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Title: PBS alters transcript to hide Obama gaffe
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American Thinker
URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog ... cript_to_hide_obama_gaffe.html
Published: Sep 10, 2011
Author: Timothy Birdnow
Post Date: 2011-09-10 13:15:56 by A K A Stone
Keywords: None
Views: 19122
Comments: 46
Barack Obama has gone to Congress asking for more money to spend. The President, in a rambling and tedious exercise mixing blame with demands, made quite a few dubious statements in laying out the case for Congress to vote for the plan which as yet does not exist. Much like Obamacare, Congress must ultimately vote for the bill to know what is in it. At one point Mr. Obama made a major gaffe; he identified Abraham Lincoln as the founder of the Republican Party. Lincoln did not join the Republicans until 1856, over two years after the party was founded. The first Republican convention was held in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1854. Such a gaffe would have brought huge amounts of ridicule and derision on George W. Bush, but in the case of Obama the media yawned. Actually, they did more than yawn; government-funded PBS has altered the transcript of the President's speech, removing the offending comment. The New York Times transcript has the following quote: "We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party. But in the middle of a civil war, he was also a leader who looked to the future -- a Republican President who mobilized government to build the Transcontinental Railroad -- (applause) -- launch the National Academy of Sciences, set up the first land grant colleges. (Applause.) And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set." But how does it appear in the PBS transcript? "We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. But in the middle of a Civil War, he was also a leader who looked to the future - a Republican president who mobilized government to build the transcontinental railroad; launch the National Academy of Sciences; and set up the first land grant colleges. And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set." So PBS has purposely altered a transcript containing a major gaffe by the President. See a screen shot: Poster Comment: Maybe I need a corrupt media category.
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#5. To: A K A Stone (#0)
This is how it appears in the PBS transcript, wingnut. "We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party. But in the middle of a civil war, he was also a leader who looked to the future -- a Republican President who mobilized government to build the Transcontinental Railroad -- (applause) -- launch the National Academy of Sciences, set up the first land grant colleges. (Applause.) And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set. " http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec11/obamaspeech_09-08.html Maybe you should try using reliable sources instead of your wingnut blogs. Leave that to no gnu taxes.
Psssst hey Skipster . . . .lookie over here . . . .
He claims to be an independent thinker, yet everything he ever posts is pro Democratic Party. Like several other posters.
Right now the only party that deals in reality is the Democratic party. That is not being pro Democrat in stating this. Those in the American right wing - a group I use to identify with - have long left this reality for an alternate one of wingbatism. This wingbat article is an example - done on purpose I think - to keep the Republican - or anti Obama block - or so called Conservative base - in a state of constant anti-obama mode. PBS did not try and scrub Obama's error (there was no error) but I am sure some think tank operative used a small deviation of transcript to work up a conspiratorial angle - makes the "base" mistrust news organizations other than those of the right wing movement. It is a easy enough understood disinfo model being employed here. So, I can't understand how you so called right wingers can get so easily manipulated? Other than you WANT to be lied to. You want some justification for the now proven false reality you have adopted. Seriously, you guys on the so called right wing as seen on these various right wing forums are just pitiable. It is like I remember school where we would have the slow learning resource class room and the rest of the student body kind of felt sorry and mocked the slow learners in the resource rooms.
Good point. The same thing happened with Obama's birth certificate.
#26. To: NewsJunky (#25)
This sort of disinfo is designed to keep the anti-obama base always worked up so they can never get a change to examine reality. Instead of examining the speech - which may cause converts - they are now fixated on this non-existent issue of a altered or not altered transcript - especially since they don't want the so called "base" accepting the thesis that Lincoln and the GOP were founded on the idea of EXANDING the power of the Federal govt against the power of the states/states rights - which is the current GOP ideology that was adopted as the States Rights Dixiecrats migrated into the Republican party.
"Happened"? Surely you don't think the wingnuts are done with this yet, do you?
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#7. To: Skip Intro the DNC water carrier, aka stone (#5)
Maybe you should try using reliable sources instead of your wingnut blogs.
#8. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#7)
Skip Intro the DNC water carrier
#24. To: no gnu taxes, Get Outta Dodge!, Skip Intro, nolu chan, e_type_jag, war, go65, lucysmom (#8)
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He claims to be an independent thinker, yet everything he ever posts is pro Democratic Party.
#25. To: Godwinson (#24)
work up a conspiratorial angle
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#27. To: NewsJunky (#25)
The same thing happened with Obama's birth certificate.
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