In the msnbc.com staff and news service report ”Activist filmmaker arrested in senator’s office” published January 26th, 2010, it is noted on two occasions that James O’Keefe is being accused of a plot to wiretap Senator Mary Landrieu. First in the sub-headline:
Man who exposed ACORN accused of seeking to wiretap Landrieu’s phones
And again with a link to the FBI affidavit:
FBI affidavit filed in alleged wiretapping plot (PDF)
There are no allegations of any wiretap plot in the FBI affidavit, and a law enforcement official has conceded that the four men were not attempting to wiretap or intercept calls. Furthermore, legal representation for the accused has gone on record stating there were no intentions to tap phones in the Senator’s office.
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MSNBC APOLOGIZE?
Ok.
Right after Sarah Palin is elected President.
How about they fire Overbite and we call it even.
Retracto is totally my new favorite contributor…
"Retraction? I ain't got no 'retraction'! I don't NEED no 'retraction'! I ain't GOTTA ISSUE NO STINKIN' RETRACTION!"
was uttered by MSNBC Director of Communications, Alphonso Bedoya, while astride his burro in the parking lot.
They are not going to retract anything, because they are not a news organization, they are a propoganda maching. Morning to Night they spew out the far-left's agenda, praising Obama, and trying to convince Americans that there really is a Marxist utopia! Hasn't that been tried several times?
From a distance, squinting into the sun, it looked like Don Quixote and Dulcinea.
Breitbart should have a whole site dedicated to Retracto. BigRetracto. He could post all of the false garbage the media and White House Press Office are putting out and demand retractions.
Alpaca could send retraction demands to Pelosi too. Of course that would be a full time job, because let's face it…that woman can't physically speak the truth.
Yes.
Ho Chi Minh tried it.
Baghdad Bob tried it for his old boss, Saddam.
Heretofore, it has yet to work.
Hehe good one.
So many media outlets…so few South American retraction mammals.
There is such an official site for the garbage propaganda: http://www.whitehouse.gov
If ever.
I get the feeling Retracto specifically asked for time-and-a-half.
Retracto called my horse…Asked to be traded…for an animal to be named later…
If we go there will they put us on some enemy list? May need that A-12 after-all
I do not know.
I typed it as a joke.
I have never been there.
Oh my! You don't mean that MSNBC made a mistake do you?
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Mr. Breitbart you are going to have to give Retracto some time off very soon. Peta will be very unhappy you are working him so hard.
All are in lock step it seems…Could be the Peruvian Drone Retraction Animal or Jim Jones Kool-Aid Drinking Retraction Animal…
I can forgive msnbc to some extent as they are no different than the overwhelming number of media outlets who reported as fact that OKeefe & Co tried to tap the phones. Much of media news simply reads each other to find out what's going on rather than investigating. Hard news has been replaced with inbred talking points and little more than cut-n-paste jobs. It's the 'new media'.
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Wouldn't it be great if we can somhow organize an annual Bagdad Bob award?
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