I was watching MSNBC and I nearly blew a gasket after Hillary's press conference today. She clearly denied to reporters that she ever told Richardson that Obama couldn't win in Novemeber, which would put her at odds with what is being reported Richardson is saying. Strangely, immediately following the news conference, Norah Odonnell claims that Hillary did NOT deny saying those things about Obama - when clearly she DID deny it. It's on TAPE! Is MSNBC just bad at listening? I don't think so - you can tell by the edit they included when they replayed the clip that they are playing with facts. Luckily, I have a DVR.
This was just so obvious and urgent I felt I needed to say something. When the media decides to write its own storyline despite the facts, we all lose in the end.
Watch the video HERE:
In an era where people are skeptical of cable news, and people like me are all oer the place, you'd think that MSNBC would try to be less obvious when it re-writes history. I was particularly surprised to see how quickly they changed the story on viewers. I take that back, they didn't just change it, they didn't just misreport it, they FLIPPED it - and completely changed what Hillary said. After Hillary gave a long and indirect answer, the reporter followed up by saying, "So that's a no?" and she replied - "that's a no." Then O'Donnell comes on and says that Clinton didn't deny it...what a conspiracy.
How bad of a journalist and news organization do you have to be to purposely edit a clip and then change the story based on your edit? Five minutes after the public saw it with thei rown eyes!
Someone tell keith.