Andrea Mitchell refuses to apologize for deceptive editing

[Grim17]

But yet you blame MSNBC in its entirety for a video one of its opinion commentators put on its show?

http://www.debatepolitics.com/bias-media/128453-classy-good-job-msnbc.html

I will remind you in this case you said "Classy, Good job MSNBC".

When if you were not a hypocritical, partisan hack you would have just said "Classy, Good Job Martin Bashir".

Don't you ever feel a little bit embarressed being this hypocritical?

But alas, I shall now get 1001 excuses from you about how what you said was "different".

Take a look at that thread again... I clearly stated that I thought it was a despicable act and that I could care less about the bias aspect.

Where exactly did I ever proclaim that low-class display as being "biased"? I posted it because it is deplorable, and all you libs can do is play games in a pathetic effort to prop up your low-class ideological brother over at MSNBC...

http://www.debatepolitics.com/bias-...ve-editing-post1060612646.html#post1060612646

But don't let that stop you from lying your ass off to attack me... I wouldn't want you to do anything your ideology doesn't approve of.

 

[Jetboogieman]

But don't let that stop you from lying your ass off to attack me... I wouldn't want you to do anything your ideology doesn't approve of.

Typical Grim cop out, play the victim.

I don't have a political agenda here.

I have no interest in your right - left hamster wheel you've been fooled into.

But I do have an interest in pointing our your blatant hypocrisy when I see it because when you say stuff like this:

Progressives are nothing but a bunch of racists.

I'm sorry but you talking about bias is like Robert Mugabe talking about human rights.

 

[Grim17]

Typical Grim cop out, play the victim.

I don't have a political agenda here.

I have no interest in your right - left hamster wheel you've been fooled into.

But I do have an interest in pointing our your blatant hypocrisy when I see it because when you say stuff like this:



I'm sorry but you talking about bias is like Robert Mugabe talking about human rights.

You are incredible... You make false allegations about my posts in order to insult and bring the credibility of what I post into question, and when I prove those allegations are false, you insult me again and make the same false claim...

Do you have any integrity at all?

And I wouldn't expect you to understand what sarcasm is, otherwise you wouldn't have posted that quote of mine as if it was a true representation of my beliefs. <sarcasm on> I fully expect you will apologize and/or retract you false statements, because I know how much honesty and integrity mean to you. <sarcasm off>

 

[roughdraft274]

You are incredible... You make false allegations about my posts in order to insult and bring the credibility of what I post into question...

You would have to have some credibility to bring it into question.

 

[Grim17]

You would have to have some credibility to bring it into question.

Wow... Right on cue... I knew one of you would ignore the fact that someone lied to insult me, and instead take the opportunity to sling another insult.

You libs are so predictable... pathetic at times, but predictable.

 

[pbrauer]

The reason Andrea Mitchell played the clip was because it sounded like the same thing that happened with George HW Bush way back when... Supermarket scanner moment. Romney's fascination with the buttons... they're amazing. Romney also got the name of the concern slightly wrong. It's not "Wawa's" its Wawa. And she didn't apologize be because she didn't do anything wrong and apparently was never asked to apologize.

Score a victory for the mainstream press over right-wing pressure. MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell addressed the mini-controversy that sprang up around the editing of a 30-second clip package on Mitt Romney‘s weekend visit to “Wawa’s,” which right-wing bloggers called “deceptive.”

Mitchell noted that the RNC and the Romney campaign had reached out, but she notably did not apologize before playing some more of Romney’s remarks.

“There has been a lot of discussion overnight about a conversation you and I had yesterday,” Mitchell said to contributor Chris Cillizza. “We ran clips of Mitt Romney in Cornwall, Pennsylvania, talking about his trip to a Wawa. The RNC and the Campaign both reached out to us, saying Romney had more to say about that visit, about federal bureaucracy and innovation in the private sector.”

“We didn’t get a chance to play that, so here it is now,” she concluded.

That was it, no apology, and from the sounds of it, neither the RNC nor the Romney campaign even asked for one. As I wrote earlier, even though journalists would always prefer to use more of what someone says, rather than less, the edits MSNBC did were transparent and permissible. [...]


MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Doesn’t Apologize For Romney Wawa Editing | Mediaite​

 

[Born Free]

That was it, no apology, and from the sounds of it, neither the RNC nor the Romney campaign even asked for one. As I wrote earlier, even though journalists would always prefer to use more of what someone says, rather than less, the edits MSNBC did were transparent and permissible. [...]


MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Doesn’t Apologize For Romney Wawa Editing | Mediaite[/INDENT]

NBC has a problem editing tapes to fit their bias agenda. Remember the Zimmerman tape that was edited to make Zimmerman out to be a racist. This is nothing new with NBC. You say journalists would always prefer to use more of what someone say, rather than less. Really, and that is why NBC edited a tape to make Zimmerman a racist and now Andera making a Romney look like something he is not. This is bias, Andrea is a liberal and has always been bias as a commentator and as a new caster.

 

[Dickieboy]

The reason Andrea Mitchell played the clip was because it sounded like the same thing that happened with George HW Bush way back when... Supermarket scanner moment.

Yeah and that was just as erroneous and misleading too...

snopes.com: President Bush and the Grocery Scanner

Further, since her show is not aimed specifically at the 'RNC and the Romney campaign' presuming they to be the only ones who would desire an apology is contemptuous. If she and her network were legitimately attempting to diversify their viewership they would have apologized to that targeted desire. By failing to do so they essentially showed their underlying intentions, one of which is to promote the partisan divide in this country.

Try again...:lamo

 

[pbrauer]

Is that the part you find to be 'just noise' (and humorous)? Appears incorrect (note I did not discredit the source as is SO typical lately):

CMS Form CMS 855B - Medicare Enrollment Application - Clinics/Group Practices and Certain Other Suppliers

Note the lines:

Who Should Submit this Application

Currently enrolled in Medicare and need to make changes to your enrollment data (e.g., you have added or changed a practice location).

Also note the number of pages...49...It DOES appear that Mitchell did Romney a favor. She didn't expose that Romney was minimizing the burden by underquoting the correct length of the form...imagine that, it appears Andrea Mitchell IS supportive of the right wing...nice try...:lamo

Romney said the optometrist was serving the poor, if that was true then it was Medicaid, not Medicare. Medicare is for seniors. Here is what Mediate found:

http://static01.mediaite.com/med/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/6101-Address-Change-Form.pdf

But in the mean time there is a much simpler way; just go to the post office and fill out one of their change of address forms.

 

[Manc Skipper]

This was yet another RWNJ "waa! waa!" moment

 

[Grim17]

This cartoon says it all:

 

[pbrauer]

The liar of the day appears to be Mitt Romney who told his audience on Monday:

“I met an optometrist this morning. And this optometrist wanted to change his billing address. He moved his office from one side of town to the other. Same zip code. Same post office. But he wanted to change his address. He got a form from the federal government. This is so he can get reimbursement for the services he provides for the poor and seniors. The form he gets to change addresses is 33 pages long.”​

All the optometrist needed to do, if there was even such a person, was to go to the Post Office fill out their form or make the change online. You see even the Federal Government can compete, so Romney's whole argument was BOGUS from the start.

 

[jambalaya]

It's time to put the old hag out to pasture.

 

[pbrauer]

It's time to put the old hag out to pasture.

How very misogynistic of you!

 

[pbrauer]

They edited that video to paint Romney as out of touch with real America, by making it appear that he was amazed at how you order a sandwich... But that isn't what he was amazed at. The entire speech was his example of how businesses in the private sector compete, which wasn't even mentioned by Mitchell.

This is another example of media deception and dishonesty brought on by the blatant liberal bias that exists at MSNBC and NBC News.

Mitt Romney spoke about a 33 page form that is required for a change of address. He said:

“I met an optometrist this morning. And this optometrist wanted to change his billing address. He moved his office from one side of town to the other. Same zip code. Same post office. But he wanted to change his address. He got a form from the federal government. This is so he can get reimbursement for the services he provides for the poor and seniors. The form he gets to change addresses is 33 pages long.”​

I must ask, is Mitt Romney stupid or was he lying to his audience? I ask this because its a FACT that the optometrist could have made the change of address online. And I'll bet the private sector can't do any better than that. Do you agree?

 

[Dickieboy]

Romney said the optometrist was serving the poor, if that was true then it was Medicaid, not Medicare. Medicare is for seniors.

But by your post #87 YOU DID claim he was attending to seniors (and poor). So the 49 PAGE CMS 855B form would be applicable.

But in the mean time there is a much simpler way; just go to the post office and fill out one of their change of address forms.

So you are saying that just filling out the 'change of address' forms at teh Post Office will facilitate Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements? Does this REALLY sound plausable to you? And if it DOESN'T work what is optomitrist dude gonna say to his 'middle class' employees when MC/MC delays his paymens and he is unable to fund their paychecks? Would YOU take that chance? REALLY?

And ultimately neither you or I (or anyone else reporting the story) spoke with optometrist dude so we all are speculating, INCLUDING MEDIAITE. Further this thread is about Andrea Mitchell’s misleading edit (which has been stipulated as fact) and not optometrist dude. But I will give you points for a partially successful derailment…carry on!

 

[pbrauer]

So you are saying that just filling out the 'change of address' forms at teh Post Office will facilitate Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements? Does this REALLY sound plausable to you? And if it DOESN'T work what is optomitrist dude gonna say to his 'middle class' employees when MC/MC delays his paymens and he is unable to fund their paychecks? Would YOU take that chance? REALLY?

Well actually very little business these days is transacted between the government and businesses with snail mail. More than likely his payments are done by direct deposit, so a change of address would not be need in order to get payment. I don't know, but I think Romney made up the whole story about the optometrist. He sure tells many stories that aren't true about President Obama.



Revised Policies Affect Direct Deposit Medicare Funds, Health Law Alert - Ober|Kaler

 

[Dickieboy]

Well actually very little business these days is transacted between the government and businesses with snail mail. More than likely his payments are done by direct deposit, so a change of address would not be need in order to get payment.

From your source..."This change does not affect providers and suppliers issued checks by CMS, after which those checks are endorsed and deposited with a lender"...again, we don't know.

I don't know, but I think Romney made up the whole story about the optometrist. He sure tells many stories that aren't true about President Obama.

More speculation...one could make the same arguments based on recent revelations concerning the President’s autobiography (telling stories that aren't true on HIMSELF)…but THAT is for another thread.