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Searched LGF articles for: "shirley Sherrod" (53 matches, in 3 pages)

Dan Riehl Rides to Andrew Breitbart's Defense

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:47:26 pm
The dim bulbs of the right wing blogosphere are working hard to throw up (and I mean that literally) a thick coating of BS as cover for Andrew Breitbart. It’s a perfect storm of willful denial, and totally expected. Earlier we took note of hateblogger Jim Hoft, who didn’t even slow ...

Anderson Cooper: Breitbart's a Race-Baiting Smear Artist

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:20:41 pm
Anderson Cooper has an on-point commentary about Andrew Breitbart’s sleazy hit piece on Shirley Sherrod. Video

Senate Punts on Climate Change

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:46:02 pm
While everyone has been focused on Shirley Sherrod and Sarah Palin’s self-refudiation (including me), the proposed energy bill that included a cap on carbon emissions was abandoned by Senate Democrats. Without some Republican support, the Democrats could not prevent a GOP filibuster. Andrew Revkin says some of the blame for the ...

Breitbart in Politico: Unapologetic, Still Smearing Sherrod

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:06:10 pm
Having done his best this week to smear and destroy an innocent woman, Andrew Breitbart is heading off to vacation. But first he gave an interview to Politico, to boast about his wonderfulness and direct some more race-baiting smears at Shirley Sherrod. “I am public enemy number 1 or 2 ...

Witless Hack Hoft: Sherrod is 'Linked' to Bill Ayers

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:44:48 am
I was curious to see how Jim Hoft, the homophobic, bigoted, borderline illiterate religious fanatic who blogs at Catholic website First Things, was dealing with the fact that the right’s idiotic “reverse racism” Shirley Sherrod scandal had spectacularly blown up in their faces. Hoft, of course, is still foaming at the ...

Obama Phones Sherrod, Offers New USDA Job

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:45:31 am
President Obama reportedly spoke to Shirley Sherrod on the phone today, and urged her to take a new job with the USDA. Sherrod hasn’t yet accepted the offer.

Breitbart Posts Another Partial Clip with Another Race-Baiting Title

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:02:55 am
Meanwhile, even after everyone had seen the full video and knew that Andrew Breitbart’s out of context clip was promoting a lie, Breitbart was still trying to destroy Shirley Sherrod’s reputation. Late Tuesday night he posted another out of context clip at Breitbart TV, with the lurid title: Shirley Sherrod ...

Video: Sherrod Considers Legal Action Against Breitbart

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:54:36 am
On CBS’s Early Show, Shirley Sherrod says she’s considering legal action against hateblogger Andrew Breitbart. Video Speaking on CBS’ Early Show, Sherrod said that while she hasn’t actively talked about suing Andrew Breitbart, she “would definitely consider it.” Sherrod said that Breitbart’s intentions were obvious - but misguided. “As much as he’s saying ...

Robinson: The 'Reverse Racism' Ploy

Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:42:23 am
Eugene Robinson isn’t pulling any punches with his new column: Obama needs to stand up to ‘reverse racism’ ploy. After the Shirley Sherrod episode, there’s no longer any need to mince words: A cynical right-wing propaganda machine is peddling the poisonous fiction that when African Americans or other minorities reach ...

Maddow on Fox News and Shirley Sherrod, Part 2

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:07:21 pm
Fox News is now disavowing all responsibility for promoting the right wing lynching of Shirley Sherrod, and ranting instead about the Obama administration jumping to conclusions. Rachel Maddow shows what a difference 24 hours makes. Video

David Frum is Surprised That Conservatives Continue to Support Andrew Breitbart

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:06:45 pm
David Frum seems surprised that conservative media helped Andrew Breitbart smear an innocent woman: Shirley Sherrod and the shame of conservative media. I’m not sure why he’s surprised. I got over being surprised a while ago. Frum calls Breitbart “the conservative Dan Rather.” But Joshua Green thinks Breitbart is something much darker. Breitbart ...

Maddow on Fox News and Shirley Sherrod

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:40:09 pm
On last night’s show, Rachel Maddow took a close look at the role of Fox News in the right wing lynching of Shirley Sherrod. And that’s exactly what happened here — a 21st century-style lynching. Video

USDA Head Apologizes to Sherrod, Offers to Reinstate Her

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:50:10 pm
An Associated Press news alert went out a short time ago, saying that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has offered Shirley Sherrod her job back. Sherrod is reportedly considering… UPDATE at 7/21/10 2:01:31 pm: Vilsack is now giving a press conference, and he looks extremely embarrassed. He just said that the decision was ...

Right Wing Blog Spews Racist Hatred at Shirley Sherrod

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:27:59 am
LGF reader “teh mantis” was one of the first to discover the facts behind Andrew Breitbart’s absurdly deceptive video of Shirley Sherrod (here’s the comment), and when our tipster decided to post the same information at a raving wingnut blog, here are some of the responses: “She can get a ...

Video: Breitbart is Sorry for Shirley Sherrod

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:03:28 am
Andrew Breitbart says he feels “sorry” for Shirley Sherrod — after falsely smearing her as a “racist” and trying to destroy her reputation. [Video]

USDA Will Reconsider Sherrod Ouster

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:58:55 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is reportedly reconsidering the resignation of Shirley Sherrod, after it became clear that Andrew Breitbart’s edited video was a complete sham intended to smear an innocent person for purposes of race-baiting: Vilsack, USDA to reconsider employee ouster. Vilsack’s statement came after the NAACP posted the full ...

Breitbart Thinks Farmer's Wife is a 'Plant' or a Liar

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:39:02 am
Apparently it wasn’t enough to smear and attempt to destroy one innocent person; here’s Andrew Breitbart on CNN claiming that the farmers who supported Shirley Sherrod were planted. [Video]

The Farmer Who Supported Sherrod: A Veteran of the Battle of Midway

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:04:38 pm
Roger Spooner, the farmer who appeared today on news shows backing up Shirley Sherrod’s story, and who was accused by Andrew Breitbart of being a liar and a “plant,” is not just a lifelong friend of Sherrod; he’s also a veteran of the Battle of Midway. It’s been more than ...

Farmers in Sherrod Case: 'She Saved Our Farm'

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:49:43 pm
Roger Spooner, the farmer to whom Shirley Sherrod referred in her speech, says Sherrod is not a “racist,” she’s a lifelong friend — and she helped save their farm. Video I don’t know how Andrew Breitbart sleeps at night. What he did to Sherrod is beyond despicable. This was one of ...

The Full Shirley Sherrod Video

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:00:19 pm
The NAACP has posted the full unedited video of Shirley Sherrod’s speech — and it completely vindicates her. Her speech is an inspirational call to end racism, not a boast about refusing help to white farmers — as Andrew Breitbart portrayed it. [Video]

Breitbart: The White Farmers Who Praised Sherrod Were Planted

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:20:27 pm
Andrew Breitbart is now on CNN, and he’s digging in and getting even more deranged and hateful about the Shirley Sherrod story; he just said that the two white farmers who praised Sherrod were liars, and probably planted by someone. He’s repeating over and over, “It’s not about Shirley Sherrod” like ...

NAACP Releases New Statement: We Were Snookered by Fox News and Andrew Breitbart

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 3:15:07 pm
Here’s the new statement just released by the NAACP: NAACP Statement on the Resignation of Shirley Sherrod. 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 ...

Breitbart Says: I Didn't Edit the Tape, Shirley Sherrod is Still a Racist and So Is the NAACP

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:46:42 pm
Andrew Breitbart now says he didn’t edit the videotape of Shirley Sherrod’s NAACP speech, but that it was already edited when he received it. And of course, he’s not backing down on his claim that it shows Sherrod to be a “racist,” even though he must now be aware that ...

Secretary of Agriculture Stands By Request for Sherrod's Resignation

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:57:08 pm
This is the statement from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. He’s actually standing by the decision to force Shirley Sherrod’s resignation. Wow. This is crazy. Yesterday I asked for and accepted Ms. Sherrod’s resignation for two reasons. First, for the past 18 months we have been working to turn a page ...

Full Sherrod Video Sent to NAACP

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:33:55 am
To excuse his dishonest editing, Andrew Breitbart is claiming he doesn’t have the full video of Shirley Sherrod’s speech to the NAACP. Do you believe him? Meanwhile, according to TPM, the company that shot the video has sent the full thing to the NAACP, and they say that the full video ...

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