I hope Dana Milbank loses his Guest Pass on "Countdown" [View All]

[npincus]

really, how f*cking UNETHICAL was that to publish HALF of Obama's quote, to make him sound like an arrogant asshole to fit into his narrative that Obama is... an arrogant asshole. When in fact, Obama was saying the OPPOSITE, had the FULL quote had been published. Joe Scarborough & Co., for example, were humping the misquote ALL morning. How many who saw THAT will never hear the correction? What a propagansist DICKWAD.

Milbank seems to be on "Countdown" almost daily; if Keith doesn't rip him a new one tonight I will be VERY disappointed. And t\throw his Guest Pass in the toilet.

What a f*cking PRICK.




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/iwashington-posti-fans-ou_n_115861.html

Washington Post reporters Dana Milbank and Jonathan Weisman gave the McCain campaign a nipple-stiffening moment today after they picked up a statement by Barack Obama, and used it, apparently, entirely out of context, presenting it for the consumption of Post readers in a way that made it look like Obama was being arrogant.

For Milbank's part, it was all because he wanted to wedge the statement into his preferred frame: "Barack Obama has long been his party's presumptive nominee. Now he's becoming its presumptuous nominee." I believe it was Oscar Wilde who cautioned: "Reality is a MADE thing."

And, as it turns out, Milbank's "reality" is something of a deconstruction. Milbank's remake reads:

"This is the moment . . . that the world is waiting for," adding: "I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."

According to a Democratic leadership aide in attendance, the full quote from Obama is:

It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It's about America. I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.