CNN has corrected a bogus story the network's Rick Sanchez pathetically aired Wednesday about leaders at last Saturday's G20 meeting snubbing President Bush as if he had "cooties."
For those that missed it, Sanchez played a video (embedded below the fold) of Bush seemingly being ignored by most of the leaders of the free world as they lined up to take a group picture:
I want you to look at this video, all right. It seems almost sad. Look at this. This is the president of the United States walking out on stage to take a picture with world leaders invited to the G20 summit over the weekend. Look at him. And he seems like the most unpopular kid in high school that nobody liked -- you know, the one with the cooties?
Actually, what seems sad, Rick, is that as your colleague Jeanne Moos reported Friday, you didn't know what you were talking about (video embedded right, h/t Hot Air via NBer R D Helms):
JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the story of the snub that wasn't. Take one unpopular American president hosting a summit. Surround him with world leaders shaking hands with everyone but him. Next thing you know it's the diss heard around the blogosphere, link back to CNN.
RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: I want you to look at this video, all right? It seems almost sad.
MOOS: "The Daily Show" played it. It's the show closing moment of Zen. The White House probably wasn't feeling so Zen when it heard interpretations like this.
VOICE OF SANCHEZ: And he seems like the most unpopular kid in high school that nobody liked. You know, the one with cooties.
MOOS: Cooties? You can't shrug off cooties.
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: How are you doing?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you very much.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good morning.
BUSH: How are you doing?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm fine. Thank you.
MOOS: It turns out the president had already shaken everybody's hand earlier that same day. In fact, he had shaken most of their hands twice starting the day before. Responding to the where's the love perceived snub, the White House noted the president had already greeted all of those leaders prior to this picture, whereas the other leaders had not had the opportunity to greet each other yet that morning.
(on camera): When it comes to diplomatic protocol there is one unshakeable rule, shake hands no matter how much you like or dislike a leader, unless you're outright enemies.
(voice-over): The snub that wasn't occurred as the leaders were lining up for a group photo. They took the picture and they had to turn around and do it again, because Argentina's first female president arrived late. Oops. Take two.
Despite the snubber-in-chief talk, there was plenty of back slapping and patting at the summit. As for likening the president to --
SANCHEZ: The one with the cooties
MOOS: Tell that to Italy's prime minister. He and President Bush palled around like a couple of old coots.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
Kudos to Moos for exposing her colleague as the boob we all know him to be. However, it would be nice if all the leftwing websites that gleefully posted Sanchez's report (video embedded below) -- including the Huffington Post -- would publish a retraction.
Don't hold your breath.
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Certification Needed
November 22, 2008 - 15:12 ET by Lee BoggsOne way to minimize this sort of incompetent behavior from poorly trained, overpaid "reporters" like Sanchez is to create some form of certification that could be revoked for this type of shoddy and questionable journalism.
Oxymoron
November 22, 2008 - 16:13 ET by BlueCat57That would require journalist ethics, an oxymoron.
Being a Liberal, a Democrat or a Journalist means never having to say you're wrong.
Now why on earth would they
November 22, 2008 - 15:20 ET by motherbeltNow why on earth would they bother with a retraction? Even if it didn't happen, everyone "knows" that the whole world hates Bush.
So it's another "fake but accurate" story.
so, what you're implying is
November 22, 2008 - 15:30 ET by katainkentso, what you're implying is that he used to work for Dan Rather? ;)
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Yep!! Learned from the
November 22, 2008 - 16:54 ET by motherbeltYep!! Learned from the best! LOL
Good thing there wasn't an
November 22, 2008 - 21:30 ET by Dan DiegoGood thing there wasn't an old GM pick-up around that Bush could bump into and cause a dramatic explosion.
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I googled...
November 22, 2008 - 15:28 ET by katainkentI googled...
...?
OMG so fired.
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A
November 22, 2008 - 15:57 ET by bigtimerA retraction...
LOL...Surely you jest...
When pigs fly!
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99 bottles of beer on the wall
November 22, 2008 - 16:03 ET by tonemeisterthis same rick sanchez left a dolphins game drunk and high back in 1990 and killed a pedestrian in a cross walk and fled the scene. we should get him and ted kennedy together. per the new york observer..10/09/07
is that a felony?
November 26, 2008 - 02:05 ET by MichiganVetCoke, drunk, killing someone with a car - is that a felony? How can he be working with such a record?
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy
Bush has little problem finding world leaders with praise..
November 22, 2008 - 16:07 ET by Gary HallGreat on the correction, Noel - will Sanchez get the boot?
He could make up by offering up some straight news on occassion. In October, at the President's Conference on International Development, as is often the case, priase for President Bush and his administration was in the air - for doing what? Doing the walk - not just the talk.
Sir Bob Geldof (Humanitarian activist - and Live 8 organizer)"
President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, of Liberia (the first freely elected woman in Africa's history):
Does Rich Sanchez have the 00's to report all the news?
Well!
November 22, 2008 - 16:13 ET by jaywlSanchez showed his ass again. Nothing unusual about that. What is odd is that CNN retracted the slur. Why? They certainly don't think one retraction, or even a few, will change the accurate perception that CNN is deeply in the liberal well. At least Sanchez is open about his bias. Does he want a job in the Obama administration?
Sanchez is a fool
November 22, 2008 - 16:44 ET by gilguyI live near this jerk; he is an assistant coach at a local high school when he is not bloviating liberal trash. At a recent game, I watched with puzzlement (as did everyone around me) as he stood during the national anthem with his arms BEHIND HIS BACK! Yep...around 1000 of us with our hats off, hands on hearts, and ole' Rickie with both hands behind his back, standing there dressed in black and defiantly looking upward toward the flag....everyone around me noticed it, too. Unbelieveable.
I am over idiots like him; glad I never watch CNN.
Hey gguy... Well... that
November 22, 2008 - 16:49 ET by bigtimerHey gguy...
Well... that says everything about the POS...now doesn't it.
Must be taking after his Chosen One.
Thanks for this bit of info. you told me everything I need to know about the so-called man.
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Get a camera on him next
November 22, 2008 - 16:53 ET by Dan The Man 2Get a camera on him next time and post it to web. We need to expose these Marxist idiots, may not do any good but lets try.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Well he'll probably start
November 22, 2008 - 16:56 ET by motherbeltWell he'll probably start once Obama is sworn in...it'll be "his" flag then, you know....and it will be cool to be patriotic again.
as he stood during the
November 22, 2008 - 19:31 ET by fitzfongas he stood during the national anthem with his arms BEHIND HIS BACK!
I'm sure he was driving with his hands behind his back in Miami when he killed that pedestrian...oh, wait, he was just sloppy drunk. Never mind.
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Sanchez
November 22, 2008 - 20:07 ET by MichiganVetNext time you see him, please give him a kick in the stones for us.
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy
Perhaps MRC/NB should create...
November 22, 2008 - 17:55 ET by JPR1a new annual award just for this jackass.
The Cheapest Low Blow Insult by a Two-Bit Dem Media Hack
Maybe model the award itself after a big steaming pile.
I can't think of any close contenders myself.
How about ...
November 22, 2008 - 18:21 ET by Red JeepJoy Behar.
OH! She's an insult to be sure.
November 22, 2008 - 18:50 ET by JPR1Your suggestion muddies the waters a bit.
Behar is just a 30 IQ mouth for a morning chat program. Sanchez is/was a reporter/journalist for a major "news" outlet.
Hey, if he gets the boot like he should, maybe he could join Joy and friends in the morning. He'll fit right in.
Perfect fit.
November 22, 2008 - 19:39 ET by Red JeepSanchez sitting between Behar and Sherri Sheperd. Wouldn't need Whoopi or Elizabeth. People would tune in just to see how stupid it could get between the 3 of them.
That would make a Yummy
November 22, 2008 - 19:49 ET by Clear thinkerThat would make a Yummy sandwich. Oooops, I mean Dummy sandwich.
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How true!
November 22, 2008 - 20:03 ET by fireballI believe they are called the "Three Stooges".
We need a Groucho Marx like
November 22, 2008 - 20:53 ET by JPR1personality to fully exploit this. Someone with the wits to play the three of them for the saps they are.
I don't have it, that's for sure, but damn, how hard could it be.
Show like that could leave Morning Joe and Fox & Friends in the dust.
Just another instance of
November 22, 2008 - 19:15 ET by ConservativeRexJust another instance of journalistic malpractice routinely committed by CNN.
CNN ought to be the one snubbed. A Republican that agrees to appear on any CNN camara for any kind of interview ought to have their head examined.
And then if a Republican DOES appear on CNN, well, then you'll know who to snub in an election. It has got to start somewhere. It is up to us to start drawing the line in the sand.
CRex... I absolutely
November 22, 2008 - 19:24 ET by bigtimerCRex...
I absolutely could not agree more, and have made the same suggestions for years now regarding CNN/msnbc and any other of the Big 3....I am still waiting patiently for this to happen, when will the real repubs/conservatives get the message on how to win via the msm...they cannot continue on being this brain-dead...the primary debates, let alone the VP/Presidential debates are a perfect example of where it gets them in the big picture politically.
*sigh*
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Repeat after me....there is
November 22, 2008 - 19:21 ET by ckc1227Repeat after me....there is no media bias, media bias is a myth.
These little stuck up media
November 22, 2008 - 19:46 ET by Carl KolchakThese little stuck up media people who get their own shows, aren't even worthy of getting their pictures taken with the staff of "Weekly World News" in my opinion. The little stuck up media people probably don't know the first thing about writing a good Elvis, Bermuda Triangle, Alien, or a story about Nostradumus's predictions. They need to stick to their little stuck up topics, and not ever try to be as competent as the staff of "Weekly World News" was.
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GW Snubbed
November 22, 2008 - 20:00 ET by taocpaWhat do you expect from CNN?
At least Moos had the guts to report it....
This week, I talked with a few people about the incoming administration. They all hate Bush. I informed them of several items not covered in the mainstream press. All of them thought I was lying. When I gave them exact references of where to look it up and that liberals were behind it, they insisted I was wrong. One even said, "that sounds like a Republican idea." When I informed them Democrats were behind it, they still wouldn't believe me because they didn't hear it in the MSM.
One person I engaged in conversation was a teenager. He went off on Sarah Palin. I asked him point blank of the 4 major party candidates, who had more executive experience? He thought Obama or Biden. I told him Palin. He didn't believe me. I also asked him where he got his information. He said anywhere but the MSM, but yet everything coming out of his mouth was parroting the MSM. I explained to him nothing he told me was from another source other than CBS, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, etc. and to give me something other than that, he couldn't.
When a story like this gets out, it's more cannon fodder for Bush haters. They just eat this stuff up. No retraction will erase this from their memory.
I can't wait for Obama's first real major screwup. I want to see the press try to cover it up and excuse it.
Tom
agreed
November 22, 2008 - 20:05 ET by katainkentI fully expect this article to be vomited with great force and exuberance at Thanksgiving this year.
No one remembers retractions. Especially ones made as half-heartedly and backhanded as this one is.
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Obama's major screwups
November 22, 2008 - 23:14 ET by needle"I can't wait for Obama's first real major screwup. I want to see the press try to cover it up and excuse it."
Obama's first real major screwup? I would say that was naming Joe Biden as Vice President.
He has already made dozens of screwups. Who is counting? Who is reporting?
This was not a MAJOR screwup? Maybe not, at least until Joe should have to replace the Big O.
Naming Hillary Secretary of State is a guaranteed screwup. Imagine these two super narcissists explaining away their failures on each other. It would high comedy if it were not so serious.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Hey needle...did you see
November 22, 2008 - 23:29 ET by bigtimerHey needle...did you see this link from JDW regarding Hill and qualifications for being Sec. of State?
If no one has read this...it is very interesting.
Are any of the repubs going to notice....and speak up?
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The Democrats love-hate relationship with The Constitution
November 23, 2008 - 22:33 ET by needleHi bigtimer,
I read the article you pointed to and, yes, it is interesting.
Frankly, I think that if a Senator is in consideration for a post for which the Senate voted a pay raise (regardless of how that particular Senator actually voted on the matter), I do not think the Senator should be prevented from accepting the post so long as the Senator also accepts the previous (i.e., un-raised) salary. In other words, I think it would be mean spirited to use such a technicality to prevent a qualified person from performing a public service so long as the intent of the constitutional stipulation is observed.
If the Democrats have previously tried to use this constitutional clause to prevent a qualified person from performing a public service – doesn’t this sound just like the Democrats! – then it is about time they swallow their faux principles and mature a bit.
Basically the Democrats are interested in the Constitution only to the extent that it serves their needs. When it gets in their way: to Hell with it. Who cares if there is nothing about privacy in it! Who cares if there is nothing about Abortion it in! And who cares if the Constitution stipulates quite explicitly that the President must be a native born citizen of at least 35 years of age.
Do you think that Obama is a native born citizen? At first I assumed that he must be; that this could not be a problem; that it was preposterous that anyone would try to slime his way into the presidency. Now I am more and more convinced that Obama is not a native born American citizen; and he is intent on a snubbing the Constitution as just part of how he is going to mock and screw the nation. Basically he has handled this matter a) not at all; b) as trivial detail beneath his contempt; and c) finally, for the picayune scum that must make a fuss over this Constitutional detail, he has offered up a forged birth certificate. Doesn’t this sound like the arrogant way Clinton propagated his lies? The more that Obama treats this matter with indifference and dismissal the more I suspect that there is a serious problem here.
And by the way, it is evident that Obama lied about his registering with the Selective Service, and that he also participated in a forgery to make it appear that he did register:
http://www.debbiesch...
This matter in fact fits neatly in with Obama’s forged birth certificate; and together they could well be a two (or more?) pronged attempt to legitimize Obama with respect to being a native born citizen. After all, when he was eighteen it would make perfect sense that he would not register for the Selective Service, if he is not a native born citizen; and he would not give a second thought about not registering, being fully aware of the fact that he was not an American citizen.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Hi needle.. Just so you
November 24, 2008 - 00:42 ET by bigtimerHi needle..
Just so you know, as far as O's citizenship, I could not agree more, I was like you, it took me awhile to do a lot of research and clicking on others links to learn so much more, what is despicable is the msm's omission of all of this...every single one of them, this is coming before SCOTUS very soon, yet the msm is not covering one bit of this.
You should have heard the Wa. Journal this morning, a caller asked Alexis Simendinger (p) National Journal about this very thing, saying it was unconstitutional.... is he a real citizen of the USA ect...she said it was IRRELEVANT...before that the host Greta asked why does it matter...
I came UNGLUED!
Why does it matter...why does it matter...are you nuts Greta...and this is what we have for the Washington Journal anymore...something I used to call into, and never miss, if I did miss a show most times I was upset..it really has gone down-hill slowly but surely ....since the second election of Clinton, promises were made to go back to the previous way of handling phone calls ect...well they were broken, and then some...so it is almost unbearable for me to watch/ or listen to anymore, the phone banks with the uneducated callers for over three years now, is more than I can take...it is enough to make you go through the ceiling before you even have your coffee made.
What is going to happen needle, in my opinion, is we are going to have a President sworn in that is NOT a legal citizen of the USA...and there ain't one damned thing we can do about it.
Nada.
Brian Lamb...where are YOU!
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SD and needle
November 24, 2008 - 14:31 ET by bigtimerHi needle....
Here is the link I was saying I had trouble opening, so I hope it works here..plus I put some on the other thread I referred you to in the PM.
SD...just read the posts above, and you now know who needle is... ;-)
<edit> It works okay, there are a lot of other links inside the story that I found excellent too.
Also forgot to tell you thank you for your link ..it is a keeper, great info...you know we are never going to get answers to any of this outrage adn illegality...all of the msm is in his corner, those that aren't are cowed into submission, afraid of being called racist ect...along with a bunch of repubs, you watch all these past creatures get confirmed without any questions because of fear...Eric Holder is just ONE great example to just start with.
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Noel - Michael Shaw at Huffington Post Made the Correction
November 22, 2008 - 23:40 ET by Rush FanIn an article at the Huffington Post titled: Reading The Pictures: Bush Gets Bad Rap In CNN's Supposed G-20 Handshake Incident Michael Shaw wrote:
"If you know this column at all, I'm sure you appreciate how I never pass up an opportunity to bash Bush for crippling America's standing with the rest of the world. That said, however, I would never do it at the expense of misinterpreting either still images or video. For that reason, I've got to object with the take on Bush authored the other day by CNN's Rick Sanchez."
President Bush has kept us safe for seven years, and the left-wing nutroots believe "Bush has crippled America's standing with the rest of the world."
Where is the love and appreciation?
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RF
November 22, 2008 - 23:51 ET by Noel SheppardRF,
Thanks for sharing that. ns
The rest of the world are
November 23, 2008 - 00:51 ET by zfThe rest of the world are feeble idiots weak in mind and body and love to see us hurt (witness all the monkeys like Putin delighting in our supposed "decline.) I could care less what our standing with the rest of the world is, the worlds interests are screwed up.
I guess since the press
November 23, 2008 - 00:45 ET by zfI guess since the press isn't going after Obama, they'll continue to bash W and Palin instead. Get over it, MSM. Sheesh.
CNN not MSM
November 23, 2008 - 19:02 ET by chronicIt's much easier to bash Palin and Bush when their combined IQ is what, maybe 7. They would probably draw a pretty funny map of the U.S., let alone the world. Either way they could probably only correctly label Texas, Alaska, and maybe Russia. Why can't the press keep up on Bashing Obama because Palin used it all up on the campaign trail, and still hasn't apologized for her "terroristS" comment.
Like naming all 57
November 23, 2008 - 19:04 ET by Clear thinkerLike naming all 57 states?
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Or Africa is a country
November 23, 2008 - 19:06 ET by chronicPalin is so good on geography that she probably could come up with 57, or else she'll "get back t'ya"
You need to pay attention.
November 23, 2008 - 19:09 ET by Clear thinkerYou need to pay attention. Palin never called Africa a country!!!
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Clear - when have the facts
November 23, 2008 - 19:13 ET by Free StinkerClear - when have the facts ever mattered to a Marxist ?
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
Free... Excellent
November 23, 2008 - 19:30 ET by Clear thinkerFree...
Excellent point!
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Did you miss
November 26, 2008 - 02:23 ET by MichiganVetthe O speech when he talked about taking your asthmatic child to the hospital and they put that child on a breathalyzer?
Who made that infamous line "I want to, you know, spread the wealth around"?
And dont get me started on Plugs Biden, that bastion of buffonery - "Come on Chuck, stand up".
And Biden is a heartbeat from the presidency .....
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Wow
November 23, 2008 - 09:22 ET by DarkCurrentI didn't know about the vehicular homicide (my take).
According to Wikipedia:
"On December 10, 1990, Sanchez while driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol drove into a pedestrian Jeffrey Smuzinick, with his car on a road directly in front of Joe Robbie stadium Dolphin Stadium after Smuzinick entered into the crosswalk.[2] Smuzinick, who was paralyzed and eventually died from his injuries in 1995.[2][3] Sanchez, who had just left a NFL football game with his father fled the scene of the accident with a complete disregard for Mr. Smuzinick's well being. Due to media scrutiny and eyewitness testimony he was forced to plead no contest, to DUI and pled down the charge of felony hit and run.[2]."
This guy should still be in jail with possibility of parole in 2030. Instead he's on CNN.
Breaking news! I googled
November 23, 2008 - 17:05 ET by ksennishBreaking news!
I googled "cnn dumb" and got 4,320,000 hits.
So it must be true right?