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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:15 PM Jun 2015

Diane Rehm's excuse for smearing Bernie: "As I had read in a comment on Facebook"






http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/diane-rehm-bernie-sanders

On today's show I made a mistake. Rather than asking Senator and Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders whether he had dual U.S./Israeli citizenship, as I had read in a comment on Facebook, I stated it as fact.

He corrected me, saying he did not know where the question came from. I apologized immediately.

I want to apologize as well to all our listeners for having made an erroneous statement. I am sorry for the mistake. However, I am glad to play a role in putting this rumor to rest.






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Diane Rehm's excuse for smearing Bernie: "As I had read in a comment on Facebook" (Original Post) geek tragedy Jun 2015 OP
Retire if you're really that dumb. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #1
no shit. "As I read in the Yahoo! comments section . . . " nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #2
Honestly, what the hell is her problem? I am suppose to believe Bernie Sanders is this Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #5
how the hell does someone read something in a Facebook comment geek tragedy Jun 2015 #11
I can't read her mind, but if she is so inclined, that could be one reason she accepted it. Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #16
Would she have operated this way for Hillary, or Jeb, or Obama? geek tragedy Jun 2015 #18
I don't know. I go by what we do know. She has had him on her show before, no question like that. Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #21
Next up from Diane: What really happened to building 7? JaneyVee Jun 2015 #28
"As I heard in a game of telephone"…. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #13
Facebook man knows everything! Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #3
And whether he wanted to play Candy Crush Saga. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #4
Only a wildly incompetent journalist would get his or her information from Farcebook Warpy Jun 2015 #6
2016's version of "the birth certificate"? eom MohRokTah Jun 2015 #7
this is worse. not even from a blog, not even from a Facebook post. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #9
The closest to discovering how the birther bullshit started goes to an email speculating MohRokTah Jun 2015 #14
The dog ate my homework! Fumesucker Jun 2015 #8
I think even asking him would be a mistake Enrique Jun 2015 #10
Well she couldn't come right out and say "as I got the memo from Karl Rove" could she? KittyWampus Jun 2015 #12
My email to her: Jackpine Radical Jun 2015 #15
right on G_j Jun 2015 #27
That flushing sound? What was left of her reputation. Rex Jun 2015 #17
Next ... LannyDeVaney Jun 2015 #19
"However, I am glad to play a role into putting this rumor to rest." demmiblue Jun 2015 #20
no shit. I've been reading some comments to a story cali Jun 2015 #33
Nice self-serving comment from her. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #34
Lie on the front page above the fold, retract on D-11 below the fold Fumesucker Jun 2015 #22
Yep. Nay Jun 2015 #24
A Facebook comment? One can only hope the word "journalist" never intersects Diane Rehm's name. Kip Humphrey Jun 2015 #23
I had some respect for her. Not now. I now put her in with the rest of the CNN/Fox media jerks. AlinPA Jun 2015 #25
She needs to open her show tomorrow with that mea culpa, and have him back to talk again. peacebird Jun 2015 #26
Ridiculous level of unprofessionalism. n/t gollygee Jun 2015 #29
As I had read in a comment on Facebook, KamaAina Jun 2015 #30
One of the worst defenses I have ever seen. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #31
Facebook is what passes for journalism now. FFS. nt valerief Jun 2015 #32
I don't know if I'm more pissed off at her open bigotry or at her utter lack of professionalism Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #35
The two are likely not unrelated. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #36
"I tried to make an anti-Semitic smear, but I couldn't make it stick. Codeine Jun 2015 #37

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
5. Honestly, what the hell is her problem? I am suppose to believe Bernie Sanders is this
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:21 PM
Jun 2015

new guy on the political beat she knows nothing about? If you look at her past shows, she has had him on before,
and yet she only asks him now..this time. She accepts internet crap, well she needs to think about
that and more importantly so does NPR.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
11. how the hell does someone read something in a Facebook comment
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:26 PM
Jun 2015

and just assume it's true?

Unfathomable.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
16. I can't read her mind, but if she is so inclined, that could be one reason she accepted it.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:30 PM
Jun 2015

If she was doing her job she would have checked it out, she didn't.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
18. Would she have operated this way for Hillary, or Jeb, or Obama?
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:33 PM
Jun 2015

I think she took the attitude that Bernie was a bush-league candidate so she didn't need to act like a real journalist with him, just ask whatever because it's cool, it's only Bernie.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
21. I don't know. I go by what we do know. She has had him on her show before, no question like that.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:40 PM
Jun 2015

Bernie has been around forever, yet now he is running for president she asks him from
a dumb list.

That she could not figure that out by looking at it on her own is not the only problem, it is that she
believed it, used it and decided to do so without verify it.

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
3. Facebook man knows everything!
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:18 PM
Jun 2015

In that case she'd better ask President Obama if he really is a secret Muslim and why we are being controlled via fluoride. And something about aliens.

Warpy

(111,367 posts)
6. Only a wildly incompetent journalist would get his or her information from Farcebook
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:21 PM
Jun 2015

without identifying it as a RUMOR.

Rehm needs to retire. She's past it.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
9. this is worse. not even from a blog, not even from a Facebook post.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:23 PM
Jun 2015

from a Facebook comment.

"I read it on the Internet, so it must be true"

The stupidity is just amazing.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
14. The closest to discovering how the birther bullshit started goes to an email speculating
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:28 PM
Jun 2015

on the subject by a GOP operative.

It hit big on the site called Stormfront some time after whose members pushed the idea into the wild.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
15. My email to her:
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:28 PM
Jun 2015
Tell us more about that "list" upon which you found Senator Sanders' name. What is it a list of? Other supposed dual-citizens? Who gave it to you?

You were far too confident of your misinformation for it to have come from a Facebook comment, and you blew your own cover story when you first said you had a list and then attributed it to a Facebook source that you have neither identified nor produced in support of what appears to be a poorly constructed lie.

Your apology was disingenuous and did not suffice.
 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
19. Next ...
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:36 PM
Jun 2015

My sources indicate Mr. Sanders is refusing to send extra Candy Crush lives to Mrs. Clinton.

How can he call himself a Democrat with facts like that ?!

demmiblue

(36,898 posts)
20. "However, I am glad to play a role into putting this rumor to rest."
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:40 PM
Jun 2015

Give me a fecking break. If anything, this accusation will be picked up and passed around like a hot potato among certain types.

And, yeah, a Facebook comment is a great source for a nationally syndicated radio host. Just appalling.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
34. Nice self-serving comment from her.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 07:12 PM
Jun 2015

Perfect conclusion.

Next up: an intern wrote my lame ass apology.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
22. Lie on the front page above the fold, retract on D-11 below the fold
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 05:41 PM
Jun 2015

No one is going to notice the retraction.

Mission Accomplished.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
26. She needs to open her show tomorrow with that mea culpa, and have him back to talk again.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:15 PM
Jun 2015

Yesterday I was horrified by her Monsanto interview, not one person was really questioning Monsantos greenwashing BS.
But todays show, and that question, can only be seen as "are you secretly a jew?"

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
30. As I had read in a comment on Facebook,
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:24 PM
Jun 2015

Diane Rehm retreats to her farm in northern Virginia on weekends to enjoy quiet time and carnal knowledge of her herd of prized stallions.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
31. One of the worst defenses I have ever seen.
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 06:40 PM
Jun 2015

First off the question even if it is true is just flat out wrong. If someone has dual Canadian, French, British, or any other country it's not seen as being problematic at least I haven't seen that before (except among Conservatives who think anything not rah rah rah USA is an attack on patriotism), so why did she think this is a thing. That is the bigger problem right there, that she thought it was a thing to begin with.

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