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Originally Posted by Wasillaguy
Doesn't matter what the grieving Mom thinks JBS, someone will be along here in a minute to explain that she's a shill for Fox News.
They're just as cold as they are pathetic.
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Being cold and pathetic, I was just about to make that very point. Your post saved me from a major embarrassment. Thanks.
I do have a few things to say, though. First, there is no indication of whether Mrs. Smith saw the interview. The
edited clip on the Daily Mail website begins with the President's answer but fails to reveal the question he was answering. It then jumps to a jokey exchange with Stewart which actually occurred at the very beginning of the interview. The clear intent is to reinforce the Daily Mail's "narrative" that the President isn't really taking this tragedy very seriously.
Second, just as with the President's response, the actual question she was asked by the Daily Mail reporter isn't disclosed. Her response is a little off-kilter unless she was asked something like, "President Obama said yesterday that the killing of your son wasn't 'optimal'. How do feel about that?"
Frankly, it's pretty easy to manipulate grief in that way and the Daily Mail is far from averse to doing things like that. It's a disgusting, sensational, scandal mongering
rag of a British tabloid. It's also VERY right wing.
John