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Hannity crops clip to claim Obama "decided to give 9-11 sympathizers a voice" in Cairo speech

http://mediamatters.org/items/200906040053

On the June 4 edition of his Fox News show, Sean Hannity stated that in his June 4 speech in Cairo, President Obama "decided to give 9-11 sympathizers a voice on the world stage," then aired a cropped video clip of Obama saying, "I am aware that there are still some that would question or even justify the events of 9-11." However, the context of Obama's comments makes clear that Obama was condemning those who would "justify the events of 9-11"; immediately following the clip Hannity showed, Obama stated:

But let us be clear: Al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet al Qaeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale. They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.



beautiful!!! i imagine this will end up being a lengthy thread

Dang Cats....lol....why even bother? You must be feeling fiesty this morning!

Fox News is going to show what they want to show and their audience will believe it. Simple as that.

But really, I don't see the problem with reaching a hand out to try to heal. Sometimes understanding is better than killing everyone and destroying innocent people. I think that many of these groups (not all, maybe just some) just want to be understood and that fuels their anger and hatred. If we show some tolerance, perhaps that will help.

We have been at war for years now (against a CONCEPT!) and in the words of a popular TV personality....How is that working for us? Perhaps it is time to kill em with kindness instead of just killing them?

Last day of school here, so I am outtie too! Have fun with the fireworks that are sure to follow...I will be checking in, but don't know how consistantly I can respond.

Yes the Obama Apology Tour 2009 continues...now showing in cities across Europe!

The best part of Hannity last night was his interview with Rush. The rest was filler.

I think it's a sad day in this country when our president has the balls to go to other countries and apoligize for us Americans like when he spoke in France and called us Arrogant. Hello was he kdding Telling France that we are arrogant! Thats like calling thew kettle black(IMO) Give me a break! If it wasn't for the United States, France and all the rest would be under Nazi control! They should still be kissing our arses! or him doing the speech inside a church recetly and having them cover up the word Christ! Hello it's a church if you don't like it shoot your stupid speech elsewhere!! Fox news is the only real news! the others are a joke!

I watch other news channels I just find that those are biased! all you hear is Democrats good and Republicans bad, that is untrue both sides have good and bad! How often do you hear whats really going on, all we hear is how wonderful our president is! he has wasted more $$ while he's been in office than other presidents behind him! He is selling out our nation IMO and when everyone wakes up it'll be too late! I hope I'm wrong but I don't trust him! It's a gut feeling! People can white wash it any way they want but facts are facts and covering them up doesn't help!!

Cats, you are rubbing on me today...To further "rowl" things up, here is my take on left vs. right news groups.

The major left groups (Media Matters, CNN)mainly lie by ommission about video clips, statements, rulings, etc.
The major right groups (RightNews, Fox-although questionably moderate right)will twist video clips, statements, rulings, etc around to mean what they want.

This is why I firmly suggest reading the other side every time you want to know the whole truth.

sorry, no I haven't really had time to go back to that thread. In fact, I have spent too much time here as it is! LOL I have to get to the store, cook for the party, get the wood ready for the fire, finishing touches on the house and then be invaded by the kids friends for the last day of school party and bonfire! EEEEEK I need a drink!

Sounds like you might need a double!! LOL!! Try a mojito!! Love those!!

I don't think any one of the commentators on Faux News even know how to spell the word D-I-P-L-O-M-A-C-Y! They certainly know how to spell W-A-R-M-O-N-G-E-R-I-N-G and H-A-T-E filled rhetoric. Opening a line of communication to our enemies might calm the waters. The previous administraton closed down any kind of diplomacy or communication. And where did that get us?