Obama’s Joke Failed Fact-Check

[Drumcollie]

The president recounted how Shepard Fairey’s famous and now iconic ‘Hope’ poster from the 2008 election campaign was based on a photograph in which he had been sitting next to Clooney, during one of the star’s visits to Washington to advocate for the people of Darfur.

“This is the first time that George Clooney has ever been Photoshopped out of a picture,” Obama said to laughter. “Never happened before. It’ll never happen again.”

Problem was, Clooney was not in the photo that inspired the poster.

Fairey used another photograph of Obama — one taken by an Associated Press photographer — that featured the president alone. Fairey at first claimed he had relied on the Obama-Clooney picture to avoid a copyright infringement case. The wire service took him to court, and eventually Fairey admitted he tried to make it look like he’d used a different image. Fairey pled guilty in February to criminal contempt for fabricating and destroying evidence.

Par for the course with this administration...facts are lost on the the left.

 

[Drumcollie]

http://go.bloomberg.com/political-economy/2012-05-11/obamas-joke-failed-fact-check/

 

[OldGaffer]

Oooooo, serious stuff.

 

[Old Ridge Runner]

There are alot of things lost on the left.

 

[Drumcollie]

Oooooo, serious stuff.

just the ordinary run of the mill Obama adminstration criminal stuff

 

[OldGaffer]

just the ordinary run of the mill Obama adminstration criminal stuff

Only a rabid partisan hack would call this criminal, thanks for your self identification

 

[Dawg]

:yo: OG, so why/how did Fairey plead guilty to criminal contempt if no crime committed?

 

[TomFitz]

I'm sure that George Clooney is so pissed that he's going on Bill O'Liely tonight to complain, and he wants every penny of that $14 million that they raised at his house last week back!!!!!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!