Schultz Admits Editing Perry, Doesn't Apologize for Falsely Accusing Him of Making Racist Remark About Obama
As NewsBusters reported hours ago, MSNBC's Ed Schultz on Monday deceptively edited comments made by Rick Perry to falsely accuse the Texas governor of making a racist remark about President Obama.
"The Ed Show" host admitted his mistake on Tuesday's program, but failed to apologize to Perry or even acknowledge his despicable accusation let alone retract it (video follows courtesy Breitbart TV with partial transcript and commentary, file photo):
ED SCHULTZ, HOST: Now last night we played a clip of Governor Perry talking about the debt being a black cloud over this country. We did not present the full context of those statements and we should have. Here’s the full clip. Let’s get it right. Here’s the full clip.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GOVERNOR RICK PERRY (R-TEXAS): I'm a pro-business governor. I don`t make any apologies about it, and I will be a pro-business president. Getting America back to work is the most important issue that faces this country, being able to pay off $14.5 trillion or $16 trillion worth of debt. That big black cloud that hangs over America, that debt that is so monstrous. There’s only one way you get rid of it that’s practical, that makes sense, and that is to free up America, free up American entrepreneurs.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
SCHULTZ: No doubt about it, it was a mistake and we regret the error on this particular statement. We should not have included it in our coverage of his overheated rhetoric. That’s our mistake.
What a farce.
Schultz went on national television Monday with a highly-edited video accusing the governor of the nation's second most populated state of making a racist remark about the president.
He went on 24 hours later admitting that said video was edited without acknowledging or apologizing for the deplorable slur.
What kind of a "news" organization is this?
The folks at Comcast, General Electric, NBC, and MSNBC should be ashamed of themselves for not requiring their employee to issue a complete retraction for his error along with an apology to the person that was wrongly defamed. Anything less compounds the insult and the injury.
If this is what Americans can expect from MSNBC during the upcoming campaign, maybe there should be a disclaimer running at the bottom of the screen 24/7 informing viewers that the information being presented might be erroneous, but those involved really don't care because they're all in the tank for the current White House resident.
That at least would be far more honest than Schultz's pathetic mea culpa as well as what's currently passing for "news" at this disgrace of a network.
*****Update: Back in May, Schultz was suspended one week for calling Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut." How will Schultz be reprimanded for intentionally editing a speech by a governor in order to accuse him of making a racist remark about the president?
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Is it safe to say that the
Submitted by TE on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:21pm.
Is it safe to say that the Washington/New York/America press corps/Democrat party would call any Republican a racist for stating the fact that the Obama years have been a dark, dark, dark, dark, dark period in American history?
Will it be deemed "racist" to oppose a federal or state holiday on Obama's birthday? Within weeks of Obama leaving office expect the Democrat party in Congress to propose such legislation.
Mistake? Oh my aching aunt!
Submitted by Reaver on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:29pm.
Mistake? Oh my aching aunt! You didn’t “accidently” edit that clip in midsentence. The “error” and the “mistake” along with the malice, was entirely intentional. This is pathetic.
Exactly
Submitted by Dave81 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 1:16pm.
Why be honest when you can be deceptive and then acknoledge your deception (ie, not apologize) later after the damage is done?
This is what it is like in
Submitted by VBaxter on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:32pm.
This is what it is like in August 2011. Can you even imagine how MSLSDNC and their Obama-loving journalists like Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Martin Bashir, Mika Brzezinski, and the newly-added Al Sharpton are going to be like in October 2012?
Ron Paul 2012
That was
Submitted by Brad90956 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 1:33am.
exactly what I was thinking. Expect these "mistakes" to get ratcheted up over time. By the time the election rolls around, Special Ed will accuse the GOP nominee of anything and everything without any facts or evidence to back it up.
The Libs are basically talking to themselves at MSNBC.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 7:31am.
While MSNBC is available on cable to 78 million households, 99.55 of Americans don't watch. (http://www.nbc.com/nbc/NBC_Universal_Cable_Networks/)
Basically MSNBC is a lib journalist circle jerk.
Well someone is watching
Submitted by mandrake on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 7:52am.
Otherwise, how would you at NB know?
Correction 99.5% of Americans do not watch MSNBC
Submitted by Red Jeep on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:07am.
How does NB know? It is what they do, look for and show MSM bias...??????!
Ok so
Submitted by mandrake on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:20am.
So 0.05 % of Americans watch MSNBC..and this has your knickers in knot? BTW is your "?" button stuck?
Is There Something You Missed
Submitted by packman on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:51am.
in the purpose and intent of NewsBusters...???????......"Exposing & Combating Liberal Media Bias...." Which means someone has to watch...and thankfully it isn't us.
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
No, I didn't miss anything.
Submitted by mandrake on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 6:05pm.
But 0.05% ????? That's like me wandering around the house trying to swat down every single fruit fly. Not very productive. (though it might be good exercise).
It's easy:
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:16pm.
morons like mandrake stop by and attempt to throw pointed remarks.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Hey, I represent that remark.
Submitted by mandrake on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 4:15pm.
It hurts when you say I just stop by. I try my best..but morons have lives too.
If every Conservative/Republican in the country...
Submitted by OxyCon on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:41pm.
If every Conservative/Republican in the country canceled their Comcast products, mentioning MessNBC's biased, hate filled Socialist bullcrap as the reason, MessNBC would no longer exist in less then a month. Everyone at that network would be scrambling to get a job at the Huffington Post or Daily Beast. That is a fact!
41% of this country is Conservative and if you are buying Comcast products, you are financing the anti-American values socialist propaganda for the 19% of America's Leftists. Let them finance their own propaganda. Can you say "Air America"?
So it's real simple. Cancel your Comcast Cable/Internet/VOIP and tell the customer service department that you will no longer finance the anti-American values of MessNBC.
excellent idea
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:07am.
Excellent idea and to also,encourage Conservatives to sue this blabber puss
What exactly
Submitted by Redrowan2000 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:04pm.
are the products they produce. Maybe if listed it would be easier to let them know.
Thanks.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
It's a "mistake," alright.
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:42pm.
It's a "mistake," alright, a mistake that you forgot about the permanence, and prominence, of the Internet and how your own words and images are persevered for a very long time.
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.
Sue
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:00am.
I am hoping some Conservative takes this loud mouth to court and sues the crap out of him and the whole mess at the worst tv station in history. His disciption of the editing along with Madcows to Rush, were so far from anything decent and no one on that station belongs anywhere in public, where American's have to hear such filth and hate. This election season will have to be censored for the sake of people who care about this country, if this continues.
He will
Submitted by Bob K on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:19am.
do anything for a little ratings boost
So...Ed
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:21am.
If I said "Obama wants to throw America under his black bus." does that make me a racist?
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
Yes.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:51pm.
And if you point out that his Prevost (pronounced "Pree-voh") is made in Quebec, you're a Nationalist!
One more thing - it's a "motor coach", not a "bus"! :-)
Oh, man. I'm gonna give up trying to think like a lib - it's too hard!!!!!
Poor New-- for an early
Submitted by Miroco on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 5:38pm.
Poor New-- for an early effort C+. Maybe it will be easier when you understand--- Libs don't think, they feeeeel ! I failed a similar quest decades ago, I tried to find a lib with a working brain.
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Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 1:04pm.
double post
Here we go again.
Submitted by ironhead4099 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:51am.
Well Special Ed, and the crew at CommieCast obviously don't care what comes out of Stupid's mouth. I can't wait for tomorrow to read here the nonsense that him and Madcow talked about tonight. I had to turn it as soon as I saw his fat face next to her skinny ass!
Schultz makes our job easier
Submitted by James D. Kellogg on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 1:19am.
How does this guy still have a job? Dishonesty and incompetence usually get people fired. Of course, if the liberal media operated by that standard, there wouldn't be many of them left on television. That would make it much harder to illustrate the contrast between liberal propaganda and real journalism. Thanks for being so transparent, Mr. Schultz. It makes it easy to expose your bias. LiberTEAWatch.com.
Schultzzz!
Submitted by AR72 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 5:44am.
Seriously, how does this man keep his job? Even at the Orwellian propaganda machine known as MSNBC has to see this hack as a liability to them. They are truly running scared now because they can see their dream of hope and change evaporating right in front of their eyes. It's still a long way out from election day. I'm surprised to see them so desperate so early.
NBC editing
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 6:25am.
June 2011 - Deliberately Editing the Pledge of Allegiance. Explanation: "It was not done to upset anyone." Punishment? None.
August 2011 - Deliberately Editing Perry's remarks. Explanation: A mistake. An error. Punishment? None.
Lesson Learned - Nothing bad happens to NBC when they lie and cheat.
Future Prognosis - NBC will incorporate this into their standard operating procedures and regular coverage, knowing there is no fallout at all, and that the end justifies the means.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
If they could
Submitted by Tjexcite on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 6:27am.
edit it that every time any Conservative talked to have a few stills of non sequitur rats they would. Goebbels would, and he would do what Ed in the edit clip did as well.
Adoration is a b****!
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 7:13am.
Eddie, when you get adulation from fellow hacks how can that possibly make a person feel better about themselves? If fellow cowards give you a thumbs up for your cowardice Ed how in the world is that a positive thing in your universe?
Come on, folks. . .
Submitted by rickbren on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 8:08am.
If it wasn't for NewsBusters clowns like Sgt Shultz would get virtually no publicity. What are the ratings for PMSNBC? 45 of 50? We know what these folks are and what they are about. But at least it feels good to observe these idiots and knowing these are Barry's most ardent supporters. . .
SLOPPY Production and lying talking head
Submitted by Vorlon on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 8:39am.
So did Schultz ACTUALLY HEAR the entire quote before going off on his race baiting BS?
If not Schulz is incompetent and should be fired. So should the audio editor.
Where were the Senior editors?
They need to be demoted to holding the battery packs for the video camera operators.
So, even after we find out that the "BLACK CLOUD" was SPECIFICALLY identified as "the debt over our heads" Schultz would rather claim racism than have to address the Owe-bama debt, where all you can do is point to the Democrats who jacked up the debt with their irresponsible spending with nothing to show for it.
Its not like the liberal media has any grasp of facts, or has any desire to report accurate information WITHOUT OPINIONS.
Sgt Ed
Submitted by desert3030 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:14am.
The folks at Comcast, General Electric, NBC, MSNBC, Rachel, and yes Sgt Ed are a wing of the DNC and relection team of Obama.
You would have to be deaf not to hear, and blind not to see. WAKE UP
A mistake? I call Bravo
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:19am.
A mistake? I call Bravo Sierra on that whopper.
When Is a Deliberate Lie a "Mistake"..?
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:24am.
Uhhhhh, never?
Schitz is a cartoon character at best. Fat head that looks ready to explode at any moment, vitriol spewing like Old Faithful.
Funny how this same 10th rate "network" can fire Imus for making an insensitive remark, but can't find their nads when their commentators lie night after night.
Ooops, I mean "make mistakes.."
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
Shultz and all producers of
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:16am.
Shultz and all producers of his show lack morals and ethics. Case closed.
But wait, there's more
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:50am.
His use of the term "heated rhethoric" also is a LIE.
There is NO anger in HIS words nor is there ANY anger in his voice.
Everything he said was factual, accurate and spoken without "heat".
Of course compared to the sainted orater and teleprompter in chief who needs "directions" to wipe his own a$$, this probably sounds "heated" to ol' fat head.
Observing how the media
Submitted by Bhaal on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:54am.
Observing how the media operates, I see the wisdom of the Yakuza code in making amends for mistakes. Special Ed would be down to just nubs at this point with his record.
Could be worse
Submitted by Lgbpop on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:15am.
It's not as if this gimoke has that many viewers, and those who do watch this schumer-slinger are so far removed from reality they wouldn't believe fact if it bit them in the pelosi.
Being Left Wing
Submitted by John21 on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:20am.
Being a left wing dingbat means never saying you are sorry. The only thing "Special Ed" is sorry about is that someone found him out. Never expect a brain-dead liberal extremist to speak the truth.
The gift that keeps on giving . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 2:21pm.
Like Matthews, Special Ed will continue to provide NB with evidence for as long as someone gives him a voice. If we were to make up a charicature of a typical liberal media host, it wouldn't look much different than Ed Schultz.
Maybe it was that black cloud that knocked Ed out of the sky
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 3:44pm.
:-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Unintended editing...
Submitted by NiftySwell on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:14pm.
He doesn't even bother to inform folks that this was unintentional. Everyone knows better, these edits, these gaffs, these scenes where this screen caption is over that image never ever ever happens to their Democratic heroes. It always involves a Republican and at some point they need to face the facts that if that is what they must do...lie, distort, edit, and misinform in order to attempt to sway the public then they are wrong. Wrong in a historical sense, wrong in an ethical sense, wrong in thinking their politics have a more compelling side.
Their low ratings and mistrust is not a normal function of society. They are failing everyone by not reporting the facts while constantly belittling the few network outlets or programs that do. Hopefully, they realize how pathetic they have become by doing that. History ultimately will call them out thanks to youtube and the digital age and has never been kind to any entity that withheld the truth, distorted the facts, or lied to the public. They will be regarded as the flat earthers who condemned those who sought the truth no matter what they feel the public needs to be told for their own good.
If they cannot simply report a story from all sides and let the public form their own opinion then they are not news reporters they are propagandists.
I wonder how many of them went to school thinking it would be fantastic to hide the truth and report falsehoods on behalf of politicians when they got their jobs in the media?
They are the sellouts, the conformers, the traitors to society, and quite literally the willing fascist press of an overreaching political machine.
Ed
Submitted by bertkillian on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 1:27am.
Ed I have news for you, no one f***ing cares; you did the damage "last night" and the smack was already completed. You have opened your big mouth and, again, have removed all doubt you are drain phlegm.