Jack Cafferty cropped Clinton quote in claiming she "compar{ed}" herself to Tubman

[NNN0LHI]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200704260001

On the April 24 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, CNN correspondent Jack Cafferty claimed that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) was "comparing" herself to Harriet Tubman when she invoked what she said was Tubman's urging that "no matter what happens, keep going." Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer then repeated Cafferty's claim that Clinton was comparing herself to Tubman. But in airing the video of Clinton invoking Tubman, Cafferty left out a key part of her statement: She prefaced her remarks about Tubman by saying that she is "one of my favorite heroines." If he had included video of that part of Clinton's remarks -- or noted that in her autobiography, Living History, Clinton refers to Tubman as an "inspiration to Americans of all races" -- viewers might have concluded that Clinton was indeed citing Tubman as an inspiration, not comparing herself to Tubman.

Notably, in a report by congressional correspondent Dana Bash on the April 4 edition of The Situation Room, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani invoked Jesus Christ, but Media Matters could find no indication that anyone on the show accused Giuliani of comparing himself to Christ.

From the April 4 Situation Room:

[MADem]

1. Gotta love Media Matters. They don't put up with shit from any quarter. NT

[ShortnFiery]

2. I thought that segment was apt: Clinton has no qualms about comparing her

little trials and tribulations to Harriet Tubman. Cafferty really highlighted the noted sense of entitlement that far too many of the established political elite mistakenly delude themselves and think the rest of us will lap up. They are wrong. ;)

[ccpup]

7. learn to read

the OP was bringing up the fact that Cafferty cut the quote -- further supported by Leslie Blitzer -- to make it appear as if she was comparing herself to Tubman when, in actuality (you know, reality?), she wasn't. I know this doesn't square with your hatred of Mrs. Clinton, but it's the Truth.

[ShortnFiery]

10. learn to realize that HRC is a shameless opportunist - her INTENT was the same. n/t

[ccpup]

11. and the other candidates

are NOT shameless opportunists? I encourage people supporting whomever they like -- whether it be Dennis or Obama or John or Richard --, but I will never understand why they feel the desperate desire to support and encourage the lies about other candidates. It makes us no better than the Freepers, in my humble opinion.

[BlooInBloo]

14. DUers are happy to support republican lies & distortions, as long as they're aimed at...

... a candidate other than their own.

It's quite craven, how the supposed desire for the truth goes right out the door when it's a candidate they don't particularly care for.


EDIT: Wrong "they're".

[blm]

19. How about when a Dem joins with Bush and McCain's lies to attack another Dem?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1k0nUWEQg

[NNN0LHI]

15. When someone tells me something good about a candidate they like I listen

When someone only has bad things to say about our candidates my antenna goes up too.

Don

[ccpup]

16. I think that's what bothers me the most.

When DUers rail against the lies of the MSM and then turn around and hypocritically applaud and support these same lies from the same dishonest media when they're directed at a Candidate they don't like. I'm not particularly in love with ANY of the candidates right now (please run, Gore!), but I would like to see some consistency and fairness during the process.

[MH1]

20. Hillary supported and encouraged the lie about John Kerry,

in his statement taken out of context.

I didn't understand her desperate desire to do that, either. Oh, wait - she was running for President! So I guess it's okay!

[Benhurst]

3. Let the lies begin!

No matter who our nominee is, he/she will get the same treatment Al Gore got in 2000.

The corporate media whores, in bed with the Bush Crime Family since 2000.

[11 Bravo]

13. Aide and abetted by the "more ideologically pure than thou" crowd ...

right here at our very own Democratic Underground.

[asjr]

4. Sometimes I like JC but he can

be like Chris Matthews. You never know what he will say. All the "journalists" have at one time or another misquoted someone. And they know it. If they can't be accurate they shouldn't open their mouths. But this is what we have become and I don't know if it will ever change. Letting their biases show--on camera--should be the biggest no-no for them.

[blm]

17. JC turned on BushInc after Schiavo. He was pretty kind to them before then and disparaging

of most Democrats.

[blm]

5. I am sorry that media is lying again about a Dem, but, Karma happens.

This talk by historian Douglas Brinkley occurred in April 2004:

http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=13354

Whom does the biographer think his subject will pick as a running mate? Not Hillary Rodham Clinton. "There's really two different Democratic parties right now: there's the Clintons and Terry McAuliffe and the DNC and then there's the Kerry upstarts. John Kerry had one of the great advantages in life by being considered to get the nomination in December. He watched every Democrat in the country flee from him, and the Clintons really stick the knife in his back a bunch of times, so he's able to really see who was loyal to him and who wasn't. That's a very useful thing in life."
>>>>>


http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2006/oct/07/did_carville_tip_bush_off_to_kerry_strategy_woodward


Did Carville Tip Bush Off to Kerry Strategy (Woodward)

By M.J. Rosenberg

I just came across a troubling incident that Bob Woodward reports in his new book. Very troubling.
>>>>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1k0nUWEQg

[NNN0LHI]

6. Yea, last two times it happed we got Bush

Hows that Karma doing for ya?

Don

[blm]

8. Politicians should think about that when they work AGAINST other Dems.

Especially ones who spent their time defending you when YOU needed it most.

[ccpup]

12. that shit doesn't matter

to some DUers. They can be like petulant, spoiled children: they want what they want when they want it and they have V-E-R-Y short attention spans. They also tend to very grudgingly give thanks to candidates they don't support when that candidate does something "good", then turn around and stab that same person in the back at the earliest opportunity.

Just some of the reasons I find myself less enamored with DU these days. I thought we Dems (and Progressives) were better than the Freeps, but sometimes I wonder.

[blm]

18. I don't recall Gore or Kerry stabbing other Dems in the back or reifying Bush's talking points.

So, I don't think it was Karma in their cases. I'd say it was a complicit media that helped Bush steal their elections.

[Maru Kitteh]

9. My issue was with her stage performance

Candidates who shape themselves like silly putty to pander to their current audience make me want to hurl. All of them.