trails...
Good report but this is
August 18, 2007 - 13:36 ET by winston smithGood report but this is nothing new. In the past, the MSM have been guilty of the same shenanigans in deliberately misquoting or incomplete quoting Republicans/Conservatives such as Ronald Reagan, Newt, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Rush, etc.
Is anyone really the least little bit surprised? Snakes bite...
August 18, 2007 - 13:50 ET by Army BratAs far as I can see, it is the purpose and intention of the MSM to misquote, lie about and distort all utterances of any conservative who is, in the least bit, a threat. What is a "threat " to the MSM? Truth...accuracy...ethics. Happy Trails...
Nothing new
August 18, 2007 - 15:45 ET by Mike BatesGood report but this is nothing new.
To someone, somewhere, it's probably new. Regardless of that, it's always a good idea to let the MSM know we're on to its ways.
And Harry Reid "If we
August 20, 2007 - 12:50 ET by Chidi NwachukhuAnd Harry Reid "If we continue on this present course..."
ABC has the LEAST
August 18, 2007 - 13:56 ET by daveinbocaABC has the LEAST deformed-liberal bias of the three major broadcast networks, ever since NBC lost Neutron Jack Welch at GE as a monitor for keeping the nutroots like Zucker on the reservation. And CBS lost the "Tiffany" label back when Rather started to pollute the airwaves with his bigoted leftist pandering.
Yet ABC is not honest enough to put the entire Coulter/Edwards fracas into context. Actually, it's hilarious that after the Hardball confrontation between Ann and JE's malignant wife, the Edwards campaign claimed their coffers were overflowing and polls shooting skyward.
A month later, Edwards polls are slipping below 10% and he's closing down his Nevada operation to the dismay of Dingy Harry Reid! Is somebody fibbing about the Silk-maned Hair-and-Makeup candidate's coffers and numbers?
YES, Edwards and his Kossack Krew are liars, cheaters, and ambulance chasers "studying poverty" by consulting for a sub-prime mortgage offshore hedge fund that this prevaricator claims was a stint to "study poverty" while making $500K!
What a slick charlatan!
And Ann's cachet goes up with honest folk while louses like Maher, who want the VP to die, waltz unscathed through the corrupt media's briar patch.
I totally agree!!!
August 18, 2007 - 15:16 ET by Advocate123I totally agree.
ABC engaged in pure journalistic negligence.
They probably should have covered the real story about John Edwards that was posted in the Wall Street Journal.
But, the elitists continue to tell the audience, “The customer is always wrong and too stupid to know what good Journalism is.”
You can read my take about ABC's rekindling of the Edwards' vs. Coulter catfight (along with the blatant misquoting of Coulter) at
Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty
I also talk about why people turn to media like Newsbusters to get their news over ABC; it is all about trust.
From personal experience, I
August 18, 2007 - 18:36 ET by Felicity RandFrom personal experience, I know that liberals are psychologically-challenged. Just a few years ago I was a liberal--disorganized, scattered and unhappy. As my political leanings shifted following 911 and the plethera of Clinton scandals, my mind became clearer. Becoming a republican--and a conservative at that--was the best medicine! My life has turned around in ways that expensive therapy could never bring about.
Matthews and his ilk live in a parallel universe where common sense, happiness and FACTS are NOT.