MSNBC apologizes for showing fake Palin photos
Good. Glad to see it. Even with an acknowledgement that the photos were false, they shouldn’t have been broadcast. (from TPM).
MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan apologized this morning for using fake photos of Sarah Palin last Friday in a segment about the former Alaska governor, and for not acknowledging their inauthenticity.
The pictures, which were widely circulated during last year’s presidential campaign, show Palin’s head photoshopped onto other women’s bodies. In one, “Palin” is wearing an American flag bikini and holding a rifle; in the other, the faux Palin is wearing a tight black miniskirt.
“I want to apologize to Gov. Palin and all our viewers. On Friday, in a very misguided attempt to have some fun in advance of Palin’s upcoming book, Going Rogue, our staff mistakenly used some clearly photoshopped images of Ms. Palin without any acknowledgment, and on behalf of the show I would like to say that this was completely unacceptable. We should have never used those photos in the first place,” Ratigan said today. “I apologize.”
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Boogers for the Children Fund
November 16th, 2009
1:45 pm
Well now the oversensitized American public can now breath a collective sigh of relief.
On another note…what is ratigan doing on PMSNBC? Last I saw him was on CNBC/Fast Money. Why the demotion?
Normal
November 16th, 2009
1:51 pm
Those photo’s were fake!!?? Damn, now I’m going to have to take them off of the bathroom wall…
joe matarotz
November 16th, 2009
1:53 pm
Do you think both of his viewers were surprised by the apology?
danjonglee
November 16th, 2009
2:03 pm
Be brave….don’t let Ms Palin bully you around…..
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 16th, 2009
2:05 pm
Well, heck. I hate to tell Joe Bill and Jim Earl. After they seen those pictures they wanted Gov. Palin in the White House pronto or else down at the Pink Pony. They’ll probly go back to being on the fence about which Republican should get the White House in 2012 now.
I’m just disgusted. Why couldn’t this guy just keep his mouth shut? Have a good p.m. everybody.
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 16th, 2009
2:05 pm
It would do well for everybody to remember that no matter who you see on TV, or what stance they are taking, it’s very rare that you will find one that doesn’t have an axe to grind, an agenda to push, or is angling to cash in on a situation. Take it all with a grain of salt and don’t take any of them at face value.
Boogers for the Children Fund
November 16th, 2009
2:06 pm
joe matarotz
November 16th, 2009
1:53 pm
LMAO!!
md
November 16th, 2009
2:16 pm
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see. Seems to apply more than ever these days.
ROLLERGIRL
November 16th, 2009
2:21 pm
Joe..my sentiments exactly. pmsnbc’s ratings are so low, even a mention on the ajc political blog gets more viewers than their shows do.
Don
November 16th, 2009
2:22 pm
Is this one for real?
http://www.examiner.com/x-20836-Celebrity-Fitness-and-Health-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Sarah-Palins-Newsweek-Cover-How-she-keeps-her-hot-body-at-45
Don
November 16th, 2009
2:23 pm
What’s this about Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson’s suicide attempt?
Doggone/GA
November 16th, 2009
2:24 pm
Don – that was being reported on WABE on Friday
Steve
November 16th, 2009
2:25 pm
Not surprised at anthing MSNBEnquirer does these days. They are about as accurate as a carnival show BB gun.
Don
November 16th, 2009
2:25 pm
Dog,
I was out of town. You got any details?
Jimmy Carter
November 16th, 2009
2:25 pm
So they decided “to have some fun in advance of Palin’s upcoming book”? Hmm, I just heard of a woman who is writing her painful memoirs of her mother’s battle with alzheimers. Wonder if they can find some pix to photoshop of her to “have some fun in advance” of her book?
Bosch
November 16th, 2009
2:26 pm
Don,
Well apparently he tried to commit suicide – and I hope that no one here makes any jokes about it.
getalife
November 16th, 2009
2:26 pm
Just heard on the radio the oyster industry stopped Obama from banning gulf oysters.
Anybody know why he tried banning oysters?
ROLLERGIRL
November 16th, 2009
2:27 pm
Considering all the problems in my life are caused by OTHER people, Suicide never solves anythign that homicide can’t solve better.
Alas, I was hoping to read a headline today like “not to be outshown by Richardson, 12 house dems committed suicide over the weekend”.
Doggone/GA
November 16th, 2009
2:27 pm
“I was out of town. You got any details?”
They were only reading his statement. Something to the tune of his having severe depression and having made serious attempts to harm himself. I think I remember seeing a headline about it in the AJC – Saturday maybe?
Bosch
November 16th, 2009
2:28 pm
Don,
Why do you need details other than he tried to commit suicide? Isn’t that detail enough? It’s like when someone dies – is it really important to know how they died other than they just did? It’s not important.
wnaegele
November 16th, 2009
2:31 pm
” our staff mistakenly”
…and I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to show you.
Doggone/GA
November 16th, 2009
2:33 pm
“and I hope that no one here makes any jokes about it.”
and it only took 2 posts after you said that
Gov Option Done Deal!
November 16th, 2009
2:36 pm
Our tax dollars pay for Richardson’s therapy, and his medications, but Richardson and his party oppose healthcare reform to the degree they are proposing to waste billions of dollars in a colossaly stupid federal court fight to challenge any federal healthcare law on Tenth Amendment supremacy and other totally goofy grounds. Georgia has already been the subject of ridicule in several constitutional law journal articles, but *that* is hardly anything new. It wasn’t enough to waste millions of dollars getting their butts slammed in a losing water argument in federal court for Purdue and the GOPsters.
The topic of this blog was Palin, and ABC is going Faux Noise by chopping up the silly and superficial Barbara Walters interviews where you can bet their won’t be any Charlie Gibson “explain the Bush doctrine” (she couldn’t and still can’t) questions.
ABC has plans to plaster the Walters’ interviews on GMA, so-called World News, Nightline, 2020 and The View. Palin isn’t a serious contender for any office. She’s one of many GOP clown shows.
Bosch
November 16th, 2009
2:36 pm
Doggone,
Yes, but consider that particular poster also hopes for a terrorist attack on NYC to wipe out liberals, I’ll consider the source.
Mrs. Godzilla
November 16th, 2009
2:36 pm
“”"Not surprised at anthing MSNBEnquirer does these days. They are about as accurate as a carnival show BB gun.”"”"”
just damn that former GOP per Joe Scarborough!
what’d he ever to do deserve that slight….
he didn’t kill the girl they found dead in his office!
Doggone/GA
November 16th, 2009
2:37 pm
“I’ll consider the source”
there is that
Jake
November 16th, 2009
2:37 pm
The only thing remotely newsworthy about this is it is so rare for the libs to actually apologize for their lies and spin.
Gov Option Done Deal!
November 16th, 2009
2:38 pm
And Oprah Winfrey is never a serious news interview. It’s an Oprah Doprah interview. You betcha.
ROLLERGIRL
November 16th, 2009
2:38 pm
oh boo hoo it isn’t like he actually offed himself. I even like the guy, but I don’t do pity very easily. The guy with ms who got his wheelchair stolen, yes.
someone hurting themselves, no.
Gov Option Done Deal!
November 16th, 2009
2:40 pm
In a ratio between lies and spin of Faux vs. MSNBC, faking photos of rallies, and pretending not to remember stupid things Bush and Cheney said and did, Faux loses by an exponential landslide.
Jake
November 16th, 2009
2:42 pm
Gov – Thanks for verbalizing the typical lib slant. “Facts not required” is the lib press mantra these days.
Jimmy Carter
November 16th, 2009
2:43 pm
Gov Option Done Deal!
November 16th, 2009
2:36 pm
“She’s one of many GOP clown shows.”
Hey, “doc Oz”, were you ever privy to Joe the Biden’s spelling bee? You know, where he spelled the three letter word “job” as J…O…B…S?
Or how about history lesson? When the depression hit, President FDR went on TV to calm Americans.
You and others seem to obsess with this woman, who ran on the losing ticket, yet you give the bozo sitting the VP’s chair a free pass. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Talk about a clown show.
mike
November 16th, 2009
2:45 pm
Wow! What a surprise! “Dr” Chad thinks that the network that does not share his views is less honest than the network that does share his views.
Another shocking coincidence in “Dr” Chad’s life, in which every person or organization that does not share his views is dumb, evil or dumb and evil. This streak defies all laws of probability and should probably be studied at a university.
Taxpayer
November 16th, 2009
2:47 pm
You mean we were misled and Sarah isn’t hot! I’m shocked. But, I remember way back in the pre-election days when all the Republicans were just drooling all over themselves as they posted those pictures of Palin in her bikini and whatever. So, where did those pictures come from to begin with. Was that some more of Hannity’s handiwork.
Gov Option Done Deal!
November 16th, 2009
2:48 pm
I have to go “Mike”. Some of us work. To the extent you and the Tparty Extremist follow Fox, you continue to lose Congressional and Presidential elections. Keep it up.
The list of Faux Fakes is miles long. Keep on being a mindless Palinista.
And unlike you and your ilk, I give a reason why I criticize, cite my authorities, and know the law and medicine–two areas where your insight extends to going to the bathroom and nothing else.
Gov Option Done Deal!
November 16th, 2009
2:49 pm
Mike–
You continue to be a coward and won’t take me on as to a medical issue. Why would that be? Could it be your collosal ignorance in the area?
getalife
November 16th, 2009
2:50 pm
Yeah, rg wants another attack on NYC and a typical con but does she make sex tapes like Carrie?
Common Sense
November 16th, 2009
2:51 pm
“Off Topic”:
One Muslim on the jury and that New York terrorist case is probably toast. Now before anyone opines about “Christian” defendants and “one Christian on the jury” may I inform you that most defense attorneys DON’T want a hardcore Christian on a jury as they are much more likely to CONVICT !
Doggone/GA
November 16th, 2009
2:52 pm
GODD…why don’t you just give it up? You could ask ME just about any medical question and within 5 minutes I could have a very “official” sounding answer. There’s very little that can’t be found on the internet these days. Such a “debate” would not prove a thing.
Bosch
November 16th, 2009
2:53 pm
Common Sense,
“may I inform you that most defense attorneys DON’T want a hardcore Christian on a jury as they are much more likely to CONVICT !”
No, you don’t have to inform us of anything, but thanks.
Normal
November 16th, 2009
2:55 pm
Bosch
November 16th, 2009
2:26 pm
Don,
Well apparently he tried to commit suicide – and I hope that no one here makes any jokes about it.
Well apparently he is a bad shot.
Sorry, Bosch, I just couldn’t resist.
mike
November 16th, 2009
2:55 pm
“Dr” Chad –
“I have to go “Mike”. Some of us work.”
LOL. You work? Considering that you are here just about every minute of the day, I thought you were retired.
“You continue to be a coward and won’t take me on as to a medical issue. Why would that be? Could it be your collosal ignorance in the area?”
First of all, I have never made any claim to be any expert in medicine whatsoever, so your nutty demand is well, nutty. I guess you want to discuss this subject because it is one that you have the most experience with? Is there any other reason that you are bringing this up?
However, I hate to so you frothing in vain,so what exactly do you have in mind?
Doggone/GA
November 16th, 2009
2:55 pm
“One Muslim on the jury and that New York terrorist case is probably toast.”
A verdict of guilty does not usually require 100% agreement in the jury. In New York, imposing the death penalty DOES…but even if there’s not 100% agreement the defendent does not “walk” if found guilty: “New York: If the jury fails to reach unanimous agreement on the sentence, the court sentences the defendant to a minimum of 20 to 25 years to a maximum of life in prison (N. Y. Crim. Proc. § 400. 27). “
mike
November 16th, 2009
2:57 pm
Doggone –
“You could ask ME just about any medical question and within 5 minutes I could have a very “official” sounding answer. ”
Agreed. You would think that “Dr” Chad would know this better than anyone. It is his hobby.
ROLLERGIRL
November 16th, 2009
2:58 pm
getalife, no, not like carrie. My sex tapes aren’t solo.
Normal
November 16th, 2009
2:59 pm
Getalife, not banning oysters per se, but banning the selling of the ones caught/harvested during warm months…something about a bacteria that kills people, I think it was 15 a year. Nice to know he tries to look out for us, huh?
Disgusted
November 16th, 2009
2:59 pm
Two words: Dr. Kevorkian.
Jimmy Carter
November 16th, 2009
2:59 pm
Gov Option Done Deal!
November 16th, 2009
2:49 pm
Doggone/GA
November 16th, 2009
2:52 pm
“Doc Oz”, Doggone/GA just slammed you. A lib slamming a lib. Hilarious.
Even though it’s not often we agree, at least Doggone doesn’t pull the “my dad can whip your dad” nonsense you seem to spew. I’ll repeat Doggone’s question: “why don’t you just give it up?”
Don
November 16th, 2009
3:00 pm
Gov Option,
Your 2:36 is spot on.
I’m thinking the Speaker’s wrongdoing has been found out.
Gale
November 16th, 2009
3:04 pm
RollerGirl @2:27. You are an wicked child.