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Originally Posted by spence
That's a crock.
We're talking about a pretty large "news" organization caught fabricating a scandal that influenced the operation of the Federal Government.
There's no evidence the White House was involved, and this was confirmed by Tom Vilsack.
-spence
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help, I cant see the forest, I cant see the forest, all these trees are in the way!!
"Late Tuesday, Jealous effectively retracted his earlier statement and
blamed the media for the confusion.
"With regard to the initial media coverage of the resignation of USDA official Shirley Sherrod, we have come to the conclusion
we were snookered by Fox News and Tea Party activist Andrew Breitbart into believing she had harmed white farmers because of racial bias," he said.
"Having reviewed the full tape, spoken to Ms. Sherrod, and most importantly heard the testimony of the white farmers mentioned in this story, we now believe the organization that edited the documents did so with the intention of deceiving millions of Americans."
FoxNews.com was among several media organizations that carried the story of the initial video released Monday.
It remains unclear who edited and released the shorter video.
Breitbart, who initially reported the story on Monday, said in an interview Tuesday with Fox News' Sean Hannity, that he received the video from "an individual in Georgia." He said he decided to post it on his website as an
example of hypocrisy at the NAACP, which recently condemned racism within the conservative Tea Party movement.
Sherrod, in a TV interview Tuesday morning, said she lost her job because the Obama administration overreacted to the original story.
"They were not interested in hearing the truth. No one wanted to hear the truth," she said.
Spence - please elaborate on how Fox fabricated the story?