Several readers object:
By showing the clip of the film he received Andrew acted w/ the same level of professionalism and responsibility as the MSM does every day. In fact, I would say Andrew did better than the MSM. He showed the clip in the form received, the MSM purposely edits stories to portray republicans as evil and blood-thirsty. If you read the entirety of Andrew’s post that included the clip his purpose was to show an NAACP audience clapping and agreeing w/ racist statements all while setting themselves up as “…supreme judge of another groups’ racial tolerance”. Andrew owes no one an apology. Hopefully the MSM sees this as the lesson for them it should be and they see how the sword cuts both ways.
And:
Jonah,
On Hannity last evening, Andrew stated the video wasn’t about Sherrod or he (himself); it was the reaction of the NAACP members to her story, acknowledging with nods and laughing at her racism, before she got to her epiphany, which had been cut ou in the copy he received. From the first, it was known that the whole recording was in the hands of the NAACP and not Breitbart. The NAACP is the one that went of half-cocked, calling the WH to get rid of her before they could be embarrassed. Again, Andrew was trying to point out the hypocrisy of the group that just condemned the TP for it’s racism–where it is much more prevalent within their own group.
I think this is fine as far as it goes. But it’s all the more reason why Sherrod deserves an apology from all concerned. The obvious impact of the video is to paint her as a racist who abused her power. She didn’t.
Moreover, defending the edited video by simply pointing to the audience reactions gets lost utterly in the way this is being played in the press. The story is now about the woman, not the audience. Of course I agree that the NAACP is chock-a-block with people whose race-centrism and air of moral certainty would be immediately denounced as racist if it came from white people (and rightly so). Of course I agree that the NAACP attack on the Tea Parties was simply the umpteenth example of the group carrying water for the Democratic Party. But all that is at best secondary at this point.