Howard Kurtz Scolds Andrea Mitchell for Expressing 'No Regret' for 'Deceptively Edited' Romney Video
As NewsBusters reported Monday, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, on the MSNBC program bearing her name, aired a video of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney selectively edited in a fashion designed to make him look like an out of touch imbecile.
On CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday, host Howard Kurtz scolded Mitchell for expressing "no regret" for airing the clip (video follows with transcript and commentary):
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Ever since George Bush, Sr. seemed surprised by a supermarket scanner, the media had been on the lookout for out-of-touch candidates. MSNBC appeared to catch Mitt Romney in such a moment.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Take a look at this. Mitt Romney has not been in too many Wawas along the roadside of Pennsylvania.
MITT ROMNEY, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I was at Wawas. I went to order a sandwich. You press a little touchtone keypad or ID to touch that. And you know, the sandwich just - you touch this, touch this, touch this. You pay the cash. There's your sandwich. It's amazing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's amazing.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KURTZ: But as first pointed out by a blogger named Sooper Mexican, here is the problem. That clip was deceptively edited. Romney had started out talking about a doctor being entangled in government paperwork. And here is how the supermarket anecdote actually ended.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ROMNEY: There's your sandwich. It's amazing. People in the private sector learned how to compete. It's time to bring some competition to the Federal Government.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KURTZ: So Romney wasn't amazed by the touch screen, but by the contrast between a supermarket chain and the government. That kind of editing is enough to give you indigestion.
Now, Andrea Mitchell played the full sound bite the next day, but expressed no regret for the earlier editing.
NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center President Brent Bozell was stronger in his condemnation of Mitchell's lack of apology writing Tuesday, "This is another outrageous example of how NBC will do anything to help Obama in 2012, no matter how unethical, irresponsible, and dishonest it is."
Indeed.
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Kurtz - "Media on the lookout for out-of-touch candidates?" Nope
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 4:11pm.
Allow me to correct Howie (I'll leave the Bush, Sr. misrepresentation off the table):
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Ever since George Bush, Sr. seemed surprised by a supermarket scanner, the media had been on the lookout for out-of-touch candidates. MSNBC appeared to catch Mitt Romney in such a moment.
What Kurtz should have said, is:
Ever since . . . the media has been on the lookout for out-of-touch Republicans . .
(;~/ gary
Nice to see Howie is still
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 4:22pm.
Nice to see Howie is still propping up THAT canard....
They are completely brazen.
Oh, and the Obamas, with their New York "date night' and Paris vacation (among others) and Michelle's $500 sneakers and $2400 sweater....they're not at all out-of-touch!
<sound of duct tape ripping off roll>
'On the lookout', eh? They
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 4:23pm.
'On the lookout', eh? They sure haven't been 'on the lookout' while Mooch-elle Obama has been pigging herself on our tax dollars, taking lavish vacations to the Taj Mahal and going on mega-million dollar shopping sprees in Europe.
They didn't say one word of it when Obama told all of America that we needed to go buy more 'thingamajigs' so the economy would pick up, for the sole purpose of boosting HIS chances for re-election.
'On the lookout'? That's a liberal media whopper that ranks right up there with Obama's 'The private sector is doing just FINE' gaffe.
They didn't have time.....LOL!
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 4:14pm.
Shameless Andrea characterized it as "he had more to say...." or something like that.
Deacon Greg Kandra's characterization of her reaction as "Oh, bother. Fine. Here's what we left out." was perfect.
ok, let's see if i got this right....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 4:32pm.
Because someone -anyone - hasn't been in some regional establishment they are considered "out of touch"?
Well, then. I guess most of the U.S. is "out of touch" unless they've eaten at "Tom's", or "Tommy's Burgers", or shopped at Vallarta Supermercado in SoCal.
What the heck is Wawas anyway?
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Submitted by almostacowboy on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 4:33pm.
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Mitchel
Submitted by mmilesll on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 5:34pm.
Mitchel should have retired years ago, why she is still on the air can only be answered by the lack of liberal "journalist"
maybe
Submitted by icu4whatur on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 9:19am.
she has a union and they can't get rid of her? Just boggles most normal mined people , ask Bill Clinton since Andrea has been close to the white house even his tenure, maybe google dresses /andrea you might find the answers you seek. Just saying?
Andrea M.
Submitted by rpeeler42 on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 5:47pm.
Andrea is a wedge......the simplest of tools.
Radicals
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 6:03pm.
like andrea never apologise for their ignorant and stupid remarks. An apology is above her elite and arrogant personality and would never stoop that low. She is shameless and a complete disgrace
I wonder
Submitted by oldfart on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 6:18pm.
How they would like it if one of their on-the-'presentations' was edited to make it sound like that had just become born-again-Christians. It can be done - not that hard.
LOL - that would be funny - after all - it is their words!!!
"The MSNBC program bearing her name"?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 6:31pm.
Hmmm. I checked my local listings, and "The Mummy" was on HBO, not MSNBC.
I have heard the mainstream
Submitted by peteydee on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 6:40pm.
media constantly play the clip how obama has "forgotten" there is a recession.
Uh huh.
As a people, Americans have
Submitted by ray johnson on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 6:55pm.
As a people, Americans have been getting deked by the Lapdog Press for decades. So much damege has been done, and this event won't retard their efforts to slant and distort. Like good commie propagandists...the end always justifies the means.
I know who's out of touch
Submitted by sherlock1 on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 7:11pm.
Anybody that gets their news from MSM, that's who. It must be disorienting to have year-old stories suddenly appear out of nowhere, like Bill Maher finding out about Fast & Furious last week, but then again, disorientation is probably not an unusual experience for most liberals.
Kurtz perpetuates the myth
Submitted by HelloDare on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 7:43pm.
Kurtz perpetuates the myth about Bush 41 and the grocery scanner.
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/bushscan.asp
Of course she has no regret,
Submitted by James Youngblood on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 7:56pm.
Andrea Mitchell did what she intended to do, she portrayed Mitt Romney as an out of touch conservative who has no knowledge of what average American citizens deal with everyday.
J. Youngblood
The REAL shocker is that a
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 10:17pm.
The REAL shocker is that a show on CNN, which is as much bought and paid for by Obama as MSNBC is, actually 'complained' about it.
Andrea is desperate.
Submitted by A TEXAS GRIZ on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 11:11pm.
Andrea won't have a lot to do after November; we will remember this daring deception. She is a liberal shill, not a journalist. Go back to your handsome hubby Greenspan, old lady.
Andrea Mitchell
Submitted by maquignon on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 4:01pm.
It looks as if Andrea Mitchell is the one who is "out of touch." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
It's amazing!!! (smirk, smirk)