From over at the Ann Althouse blog we have a comment and a link on the Shirley Sherrod affair. I would say that few come out of this looking good. Looking especially bad is the Secretary of Agriculture, The Honorable Tom Vilsack.
Maybe Ms Sherrod and the Farmer's Wife survived this with some integrity. At least the NAACP reversed course and called to say so.
Note that this imbroglio has several levels of problems.
Regards — Cliff
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Ironic that when someone finally breaks from ideology, and begins to have human thoughts and feelings, and then comes out in favor of seeing both sides of any issue, the first people to persecute and bay for their head are their previous ideological allies.
Chilling indeed.
So this was not Fox's finest moment. One wonders about their vetting process on stories. They may not be seeing this nominated for a Pulitzer. Once again how is that they aren't sued for using the expression News in their title. Maybe this is what the court wanted when they overturned campaign finance: Murdoch's freedom of speech to polluted the airwaves is protected.
Lance
Of all the folks for whom this was not their finest moment, Fox is fairly far down the list, for sure after the NAACP and the Department of Agriculture. The White House says it was not involved and I believe we should take them at their word. If for no other reason than to keep the embarrassed list short. But, since Dep't of Agriculture works for them, they are ahead of Fox on the list.
What exactly was the Fox problem? That they aired the tape from Breitbart? I heard one person point out that the part where she said she did the right thing was part of the airing.
And, what is it exactly that was the sin at Fox?
Think back about a week or so. Are we being the good Samaritan WRT Fox?
Didn't anyone talk about freedom of speech when you were growing up? It is sacred, in a secular sort of way. For everyone.
Regards — Cliff
Only a blind partisan could find blame for Fox in this.
This woman is EXACTLY the model we'd want for englightened post-racial government employees--and, best of all, she can articulate why. The Fox coverage does not dilute this. In a better world, it would have given her employer an opportunity to get on a soapbox and explain why she's a valued employee, and challenge everyone to rise to her example.
In our world, the partisans blame Fox instead of their administration who is where the buck actually needs to stop. (Not saying the White House is responsible for what happened, but they are ABSOLUTELY responsible for cleaning up the mess and replacing the idiots who fired her.
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