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On Meet the Press, Russert allowed GOP strategist Murphy to falsely claim that "Rubin mischaracterized," "paraphrased" McCain
Summary: On Meet the Press, Tim Russert failed to correct Mike Murphy's false claim that James Rubin "mischaracterized" Sen. John McCain in a Washington Post op-ed. Russert said, "And there is an interview with James Rubin, as you know, from Senator McCain where he said that in time, we would have to talk with Hamas." Murphy replied, "Right. Well, but I think if you look, like many of us did, at the full YouTube of that, Rubin mischaracterized him in his op-ed. ... McCain had a lot of qualifications, if you look at the full context of it, which is not what Rubin paraphrased in that op-ed." In fact, Rubin did not "mischaracterize[]" or "paraphrase[]" McCain's comments, as video posted on YouTube shows.
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Posted by mr. l
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 6:04:47 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by edallan1352 in reply to mr. l
I infer that you have never looked at YouTube.
Are you suggesting that somehow Senator McCain's comments were doctored???
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 11:29:59 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by BottleBlonde in reply to edallan1352
Sarcasm is often missed in written comments. He was being sarcastic here, not serious.
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 9:18:44 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to mr. l
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 11:58:50 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wzwriter in reply to wolf kotenberg
anybody can post on youtube.
But according to Mr. L, only liberals do. I guess that's a big surprise to all the conservatives who post things on YouTube. And more proof that many people on the right (including Mr. L) don't know what they're talking about.
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 8:42:45 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by roundhouse in reply to wzwriter
From what I can tell of his other postings here, he's no rightwinger.
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 8:50:58 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wzwriter in reply to roundhouse
I think you guys may have missed Mr. L's snark.
From what I can tell of his other postings here, he's no rightwinger.
Then I apologize. He should have put a "sarcasm off" or smiley face on his post so his meaning would not have been misunderstood - sarcasm can be hard to detect in a forum like this.
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 9:35:44 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by roundhouse in reply to wzwriter
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 9:44:28 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by mary59 in reply to wzwriter
But I've also missed the fact that someone was being sarcastic. Oh well.
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 9:45:12 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by mary59 in reply to mr. l
Winner take all, and bring on armegeddon.
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 12:25:00 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by worrierking
And the media will let him.
Seems fair to me.
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 6:33:27 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by princeofwheels in reply to worrierking
That McCain, he is quite the jester. Keep the people happy. It is a matter of He Said, He Said.
Another stand-up comedian in the Republan Party. Is there any one who doesn't mind making a fool of themselves in that party.
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 8:20:59 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to princeofwheels
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 12:02:47 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wzwriter in reply to wolf kotenberg
I heard his speech at the NRA. His joke about never seeing Mrs Clinton on a duck blind with a six shooter and needing a shotgun to go duck hunting. The applause kinda gave away the intellect of the audience.
For years I've had a theory that the smell of gunpowder causes brain damage. These NRA conventions tend to back up my theory......
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 2:11:32 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Euro
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 8:41:42 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by SueEld in reply to Euro
So disgraceful, has an American President ever been critical of an American official on foreign soil in our history?
Disgusting.
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 10:59:32 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wzwriter in reply to SueEld
So disgraceful, has an American President ever been critical of an American official on foreign soil in our history?
Disgusting.
None that I'm aware of, Sue. And it's rather ironic that Bush would stir up memories of Hitler, seeing as his grandfather helped bankroll the Third Reich.....
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 10:40:25 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by funnymanpants
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 9:26:16 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wolf kotenberg
Posted Sunday May 18, 2008 10:05:16 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by princeofwheels in reply to wolf kotenberg
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 12:15:38 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wzwriter
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 9:51:08 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to wzwriter
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 11:53:23 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by dunman1
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 10:41:20 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Posted Monday May 19, 2008 5:18:38 PM EDT / Flag this comment