On Monday night, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement that his organization concurred with Vilsack’s decision.Picking on Andrew Breitbart will not turn out well for the NAACP. They would have been better to stop with last night's statement.
“Racism is about the abuse of power,” Jealous said. “Sherrod had it in her position at USDA. According to her remarks, she mistreated a white farmer in need of assistance because of his race. We are appalled by her actions… Her actions were shameful. While she went on to explain in the story that she ultimately realized her mistake, as well as the common predicament of working people of all races, she gave no indication she had attempted to right the wrong she had done to this man.”
On Tuesday Jealous said “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. 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.”
Jealous called his about-face an example of a “teachable moment, for activists and for journalists…Next time we are confronted by a racial controversy broken by Fox News or their allies in the Tea Party like Mr. Breitbart, we will consider the source and be more deliberate in responding. The tape of Ms. Sherrod’s speech at an NAACP banquet was deliberately edited to create a false impression of racial bias, and to create a controversy where none existed. This just shows the lengths to which extremist elements will go to discredit legitimate opposition.”
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The NAACP Does a Double Back-Flip
You put your statement condemning racism in, you take your statement condemning racism out...that's what it's all about:
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So once again, Andy edits reality to make a new reality.
A video of the full speech -- which runs more than 45 minutes -- shows that Sherrod was trying to make a very different point from the one her critics saw in her inelegantly worded account of the episode with farmer Roger Spooner. An examination of her own prejudice, she said, taught her that "there is no difference between us."
"The only difference is the folks with money want to stay in power. It's always about money, y'all," she said. "God helped me to see that it's not just about black people. It's about poor people. I've come a long way."
Ultimately, she did help the farmer -- and on Tuesday, his family was among those who came to her defense. "She's a good friend. She helped us save our farm," Spooner's wife, Eloise, told CNN. "She's the one I give credit for helping us save our farm."
Watch the whole video here:
http://www.naacp.org/news/entry/video_sherrod/
Has Andy posted the whole, unedited ACORN tapes?
Of course not.
It is funny that Andy whines about the mainstream media, yet he is practices what he abhors."
And Andy always has more video. If all were on the up-and-up, would The Won have thrown her under the bus so quickly?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Sam L. said...
And Andy always has more video.
Except for the ACORN vids which remain hidden because their full unedited airing would expose Breitbart as a fraud like George Crile and Mike Wallace.
http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=uncountedene
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