It is totally disgusting that the two above-stated news organizations ran segments trying to make the anti-Semitic questioner look like a hero with Frank being cast as the villain.
I don't mind constructive debate and even strong criticism of President Obama's healthcare proposal based on accurate information. What I do mind is anti-Semitism and the refusal of those who encourage its propagation to condemn it.
For those who haven't seen the clip, here it is:
For those who are wondering what the Fox propagandists said in defense of the anti-Semitic questioning, Keith Olbermann was spot-on tonight in his "Worst Person in the World" segment:
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And finally, a Daily Kos diarist, Griffin459, reported about his rightful disgust toward a CNN Headline News piece also defending the anti-Semitic questioner.
Here's part of what he reported:
Just a few minutes ago while changing channels, I saw CNN Headline News show a segment of Barney Frank's Town Hall meeting from last night. BUT, it was edited to show Representative Frank picking on her!!
I immediately sent an e-mail to CNN Headline News to complain about this outrageous editing of an important story. Here is my e-mail:Approx 10 min ago you had a short story about Barney Frank's Town Hall meeting. Before the clip, the CNN Anchor said that at times it got down right disrespectful. You then showed the clip of a woman saying to Rep Frank, " why do you support this policy?". You then played segments of Rep, Frank saying "what planet are you from? and "talking to you is like talking to my dining room table." A logical assumption from your report was that Rep. Frank was Disrespectful. Your report did not show that the woman was carrying a sign that had Obama drawn like Hitler and your report did not show the woman comparing Obama's policies to Nazis. I think that this is a mistake that should be corrected IMMEDIATELY. Thank you!
I simply do not understand how this was a simple mistake, the editing was purposely done to make the woman who was attacking Obama in a sympathetic light...
There can be no respect given to anyone who portrays our president as Adolf Hitler or anyone pertaining to the Nazis who murdered 6 million Jews during World War II.
There can never be any place in our airwaves for personalities who defend the bringing up of such slime during their shows.
And there can never be any place in our democracy for those who'd rather carry inflammatory pictures depicting Obama as Hitler or any other matter of personal attack or lie against our president.
At the very minimum, I demand that CNN Headline News not only apologize for the anti-Semitic defense, but those responsible for putting together the report be severely disciplined.
In addition, in the light of their actions in enabling the inflammatory attackers of both Obama personally and the spreading of lies about his health care proposal, more than a mere apology is needed to start repairing the grotesque wrong the Fox "news" channel continues to perpetrate.
What's needed is to hit the Fox channel where it hurts the most-- in the wallet.
I praise those waging the continuing campaign for accountability against Fox personality Glenn Beck for his inflammatory remarks calling Obama a racist.
I feel now it must be taken a step further. In addition to calling on advertisers to pull their ads off Beck's show, I feel maximum pressure must be placed on cable networks that carry the Fox channel.
Regardless of whatever bribe those running Fox may bring the cable networks, pressure must be brought on the networks to end the anti-Semitic and inflammatory slime Fox has propagated by pulling the channel off their networks.
It's time Fox is brought down to its knees and put out of business. It's bad enough that it hasn't acted like a real news channel for many years, but this latest defense of a questioner's anti-Semitism should raise questions about whether it belongs on anyone's cable lineup.
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