Fox Host Finally Accepts The Truth About Benghazi Talking Points

[Mytzlplk]

and all ODS sufferers should now do the same, no?

As a former student and practitioner of conflict resolution, I will only say that acceptance and acknowledgement of the problem and an acceptable, proper, and just apportionment of the blame for the conflict can result in a real and lasting end to that conflict, along with an apology for the offenses that rightwingers have a monopoly on in this instance.

To the offended, let's not hold our breath on the apologies, no? IOKIYAR

"c" y'all

Without fanfare, Fox News host Megyn Kelly finally acknowledged that the network's campaign to sink Susan Rice's potential nomination to President Obama's cabinet was rooted in fundamental dishonesty.

In 2012, Fox repeatedly pushed the smear that Rice, for political reasons, deceptively attributed the September 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi to violent protests over an anti-Islam video that were sweeping the Middle East and Africa. Together with scores of right-wing pundits, the network dragged Rice through the mud, despite the fact that she was simply citing intelligence community's talking points that attributed the Benghazi attacks to the video. At the height of Fox's dishonest campaign, Kelly questioned whether Rice was qualified to serve as Secretary of State:

I think now all of our viewers know [Rice], because she's the one who went on all the Sunday talk shows and told us that everything that happened in Benghazi was linked to this video, which we now know was not the case. Can she possibly ascend into the Cabinet, into this position in the Cabinet, given that?
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Fox's messaging was clear: Susan Rice was a liar who could not be trusted to serve as Secretary of State.
And so it's shocking to hear Kelly now say that Rice was simply saying what the intelligence community told her to be their best assessment at the time. During a discussion with Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) on the February 11 edition of her Fox News show, Kelly referenced a House committee report released that day, and admitted that Rice's talking points reflected CIA intelligence that "the attacks in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the embassy in Cairo": http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/02/12/fox-host-finally-accepts-the-truth-about-bengha/198030​

 

[Alinvegas]

and all ODS sufferers should now do the same, no?

As a former student and practitioner of conflict resolution, I will only say that acceptance and acknowledgement of the problem and an acceptable, proper, and just apportionment of the blame for the conflict can result in a real and lasting end to that conflict, along with an apology for the offenses that rightwingers have a monopoly on in this instance.

To the offended, let's not hold our breath on the apologies, no? IOKIYAR

"c" y'all

Without fanfare, Fox News host Megyn Kelly finally acknowledged that the network's campaign to sink Susan Rice's potential nomination to President Obama's cabinet was rooted in fundamental dishonesty.

In 2012, Fox repeatedly pushed the smear that Rice, for political reasons, deceptively attributed the September 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi to violent protests over an anti-Islam video that were sweeping the Middle East and Africa. Together with scores of right-wing pundits, the network dragged Rice through the mud, despite the fact that she was simply citing intelligence community's talking points that attributed the Benghazi attacks to the video. At the height of Fox's dishonest campaign, Kelly questioned whether Rice was qualified to serve as Secretary of State:

I think now all of our viewers know [Rice], because she's the one who went on all the Sunday talk shows and told us that everything that happened in Benghazi was linked to this video, which we now know was not the case. Can she possibly ascend into the Cabinet, into this position in the Cabinet, given that?
​

Fox's messaging was clear: Susan Rice was a liar who could not be trusted to serve as Secretary of State.
And so it's shocking to hear Kelly now say that Rice was simply saying what the intelligence community told her to be their best assessment at the time. During a discussion with Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) on the February 11 edition of her Fox News show, Kelly referenced a House committee report released that day, and admitted that Rice's talking points reflected CIA intelligence that "the attacks in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the embassy in Cairo": http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/02/12/fox-host-finally-accepts-the-truth-about-bengha/198030​

Media Matters? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Boca]

And so it's shocking to hear Kelly now say that Rice was simply saying what the intelligence community told her to be their best assessment at the time.

And so that would be.....this guy

Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell, who took the blame for editing the Obama administration’s Benghazi talking points, announced his retirement Wednesday.

The White House later released e-mail traffic showing the inter-agency editing of the talking points that showed it was Morell — responding to concerns from the State Department — who eliminated references to al-Qaeda from the talking points.

And that would be Hillary Clinton's State Department would it not?

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

But...but...but...BBBBBBUUUUUSSSHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[as seen on tv]

for that to be true, you'd have to make the preposterous assumption that the white house did NOT withhold/reject the original CIA report, and ask them to deliver another one, hours later, with the "movie review" theme in it.

we all know the timeline and delays regarding the CIA report look manipulated

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Sometimes GOP slimy lies about someone are so disgraceful that they even shock Fox Noise talking heads.

Their slimy lied about Susan Rice are in that category.

 

[Mytzlplk]

Sometimes GOP slimy lies about someone are so disgraceful that they even shock Fox Noise talking heads.

Their slimy lied about Susan Rice are in that category.

you know it dude -- even some rightwingers have their limits, and prefer a little humility over being labeled lying dolts like the ones that responded here

 

[Bo-4]

you know it dude -- even some rightwingers have their limits, and prefer a little humility over being labeled lying dolts like the ones that responded here

I believe we can hang our hats at this point my friend.

They're squirming Big Time!!

GTF OUT

 

[Mytzlplk]

I believe we can hang our hats at this point my friend.

They're squirming Big Time!!

GTF OUT

Well, you really have to wonder given the responses here Bo. Most of these dolts have so much invested into this scandal that they aren't gonna take having their noses rubbed in this turd without a fight.

and I won't stop the rubbing until they do...lol

 

[Boca]

you know it dude -- even some rightwingers have their limits, and prefer a little humility over being labeled lying dolts like the ones that responded here

you've been tucking tail for quite some time now Fairsheet

 

[Saladin2]

The so-called Benghazi scandal was nothing more than made it up lies and non sense by partisan hacks to smear the President...Shameful and pathetic....Sickening to see the links these Republican [Unwelcome language removed] will go to , in order to further their agenda at the expense of the truth...

 

[Mytzlplk]

The so-called Benghazi scandal was nothing more than made it up lies and non sense by partisan hacks to smear the President...Shameful and pathetic....Sickening to see the links these Republican [Unwelcome language removed] will go to , in order to further their agenda at the expense of the truth...

yep, it's by far the most shameful thing they've done since he became pres imo.

have a good one dude

 

[Saladin2]

yep, it's by far the most shameful thing they've done since he became pres imo.

have a good one dude[/quo
For the majority of Republicans the truth is of no importance...It is all about "validation" of their warped perceived beliefs...They care nothing men that were killed only in exploiting their deaths for political gain..Indeed they blame the President and his staff more than the actual thugs that perpetuated this crime....Sickening

 

[Mytzlplk]

indeed, I've long thought that the need for "validation" motivates them on many fronts, and explains in no small way their chronic dishonesty to be found in them.

 

[SW48]

So the statement by the president that it wasn't a terrorist attack was correct?

I am asking, as I don't actually understand the controversy surrounding Benghazi.

It was my understanding the president said it wasn't a terrorist attack.

 

[Mytzlplk]

your understanding is derived from the rightwingnuts claiming that the pres saying it was an act of terror the following day wasn't the functional equivalent of calling it a terrorist attack.

that's what you have to "think" to "understand" the situation correctly

 

[SW48]

your understanding is derived from the rightwingnuts claiming that the pres saying it was an act of terror the following day wasn't the functional equivalent of calling it a terrorist attack.

that's what you have to "think" to "understand" the situation correctly

Thanks for clearing that up mrleftwingnut.

 

[Boca]

.... the pres saying it was an act of terror the following day wasn't the functional equivalent of calling it a terrorist attack.

Wrong again Fairsheet

Fact Checker

Whatever the reason, when given repeated opportunities to forthrightly declare this was an “act of terrorism,” the president ducked the question.

For instance, on Sept. 12, immediately after the Rose Garden statement the day after the attack, Obama sat down with Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes and acknowledged he purposely avoided the using the word “terrorism:”

KROFT: “Mr. President, this morning you went out of your way to avoid the use of the word ‘terrorism’ in connection with the Libya attack.”

OBAMA: “Right.”

KROFT: “Do you believe that this was a terrorist attack?”

OBAMA: “Well, it’s too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on Americans. And we are going to be working with the Libyan government to make sure that we bring these folks to justice, one way or the other.”

 

[Mytzlplk]

Thanks for clearing that up mrleftwingnut.

not a problem.